Best of 2012

Placeholder listLogan's original countdown for this year hasn't been recovered yet. These are the year's most acclaimed albums, standing in until the real list is restored.

1. 1
   Frank Ocean

   Channel Orange
2. 2
   Kendrick Lamar

   good kid, m.A.A.d city
3. 3
   Tame Impala

   Lonerism
4. 4
   Grimes

   Visions
5. 5
   Japandroids

   Celebration Rock
6. 6
   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
7. 7
   Beach House

   Bloom
8. 8
   Alabama Shakes

   Boys & Girls
9. 9
   Alt-J

   An Awesome Wave
10. 10
    Jack White

    Blunderbuss
11. 11
    Grizzly Bear

    Shields
12. 12
    The xx

    Coexist
13. 13
    Passion Pit

    Gossamer
14. 14
    Father John Misty

    Fear Fun
15. 15
    Dirty Projectors

    Swing Lo Magellan
16. 16
    Sharon Van Etten

    Tramp
17. 17
    Of Monsters and Men

    My Head Is an Animal
18. 18
    Cloud Nothings

    Attack on Memory
19. 19
    Killer Mike

    R.A.P. Music
20. 20
    Bat for Lashes

    The Haunted Man
21. 21
    Miguel

    Kaleidoscope Dream
22. 22
    Kishi Bashi

    151a
23. 23
    Coheed and Cambria

    The Afterman: Ascension
24. 24
    The Lumineers

    The Lumineers
25. 25
    Purity Ring

    Shrines