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2012 Music

Guardian: Best Albums of 2012

01 December 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2012

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  1. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
  2. Visions
    Grimes
  3. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
  4. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
  5. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
  6. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
  7. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
  8. Coexist
    The xx
  9. In Our Heads
    Hot Chip
  10. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
  11. Kaleidoscope Dream
    Miguel
  12. Django Django
    Django Django
  13. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
  14. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
  15. Playin’ Me
    Cooly G
  16. Red
    Taylor Swift
  17. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
  18. Words and Music by Saint Etienne
    Saint Etienne
  19. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
  20. Ill Manors
    Plan B
  21. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
  22. In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
    The Cribs
  23. Classical Curves
    Jam City
  24. Armor On
    Dawn Richard
  25. RIP
    Actress
  26. Make Me Believe in Hope
    Bright Light Bright Light
  27. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
  28. Baby
    Tribes
  29. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
  30. Reservation
    Angel Haze
  31. Electra Heart
    Marina and the Diamonds
  32. My Teenage Dream Ended
    Farrah Abraham
  33. Mala in Cuba
    Mala
  34. One Day I’m Going to Soar
    Dexys
  35. One Second of Love
    Nite Jewel
  36. Bloom
    Beach House
  37. Wonky
    Orbital
  38. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
  39. R.A.P. Music
    Killer Mike
  40. ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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