Death and Taxes: 25 Best Albums of 2012 (in no particular order)
Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker: 40 Best Albums of 2012 (listed chronologically, exceptional albums marked with asterisks)
[see also 2022 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]
Kitty Empire: 10 Best Pop Albums of 2012, as published by The Observer, in no particular order
[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2011]
Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]