SPIN’s Top 50 Albums of 2012
50. fun. – Some Nights
49. Heems – Nehru Jackets
48. Best Coast – The Only Place
47. Metric – Synthetica
46. Spoek Mathambo – Father Creeper
45. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
44. Deftones – Koi No Yokan
43. Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
42. Lindstrom – Six Cups of Rebel and Smalhans
41. Purity Ring – Shrines
40. Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
39. Roc Marciano – Reloaded
38. Taylor Swift – Red
37. R. Kelly – Write Me Back
36. Beak> – >>
35. Jack White – Blunderbuss
34. Mala – In Cuba
33. Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II
32. Goat – World Music
31. The xx – Coexist
30. Frankie Rose – Interstellar
29. Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet On Sky
28. Jessie Ware – Devotion
27. Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
26. Tame Impala – Lonerism
25. Action Bronson – Blue Chips
24. Cat Power – Sun
23. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
22. Torche – Harmonicraft
21. Daphni – Jiaolong
20. Pallbearer – Sorrow and Extinction
19. Traxman – Da Mind of Traxman
18. King Tuff – King Tuff
17. Grizzly Bear – Shields
16. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
15. Baroness – Yellow & Green
14. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
13. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
12. Death Grips – No Love Deep Web
11. Future – Pluto
10. Santigold – Master of My Make-Believe
9. Ty Segall – Twins
8. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
7. Swans – The Seer
6. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
5. Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
4. DJ Rashad – Teklife Vol. 1 – Welcome to the Chi
3. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
2. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city
1. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
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