The Wire -
Top 50 albums of 2012
| 1 | Laurel Halo | Quarantine | 2012 |
| 2 | Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras meet the Congos | FRKWYS vol. 9 : Icon give thank | 2012 |
| 3 | Actress | R.I.P. | 2012 |
| 4 | Jakob Ullmann | Fremde Zeit Addendum | 2012 |
| 5 | Jason Lescalleet | Songs about nothing | 2012 |
| 6 | Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage | Live at the Grimm Museum : volume one | 2012 |
| 7 | Bob Dylan | Tempest | 2012 |
| 8 | Julia Holter | Ekstasis | 2012 |
| 9 | Carter Tutti Void | Transverse | 2012 |
| 10 | Ricardo Villalobos | Dependent and happy | 2012 |
| 11 | Scott Walker | Bish Bosch | 2012 |
| 12 | Josephine Foster | Blood rushing | 2012 |
| 13 | Fushitsusha | Mabushii itazura na inori | 2012 |
| 14 | Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi | Imikuzushi | 2012 |
| 15 | Death grips | The money store | 2012 |
| 16 | Emptyset | Medium | 2012 |
| 17 | Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland | Black is beautiful | 2012 |
| 18 | Andy Stott | Luxury problems | 2012 |
| 19 | # | Wandelweiser und so weiter | 2012 |
| 20 | Morton Feldman | Crippled symmetry : at june in Buffalo | 2012 |
| 21 | Richard Skelton | Verse of birds | 2012 |
| 22 | Bohman brothers | Back on the streets | 2012 |
| 23 | Kendrick Lamar | Good kid : m.a.a.d. City | 2012 |
| 24 | Michael Pisaro & Toshiya Tsunoda | Crosshatches | 2012 |
| 25 | Bass Clef | Reeling skullways | 2012 |
| 26 | Aaron Dilloway | Modern jester | 2012 |
| 27 | Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music | 2012 |
| 28 | Shackleton | Music for the quiet hour / The drawbar organ ep's | 2012 |
| 29 | Rhodri Davies | Wound response | 2012 |
| 30 | Ariel Pink's Haunted graffiti | Mature themes | 2012 |
| 31 | Wadada Leo Smith | Ten freedom summers | 2012 |
| 32 | Thomas Köner | Novaya zemlya | 2012 |
| 33 | Annea Lockwood | In our name | 2012 |
| 34 | Earth | Angels of darkness : demons of light II | 2012 |
| 35 | Lee Gamble | Diversions 1994-1996 | 2012 |
| 36 | Heatsick | Déviation (EP) | 2012 |
| 37 | Duane Pitre | Feel free | 2012 |
| 38 | Raime | Quarter turns over a living line | 2012 |
| 39 | Swans | The seer | 2012 |
| 40 | Mbeugel Dafa Nekh | Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck | 2012 |
| 41 | Cooly G | Playin me | 2012 |
| 42 | Traxman | The mind of Traxman | 2012 |
| 43 | DJ Rashad | TEKLIFE vol. 1 : Welcome to the Chi | 2012 |
| 44 | Charles Gayle Trio | Streets | 2012 |
| 45 | Frank Ocean | Channel orange | 2012 |
| 46 | Pye corner audio | Sleep games | 2012 |
| 47 | Peter Cusack | Sounds from dangerous places | 2012 |
| 48 | Pelt | Effigy | 2012 |
| 49 | DVA | Pretty ugly | 2012 |
| 50 | Brötzmann, Satoh & Moriyama | Yatagarasu | 2012 |
| 19 | # | Wandelweiser und so weiter | 2012 |
| 3 | Actress | R.I.P. | 2012 |
| 25 | Bass Clef | Reeling skullways | 2012 |
| 17 | Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland | Black is beautiful | 2012 |
| 22 | Bohman brothers | Back on the streets | 2012 |
| 50 | Brötzmann, Satoh & Moriyama | Yatagarasu | 2012 |
| 9 | Carter Tutti Void | Transverse | 2012 |
| 6 | Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage | Live at the Grimm Museum : volume one | 2012 |
| 41 | Cooly G | Playin me | 2012 |
| 47 | Peter Cusack | Sounds from dangerous places | 2012 |
| 29 | Rhodri Davies | Wound response | 2012 |
| 15 | Death grips | The money store | 2012 |
| 26 | Aaron Dilloway | Modern jester | 2012 |
| 43 | DJ Rashad | TEKLIFE vol. 1 : Welcome to the Chi | 2012 |
| 49 | DVA | Pretty ugly | 2012 |
| 7 | Bob Dylan | Tempest | 2012 |
| 34 | Earth | Angels of darkness : demons of light II | 2012 |
| 16 | Emptyset | Medium | 2012 |
| 20 | Morton Feldman | Crippled symmetry : at june in Buffalo | 2012 |
| 12 | Josephine Foster | Blood rushing | 2012 |
| 13 | Fushitsusha | Mabushii itazura na inori | 2012 |
| 35 | Lee Gamble | Diversions 1994-1996 | 2012 |
| 44 | Charles Gayle Trio | Streets | 2012 |
| 14 | Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi | Imikuzushi | 2012 |
| 1 | Laurel Halo | Quarantine | 2012 |
| 36 | Heatsick | Déviation (EP) | 2012 |
| 8 | Julia Holter | Ekstasis | 2012 |
| 27 | Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music | 2012 |
| 32 | Thomas Köner | Novaya zemlya | 2012 |
| 23 | Kendrick Lamar | Good kid : m.a.a.d. City | 2012 |
| 5 | Jason Lescalleet | Songs about nothing | 2012 |
| 33 | Annea Lockwood | In our name | 2012 |
| 40 | Mbeugel Dafa Nekh | Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck | 2012 |
| 45 | Frank Ocean | Channel orange | 2012 |
| 48 | Pelt | Effigy | 2012 |
| 30 | Ariel Pink's Haunted graffiti | Mature themes | 2012 |
| 24 | Michael Pisaro & Toshiya Tsunoda | Crosshatches | 2012 |
| 37 | Duane Pitre | Feel free | 2012 |
| 46 | Pye corner audio | Sleep games | 2012 |
| 38 | Raime | Quarter turns over a living line | 2012 |
| 28 | Shackleton | Music for the quiet hour / The drawbar organ ep's | 2012 |
| 21 | Richard Skelton | Verse of birds | 2012 |
| 31 | Wadada Leo Smith | Ten freedom summers | 2012 |
| 18 | Andy Stott | Luxury problems | 2012 |
| 2 | Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras meet the Congos | FRKWYS vol. 9 : Icon give thank | 2012 |
| 39 | Swans | The seer | 2012 |
| 42 | Traxman | The mind of Traxman | 2012 |
| 4 | Jakob Ullmann | Fremde Zeit Addendum | 2012 |
| 10 | Ricardo Villalobos | Dependent and happy | 2012 |
| 11 | Scott Walker | Bish Bosch | 2012 |
(Donderdag 16 december 2022)