gorilla vs. bear’s albums of 2012
So many records this year. We had to stop somewhere though, so check our top 50 of 2012 -- complete with an unbreakable (we tried) tie at the top -- after the jump, listen along with this massive Spotify playlist, and then, as always, we can talk about what you think we missed.
50 SAND CIRCLES | Motor City
49 THEESATISFACTION | awE naturalE
48 PURE BATHING CULTURE | Pure Bathing Culture
47 DEATH GRIPS | The Money Store
46 PEAKING LIGHTS | Lucifer
45 MOLLY NILSSON | History
44 PYE CORNER AUDIO | Sleep Games
43 ANTWON | End of Earth
42 ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI | Mature Themes
41 TAKEN BY TREES | Other Worlds
40 RYAN HEMSWORTH | Last Words + Collected
39 LACE CURTAINS | The Garden of Joy and the Well of Loneliness
38 LAS MALAS AMISTADES | Maleza
37 LOWER DENS | Nootropics
36 DUM DUM GIRLS | End of Daze
35 SAM FLAX | Age Waves
34 FIGHT BITE | Fight Bite
33 ROC MARCIANO | Reloaded
32 LOL BOYS | Changes
31 PHEDRÉ | Phedré
30 FLYING LOTUS | Until the Quiet Comes
29 MIRRORRING | Foreign Body
28 SHACKLETON | Music For the Quiet Hour
27 TAMARYN | Tender New Signs
26 DAWN RICHARD | Armor On
25 FORT ROMEAU | Kingdoms
24 NICOLAS JAAR | Don't Break My Love / The Prism
23 CLAMS CASINO | Instrumentals II
22 ANGEL OLSEN | Half Way Home
21 CHROMATICS | Running From the Sun
20 ANDY STOTT | Luxury Problems
19 SYMMETRY | Themes For An Imaginary Film
18 FRANKIE ROSE | Interstellar
17 JESSICA PRATT | Jessica Pratt
16 FRANK OCEAN | Channel Orange
15 DEAN BLUNT & INGA COPELAND | Black is Beautiful
14 HOLY OTHER | Held
13 LAUREL HALO | Quarantine
12 GRIZZLY BEAR | Shields
11 KILLER MIKE | R.A.P. Music
10 CHAIRLIFT | Something
09 MIGUEL | Kaleidoscope Dream
08 TOPS | Tender Opposites
07 BEACH HOUSE | Bloom
06 SCHOOLBOY Q | Habits & Contradictions
05 JESSIE WARE | Devotion
04 BURIAL | Kindred
03 KENDRICK LAMAR | good kid, m.A.A.d city
01 CHROMATICS | Kill For Love
01 GRIMES | Visions
Here's the full Spotify playlist: