Lists
- FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2012
- Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
- Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
- Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Dennis Cooper: 20 Favorite Albums of 2012
- Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
- BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
- A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Austin Town Hall: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s