NME - best albums of 2012
| 1 | Tame impala | Lonerism |
| 2 | Grimes | Visions |
| 3 | Frank Ocean | Channel orange |
| 4 | Crystal castles | Crystal castles III |
| 5 | Alt-J | An awesome wave |
| 6 | Maccabees | Given to the wild |
| 7 | Pond | Beard, wives, denim |
| 8 | Cribs | In the belly of the Brazen bull |
| 9 | Jake Bugg | Jake Bugg |
| 10 | Jack White | Blunderbuss |
| 11 | Django django | Django django |
| 12 | David Byrne & St. Vincent | Love this giant |
| 13 | Diiv | Oshin |
| 14 | XX | Coexist |
| 15 | Sharon van Etten | Tramp |
| 16 | Melody's echo chamber | Melody's echo chamber |
| 17 | Grizzly bear | Shields |
| 18 | Tribes | Baby |
| 19 | Toy | Toy |
| 20 | Howler | America give up |
| 21 | Cat power | Sun |
| 22 | Beach house | Bloom |
| 23 | Richard Hawley | Standing at the sky's edge |
| 24 | Merchandise | Children of desire |
| 25 | Ariel Pink's haunted graffiti | Mature themes |
| 26 | Spector | Enjoy it while it lasts |
| 27 | Jessie Ware | Devotion |
| 28 | Spiritualized | Sweet heart sweet light |
| 29 | Mac DeMarco | 2 |
| 30 | Breton | Other people's problems |
| 31 | G.O.O.D. Music | Cruel summer |
| 32 | Graham Coxon | A+E |
| 33 | Hot chip | In our heads |
| 34 | Bat for lashes | The haunted man |
| 35 | Metz | Metz |
| 36 | Vaccines | Come of age |
| 37 | Enter shikari | A flash flood of colour |
| 38 | TEED | Trouble |
| 39 | Liars | WIXIW |
| 40 | Polica | Give you the ghost |
| 41 | Ty Segall | Twins |
| 42 | Paul Weller | Sonic kicks |
| 43 | Ratking | Wiki93 |
| 44 | Kendrick Lamar | Good kid : m.a.a.d. City |
| 45 | Lana del Rey | Born to die |
| 46 | Bobby Womack | The bravest man in the world |
| 47 | John Talabot | Fin |
| 48 | 2 Bears | Be strong |
| 49 | Flying lotus | Until the quiet comes |
| 50 | Purity ring | Shrines |
| 5 | Alt-J | An awesome wave | 2012 |
| 25 | Ariel Pink's haunted graffiti | Mature themes | 2012 |
| 34 | Bat for lashes | The haunted man | 2012 |
| 22 | Beach house | Bloom | 2012 |
| 30 | Breton | Other people's problems | 2012 |
| 9 | Jake Bugg | Jake Bugg | 2012 |
| 12 | David Byrne & St. Vincent | Love this giant | 2012 |
| 21 | Cat power | Sun | 2012 |
| 32 | Graham Coxon | A+E | 2012 |
| 8 | Cribs | In the belly of the Brazen bull | 2012 |
| 4 | Crystal castles | Crystal castles III | 2012 |
| 29 | Mac DeMarco | 2 | 2012 |
| 13 | Diiv | Oshin | 2012 |
| 11 | Django django | Django django | 2012 |
| 37 | Enter shikari | A flash flood of colour | 2012 |
| 15 | Sharon van Etten | Tramp | 2012 |
| 49 | Flying lotus | Until the quiet comes | 2012 |
| 31 | G.O.O.D. Music | Cruel summer | 2012 |
| 2 | Grimes | Visions | 2012 |
| 17 | Grizzly bear | Shields | 2012 |
| 23 | Richard Hawley | Standing at the sky's edge | 2012 |
| 33 | Hot chip | In our heads | 2012 |
| 20 | Howler | America give up | 2011 |
| 44 | Kendrick Lamar | Good kid : m.a.a.d. City | 2012 |
| 39 | Liars | WIXIW | 2012 |
| 6 | Maccabees | Given to the wild | 2012 |
| 16 | Melody's echo chamber | Melody's echo chamber | 2012 |
| 24 | Merchandise | Children of desire | 2012 |
| 35 | Metz | Metz | 2012 |
| 3 | Frank Ocean | Channel orange | 2012 |
| 40 | Polica | Give you the ghost | 2012 |
| 7 | Pond | Beard, wives, denim | 2012 |
| 50 | Purity ring | Shrines | 2012 |
| 43 | Ratking | Wiki93 | 2012 |
| 45 | Lana del Rey | Born to die | 2012 |
| 41 | Ty Segall | Twins | 2012 |
| 26 | Spector | Enjoy it while it lasts | 2012 |
| 28 | Spiritualized | Sweet heart sweet light | 2012 |
| 47 | John Talabot | Fin | 2012 |
| 1 | Tame impala | Lonerism | 2012 |
| 38 | TEED | Trouble | 2012 |
| 19 | Toy | Toy | 2012 |
| 18 | Tribes | Baby | 2011 |
| 48 | 2 Bears | Be strong | 2011 |
| 36 | Vaccines | Come of age | 2012 |
| 27 | Jessie Ware | Devotion | 2012 |
| 42 | Paul Weller | Sonic kicks | 2012 |
| 10 | Jack White | Blunderbuss | 2012 |
| 46 | Bobby Womack | The bravest man in the world | 2012 |
| 14 | XX | Coexist | 2012 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)