The Y! Music Playlist Blog

Top 100 Albums of 2012: #1 to #10

By | The Y! Music Playlist Blog – Thu, Dec 20, 2012 6:10 PM EST

Here's my top 100 albums for 2012. If you don't agree, that's okay, you're not me.
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#1. Bloom by Beach House


220px-The_Idler_Wheel #2. The Idler Wheel... by Fiona Apple

#3. channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean

#4. Lonerism by Tame Impala

#5. Blunderbuss Music by Jack White

#6. Port Of Morrow by The Shins

#7. Tempest by Bob Dylan

#8. Yellow & Green by Baroness

#9. R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike

#10. Some Nights by Fun.

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