カナダの音楽サイトexclaim.caが「2012年のベスト・アルバム TOP50」を発表

1. Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d. city
(Top Dawg Entertainment)

2. Frank Ocean
Channel Orange
(Def Jam)

3. Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music
(Williams St.)

4. Flying Lotus
Until The Quiet Comes
(Warp)

5. Grimes
Visions
(Arbutus)

6. Tame Impala
Lonerism
(Modular)

7. Converge
All We Love We Leave Behind
(Deathwish Inc)

8. Cloud Nothings
Attack On Memory
(Carpark)

9. Japandroids
Celebration Rock
(Polyvinyl)

10. Fiona Apple
The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw & Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
(Epic)

11. Dirty Projectors
Swing Lo Magellan
(Domino)

12. Miguel
Kaleidoscope Dream
(RCA)

13. Andy Stott
Luxury Problems
(Modern Love)

14. El-P
Cancer 4 Cure
(Fat Possum)

15. METZ
(Sub Pop)

16. Action Bronson
Blue Chips
(Complex)

17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
(Constellation)

18. Jessie Ware
Devotion
(Universal)

19. Beach House
Bloom
(Sub Pop)

20. Pig Destroyer
Book Burner
(Relapse)

21. Chromatics
Kill for Love
(Italians Do It Better)

22. Joey Bada$$
1999
(Cinematic)

23. The Men
Open Your Heart
(Sacred Bones)

24. Roc Marciano
Reloaded
(Decon)

25. Robert Glasper Experiment
Black Radio
(Blue Note)

26. Daphni
Jiaolong
(Merge)

27. Swans
The Seer
(Young God)

28. David Byrne & St. Vincent
Love This Giant
(4AD)

29. BadBadNotGood
BBNG 2
(Independent)

30. Santigold
Master of My Make-Believe
(Downtown)

31. Georgia Anne Muldrow
Seeds
(SomeOthaShip)

32. Corb Lund
Cabin Fever
(New West)

33. Laurel Halo
Quarantine
(Hyperdub)

34. Actress
R.I.P.
(Honest Jon's)

35. The Roots
undun
(Def Jam)

36. How To Dress Well
Total Loss
(Acephale)

37. Schoolboy Q
Habits & Contradictions
(Top Dawg Entertainment)

38. Dragged Into Sunlight
Widowmaker
(Prosthetic)

39. Grizzly Bear
Shields
(Warp)

40. White Lung
Sorry
(Deranged)

41. Purity Ring
Shrines
(Last Gang)

42. Nas
Life Is Good
(Def Jam)

43. Neurosis
Honor Found in Decay
(Neurot)

44. Alabama Shakes
Boys & Girls
(ATO)

45. Liars
WIXIW
(Mute)

46. Gaza
No Absolutes in Human Suffering
(Black Market Activities)

47. Pallbearer
Sorrow and Extinction
(Profound Lore)

48. Azealia Banks
1991
(Interscope)

49. Ty Segall Band
Slaughterhouse
(In The Red)

50. Neneh Cherry & The Thing
The Cherry Thing
(Smalltown Supersound)