Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012

1. Fiona Apple
   The Idler Wheel…
2. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
3. Kendrick Lamar
   good kid, m.A.A.d city
4. Tame Impala
   Lonerism
5. Japandroids
   Celebration Rock
6. Grizzly Bear
   Shields
7. Chromatics
   Kill for Love
8. Grimes
   Visions
9. Purity Ring
   Shrines
10. Dan Deacon
    America
11. Walkmen
    Heaven
12. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes
13. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
14. Jessie Ware
    Devotion
15. Beach House
    Bloom
16. Killer Mike
    R.A.P. Music
17. Lower Dens
    Nootropics
18. Spiritualized
    Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
19. Dirty Projectors
    Swing Lo Magellan
20. El-P
    Cancer 4 Cure
21. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
22. Twin Shadow
    Confess
23. Death Grips
    The Money Store
24. Sharon Van Etten
    Tramp
25. The xx
    Coexist
26. THEESatisfaction
    Awe Naturale
27. The Men
    Open Your Heart
28. David Byrne & St. Vincent
    Love this Giant
29. Father John Misty
    Fear Fun
30. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
31. Miguel
    Kaleidoscope Dream
32. Bob Dylan
    Tempest
33. Cloud Nothings
    Attack on Memory
34. Lotus Plaza
    Spooky Action at a Distance
35. DIIV
    Oshin
36. Alabama Shakes
    Boys & Girls
37. Niki & The Dove
    Instinct
38. Divine Fits
    A Thing Called Divine Fits
39. Animal Collective
    Centipede Hz
40. Naomi Punk
    The Feeling
41. Dr. Dog
    Be the Void
42. Ty Segall Band
    Slaughterhouse
43. Schoolboy Q
    Habits & Contradictions
44. How to Dress Well
    Total Loss
45. Peaking Lights
    Lucifer
46. The Shins
    Port of Morrow
47. alt-J
    An Awesome Wave
48. Chairlift
    Something
49. Liars
    Wixiw
50. John Talabot
    fIN
51. Cat Power
    Sun
52. Swans
    The Seer
53. Poliça
    Give You the Ghost
54. iamamiwhoami
    kin
55. Metz
    Metz
56. Zammuto
    Zammuto
57. Hot Chip
    In Our Heads
58. Ab-Soul
    Control System
59. Porcelain Raft
    Strange Weekend
60. Perfume Genius
    Put Your Back N 2 It