Year-End Lists

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2012 Music

Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012

13 December 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2012

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  1. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
  2. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
  3. Master of My Make-Believe
    Santigold
  4. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
  5. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
  6. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
  7. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
  8. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
  9. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
  10. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
  11. Instinct
    Niki & The Dove
  12. The Seer
    Swans
  13. Locked Down
    Dr. John
  14. Tigermending
    Carina Round
  15. Half Made Man
    Ben Sollee
  16. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
  17. Sing the Delta
    Iris DeMent
  18. Beware and Be Grateful
    Maps and Atlases
  19. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
  20. I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
    Kelly Hogan
  21. Blue Chips
    Action Bronson
  22. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
  23. Psychedelic Pill
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  24. Animal Joy
    Shearwater
  25. Putrifiers II
    Thee Oh Sees

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