Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
Reviews
Lists
Perfect Scores
Sputnikmusic
Follow
www.sputnikmusic.com
Highest Rated Albums of 2012
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
Source
Sputnikmusic
All
A.V. Club
AllHipHop
AllMusic
Alternative Press
American Songwriter
Angry Metal Guy
Beats Per Minute
Billboard
Blabbermouth.net
Clash
Classic Rock
Coke Machine Glow
Consequence of Sound
Crack Magazine
DIY
Drowned in Sound
Earmilk
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
Exclaim!
FACT Magazine
FasterLouder
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Louder Than War
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
MetalSucks
Mixmag
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
Northern Transmissions
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Pretty Much Amazing
Q Magazine
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
SPIN
Sputnikmusic
The 405
The Arts Desk
The Fly
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Needle Drop
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Telegraph
The Young Folks
Time Out London
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut
Under the Radar
XLR8R
XXL
Genre
All
All
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Black Metal
Contemporary Folk
Death Metal
Electronic
Emo
Folk
Hardcore Punk
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Metalcore
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Hardcore
Post-Rock
Progressive Metal
Psychedelia
Punk
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1
.
Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise
October 28, 2012
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Memphis Rap
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe - Bach: Missa in h-moll
January 25, 2012
Baroque Music
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
3
.
Inanna - Transfigured in a Thousand Delusions
December 29, 2012
Death Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
4
.
Baroness - Yellow & Green
July 17, 2012
Sludge Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Nils Frahm - Screws
December 4, 2012
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Hawk Eyes - Ideas
March 16, 2012
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Fantastimo - Fantastimo Journey
April 30, 2012
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
8
.
Bersarin Quartett - II
April 20, 2012
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Drudkh - Вічний оберт колеса (Eternal Turn of the Wheel)
March 13, 2012
Black Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
May 22, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
June 8, 2012
Progressive Rock
,
Jazz-Rock
,
Swancore
Score
96
Source →
Amazon
Music
15
.
Beardfish - The Void
August 28, 2012
Score
96
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Seiko Oomori - Pink
April 15, 2012
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
17
.
Brave Little Abacus - Okumay
January 27, 2012
Midwest Emo
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Sky Life - Caves
October 17, 2012
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
We Lost The Sea - The Quietest Place on Earth
December 1, 2012
Doom Metal
,
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
20
.
The Classic Crime - Phoenix
August 14, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
21
.
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
May 22, 2012
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
22
.
Ghost Mice - All We Got Is Each Other
March 1, 2012
Folk Punk
,
Anti-Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
23
.
Lazer Kitty - Ruins
June 8, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
24
.
AtomA - Skylight
March 30, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
神聖かまってちゃん [Shinsei Kamattechan] - Tanoshīne
November 14, 2012
Noise Pop
,
Power Pop
,
Shoegaze
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
J-Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
1
2
3
4
...
16
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Sputnikmusic awarded albums throughout 2012.
You May Also Like
The Needle Drop's Highest Rated Albums of 2012
Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2012
Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 2012
NME's Highest Rated Albums of 2012
AllMusic's Highest Rated Albums of 2012
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement
New Album Releases
NR
Yung Lean
Psykos
79
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
79
Four Tet
Three
78
Tierra Whack
WORLD WIDE WHACK
49
Justin Timberlake
Everything I Thought It Was
More Releases