Year-End Lists

(pictured) Andy Stott – Luxury Problems – Read Reviews on Amazon

NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2012 (alphabetical)

• Ab-Soul – Control System
• Alabama Shakes – Boys And Girls
• Alisa Weilerstein & Daniel Barenboim – Elgar & Carter Cello Concertos
• ∆ (alt-J) – An Awesome Wave
• Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
• Astro – Astro
• Simon Rattle & The Berlin Philharmonic – Bach: St. Matthew Passion
• Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
• Bomba Estereo – Elegancia Tropical
• Brooklyn Rider – Seven Steps
• Cafe Tacvba – El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
• Carla Morrison – Dejenme Llorar
• Cat Power – Sun
• Cody ChesnuTT – Landing On A Hundred
• Dan Deacon – America
• Death Grips – NO LOVE DEEP WEB
• Debo Band – Debo Band
• Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
• Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears
• Exitmusic – Passage
• Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
• Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
• Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
• Fun. – Some Nights
• Homeboy Sandman – First Of A Living Breed
• Iris DeMent – Sing The Delta
• Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang – En Yay Sah
• Japandroids – Celebration Rock
• Karriem Riggins – Alone Together
• Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City
• Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
• Leila Josefowicz – Salonen: Violin Concerto
• Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
• Matt Ulery – By A Little Light
• Meek Mill – Dreamchasers 2
• Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
• Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing
• Now, Now – Threads
• Pallbearer – Sorrow And Extinction
• Patrick Watson – Adventures In Your Own Backyard
• Pink – The Truth About Love
• Regina Spektor – What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
• San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas – Adams: Harmonielehre/Short Ride In A Fast Machine
• Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
• Swans – The Seer
• Ty Segall – Twins
• The Very Best – MTMTMK
• Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando
• Wadada Leo Smith – Ten Freedom Summers
• The 2 Bears – Be Strong