Pitchfork has shared its
Top Albums Of 2012. Check it out below, along with its
Top Tracks Of 2012,
here.
50.
Lambchop - Mr. M [Merge/City Slang]
49.
Crystal Castles - (III) [Fiction/Casablanca/Universal Republic]
48.
Peaking Lights - Lucifer [Mexican Summer/Weird World]
47.
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction [Profound Lore]
46.
Rustie -Essential Mix [BBC]
45.
El-P - Cancer for Cure [Fat Possum]
44.
METZ - METZ [Sub Pop]
43.
Mac DeMarco - 2 [Captured Tracks]
42.
Rick Ross - Rich Forever [Maybach]
41.
Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze EP [Sub Pop]
40.
DIIV - Oshin [Captured Tracks]
39.
Hot Chip - In Our Heads [Domino]
38.
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance [Kranky]
37.
Future - Pluto [Epic/A1/Free Bandz]
36.
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp [Jagjaguwar]
35.
TNGHT - TNGHT [Warp/Luckyme]
34.
Chairlift - Something [Columbia]
33.
Actress - R.I.P. [Honest Jon's]
32.
Action Bronson/Party Supplies -Blue Chips [Fool's Gold/Reebok Classics]
31.
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light [Fat Possum]
30.
The Men - Open Your Heart [Sacred Bones]
29.
Cat Power - Sun [Matador]
28.
How to Dress Well - Total Loss [Acéphale/Weird World]
27.
John Talabot - ƒIN [Permanent Vacation]
26.
Julia Holter - Ekstasis [Rvng Intl.]
25.
Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions [Top Dawg]
24.
Purity Ring - Shrines [4AD]
23.
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream [RCA]
22.
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes [Warp]
21.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes [4AD]
20.
Jessie Ware - Devotion [PMR]
19.
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory [Carpark]
18.
Ty Segall Band/Ty Segall & White Fence - Slaughterhouse/Hair [In the Red/Drag City]
17.
Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man [Parlophone]
16.
Burial - Kindred EP [Hyperdub]
15.
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan [Domino]
14.
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems [Modern Love]
13.
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music [Williams Street]
12.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! [Constellation]
11.
Japandroids - Celebration Rock [Polyvinyl]
10.
Grizzly Bear - Shields [Warp]
09.
Death Grips - The Money Store [Epic]
08.
Chromatics - Kill For Love [Italians Do It Better]
07.
Beach House - Bloom [Sub Pop]
06.
Grimes - Visions [4AD/Arbutus]
05.
Swans - The Seer [Young God]
04.
Tame Impala - Lonerism [Modular]
03.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... [Epic]
02.
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange [Def Jam]
01.
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city [Interscope/Top Dawg]
Honorable Mention
Ab-Soul - Control System [Top Dawg]
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home [Bathetic]
The Congos / Sun Araw / M. Geddes Gengras - Icon Give Thank [Rvng Intl.]
Daughn Gibson - All Hell [White Denim]
Four Tet - Pink [Text]
Frankie Rose - Interstellar [Slumberland]
Holly Herndon - Movement [Rvng Intl.]
Holy Other - Held [Tri Angle]
Jeremih - Late Nights with Jeremih [self-released]
Joey Bada$$ - 1999 [Cinematic / Creative Control]
Laurel Halo - Quarantine [Hyperdub]
Liars - WIXIW [Mute]
Lone Galaxy - Garden [R&S]
Matthew E. White - Big Inner [Hometapes/Spacebomb]
Merchandise - Children of Desire [Katorga Works]
Royal Headache - Royal Headache [What's Your Rupture?]
Swearin' - Swearin' [Salinas]
Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II [In the Red]
Voices From the Lake - Voices From the Lake [Prologue]
Waxahatchee - American Weekend [Don Giovanni]
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