Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2012

1. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
2. Father John Misty
   Fear Fun
3. Titus Andronicus
   Local Business
4. Fiona Apple
   The Idler Wheel…
5. Sharon Van Etten
   Tramp
6. Alabama Shakes
   Boys & Girls
7. Dirty Projectors
   Swing Lo Magellan
8. Japandroids
   Celebration Rock
9. Beach House
   Bloom
10. First Aid Kit
    The Lion’s Roar
11. The Men
    Open Your Heart
12. El-P
    Cancer 4 Cure
13. The Shins
    Port of Morrow
14. Walkmen
    Heaven
15. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
16. Tame Impala
    Lonerism
17. Andrew Bird
    Break It Yourself
18. Kendrick Lamar
    good kid, m.A.A.d city
19. Rufus Wainwright
    Out of The Game
20. The Mountain Goats
    Transcendental Youth
21. The Lumineers
    The Lumineers
22. Hospitality
    Hospitality
23. Jens Lekman
    I Know What Love Isn’t
24. Justin Townes Earle
    Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
25. Grizzly Bear
    Shields
26. Bob Dylan
    Tempest
27. John K. Samson
    Provincial
28. Divine Fits
    A Thing Called Divine Fits
29. Killer Mike
    R.A.P. Music
30. David Byrne & St. Vincent
    Love this Giant
31. Avett Brothers
    The Carpenter
32. Woods
    Bend Beyond
33. Howler
    America Give Up
34. Cloud Nothings
    Attack on Memory
35. King Tuff
    King Tuff
36. Cat Power
    Sun
37. Shovels and Rope
    O’ Be Joyful
38. Dr. John
    Locked Down
39. Leonard Cohen
    Old Ideas
40. Todd Snider
    Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
41. Of Monsters And Men
    My Head is an Animal
42. Bettye LaVette
    Thankful ‘N’ Thoughtful
43. Stars
    The North
44. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
45. Punch Brothers
    Who’s Feeling Young Now?
46. Damien Jurado
    Maraqopa
47. Baroness
    Yellow & Green
48. Lord Huron
    Lonesome Dreams
49. Kelly Hogan
    I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
50. Grimes
    Visions