Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2012

1. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel

2. Matthew E. White - Big Inner

3. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

4. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg

5. Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now

6. Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables

7. Mac DeMarco - 2

8. Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful

9. Cate Le Bon - CYRK

10. Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?

11. Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club

12. Mark Eitzel - Don't Be a Stranger

13. Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery

14. Beth Orton - Sugaring Season

15. Dent May - Do Things

16. Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard

17. Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge

18. Cate Le Bon - CYRK II

19. John Cale - Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood

20. Glen Hansard - Rhythm and Repose

21. Ani DiFranco - ¿Which Side Are You On?

22. Ben Kweller - Go Fly a Kite

23. Tori Amos - Gold Dust

24. Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives

25. Dylan Leblanc - Cast the Same Old Shadow

NOTE: Albums must be rated by at least 4 publications to be included in this list.