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2012 Music

Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012

16 December 2012

Confess - Twin Shadow

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

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