Year-End Lists

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

1. Bish Bosch
   Scott Walker
2. Black is Beautiful
   Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland
3. The Seer
   Swans
4. Clear Moon / Ocean Roar
   Mount Eerie
5. Quarantine
   Laurel Halo
6. Floral Shoppe
   Macintosh Plus
7. R.I.P.
   Actress
8. Luxury Problems
   Andy Stott
9. TIMETIMETIME&TIME
   YYU
10. The Narcissist II
    Dean Blunt
11. Visions
    Grimes
12. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
13. Movement
    Holly Herndon
14. inhale c-4 $$$$$
    BEBETUNE$
15. Teklife Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi
    DJ Rashad
16. The Money Store
    Death Grips
17. All Hell
    Daughn Gibson
18. Patience (After Sebald)
    The Caretaker
19. Da Mind of Traxman
    Traxman
20. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
21. Modern Jester
    Aaron Dilloway
22. Elemental
    Demdike Stare
23. Half Way Home
    Angel Olsen
24. Amateur Doubles
    Graham Lambkin
25. The Pathway Through Whatever
    Mediafired
26. FRKWYS Vol. 9: Icon Give Thank
    Sun Araw/M. Geddes Gengras/The Congos
27. Sinews
    White Suns
28. Instrumental Tourist
    Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin
29. Contemporary Sapporo
    情報デスクVIRTUAL
30. Canto Arquipélago
    Dolphins Into The Future
31. Songs About Nothing
    Jason Lescalleet
32. Motion Sickness of Time Travel
    Motion Sickness of Time Travel
33. My Teenage Dream Ended
    Farrah Abraham
34. Putrifiers II
    Thee Oh Sees
35. Kindred
    Burial
36. Open Your Heart
    Men, The
37. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
38. Mechanical Rain
    Ian Martin
39. Pro Habitat
    Ahnnu
40. White Flame
    Lil B
41. Fukd In Tha Game
    Heat Wave
42. No Love Deep Web
    Death Grips
43. R.A.P. Music
    Killer Mike
44. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
45. Stretch 2
    Arca
46. All We Love We Leave Behind
    Converge
47. Vanishing Vision
    Internet Club
48. The Belbury Tales
    Belbury Poly
49. Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
    Raime
50. Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss
    Mykki Blanco

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

1. Tempest
   Bob Dylan
2. Psychedelic Pill
   Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3. O’ Be Joyful
   Shovels and Rope
4. Old Ideas
   Leonard Cohen
5. Wrecking Ball
   Bruce Springsteen
6. Tramp
   Sharon Van Etten
7. The Carpenter
   Avett Brothers
8. Babel
   Mumford & Sons
9. Slipstream
   Bonnie Raitt
10. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
11. Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
    Todd Snider
12. Sing the Delta
    Iris DeMent
13. The Lumineers
    The Lumineers
14. Live From Alabama
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
15. Bear Creek
    Brandi Carlile
16. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
17. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
18. 3 Pears
    Dwight Yoakam
19. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
20. Break It Yourself
    Andrew Bird
21. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
22. Port of Morrow
    The Shins
23. Here
    Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
24. Mutt
    Cory Branan
25. Little Broken Hearts
    Norah Jones
26. Home Again
    Michael Kiwanuka
27. Older Than My Old Man Now
    Loudon Wainwright III
28. Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
    Justin Townes Earle
29. Worried Man
    Andrew Combs
30. Who’s Feeling Young Now?
    Punch Brothers
31. From The Ground Up
    John Fullbright
32. Kin
    Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr
33. The Sound of The Life of The Mind
    Ben Folds Five
34. New Multitudes
    Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames
35. The Dreamer
    Rhett Miller
36. Voyageur
    Kathleen Edwards
37. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
38. What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
    Regina Spektor
39. The Lion’s Roar
    First Aid Kit
40. Diamond Rugs
    Diamond Rugs
41. Old Crow Medicine Show
    Carry Me Back
42. Every Kingdom
    Ben Howard
43. Sugaring Reason
    Beth Orton
44. Be the Void
    Dr. Dog
45. Delta Spirit
    Delta Spirit
46. A Wasteland Companion
    M. Ward
47. Go Fly A Kite
    Ben Kweller
48. Handwritten
    The Gaslight Anthem
49. In The Dusk of Everything
    Matthew Ryan
50. Mirage Rock
    Band Of Horses

