Year-End Lists

Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012, as published by WBEZ and aired on Sound Opinions

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1. Lonerism
   Tame Impala
2. I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
   Kelly Hogan
3. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
4. Melody’s Echo Chamber
   Melody’s Echo Chamber
5. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
   Spiritualized
6. Cancer 4 Cure
   El-P
7. Attack on Memory
   Cloud Nothings
8. Charmer
   Aimee Mann
9. Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
   Lupe Fiasco
10. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
11. The Cherry Thing
    Neneh Cherry
12. Banga
    Patti Smith
13. Vava Voom
    Bassnectar
14. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
15. Kaleidoscope Dream
    Miguel
16. R.A.P. Music
    Killer Mike
17. Silver Age
    Bob Mould
18. Infinite Stretch
    Lester Bangs
19. Gossamer
    Passion Pit
20. Slaughterhouse
    Ty Segall Band
21. Falling Off the Sky
    The dB’s
22. Ugly
    Screaming Females
23. Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
    John Cale
24. Blues Funeral
    Mark Lanegan Band
25. Master of My Make-Believe
    Santigold
26. The Only Place
    Best Coast
27. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
28. Locked Down
    Dr. John
29. How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
    Sinead O’Connor
30. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
31. Fragrant World
    Yeasayer
32. Acousmatic Sorcery
    Willis Earl Beal
33. Researching the Blues
    Redd Kross
34. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
35. Django
    Django
36. Port of Morrow
    The Shins
37. Unsound
    Mission of Burma
38. All We Love We Leave Behind
    Converge
39. Americana
    Neil Young
40. Tempest
    Bob Dylan