Year-End Lists

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 100 Albums of 2012

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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!