Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

1. The Idler Wheel…
   Fiona Apple
2. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
3. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Lonerism
   Tame Impala
5. Celebration Rock
   Japandroids
6. Shields
   Grizzly Bear
7. Kill for Love
   Chromatics
8. Visions
   Grimes
9. Shrines
   Purity Ring
10. America
    Dan Deacon
11. Heaven
    Walkmen
12. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
13. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
14. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
15. Bloom
    Beach House
16. R.A.P. Music
    Killer Mike
17. Nootropics
    Lower Dens
18. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
    Spiritualized
19. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
20. Cancer 4 Cure
    El-P
21. ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
22. Confess
    Twin Shadow
23. The Money Store
    Death Grips
24. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
25. Coexist
    The xx
26. Awe Naturale
    THEESatisfaction
27. Open Your Heart
    The Men
28. Love this Giant
    David Byrne & St. Vincent
29. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
30. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
31. Kaleidoscope Dream
    Miguel
32. Tempest
    Bob Dylan
33. Attack on Memory
    Cloud Nothings
34. Spooky Action at a Distance
    Lotus Plaza
35. Oshin
    DIIV
36. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
37. Instinct
    Niki & The Dove
38. A Thing Called Divine Fits
    Divine Fits
39. Centipede Hz
    Animal Collective
40. The Feeling
    Naomi Punk
41. Be the Void
    Dr. Dog
42. Slaughterhouse
    Ty Segall Band
43. Habits & Contradictions
    Schoolboy Q
44. Total Loss
    How to Dress Well
45. Lucifer
    Peaking Lights
46. Port of Morrow
    The Shins
47. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
48. Something
    Chairlift
49. Wixiw
    Liars
50. fIN
    John Talabot
51. Sun
    Cat Power
52. The Seer
    Swans
53. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
54. kin
    iamamiwhoami
55. Metz
    Metz
56. Zammuto
    Zammuto
57. In Our Heads
    Hot Chip
58. Control System
    Ab-Soul
59. Strange Weekend
    Porcelain Raft
60. Put Your Back N 2 It
    Perfume Genius