Year-End Lists

NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012

1. Tame Impala
   Lonerism
2. Grimes
   Visions
3. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
4. Crystal Castles
   (III)
5. alt-J
   An Awesome Wave
6. The Maccabees
   Given to the Wild
7. Pond
   Beard, Wives, Denim
8. The Cribs
   In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
9. Jake Bugg
   Jake Bugg
10. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
11. Django Django
    Django Django
12. David Byrne & St. Vincent
    Love this Giant
13. DIIV
    Oshin
14. The xx
    Coexist
15. Sharon Van Etten
    Tramp
16. Melody’s Echo Chamber
    Melody’s Echo Chamber
17. Grizzly Bear
    Shields
18. Tribes
    Baby
19. Toy
    Toy
20. Howler
    America Give Up
21. Cat Power
    Sun
22. Beach House
    Bloom
23. Richard Hawley
    Standing at the Sky’s Edge
24. Merchandise
    Children of Desire
25. Ariel Pink
    Mature Themes
26. Spector
    Enjoy It While It Lasts
27. Jessie Ware
    Devotion
28. Spiritualized
    Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
29. Mac DeMarco
    2
30. Breton
    Other People’s Problems
31. G.O.O.D. Music
    Cruel Summer
32. Graham Coxon
    A+E
33. Hot Chip
    In Our Heads
34. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
35. METZ
    METZ
36. The Vaccines
    Come of Age
37. Enter Shikari
    A Flash Flood of Colour
38. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
    Trouble
39. Liars
    Wixiw
40. Poliça
    Give You the Ghost
41. Ty Segall
    Twins
42. Paul Weller
    Sonik Kicks
43. Ratking
    Wiki93
44. Kendrick Lamar
    good kid, m.A.A.d city
45. Lana Del Rey
    Born to Die
46. Bobby Womack
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
47. John Talabot
    fIN
48. The 2 Bears
    Be Strong
49. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes
50. Purity Ring
    Shrines