Com o fim do ano chegando, foram revelados a lista de melhores do ano de mais duas publicações: a norte-americana Spin e a britânica Uncut.
Na eclética lista da Spin, a vitória foi para Frank Ocean e "Channel Orange", ao passo que a equipe da Uncut elegeu Leonard Cohen (foto) e "Old Ideas".
Veja abaixo as listas de 2012 da Spin e da Uncut:
SPIN
50. fun. - Some Nights
49. Heems - Nehru Jackets
48. Best Coast - The Only Place
47. Metric - Synthetica
46. Spoek Mathambo - Father Creeper
45. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
44. Deftones - Koi No Yokan
43. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
42. Lindstrom - Six Cups of Rebel and Smalhans
41. Purity Ring - Shrines
40. Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
39. Roc Marciano - Reloaded
38. Taylor Swift - Red
37. R. Kelly - Write Me Back
36. Beak> - >>
35. Jack White - Blunderbuss
34. Mala - In Cuba
33. Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II
32. Goat - World Music
31. The xx - Coexist
30. Frankie Rose - Interstellar
29. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky
28. Jessie Ware - Devotion
27. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
26. Tame Impala - Lonerism
25. Action Bronson - Blue Chips
24. Cat Power - Sun
23. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
22. Torche - Harmonicraft
21. Daphni - Jiaolong
20. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
19. Traxman - Da Mind of Traxman
18. King Tuff - King Tuff
17. Grizzly Bear - Shields
16. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
15. Baroness - Yellow & Green
14. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
13. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
12. Death Grips - No Love Deep Web
11. Future - Pluto
10. Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
9. Ty Segall - Twins
8. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
7. Swans - The Seer
6. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
5. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
4. DJ Rashad - Teklife Vol. 1 - Welcome to the Chi
3. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
UNCUT
75 Carter Tutti Void - Transverse
74 Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
73 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat + Bone
72 Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game
71 Lee Ranaldo - Between The Times And The Tides
70 Simone Felice - Simone Felice
69 Ty Segall - Twins
68 Woods - Bend Beyond
67 Cornershop - Urban Turban: The Singhles Club
66 Goat - World Music
65 Nite Jewel - One Second Of Love
64 Orbital - Wonky
63 Calexico - Algiers
62 Ian Hunter & The Rant Band - When I'm President
61 Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II
60 The Liminanas - Crystal Anis
59 Father John Misty - Fear Fun
58 Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos
57 David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
56 Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
55 The 2 Bears - Be Strong
54 Yeti Lane - The Echo Show
53 PiL - This Is PiL
52 Cate Le Bon - Cyrk
51 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
50 Laetitia Sadier - Silencio
49 Damon Albarn - Dr. Dee
48 Howlin Rain - The Russian Wilds
47 Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America
46 Cat Power - Sun
45 Japandroids - Celebration Rock
44 Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet The Congos - Icon Give Thank
43 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
42 Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
41 Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
40 First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
39 Dirty Three - Toward The Low Sun
38 Lightships - Electric Cables
37 Patterson Hood - Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
36 Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
35 Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
34 Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In Universe
33 Micachu & The Shapes - Never
32 Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge
31 Hot Chip - In Our Heads
30 Ry Cooder - Election Special
29 The Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual
28 Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
27 Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
26 Graham Coxon - A&E
25 Patti Smith - Banga
24 Allah-Las - Allah-Las
23 Julia Holter - Ekstasis
22 Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
21 Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
20 The xx - Coexist
19 Neneh Cherry And The Thing - The Cherry Thing
18 Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
17 Grimes - Visions
16 Ty Segall - Slaughterhouse
15 Field Music - Plumb
14 Paul Buchanan - Mid Air
13 Dexys Midnight Runners - One Day I'm Going To Soar
12 Go-Kart Mozart - On The Hot Dog Stands
11 Tame Impala - Lonerism
10 Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
09 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
08 Grizzly Bear - Shields
07 Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair
06 Bill Fay - Life is People
05 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
04 Dr. John - Locked Down
03 Jack White - Blunderbuss
02 Bob Dylan - Tempest
01 Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas