Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 2012

Published: December 14, 2012 05:25 Source

# 1

Until The Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus

Album • Oct 01 / 2012 IDM

# 2

Kill for Love by Chromatics

Album • Mar 26 / 2012 Synthpop Dream Pop

# 3

Luxury Problems by Andy Stott

Album • Oct 29 / 2012 Dub Techno Ambient Dub

# 4

channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean

Album • Jul 10 / 2012 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B

# 5

Lonerism by Tame Impala

Album • Jan 01 / 2012 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Rock

# 6

I Know What Love Isn't by Jens Lekman

Album • Sep 04 / 2012 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 7

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Jan 01 / 2012 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 8

Total Loss by How to Dress Well

Album • Sep 18 / 2012 Ambient Pop Alternative R&B

# 9

Ekstasis by Julia Holter

Album • Oct 26 / 2012 Art Pop Progressive Pop Baroque Pop

# 10

The Seer by Swans

Album • Aug 28 / 2012 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 11

Clear Moon by Mount Eerie

Album • May 22 / 2012 Singer-Songwriter Avant-Folk

# 12

A Church That Fits Our Needs by Lost In the Trees

Album • Mar 20 / 2012 Chamber Folk Indie Pop Indie Folk

# 13

Twins by Ty Segall

Album • Oct 09 / 2012 Garage Rock

# 14

Fin by John Talabot

Album • Jan 27 / 2012 Balearic Beat Downtempo

# 15

Put Your Back N 2 It by Perfume Genius

Album • Feb 20 / 2012 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 16

Open Your Heart by The Men

Album • Mar 06 / 2012 Noise Rock Indie Rock

# 17

Motion Sickness of Time Travel by Motion Sickness Of Time Travel

Album • May 11 / 2012 Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 18

Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized

Album • Apr 16 / 2012 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 19

Echoes Of Silence (Original) by The Weeknd

Album • Dec 21 / 2011

# 20

2 by Mac DeMarco

Album • Oct 16 / 2012 Jangle Pop Bedroom Pop

# 21

Shrines by Purity Ring

Album • Jul 20 / 2012 Synthpop

# 22

Slaughterhouse by Ty Segall Band

Album • Jun 26 / 2012 Garage Punk Noise Rock

# 23

R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike

Album • May 15 / 2012 Southern Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 24

Sorrow and Extinction by Pallbearer

Album • Feb 21 / 2012 Traditional Doom Metal

# 25

Bloom by Beach House

Album • May 15 / 2012 Dream Pop Indie Pop

# 26

Allelujah! Dont Bend! Ascend! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Album • Oct 15 / 2012

# 27

Children of Desire by Merchandise

Album • Apr 03 / 2012 Shoegaze Post-Punk

# 28

Sundowning by Nü Sensae

Album • Aug 06 / 2012 Punk Rock Noise Rock Hardcore Punk

# 29

Held by Holy Other

Album • Aug 28 / 2012 Ambient Dub Witch House

# 30

Oshin by DIIV

Album • Jun 26 / 2012 Dream Pop Indie Surf

# 31

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple

Album • Jun 18 / 2012 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 32

Celebration Rock by Japandroids

Album • Jun 05 / 2012 Indie Rock

# 33

Coexist by The xx

Album • Sep 10 / 2012 Dream Pop Ambient Pop Alt-Pop

# 34

Cancer 4 Cure by EL-P

Album • May 22 / 2012

# 35

The Haunted Man (Deluxe Version) by Bat for Lashes

Album • Oct 12 / 2012

# 36

Devotion by Jessie Ware

Album • Jan 01 / 2012 Alternative R&B

# 37

Centipede Hz by Animal Collective

Album • Sep 04 / 2012 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica

# 38

Keepers of the Light by LHF

Album • Apr 02 / 2012 Dubstep UK Bass

# 39

Mr. M by Lambchop

Album • Feb 21 / 2012 Chamber Pop

# 40

Habits & Contradictions by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Jan 14 / 2012 West Coast Hip Hop

# 41

Hive Mind by Ital

Album • Feb 13 / 2012 Deep House Outsider House

# 42

Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors

Album • Jul 10 / 2012 Art Pop Indie Pop Progressive Pop

# 43

Attack On Memory by Cloud Nothings

Album • Jan 24 / 2012 Post-Hardcore Indie Rock Emo

# 44

America by Dan Deacon

Album • Aug 28 / 2012 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 45

Ocean Roar by Mount Eerie

Album • Aug 29 / 2012 Post-Rock Drone Post-Metal

# 46

The Money Store by Death Grips

Album • Apr 23 / 2012 Industrial Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 47

Silent Drops by Voices from The Lake

Single • Jul 01 / 2011

# 48

Tramp (Deluxe Edition) by Sharon Van Etten

Album • Nov 13 / 2012 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 49

Family Perfume Vol. 2 by White Fence

Album • May 15 / 2012 Psychedelic Rock Slacker Rock

# 50

Galaxy Garden by Lone

Album • May 06 / 2012 Acid House