AllMusic Best Of 2012

1.  indie electronic Grimes "Visions" (FocusVif 16/3 3*) (plfv) (AMG 4*)
2.  R&B Frank Ocean (nu soul) "channel orange" (MAD 25/7 3*) (FVif 3/8 5*) (AMG 4.5*)
3.  alternative singer/songwriter Fiona Apple "The Idler Wheel ..."  (FVif 13/7 3*) (AMG 4.5*)
4.  R&B rap Kendrick Lamar "good kid, m.A.A.d city" (FVif 2/11 4*) (AMG 4.5*)
5.  R&B Miguel "kaleidoscope dream" (AMG 4.5*)
6.  electro Flying Lotus "until the quiet comes" (FVif 28/9 3*) (MAD 10/10 3*) "cosmogramma"
7.  metal Torche (pm)
8.  R&B nu-soul Jessie Ware "devotion" (FVif 7/9 4*) (MAD 5/12 2*) (AMG 4.5*)
9.  alternative singer/sonwriter David Byrne / St.Vincent "love this giant" (MAD 26/9 2*) (AMG 4.5*)
10.  dance pop Carly Rae Jepsen "kiss" (AMG 4*)
11.  alternative indie rock noise pop Deerhoof "breackup songs" (AMG 4*)
12.  country Dwight Yoakam "3 pears" (AMG 4.5*)
13.  neo-psy indie rock Tame Impala "lonerism" (FVif 19/10 3*) (AMG 4*)
14.  R&B jazz Robert Glasper "black radio" (AMG 4.5*)
15.  R&B rap Killer Mike "r.a.p. music"