Last year, PJ Harvey’s classic ‘Let England Shake’ topped our favourite albums chart. Who would it be this year?
Check our 2012 Top 50 Albums Of The Year here.
 | 50-DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT Love This Giant (4AD) |
 | 49-NENEH CHERRY & THE THING The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound) |
 | 48-THE SHINS Port Of morrow (Aural Apothecary/Columbia) |
 | 47-LONE Gaaxy Garden (R&S) |
 | 46-FATHER JOHN MISTY Fear Fun (Bella Union) |
 | 45-COOLY G Playin' Me (Hyperdub) |
 | 44-PURITY RING Shrines (4AD) |
 | 43-ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature Themes (4AD) |
 | 42-VARIOUS Don't Break My Love (Clown & Sunset) |
 | 41-HOLLY HERNDON Movement (RVNG Int.) |
 | 40-HOW TO DRESS WELL Total Loss (Domino) |
 | 39-ALABAMA SHAKES Boys & Girls (Rough Trade) |
 | 38-LIARS WIXIW (Mute) |
 | 37-BILL FAY Life Is People (Dead Oceans) |
 | 36-DAUGHN GIBSON All Hell (White Denim) |
 | 35-KINDNESS World, You Need A Change Of Mind (Polydor) |
 | 34-LANA DEL REY Born To Die (Universal) |
 | 33-CRYSTAL CASTLES (III) (Casablanca) |
 | 32-MIGUEL Kaleidoscope Dream (RCA) |
 | 31-TAME IMPALA Lonerism (Modular) |
 | 30-MAC DEMARCO 2/Rock and Roll Night Club (Captured Tracks) |
 | 29-ANDY STOTT Luxury Problems (Modern Love) |
 | 28-EL-P Cancer 4 Cure (Fat Possum) |
 | 27-MOUNT EERIE Clear Moon/Ocean Roar (P.W. Elverum and Sun) |
 | 26-CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack On Memory (Carpark) |
 | 25-SHARON VAN ETTEN Tramp (Jagjaguwar) |
 | 24-KILLER MIKE R.A.P. Music (Williams Street Records) |
 | 23-NAS Life Is Good (Def Jam) |
 | 22-JESSIE WARE Devotion (Universal) |
 | 21-SCHOOLBOY Q Habits & Contradictions (Top Dawg) |
 | 20-GOAT World Music (Rocket) |
 | 19-TY SEGALL BAND/TY SEGALL/TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE Slaughterhouse/Twins/Hair (In The Red) |
 | 18-JOHN TALABOT Fin (Permanent Vacation) |
 | 17-FLYING LOTUS Until The Quiet Comes (Warp) |
 | 16-THE MEN Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones) |
 | 15-DEATH GRIPS The Money Store/No Love Deep Web (Epic/Self Released) |
 | 14-LEONARD COHEN Old Ideas (Sony) |
 | 13-DIRTY PROJECTORS Swing Lo Magellan (Domino) |
 | 12-GRIMES Visions (4AD) |
 | 11-GRIZZLY BEAR Shields (Warp) |
 | 10-GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Constellation) |
 | 9-DJANGO DJANGO Django Django (Because) |
 | 8-ACTRESS R.I.P. (Honest Jon's) |
 | 7-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 (Epic) |
 | 6-BEACH HOUSE Bloom (Bella Union) |
 | 5-CHROMATICS Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better) |
 | 4-SWANS The Seer (Young God) |
 | 3-JULIA HOLTER Ekstasis (RVNG Intl./Domino) |
 | 2-FRANK OCEAN Channel Orange (Def Jam) |
 | 1-KENDRICK LAMAR good kid, m.A.A.d city (Top Dawg) |
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