Lists
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
- Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
- Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
- Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
- WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
- Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
- Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012