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

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24 NICOLAS JAAR | Don't Break My Love / The Prism

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23 CLAMS CASINO | Instrumentals II

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22 ANGEL OLSEN | Half Way Home

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21 CHROMATICS | Running From the Sun

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20 ANDY STOTT | Luxury Problems

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19 SYMMETRY | Themes For An Imaginary Film

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18 FRANKIE ROSE | Interstellar

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17 JESSICA PRATT | Jessica Pratt

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16 FRANK OCEAN | Channel Orange

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15 DEAN BLUNT & INGA COPELAND | Black is Beautiful

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14 HOLY OTHER | Held

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13 LAUREL HALO | Quarantine

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12 GRIZZLY BEAR | Shields

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11 KILLER MIKE | R.A.P. Music

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10 CHAIRLIFT | Something

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09 MIGUEL | Kaleidoscope Dream

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08 TOPS | Tender Opposites

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07 BEACH HOUSE | Bloom

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06 SCHOOLBOY Q | Habits & Contradictions

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05 JESSIE WARE | Devotion

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04 BURIAL | Kindred

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03 KENDRICK LAMAR | good kid, m.A.A.d city

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01 CHROMATICS | Kill For Love

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01 GRIMES | Visions

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Here's the full Spotify playlist: