Lists
- Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
- American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012
- Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2012
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
- Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2012
- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
- Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012