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Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012

17 December 2012

The Bravest Man in the Universe - Bobby Womack

Clash Magazine: Top 40 Albums of 2012

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  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

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