Year-End Lists

NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2012 (alphabetical)

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• Control System
  Ab-Soul
• Boys & Girls
  Alabama Shakes
• Elgar & Carter Cello Concertos
  Alisa Weilerstein & Daniel Barenboim
• An Awesome Wave
  alt-J
• Luxury Problems
  Andy Stott
• Astro
  Astro
• Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  Simon Rattle & The Berlin Philharmonic
• The Bravest Man in the Universe
  Bobby Womack
• Elegancia Tropical
  Bomba Estéreo
• Seven Steps
  Brooklyn Rider
• El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
  Cafe Tacvba
• Dejenme Llorar
  Carla Morrison
• Sun
  Cat Power
• Landing On A Hundred
  Cody ChesnuTT
• America
  Dan Deacon
• No Love Deep Web
  Death Grips
• Debo Band
  Debo Band
• Swing Lo Magellan
  Dirty Projectors
• 3 Pears
  Dwight Yoakam
• Passage
  Exitmusic
• The Idler Wheel…
  Fiona Apple
• Until the Quiet Comes
  Flying Lotus
• Channel Orange
  Frank Ocean
• Some Nights
  fun.
• First of a Living Breed
  Homeboy Sandman
• Sing the Delta
  Iris DeMent
• En Yay Sah
  Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang
• Celebration Rock
  Japandroids
• Alone Together
  Karriem Riggins
• good kid, m.A.A.d city
  Kendrick Lamar
• R.A.P. Music
  Killer Mike
• Salonen: Violin Concerto
  Leila Josefowicz
• Old Ideas
  Leonard Cohen
• By A Little Light
  Matt Ulery
• Dreamchasers 2
  Meek Mill
• Kaleidoscope Dream
  Miguel
• The Cherry Thing
  Neneh Cherry & the Thing
• Threads
  Now, Now
• Sorrow and Extinction
  Pallbearer
• Adventures In Your Own Backyard
  Patrick Watson
• The Truth About Love
  Pink
• What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
  Regina Spektor
• Adams: Harmonielehre/Short Ride In A Fast Machine
  San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
• Tramp
  Sharon Van Etten
• The Seer
  Swans
• Twins
  Ty Segall
• MTMTMK
  The Very Best
• Accelerando
  Vijay Iyer Trio
• Ten Freedom Summers
  Wadada Leo Smith
• Be Strong
  The 2 Bears