McQ's Favorite Albums Of 2012

Highest Recommends

1. The Seer - Swans
2. Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City - Kendrick Lamar

Strong Recommends

3. Europe - Allo' Darlin
4. WIXIW - Liars
5. Locked Down - Dr. John
6. Young Man In America - Anais Mitchell
7. The Money Store - Death Grips
8. Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
9. Celebration Rock - Japandroids
10. Open You Heart - The Men
11. Cancer For Cure - El-P
12. Kill For Love - The Chromatics
13. An Awesome Wave - Alt-J
14. Visions - Grimes
15. The Idler Wheel... - Fiona Apple
16. Making Mirrors - Gotye

Solid Recommends

17. Moms - Menomena
18. The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit
19. Attack On Memory - Cloud Nothings
20. End Of Daze EP - Dum Dum Girls
21. Lonerism - Tame Impala
22. Ghostory - School Of Seven Bells
23. Shields - Grizzly Bear
24. Allelujah! Don't Bend...Ascend! - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
25. Bisch Bosch - Scott Walker
26. R.A.P. Music - Killer Mike
27. Fin - Jon Talabot
28. Researching The Blues - Redd Kross
29. Sun - Cat Power
30. Tramp - Sharon Van Etten
31. Put Your Back N 2 It - Perfume Genius
32. Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
33. Devotion - Jessie Ware
34. Django Django
35. Triology - The Weeknd
36. In Our Heads - Hot Chip
37. Port Of Morrow - The Shins
38. Call Me Sylvia - Low Cut Connie
39. A Thing Called Divine Fits - Divine Fits
40. Silver Age - Bob Mould
41. Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
42. Bloom - Beach House
43. Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
44. Rebirth - Jimmy Cliff
45. Blunderbuss - Jack White
46. Metz

Mild Recommends

47. Big Inner - Matthew E. White
48. Heaven - The Walkmen
49. The Bomb Shelter Sessions - Vintage Trouble
50. Sweet Heart Sweet Light - Spiritualized
51. The Something Rain - Tindersticks
52. Beams - Matthew Dear
53. Ugly - Screaming Females
54. Black & Blu - Gary Clark Jr.
55. Rooms Filled With Light - Fanfarlo
56. Break It Yourself - Andrew Bird
57. New Memory - Arrange
58. Jake Bugg
59. Give You The Ghost - Polica
60. America - Dan Deacon
61. Oshin - Diiv
62. The Celestials - The Smashing Pumpkins
63. Blues Funeral - Mark Lanegan
64. Long Slow Dance - The Fresh & Onlys
65. Boys And Girls - Alabama Shakes
66. Ekstatis - Julia Holter
67. Time Capsule II - Oberhofer
68. Alessia - Housse De Racket
69. On The Impossible Past - The Menzingers

2012 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full

All We Love We Leave Behind - Converge
Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
Coexist - The Xx
Fear Fun - Father John Misty
Life Is People - Bill Fay
Luxury Problems - Andy Stott
Mature Themes - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young
R.I.P. - Actress
Shrines - Purity Ring
Slaughterhouse - Ty Segall
Swing Lo Magellan - The Dirty Projectors
Tempest - Bob Dylan
The Haunted Man - Bat For Lashes
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
World Music - Goat
Yellow & Green - Baroness