Clash Magazine: Top 40 Albums of 2012

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

1. The Bravest Man in the Universe
   Bobby Womack
2. An Awesome Wave
   alt-J
3. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
4. The Money Store
   Death Grips
5. Visions
   Grimes
6. Here
   Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
7. Until the Quiet Comes
   Flying Lotus
8. Django Django
   Django Django
9. Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
   Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny
10. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
11. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
12. The Keychain Collection
    Gang Colours
13. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
14. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
15. World, You Need a Change of Mind
    Kindness
16. The Cherry Thing
    Neneh Cherry & the Thing
17. Coexist
    The xx
18. Trilogy
    The Weeknd
19. Given to the Wild
    The Maccabees
20. Piramida
    Efterklang
21. Centipede Hz
    Animal Collective
22. The Seer
    Swans
23. Wixiw
    Liars
24. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
25. Rebirth
    Jimmy Cliff
26. Music for the Quiet Hour
    Shackleton
27. Put Your Back N 2 It
    Perfume Genius
28. Beams
    Matthew Dear
29. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
30. Never
    Micachu & The Shapes
31. R.I.P.
    Actress
32. Bloodstreams
    DZ Deathrays
33. Jake Bugg
    Jake Bugg
34. Different Colours
    Marconi Union
35. Come of Age
    The Vaccines
36. Ekstasis
    Julia Holter
37. Other People
    Breton
38. Fragrant World
    Yeasayer
39. Port of Morrow
    The Shins
40. Acousmatic Sorcery
    Willis Earl Beal

Little White Earbuds: Top 10 Albums of 2012

1. R.I.P.
   Actress
2. Techno Primitivism
   Juju & Jordash
3. Luxury Problems
   Andy Stott
4. From The Far Future Pt. 2
   Terrence Dixon
5. Noi No
   Madteo
6. Music for the Quiet Hour
   Shackleton
6. The Drawbar Organ EP
   Shackleton
7. Quarantine
   Laurel Halo
8. Unicursal Hexagram
   Jahiliyya Fields
9. Reform Club
   Claro Intelecto
10. Galaxy Garden
    Lone

Aquarium Drunkard: 2012 Year in Review, an "unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention in 2012" included with their year-end review

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2014 • 2013]

• The Lost Tapes
  Can
• Putrifiers II
  Thee Oh Sees
• Ascent
  Six Organs of Admittance
• ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Wixiw
  Liars
• A World Out Of Time
  Eternal Tapestry
• Slaughterhouse
  Ty Segall Band
• Twins
  Ty Segall
• Hair
  Ty Segall & White Fence
• Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
  various artists
• Music Is Painting In The Air
  Sensations' Fix
• Seeds
  Georgia Anne Muldrow
• Jessica Pratt
  Jessica Pratt
• Maraqopa
  Damien Jurado
• Life is People
  Bill Fay
• After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities 1964–1965
  Wendy Rene
• Ocean Parkway
  Gunn-Truscinski Duo
• Home Again
  Michael Kiwanuka
• Tramp
  Sharon Van Etten
• Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
  Spiritualized
• Nootropics
  Lower Dens
• Swing Lo Magellan
  Dirty Projectors
• Lonerism
  Tame Impala
• Melody’s Echo Chamber
  Melody’s Echo Chamber
• Spooky Action at a Distance
  Lotus Plaza
• Until the Quiet Comes
  Flying Lotus
• Ekstasis
  Julia Holter
• All Hell
  Daughn Gibson
• New Radar
  Calvin Love
• 2
  Mac DeMarco
• WTNG 89.9 - Solid Bronze
  various artists
• The Bravest Man in the Universe
  Bobby Womack
• Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia
  Tim Maia
• Yes It Is
  Rockin’ Horse
• Country Funk 1969–1975
  various artists
• Family Evil
  Crystal Syphon
• Bend Beyond
  Woods
• Circles
  Colossal Gospel
• Long Slow Dance
  The Fresh & Onlys
• Circles
  Moon Duo
• Locked Down
  Dr. John
• Gentle Stream
  The Amazing
• Time's All Gone
  Nick Waterhouse
• Allah-Las
  Allah-Lahs
• The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes, & Backsides 1968-71
  Lee Hazlewood
• Big Inner
  Matthew E. White
• Mr. M
  Lambchop
• Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
  Patterson Hood
• Shields
  Grizzly Bear
• Heaven
  Walkmen
• Sun
  Cat Power
• Internal Logic
  Grass Widow
• Zoo
  Ceremony
• Celebration Rock
  Japandroids
• Light Up Gold
  Parquet Courts
• Local Business
  Titus Andronicus
• Remember When
  The Orwells
• Oshin
  DIIV
• Tender New Signs
  Tamaryn
• In Between
  Young Prisms
• Overgrown Path
  Chris Cohen
• Where It Hits You
  Jim White
• Standing at the Sky’s Edge
  Richard Hawley
• Children of Desire
  Merchandise
• Pipe Dreams
  Whirr
• Channel Orange
  Frank Ocean
• Tempest
  Bob Dylan
• Sunken Condos
  Donald Fagen
• Psychedelic Pill
  Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 100 Albums of 2012

