Lists
- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Sonic: 25 Best Albums of 2012
- BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
- Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2012
- Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
- Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2012
- Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
- Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Idolator: 10 Best New Albums of 2012
- Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- A.V. Club: 25 Best Albums of 2012
- MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
- Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
- Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
- Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
- FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
- The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
- NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012