Year-End Lists

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2012

1. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
2. Grimes
   Visions
3. Jessie Ware
   Devotion
4. Dirty Projectors
   Swing Lo Magellan
5. Kendrick Lamar
   good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. Tame Impala
   Lonerism
7. alt-J
   An Awesome Wave
8. The xx
   Coexist
9. Hot Chip
   In Our Heads
10. Bobby Womack
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
11. Miguel
    Kaleidoscope Dream
12. Django Django
    Django Django
13. Chromatics
    Kill for Love
14. Grizzly Bear
    Shields
15. Cooly G
    Playin’ Me
16. Taylor Swift
    Red
17. Lana Del Rey
    Born to Die
18. Saint Etienne
    Words and Music by Saint Etienne
19. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes
20. Plan B
    Ill Manors
21. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
22. The Cribs
    In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
23. Jam City
    Classical Curves
24. Dawn Richard
    Armor On
25. Actress
    RIP
26. Bright Light Bright Light
    Make Me Believe in Hope
27. Poliça
    Give You the Ghost
28. Tribes
    Baby
29. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
30. Angel Haze
    Reservation
31. Marina and the Diamonds
    Electra Heart
32. Farrah Abraham
    My Teenage Dream Ended
33. Mala
    Mala in Cuba
34. Dexys
    One Day I’m Going to Soar
35. Nite Jewel
    One Second of Love
36. Beach House
    Bloom
37. Orbital
    Wonky
38. Fiona Apple
    The Idler Wheel…
39. Killer Mike
    R.A.P. Music
40. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!