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Here are the 111 Best Albums of 2012:
- Japandroids – Celebration Rock (Bonus Track)
- Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Bonus Track)
- Jack White – Blunderbuss (Bonus Track)
- Kendrick Lamar – g.o.o.d. kid, maad city
- Grizzly Bear – Shields
- The xx – Co-Exist
- Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
- Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel
- Sharon Von Etten – Tramp
- Beach House – Bloom
- Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
- The Lumineers – Lumineers
- Tame Impala – Lonerism
- Bob Mould – Silver Age
- Ben Folds Five – The Sound of Life of the Mind
- Shins – Port of Morrow
- Grimes – Vision
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist
- Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
- Of Monsters and Men – My Head Is An Animal
- Soundgarden – King Animal
- Chromatics – Kill For Love
- Lana Del Rey – Born To Die/Paradise
- The Walkmen – Heaven
- Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth
- Father John Misty – Fear Fun
- Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
- First Aid Kit – Lion’s Roar
- Burial – Truant/Kindred EP
- Bahamas – Barchords
- Swans – The Seer
- Pinback – Information Retrieved
- Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania
- Bloc Party – Four
- Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
- Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet On Sky
- Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams
- Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
- Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
- Bob Dylan – Tempest
- Fun. – Some Nights
- Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
- TY Segall – Twins
- Bobby Womack – Bravest Man in the Universe
- Passion Pit – Gossamer
- Liars – WIXIW
- Gary Clark Jr. – Black and Blu
- The Corin Tucker Band – Kill My Blues
- Olafur Arnalds – Another Happy Day
- Wintersleep – Hello Hum
- Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Babylon
- Titus Andronicus – Local Business
- Crystal Castles – III
- Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
- Hot Chip – In Our Heads
- Jesse Ware – Devotion
- Four Tet – Pink
- Glen Hansard – Rhythm & Repose
- Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
- Avett Brothers – The Carpenter
- Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
- The Lighthouse and the Whaler – This Is an Adventure
- …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Lost Songs
- The Big Pink – Future This
- Yellowcard – Southern Air
- Harold Budd – Bandits of Stature
- Pilot to Gunner – Guilty Guilty
- Muse – The 2nd Law
- Said The Whale – Little Mountain
- P.O.S – We Don’t Even Live Here
- Fang Island – Major
- Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
- Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
- Aesop Rock – Skeleton
- Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
- Lambchop – Mr. M
- Metric – Synthetica
- Jon Samuel – First Transmission
- Loscil – Sketches From New Brighton
- Lostprophets – Weapons
- Mumford & Sons – Babel
- Lee Fields & the Expressions – Faithful Man
- Bad Veins – The Mess We’ve Made
- Everclear – Invisible Stars
- Forgetters – Forgetters
- Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
- Niki & the Dove – Instinct
- Classics of Love – Classics of Love
- Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
- Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk
- Goodnight Lights – As Far As the Moon
- Joel Plaskett Emergency – Scrappy Happiness
- Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando
- Marconi Union – Different Colors
- Purity Ring – Shrines
- Minus The Bear – Infinity Overheard
- Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual
- Field Report – Field Report
- Twin Shadow – Confess
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
- Two Door Cinema – Beacon
- Rhett Miller – The Dream/The Interpreter Live At Largo
- Maus Haus – Light Noise
- Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
- Battles – Dross Glop
- Minilogue – Endlessness EP
- Amos The Transparent – Goodnight My Dear
- Django Django – Django Django
- Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
- Jeff The Brotherhood – Hypnotic Nights
- My Bloody Valentine – The EPs 1988-1991