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

1. An Awesome Wave
   alt-J
2. Lonerism
   Tame Impala
3. Wixiw
   Liars
4. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
5. Django Django
   Django Django
6. In Our Heads
   Hot Chip
7. Born to Die
   Lana Del Rey
8. Lescop
   Lescop
9. Boys & Girls
   Alabama Shakes
10. Coexist
    The xx
11. Bloom
    Beach House
12. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
13. Mature Themes
    Ariel Pink
14. Sun
    Cat Power
15. Vengeance
    Benjamin Biolay
16. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
17. Beams
    Matthew Dear
18. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
19. Mondo
    Electric Guest
20. Visions
    Grimes
21. Places
    Lou Doillon
22. World, You Need a Change of Mind
    Kindness
23. Mermonte
    Mermonte
24. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
25. Here We Are
    Citizens
26. Other People’s Problems
    Breton
27. The invitation to the Voyage
    Eugene Mc Guiness
28. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
    Spiritualized
29. Vampiric way
    Bewitched Hands
30. Oshin
    DIIV
31. ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
32. Standing at the Sky’s Edge
    Richard Hawley
33. Home Again
    Michael Kiwanuka
34. Come of Age
    The Vaccines
35. Acousmatic Sorcery
    Willis Earl Beal
36. Life is People
    Bill Fay
37. X-Pianos
    Chassol
38. Vers les lueurs
    Dominique A
39. America
    Dan Deacon
40. Psychedelic Pill
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
41. The Seer
    Swans
42. Old Ideas
    Leonard Cohen
43. L’Amour, l’Argent, le vent
    Barbara Carlotti
44. R.I.P.
    Actress
45. Beacon
    Two Door Cinema Club
46. Astronomie
    Avec Pas D’Casque
47. Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
    Beth Jeans Houghton
48. Big Inner
    Matthew E. White
49. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
50. Apnea
    O. Children
51. Centipede Hz
    Animal Collective
52. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
53. Something
    Chairlift
54. Cheek Mountain Thief
    Cheek Mountain Thief
55. Orkney Symphony of The Magnetic North
    The Magnetic North
56. Be Your Own King
    Concrete Knives
57. We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart
    Jonathan Boulet
58. Putrifiers II
    Thee Oh Sees
59. A Wasteland Companion
    M. Ward
60. Meat + Bone
    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
61. Manifest!
    Friends
62. Nootropics
    Lower Dens
63. Passion
    Para One
64. We’re All Dying to Live
    Rich Aucoin
65. Circles
    Moon Duo
66. Rich Forever
    Rick Ross
67. Locked Down
    Dr. John
68. Total Loss
    How to Dress Well
69. Coline
    Baden Baden
70. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
71. Rover
    Rover
72. Tantale
    Monogrenade
73. Held
    Holy Other
74. The Lion’s Roar
    First Aid Kit
75. Taranta
    Mina Tindle
76. Desesperanza
    Meridian Brothers
77. $O$
    Die Antwoord
78. Pray to Be Free
    James Levy & The Blood Red Rose
79. Riots in the Jungle
    SKIP&DIE
80. La Fin De L’espèce
    Klub des Loosers
81. Tarnished Gold
    Beachwood Sparks
82. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
83. O Deus que devasta mas também cura
    Lucas Santtana
84. Given to the Wild
    The Maccabees
85. Melody’s Echo Chamber
    Melody’s Echo Chamber
86. Rituels d’un nouveau monde
    Zombie Zombie
87. Top Ten Hits of the End of the World
    Prince Rama
88. Palindrome Hunches
    Neil Halstead
89. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
90. Free Time!
    Pinkunoizu
91. Daughter of Cloud
    of Montreal
92. Spooky Action at a Distance
    Lotus Plaza
93. I Predict a Graceful Expulsion
    Cold Specks
94. Futur
    Booba
95. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
96. Awe Naturale
    THEESatisfaction
97. Please Her, Please Him
    Théodore Paul & Gabriel
98. Shy Pursuit
    The Spinto Band
99. Dept. of Disappearance
    Jason Lytle
100. [Sic]
     Bang On!

Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2011]

1. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
2. Kill for Love
   Chromatics
3. Lonerism
   Tame Impala
4. Bloom
   Beach House
5. The Idler Wheel…
   Fiona Apple
6. All We Love We Leave Behind
   Converge
7. Shields
   Grizzly Bear
8. Visions
   Grimes
9. R.A.P. Music
   Killer Mike
10. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
11. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
12. The Seer
    Swans
13. Attack on Memory
    Cloud Nothings
14. Interstellar
    Frankie Rose
15. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
16. Yellow & Green
    Baroness
17. Coexist
    The xx
18. The Money Store
    Death Grips
19. Luxury Problems
    Andy Stott
20. Confess
    Twin Shadow
21. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
22. Cancer 4 Cure
    El-P
23. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
24. Kaleidoscope Dream
    Miguel
25. Harmonicraft
    Torche
26. R.I.P.
    Actress
27. Mature Themes
    Ariel Pink
28. Ekstasis
    Julia Holter
29. Sun
    Cat Power
30. Put Your Back N 2 It
    Perfume Genius
31. Gossamer
    Passion Pit
32. Reign of Terror
    Sleigh Bells
33. Spooky Action at a Distance
    Lotus Plaza
34. Open Your Heart
    The Men
35. fIN
    John Talabot
36. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
    Spiritualized
37. 2
    Mac DeMarco
38. Ocean Roar
    Mount Eerie
39. ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
40. Book Burner
    Pig Destroyer
41. Shrines
    Purity Ring
42. Pink
    Four Tet
43. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
44. Kindred
    Burial
45. I Know What Love Isn’t
    Jens Lekman
46. Slaughterhouse
    Ty Segall Band
47. Melody’s Echo Chamber
    Melody’s Echo Chamber
48. (III)
    Crystal Castles
49. Mr. M
    Lambchop
50. Metz
    Metz

Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2011]

1. Confess
   Twin Shadow
2. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
3. An Awesome Wave
   alt-J
4. Boys & Girls
   Alabama Shakes
5. Valtari
   Sigur Rós
6. The Only Place
   Best Coast
7. Part & Parcel
   The Skints
8. Coexist
   The xx
9. Celebration Rock
   Japandroids
10. Come of Age
    The Vaccines
11. Put Your Back N 2 It
    Perfume Genius
12. Django Django
    Django Django
13. My Head is an Animal
    Of Monsters And Men
14. Plumb
    Field Music
15. Cruel Summer
    G.O.O.D. Music
16. Votive Life
    Cave Painting
17. TOY
    TOY
18. R.A.P. Music
    Killer Mike
19. Visions
    Grimes
20. Gossamer
    Passion Pit
21. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
22. The 2nd Law
    Muse
23. Given to the Wild
    The Maccabees
24. Make Me Believe in Hope
    Bright Light Bright Light
25. Shrines
    Purity Ring
26. Fragments
    Submotion Orchestra
27. Time Capsules II
    Oberhofer
28. The Money Store
    Death Grips
29. Playin’ Me
    Cooly G
30. Baby
    Tribes
31. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
32. World, You Need a Change of Mind
    Kindness
33. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
34. Port of Morrow
    The Shins
35. TNGHT EP
    TNGHT
36. Mature Themes
    Ariel Pink
37. In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
    The Cribs
38. Lido
    Darren Hayman
39. Master of My Make-Believe
    Santigold
40. Halcyon
    Ellie Goulding
41. Jake Bugg
    Jake Bugg
42. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
43. Portico Quartet
    Portico Quartet
44. Attack on Memory
    Cloud Nothings
45. Babel
    Mumford & Sons
46. The Orbserver in the Star House
    The Orb Featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
47. Wrecking Ball
    Bruce Springsteen
48. Instrumental Mixtape 2
    Clams Casino
49. Happy to You
    Miike Snow
50. Blunderbuss
    Jack White

musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012

[see also 2011]

1. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
2. Lonerism
   Tame Impala
3. Beams
   Matthew Dear
4. Kill for Love
   Chromatics
5. Blondes
   Blondes
6. fIN
   John Talabot
7. Oshin
   DIIV
8. Wixiw
   Liars
9. Transverse
   Carter Tutti Void
10. SSSS
    VCMG
11. Portico Quartet
    Portico Quartet
12. Young Man in America
    Anaïs Mitchell
13. Love this Giant
    David Byrne & St. Vincent
14. One Day I’m Going to Soar
    Dexys
15. Wrecking Ball
    Bruce Springsteen
16. TOY
    TOY
17. Palindrome Hunches
    Neil Halstead
18. Plumb
    Field Music
19. Make Me Believe in Hope
    Bright Light Bright Light
20. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
21. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
22. Tarnished Gold
    Beachwood Sparks
23. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
24. Visions
    Grimes
25. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
26. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
27. Ekstasis
    Julia Holter
28. Crown And Treaty
    Sweet Billy Pilgrim
29. My God Is Blue
    Sébastien Tellier
30. Rispah
    The Invisible
31. Six Cups of Rebel
    Lindstrøm
32. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
33. Put Your Back N 2 It
    Perfume Genius
34. This Is PiL
    Public Image Ltd.
35. The Seer
    Swans
36. Bloom
    Beach House
37. Sun
    Cat Power
38. The Lion’s Roar
    First Aid Kit
39. Playin’ Me
    Cooly G
40. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
41. Ground Of Its Own
    Sam Lee
42. The Silicone Veil
    Susanne Sundfør
43. Music for the Quiet Hour
    Shackleton
44. Words and Music by Saint Etienne
    Saint Etienne
45. RIP
    Actress
46. Other People’s Problems
    Breton
47. Ten Freedom Summers
    Wadada Leo Smith
48. America
    Dan Deacon
49. ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
50. 2:54
    2:54
51. In A Dim Light
    Nedry
52. Toward the Low Sun
    Dirty Three
53. Heaven
    Walkmen
54. Into The Diamond Sun
    Richard Hawley
55. Into The Diamond Sun
    Stealing Sheep
56. Mid Air
    Paul Buchanan
57. Isle Of Dogs
    Tigercats
58. Race The Loser
    Lau
59. Old Ideas
    Leonard Cohen
60. Nude
    The Irrepressibles
61. Europe
    Allo Darlin’
62. Awe Naturale
    THEESatisfaction
63. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
64. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
65. Everything Touching
    Tall Ships
66. Among the Leaves
    Sun Kil Moon
67. Koïma
    Sidi Touré
68. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
69. The Money Store
    Death Grips
70. Paszport
    Katy Carr
71. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
72. The Violence
    Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament
73. Confess
    Twin Shadow
74. Bouger Le Monde!
    Staff Benda Bilili
75. In Our Heads
    Hot Chip
76. Coexist
    The xx
77. The Something Rain
    Tindersticks
78. Django Django
    Django Django
79. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
80. Locked Down
    Dr. John
81. The Light The Dead See
    Soulsavers
82. World Music
    Goat
83. Accelerando
    Vijay Iyer Trio
84. Total Loss
    How to Dress Well
85. DROKK
    Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury
86. We’ll Be The Moon
    Fixers
87. Oh No I Love You
    Tim Burgess
88. Warato’o
    Narasirato
89. Steam Days
    Nathan Fake
90. 1982 + BJ Cole
    1982 + BJ Cole
91. Narrow
    Soap & Skin
92. Mad Love
    Cheval Sombre
93. The Plot Against Common Sense
    Future of the Left
94. Quarantine
    Laurel Halo
95. The Cherry Thing
    Neneh Cherry & the Thing
96. Algiers
    Calexico
97. Banks
    Paul Banks
98. Apnea
    O. Children
99. A+E
    Graham Coxon
100. World, You Need a Change of Mind
     Kindness

Resident Advisor: Top 20 Albums of 2012

[see also 2023 • 2018 • 2015 • 2014 • 2011]

1. Voices from the Lake
   Voices From The Lake
2. R.I.P.
   Actress
3. fIN
   John Talabot
4. Luxury Problems
   Andy Stott
5. Jiaolong
   Daphni
6. Music for the Quiet Hour
   Shackleton
7. Order of Noise
   Vessel
8. The Killer
   Shed
9. Motor: Nighttime World 3
   Robert Hood
10. Transsektoral
    Barker & Baumecker
11. Classical Curves
    Jam City
12. Visions
    Grimes
13. Diversions 1994-1996
    Lee Gamble
14. On Acid
    Recondite
15. Negative Fascination
    Silent Servant
16. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
17. Dependent and Happy
    Ricardo Villalobos
18. Salty Days
    Smallpeople
19. Quarantine
    Laurel Halo
20. Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
    Raime