Lisztomania: The Best of 2012

How was your December? Mine was shit. Which helps explain why I’m as late as Pazz & Jop in posting my Top 50 Albums of 2012.

However overdue, this list is guaranteed to blow all the other lists you ever read about the year 2012 in music away…

 — Citizen Insane’s Top 50 Albums of 2012 —

50. Nude Beach - II
49. Purity Ring - Shrines
48. Supreme Cuts - Whispers in the Dark
47. Sleepies - Weird Wild World
46. Tanlines - Mixed Emotions
45. Lemonade - Diver
44. METZ - METZ
43. Four Tet - Pink
42. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
41. Sigur Rós - Valtari
40. Halls - Ark
39. YYU - TIMETIMETIME&TIME
38. Caspian - Waking Season
37. Actress - R.I.P.
36. Allah-Las - Allah-Las
35. Ryan Power - I Don’t Want to Die
34. Shlohmo - Vacation EP
33. King Tuff - King Tuff
32. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
31. Baroness - Yellow / Green
30. Holy Other - Held
29. Mac Demarco - 2
28. Machinedrum - SXLND EP
27. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
26. TNGHT - TNGHT EP

*whew*

25. El-P - Cancer for Cure
24. Ty Segall - Twins / Hair / Slaughterhouse
23. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon / Ocean Roar
22. Daphni - Jiaolong
21. Beach House - Bloom
20. Liars - WIXIW
19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
18. Grimes - Visions
17. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
16. Crystal Castles - (III)
15. Grizzly Bear - Shields
14. Jessie Ware - Devotion
13. The Men - Open Your Heart
12. Burial - Kindred EP
11. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Drumroll…

10. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
09. Tame Impala - Lonerism
08. How to Dress Well - Total Loss
07. Laurel Halo - Quarantine
06. DIIV - Oshin
05. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
04. Death Grips - The Money Store
03. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel…
02. Chromatics - Kill for Love
01. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city