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50 Best Albums of 2012 List

  • Posted on Dec 7th 2012 3:59PM by Spinner
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50. Flaming Lips, ...And Heady Fwends
49. Murder by Death, Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
48. Tame Impala, Lonerism
47. The Hives, Lex Hives
46. Four Tet, Pink
45. Lana Del Rey, Born to Die
44. Lee Fields, Faithful Man
43. The Walkmen, Heaven
42. Dirty Ghosts, Metal Moon
41. Neil Young, Psychedelic Pill
40. Stars, The North
39. Flying Lotus, Until the Quiet Comes
38. Zeus, Busting Visions
37. Titus Andronicus, Local Business
36. Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream
35. Polica, Give You the Ghost
34. Crystal Castles, III
33. El-P, Cancer 4 Cure
32. the xx, Coexist
31. Will Stratton, Post-Empire
30. Mac Demarco, 2
29. Tennis, Young and Old
28. Schoolboy Q, Habits and Contradictions
27. Mumford and Sons, Babel
26. Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory
25. Grizzly Bear, Shields
24. Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur
23. Purity Ring, Shrines
22. PUJOL, United States of Being
21. Lianna La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough?
20. Bob Mould, Silver Age
19. Screaming Females, Ugly
18. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music
17. Solange, True
16. Jack White, Blunderbuss
15. Daphni, Jialong
14. Father John Misty, Fear Fun
13. Metric, Synthetica
12. P.O.S., We Don't Even Live Here
11. Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan
10. Grimes, Visions
9. Beach House, Bloom
8. Alabama Shakes, Boys and Girls
7. Sharon Van Etten, Tramp
6 Divine Fits, A Thing Called Divine Fits
5. Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas
4. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A. d city
3. Japandroids, Celebration Rock
2. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
1. Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
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salmonisme

Never heard of them. Here today, gone tomorrow.

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Ashley

What are these? Almost none of these artists are famous!

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Thomas

Where's Garbage? Are you kidding me?? The Fiona album is great, but this was Garbage's best album. jeesh!

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Chris

What?!?!? No Smashing Pumpkins?!?!

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