Year-End Lists

Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2011]

1. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
2. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Celebration Rock
   Japandroids
4. Teklife Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi
   DJ Rashad
5. Kaleidoscope Dream
   Miguel
6. The Haunted Man
   Bat for Lashes
7. The Seer
   Swans
8. R.A.P. Music
   Killer Mike
9. Twins
   Ty Segall
10. Master of My Make-Believe
    Santigold
11. Pluto
    Future
12. No Love Deep Web
    Death Grips
13. Attack on Memory
    Cloud Nothings
14. ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
15. Yellow & Green
    Baroness
16. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
17. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
18. King Tuff
    King Tuff
19. Da Mind of Traxman
    Traxman
20. Sorrow and Extinction
    Pallbearer
21. Jiaolong
    Daphni
22. Harmonicraft
    Torche
23. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
24. Sun
    Cat Power
25. Blue Chips
    Action Bronson
26. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
27. Reign of Terror
    Sleigh Bells
28. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
29. I Bet on Sky
    Dinosaur Jr.
30. Interstellar
    Frankie Rose
31. Coexist
    The xx
32. World Music
    Goat
33. Putrifiers II
    Thee Oh Sees
34. Mala in Cuba
    Mala
35. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
36. >>
    Beak
37. Write Me Back
    R. Kelly
38. Red
    Taylor Swift
39. Reloaded
    Roc Marciano
40. Centipede Hz
    Animal Collective
41. Shrines
    Purity Ring
42. Six Cups of Rebel
    Lindstrøm
43. Voyageur
    Kathleen Edwards
44. Koi No Yokan
    Deftones
45. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
    Nicki Minaj
46. Father Creeper
    Spoek Mathambo
47. Synthetica
    Metric
48. The Only Place
    Best Coast
49. Nehru Jackets
    Heems
50. Some Nights
    fun.