2012 Tame Impala - Lonerism Feels Like We Only Go Backwards| Pitchfork 1. Frank Ocean – Blonde 2. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 3. Beyonce – Beyonce 4. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly 5. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel ... 6. Solange – A Seat at the Table 7. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City 8. Robyn – Body Talk 9. D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah 10. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange | Stereogum 1 Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly 2 Kanye West – Yeezus 3 Grimes – Art Angels 4 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 5 Frank Ocean – Blonde 6 Kendrick Lamar – good Kid, m.A.A.d. city 7 Beyoncé – Beyoncé 8 Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time 9 Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION 10 Taylor Swift – Red | Discogs 1. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories 2. David Bowie – Blackstar 3. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city 4. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool 5. Arctic Monkeys – AM 6. Tame Impala – Currents 7. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly 8. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die 9. Jack White – Lazaretto 10. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs |
| NME 1. Arctic Monkeys, 'AM' 2. Lorde, ‘Melodrama’ 3. Kanye West, ‘Yeezus’ 4. PJ Harvey, ‘Let England Shake’ 5. Kendrick Lamar, ‘good kid, m.A.A.d City’ 6. The 1975, ‘I Like It When You Sleep... 7. Frank Ocean, ‘Channel Orange’ 8. Grimes, ‘Visions’ 9. Arcade Fire, ‘The Suburbs’ 10. Lana Del Rey, ‘Born to Die’ | RollingStone 1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2. Beyoncé – Lemonade 3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly 4. Taylor Swift – Red 5. David Bowie – Blackstar 6. Drake – Take Care 7. Lorde – Melodrama 8. Adele – 21 9. Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel 10. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening | The Guardian 1. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly 3. Beyonce: Beyonce 4. Frank Ocean: Blonde 5. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange 6. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city 7. Robyn: Body Talk 8. Kanye West: Yeezus 9. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake 10. David Bowie: Blackstar |
| Rough Trade's (UK, 12th Nov) 1.- Fontaines D.C., Dogrel 2.- Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising 3.- Angel Olsen, All Mirrors 4.- Little Simz, Grey Area 5.- black midi, Schlagenheim 6.- Sleaford Mods, Eton Alive 7.- Cate Le Bon, Reward 8.- Vanishing Twin, The Age of Immunology 9-. Ex:Re, Ex:Re 10.- The Comet is Coming, Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystey | MOJO (UK, 27th Nov) 1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen 2. Bill Callahan – Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest 3. Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars 4. The Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery 5. Aldous Harding – Designer 6. Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel 7. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell! 8. black midi – schlagenheim 9. Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains 10. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Rainford | Uncut (UK,27th Nov) 1. Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising 2. Nick Cave &Amp; The Bad Seeds : Ghosteen 3. Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains 4. The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mistery 5. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell 6. Joan Shelley – Like The Rivers Loves The Sea 7. Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars 8. Bill Callahan – Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest 9. Big Thief – Ufof 10. Wilco – Ode To Joy |
