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