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NME’s best albums and tracks of 2012

By NME
Tame Impala's ‘Lonerism’

Albums Of The Year

1
Tame Impala
Lonerism
2Grimes
Visions
3Frank Ocean
Channel Orange
4Crystal Castles
(III)
5Alt-J
An Awesome Wave
6The Maccabees
Given To The Wild
7Pond
Beard Wives Denim
8The Cribs
In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
9Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg
10Django Django
Django Django
  1. Jack White – Blunderbuss
  2. David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
  3. DIIV – Oshin
  4. The XX – Coexist
  5. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
  6. Melody’s Echo Chamber
  7. Grizzly Bear – Shields
  8. Tribes – Baby
  9. Toy – Toy
  10. Howler – America Give Up
  11. Cat Power – Sun
  12. Beach House – Bloom
  13. Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
  14. Merchandise – Children Of Desire
  15. Ariel Pink – Mature Themes
  16. Spector – Enjoy It While It Lasts
  17. Jessie Ware – Devotion
  18. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
  19. Mac DeMarco – 2
  20. Breton – Other People’s Problems
  1. Kanye West G.O.O.D Music – Cruel Summer
  2. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
  3. Graham Coxon – A + E
  4. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
  5. Metz – Metz
  6. The Vaccines – The Vaccines Come Of Age
  7. Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
  8. TEED – Trouble
  9. Liars – WIXIW
  10. Polica – Give You The Ghost
  11. Ty Segall – Twins
  12. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
  13. Ratking – Wiki93
  14. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
  15. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
  16. Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
  17. The 2 Bears – Be Strong
  18. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
  19. Purity Ring – Shrines

Tracks Of The Year

1
Palma Violets
Best Of Friends
2MIA
Bad Girls
3Blur
Under The Westway
4Haim
Forever
5Plan B
Ill Manors
6Grimes
Oblivion
7Jake Bugg
Lightning Bolt
8Bat For Lashes
Laura
9Tame Impala
Elephant
10Jack White
Sixteen Saltines
  1. Savages – Husbands
  2. Frank Ocean – Pyramids
  3. Peace – Califronia Daze
  4. Alt J – Breezeblocks
  5. Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique
  6. Grimes – Genesis
  7. The Cribs – Come On, Be A No-One
  8. Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
  9. Solange – Losing You
  10. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
  11. Melody’s Echo Chamber – I Follow You
  12. TNGHT – Higher Ground
  13. Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments
  14. Taylor Swift – We Are Never Getting Back Together
  15. Pond – You Broke My Cool
  16. The Cribs – Chi-Town
  17. Cat Power – Ruin
  18. Chvrches – Lies
  19. Angel Haze – New York
  20. Everything Everything – Cough Cough
  1. Deap Vally – Gonna Make My Own Money
  2. David Byrne & St Vincent – Who
  3. Burns – Lies
  4. Jai Paul – Jasmine
  5. King Krule – Rock Bottom
  6. Teenage Icon – The Vaccines
  7. Mosca feat. Katy B – What You Came For
  8. Spector – Friday Night, Don’t Ever Let It End
  9. Kanye West – Mercy
  10. Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
  11. Django Django – Default
  12. The Rolling Stones – Doom & Gloom
  13. Peace – Bloodshake
  14. Crystal Castles – Wrath Of God
  15. Zebra Katz – Ima Read
  16. Frank Ocean – Forrest Gump
  17. Peace – Follow Baby
  18. Major Lazer – Get Free
  19. Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle
  20. Psy – Gangnam Style

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