100 Greatest Albums of 2012

  1. good kid, M.A.A.D. city - Kendrick Lamar
  2. Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
  3. Red - Taylor Swift
  4. Born to Die - Lana Del Rey
  5. Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
  6. The Idler Wheel - Fiona Apple
  7. Lonerism - Tame Impala
  8. Babel - Mumford & Sons
  9. Blunderbuss - Jack White
10. The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
11. An Awesome Wave - Alt-J
12. Bloom - Beach House
13. Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
14. The Truth About Love - Pink
15. The Money Store - Death Grips
16. Take Me Home - One Direction
17. Visions - Grimes
18. Some Nights - fun.
19. Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
20. Unapologetic - Rihanna
21. R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike
22. 18 Months - Calvin Harris
23. Attack on Memory - Cloud Nothings
24. Boys & Girls - Alabama Shakes
25. Celebration Rock - Japandroids
26. Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
27. Koi No Yokan - Deftones
28. Tempest - Bob Dylan
29. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
30. Looking 4 Myself - Usher
31. Swing Lo Magellan - Dirty Projectors
32. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - Nicki Minaj
33. Kill for Love - Chromatics
34. Life is Good - Nas
35. Bish Bosch - Scott Walker
36. Tramp - Sharon Van Etten
37. Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
38. Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
39. The Haunted Man - Bat for Lashes
40. Our Version of Events - Emeli Sandé
41. Uncaged ** - Zac Brown Band
42. Coexist - The xx
43. Shrines - Purity Ring
44. Fear Fun - Father John Misty
45. Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
46. Cancer 4 Cure - El-P
47. Sunken Condos - Donald Fagen
48. Port of Morrow - The Shins
49. Sun - Cat Power
50. That's Why God Made the Radio - The Beach Boys
51. Something - Chairlift
52. Shields - Grizzly Bear
53. Clockwork Angels - Rush
54. Django Django ** - Django Django
55. A Thing Called Divine Fits - Divine Fits
56. Handwritten - The Gaslight Anthem
57. Gossamer - Passion Pit
58. Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells
59. 2 - Mac DeMarco
60. Yellow & Green - Baroness
61. Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
62. Floral Shoppe ** - Macintosh Plus
63. R.E.D. - Ne-Yo
64. Love This Giant - David Byrne & St. Vincent
65. Silver Age - Bob Mould
66. Devotion ** - Jessie Ware
67. The 2nd Law - Muse
68. Total Loss - How to Dress Well
69. The Only Place - Best Coast
70. Two Eleven - Brandy
71. All We Love We Leave Behind ** - Converge
72. The Seer - Swans
73. Oshin - DIIV
74. Synthetica - Metric
75. Neck Of The Woods - Silversun Pickups
76. Valtari - Sigur Rós
77. Local Business - Titus Andronicus
78. Centipede Hz - Animal Collective
79. Skelethon - Aesop Rock
80. Light Up Gold ** - Parquet Courts
81. In Our Heads - Hot Chip
82. Les Voyages de l' me - Alcest
83. The Carpenter ** - The Avett Brothers
84. Nocturne ** - Wild Nothing
85. The Bravest Man in the Universe ** - Bobby Womack
86. Sweet Heart Sweet Light - Spiritualized
87. Warrior - Ke$ha
88. WIXIW - Liars
89. World, You Need a Change of Mind - Kindness
90. Home Again ** - Michael Kiwanuka
91. What We Saw From The Cheap Seats - Regina Spektor
92. Finally Rich ** - Chief Keef
93. Melody's Echo Chamber ** - Melody's Echo Chamber
94. Habits & Contradictions - Schoolboy Q
95. Master of My Make Believe ** - Santigold
96. Get Disowned ** - Hop Along
97. Ekstasis ** - Julia Holter
98. I Know What Love Isn't ** - Jens Lekman
99. Pluto ** - Future
100. The Lion's Roar ** - First Aid Kit