Year-End Lists

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2012
All Movies Music Books Poetry
Lonerism - Tame Impala

2012 Year in Review Aquarium Drunkard

An Awesome Wave - alt-J

Top 100 Albums of 2012 Les Inrocks

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Treble

Confess - Twin Shadow

50 Albums of the 2012 Gigwise

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 100 Albums of 2012 musicOMH

Voices from the Lake - Voices From The Lake

Top 20 Albums of 2012 Resident Advisor

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

25 Best Albums of 2012 Slant

The Seer - Swans

75 Favorite Albums of 2012 Quietus

Fin - John Talabot

The Top 100 Albums of 2012 Crack Magazine

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

25 Best Albums of 2012 A.V. Club

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

75 Best Albums of 2012 PopMatters

Top 25 Albums of 2012 BBC Music

50 Favorite Albums of 2012 NPR Music

Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel

10 Best New Albums of 2012 Idolator

The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

50 Best Albums of 2012 Spinner

50 Best Albums of 2012 Fact

Top 25 Albums of 2012 Magnet

Lonerism - Tame Impala

Top 40 Albums of 2012 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 10 Albums of 2012 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Top 10 Albums of 2012 Time: Douglas Wolk

All We Love We Leave Behind - Converge

Top 40 Albums of 2012 Decibel

The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Stereogum

Quarantine - Laurel Halo

Top 50 Albums of 2012 The Wire

Blak and Blu - Gary Clark Jr.

Top 10 Albums of 2012 KCRW: Jason Bentley

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