Paste’s Top 50 Best Albums of 2012

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50. Grimes – Visions

49. Kelly Hogan – I Like to Keep Myself in Pain

48. Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams

47. Baroness – Yellow & Green

46. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa

45. Punch Brothers – Who’s Feeling Young Now

44. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

43. Stars – The North

42. Bettye LaVette – Thankful N’ Thoughtful

41. Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal

40. Todd Sinder – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables

39. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

38. Dr. John – Locked Down

37. Shovels & Rope – O Be Joyful

36. Cat Power – Sun

35. King Tuff – King Tuff

34. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory

33. Howler – America Give Up

32. Woods – Bend Beyond

31. The Avett Brothers – The Carpenter

30. David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant

29. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music

28. Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits

27. John K. Samson – Provincial

26. Bob Dylan – Tempest

25. Grizzly Bear – Shields

24. Justin Townes Earle – Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now

23. Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t

22. Hospitality – Hospitality

21. The Lumineers – The Lumineers

20. The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth

19. Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game

18. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city

17. Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself

16. Tame Impala – Lonerism

15. Jack White – Blunderbuss

14. The Walkmen – Heaven

13. The Shins – Port of Morrow

12. El-P – Cancer 4 Cure

11. The Men – Open Your Heart

10. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

9. Beach House – Bloom

8. Japandroids – Celebration Rock

7. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

6. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls

5. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

4. 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

3. Titus Andronicus – Local Business

2. Father John Misty – Fear Fun

1. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange