Year-End Lists

The Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012

[see also 2011]

1. Tramp
   Sharon Van Etten
2. Visions
   Grimes
3. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
4. Sun
   Cat Power
5. Devotion
   Jessie Ware
6. Django Django
   Django Django
7. Plumb
   Field Music
8. World, You Need a Change of Mind
   Kindness
9. Given to the Wild
   The Maccabees
10. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
11. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
12. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
13. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
14. Mature Themes
    Ariel Pink
15. Shrines
    Purity Ring
16. Come of Age
    The Vaccines
17. Coexist
    The xx
18. Beard, Wives, Denim
    Pond
19. Oshin
    DIIV
20. King Tuff
    King Tuff
21. In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
    The Cribs
22. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
23. Confess
    Twin Shadow
24. All Hell
    Daughn Gibson
25. Melody’s Echo Chamber
    Melody’s Echo Chamber
26. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
27. Something
    Chairlift
28. TOY
    TOY
29. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
30. A+E
    Graham Coxon
31. A Different Ship
    Here We Go Magic
32. Bloom
    Beach House
33. Centipede Hz
    Animal Collective
34. Love this Giant
    David Byrne & St. Vincent
35. America Give Up
    Howler
36. Wixiw
    Liars
37. Rispah
    The Invisible
38. The Only Place
    Best Coast
39. Radlands
    Mystery Jets
40. Allah-Las
    Allah-Lahs
41. Beacon
    Two Door Cinema Club
42. 119
    Trash Talk
43. Tough Love
    Pulled Apart By Horses
44. Into The Diamond Sun
    Stealing Sheep
45. Have Some Faith in Magic
    Errors
46. Good Don’t Sleep
    Egyptian Hip Hop
47. 2:54
    2:54
48. Spooky Action at a Distance
    Lotus Plaza
49. Like I Used To
    Lucy Rose
50. Ester
    Trailer Trash Tracy’s