WLUR's Top 150 Albums of 2012
- TWIN SHADOW, Confess (4AD)
- THE BLACK KEYS, El Camino (Nonesuch)
- GRIZZLY BEAR, Shields (Warp)
- BEACH HOUSE, Bloom (Sub Pop)
- DR. DOG, Be the Void (ANTI-)
- ANDREW BIRD, Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
- THE SHINS, Port of Morrow (Columbia)
- EL PERRO DEL MAR, Pale Fire (The Control Group)
- SLEIGH BELLS, Reign of Terror (Mom + Pop)
- TENNIS, Young & Old (Fat Possum)
- WILD NOTHING, Nocturne (Captured Tracks)
- TAME IMPALA, Lonerism (Modular)
- BAT FOR LASHES, The Haunted Man (Capitol)
- THE WALKMEN, Heaven (Fat Possum)
- M. WARD, A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
- DIRTY PROJECTORS, Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
- THE BABIES, Our House on the Hill (Woodsist)
- ECHO LAKE, Wild Peace (Slumberland)
- FLYING LOTUS, Until the Quiet Comes (Warp)
- BEST COAST, The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
- PURITY RING, Shrines (4AD)
- GRASSCUT, Unearth (Ninja Tune)
- 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 (Epic)
- BEN KWELLER, Go Fly a Kite (The Noise Co.)
- NADA SURF, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
- FIRST AID KIT, The Lion's Roar (Wichita)
- YELLOW OSTRICH, Strange Land (Barsuk)
- CLOUD NOTHINGS, Attack on Memory (Carpark)
- HOT CHIP, In Our Heads (Domino)
- THE MYNABIRDS, Generals (Saddle Creek)
- ALLO DARLIN', Europe (Slumberland)
- JESSICA JALBERT, Brother Loyola (Old Ugly)
- METRIC, Synthetica (Mom + Pop)
- THE ORWELLS, Remember When (Autumn Tone)
- PASSION PIT, Gossamer (Columbia)
- RAMONA FALLS, Prophet (Barsuk)
- BOWERBIRDS, The Clearing (Dead Oceans)
- DELTA SPIRIT, Delta Spirit (Rounder)
- THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH, There's No Leaving Now (Dead Oceans)
- AMANDA MAIR, Amanda Mair (Labrador)
- DIAMOND RINGS, Free Dimensional (Astralwerks)
- JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, Hypnotic Nights (Warner Bros.)
- CATE LE BON, Cyrk (The Control Group)
- CHILD ACTOR, Victory (Fake Four)
- THE MEN, Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)
- CHAD VALLEY, Young Hunger (Cascine)
- ANDREW BIRD, Hands of Glory (Mom + Pop)
- ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI, Mature Themes (4AD)
- JAPANDROIDS, Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
- GUIDED BY VOICES, Let's Go Eat the Factory (GBV Inc.)
- DAN DEACON, America (Domino)
- KATE BUSH, 50 Words for Snow (ANTI-)
- ALABAMA SHAKES, Boys & Girls (ATO)
- GUIDED BY VOICES, Class Clown Spots a UFO (GBV Inc.)
- DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT, Love This Giant (Todo Mundo/4AD)
- FATHER JOHN MISTY, Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
- THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, Transcendental Youth (Merge)
- GOTYE, Making Mirrors (Universal Republic)
- ALEX WINSTON, King Con (Co-op)
- SHARON VAN ETTEN, Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
- THE FLAMING LIPS, The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (Warner Bros.)
- DIVINE FITS, A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge)
- GRIMES, Visions (4AD)
- GRASS WIDOW, Internal Logic (HLR)
- CAT POWER, Sun (Matador)
- BLAUDZUN, Heavy Flowers (Krian Music Group)
- DELICATE STEVE, Positive Force (Luaka Bop)
- ISLANDS, A Sleep & a Forgetting (ANTI-)
- BARONESS, Yellow & Green (Relapse)
- COLD SPECKS, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion (Mute)
- BEACHWOOD SPARKS, The Tarnished Gold (Sub Pop)
- DUM DUM GIRLS, End of Daze [EP] (Sub Pop)
- STARS, The North (ATO)
- FRANÇOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, E Volo Love (Domino)
- THE JEZABELS, Prisoner (Mom + Pop)
- VACATIONER, Gone (Downtown)
- BENJAMIN GIBBARD, Former Lives (Barsuk)
- MAPS & ATLASES, Beware and Be Grateful (Barsuk)
- THE AVETT BROTHERS, The Carpenter (American)
- SIGUR RÓS, Valtari (XL)
- CHAIRLIFT, Something (Columbia)
- THE XX, Coexist (Young Turks/XL)
- CLINIC, Free Reign (Domino)
- THE BLACK BELLES, The Black Belles (Third Man)
- AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA, Theatre Is Evil (8ft.)
- THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS, Red Night (Warp)
- GEMMA RAY, Island Fire (Bronze Rat)
- LOST IN THE TREES, A Church That Fits Our Needs (ANTI-)
- GARY CLARK JR., Blak and Blu (Warner Bros.)
- LA SERA, Sees the Light (Hardly Art)
- MUMFORD & SONS, Babel (Glassnote)
- BORIS, New Album (Sargent House)
- A FINE FRENZY, Pines (Virgin)
- ADMIRAL FALLOW, Tree Bursts in Snow (Nettwerk)
- BLONDS, The Bad Ones (Gluck Music)
- HERE WE GO MAGIC, A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)
- BAD VEINS, The Mess We've Made (Modern Outsider)
- DUSTED, Total Dust (Polyvinyl)
- TY SEGALL, Twins (Drag City)
- YEASAYER, Fragrant World (Secretly Canadian)
- MARISSA NADLER, The Sister (Box of Cedar)
- MEMORYHOUSE, The Slideshow Effect (Sub Pop)
- DIIV, Oshin (Captured Tracks)
- LOWER DENS, Nootropics (Ribbon Music)
- TY SEGALL BAND, Slaughterhouse (In the Red)
- BONDE DO ROLÊ, Tropicalbacanal (Mad Decent)
- HOSPITALITY, Hospitality (Merge)
- FANG ISLAND, Major (Sargent House)
- FRANKIE ROSE, Interstellar (Slumberland)
- BASSNECTAR, Vava Voom (Amorphous)
- THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge)
- CALVIN LOVE, New Radar (Autumn Tone)
- ROYAL HEADACHE, Royal Headache (What's Your Rupture?)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS, Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac (Hear Music/Concord)
- SANTIGOLD, Master of My Make-Believe (Atlantic)
- DR. JOHN, Locked Down (Nonesuch)
- SUN AIRWAY, Soft Fall (Dead Oceans)
- PUJOL, United States of Being (Saddle Creek)
- EVEREST, Ownerless (ATO)
- WILLIS EARL BEAL, Acousmatic Sorcery (XL)
- WHY?, Mumps, etc. (Anticon)
- CHROMATICS, Kill for Love (Italians Do It Better)
- LANA DEL REY, Born to Die (Interscope)
- MARIEE SIOUX, Gift for the End (Whale Watch)
- ETERNAL SUMMERS, Correct Behavior (Kanine)
- DEERHOOF, Breakup Song (Polyvinyl)
- VIOLENS, True (Slumberland)
- SPIRITUALIZED, Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)
- ANE BRUN, It All Starts With One (PIAS)
- THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR, Out of Frequency (BMG)
- DINOSAUR JR., I Bet on Sky (Jagjaguwar)
- POP ETC, POP ETC (Rough Trade)
- TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, Beacon (Glassnote)
- A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, Worship (Dead Oceans)
- KING TUFF, King Tuff (Sub Pop)
- LAMBCHOP, Mr. M (Merge)
- TITUS ANDRONICUS, Local Business (XL)
- DEAD CAN DANCE, Anastasis (PIAS)
- SOULSAVERS, The Light the Dead See (Mute)
- NORAH JONES, Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note)
- FINK, Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet (Ninja Tune)
- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, Centipede Hz (Domino)
- DANIEL ROSSEN, Silent Hour/Golden Mile [EP] (Warp)
- BIG DEAL, Lights Out (Mute)
- FANFARLO, Rooms Filled With Light (Canvasback/Atlantic)
- LADYHAWKE, Anxiety (Casablanca)
- THE BIG PINK, Future This (4AD)
- FUN., Some Nights (Fueled By Ramen)
- GOLDFRAPP, The Singles (Astralwerks)
- EARLIMART, System Preferences (The Ship)
This chart was compiled based on airplay at WLUR throughout the calendar year. Staff members' 2012 Top 10 lists can be viewed here.
