Lists
- Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
- BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- L Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2012
- The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
- Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
- Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012
- Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
- musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s