Year-End Lists

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2012

1. Leonard Cohen
   Old Ideas
2. Bob Dylan
   Tempest
3. Jack White
   Blunderbuss
4. Dr. John
   Locked Down
5. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
6. Bill Fay
   Life is People
7. Ty Segall & White Fence
   Hair
8. Grizzly Bear
   Shields
9. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
   Psychedelic Pill
10. Bruce Springsteen
    Wrecking Ball
11. Tame Impala
    Lonerism
12. Go-Kart Mozart
    On The Hot Dog Streets
13. Dexys
    One Day I’m Going to Soar
14. Paul Buchanan
    Mid Air
15. Field Music
    Plumb
16. Ty Segall Band
    Slaughterhouse
17. Grimes
    Visions
18. Sharon Van Etten
    Tramp
19. Neneh Cherry & the Thing
    The Cherry Thing
20. The xx
    Coexist
21. Beachwood Sparks
    Tarnished Gold
22. Mark Lanegan Band
    Blues Funeral
23. Julia Holter
    Ekstasis
24. Allah-Lahs
    Allah-Las
25. Patti Smith
    Banga
26. Graham Coxon
    A+E
27. Alabama Shakes
    Boys & Girls
28. Paul Weller
    Sonik Kicks
29. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
    Big Moon Ritual
30. Ry Cooder
    Election Special
31. Hot Chip
    In Our Heads
32. Richard Hawley
    Standing at the Sky’s Edge
33. Micachu & The Shapes
    Never
34. Bobby Womack
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
35. Six Organs of Admittance
    Ascent
36. Sun Kil Moon
    Among the Leaves
37. Patterson Hood
    Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
38. Lightships
    Electric Cables
39. Dirty Three
    Toward the Low Sun
40. First Aid Kit
    The Lion’s Roar
41. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes
42. Dirty Projectors
    Swing Lo Magellan
43. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Americana
44. Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras meet the Congos
    Icon Give Thank
45. Japandroids
    Celebration Rock
46. Cat Power
    Sun
47. Anaïs Mitchell
    Young Man in America
48. Howlin Rain
    The Russian Wilds
49. Damon Albarn
    Dr. Dee
50. Laetitia Sadier
    Silencio
51. Lana Del Rey
    Born to Die
52. Cate Le Bon
    Cyrk
53. PiL
    This is PiL
54. Yeti Lane
    The Echo Show
55. The 2 Bears
    Be Strong
56. Pond
    Beard, Wives, Denim
57. David Byrne & St. Vincent
    Love this Giant
58. Donald Fagen
    Sunken Condos
59. Father John Misty
    Fear Fun
60. The Liminanas
    Crystal Anis
61. Thee Oh Sees
    Putrifiers II
62. Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
    When I’m President
63. Calexico
    Algiers
64. Orbital
    Wonky
65. Nite Jewel
    One Second of Love
66. Goat
    World Music
67. Cornershop
    Urban Turban: The Singhles Club
68. Woods
    Bend Beyond
69. Ty Segall
    Twins
70. Simone Felice
    Simone Felice
71. Lee Ranaldo
    Between the Times and the Tides
72. Rufus Wainwright
    Out of The Game
73. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
    Meat + Bone
74. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
75. Carter Tutti Void
    Transverse