Year-End Lists

NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2012 (alphabetical)

• Ab-Soul
  Control System
• Alabama Shakes
  Boys & Girls
• Alisa Weilerstein & Daniel Barenboim
  Elgar & Carter Cello Concertos
• alt-J
  An Awesome Wave
• Andy Stott
  Luxury Problems
• Astro
  Astro
• Simon Rattle & The Berlin Philharmonic
  Bach: St. Matthew Passion
• Bobby Womack
  The Bravest Man in the Universe
• Bomba Estéreo
  Elegancia Tropical
• Brooklyn Rider
  Seven Steps
• Cafe Tacvba
  El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
• Carla Morrison
  Dejenme Llorar
• Cat Power
  Sun
• Cody ChesnuTT
  Landing On A Hundred
• Dan Deacon
  America
• Death Grips
  No Love Deep Web
• Debo Band
  Debo Band
• Dirty Projectors
  Swing Lo Magellan
• Dwight Yoakam
  3 Pears
• Exitmusic
  Passage
• Fiona Apple
  The Idler Wheel…
• Flying Lotus
  Until the Quiet Comes
• Frank Ocean
  Channel Orange
• fun.
  Some Nights
• Homeboy Sandman
  First of a Living Breed
• Iris DeMent
  Sing the Delta
• Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang
  En Yay Sah
• Japandroids
  Celebration Rock
• Karriem Riggins
  Alone Together
• Kendrick Lamar
  good kid, m.A.A.d city
• Killer Mike
  R.A.P. Music
• Leila Josefowicz
  Salonen: Violin Concerto
• Leonard Cohen
  Old Ideas
• Matt Ulery
  By A Little Light
• Meek Mill
  Dreamchasers 2
• Miguel
  Kaleidoscope Dream
• Neneh Cherry & the Thing
  The Cherry Thing
• Now, Now
  Threads
• Pallbearer
  Sorrow and Extinction
• Patrick Watson
  Adventures In Your Own Backyard
• Pink
  The Truth About Love
• Regina Spektor
  What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
• San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
  Adams: Harmonielehre/Short Ride In A Fast Machine
• Sharon Van Etten
  Tramp
• Swans
  The Seer
• Ty Segall
  Twins
• The Very Best
  MTMTMK
• Vijay Iyer Trio
  Accelerando
• Wadada Leo Smith
  Ten Freedom Summers
• The 2 Bears
  Be Strong