Se de bedste album fra 2012

"Channel Orange" er årets bedste album ifølge sitet albumoftheyear.org, der tæller anmeldelser fra en lang række medier sammen.

Ifølge listen har Frank Ocean (billedet) lavet årets bedste album, efterfulgt af Kendrick Lamars "good kid, m.A.A.d. City" på en andenplads, Tame Impalas "Lonerism" på en tredjeplads og canadiske Grimes' "Visions" på en fjerdeplads. I top 10 kan man desuden finde Japandroids, Fiona Apple, Jack White, Swans, Grizzly Bear og Chromatics.

På Top 10 over de værste album kan man derimod finde Chris Browns "Fortune" og Fun.'s "Some Nights", mens Muses "The 2nd Law" og Mumford & Sons' "Babel" findes længere nede ad listen, inden Rihannas "Unapologetic" har taget placeringen som det 25. dårligste album i år.

Se top-10-favoritalbum for fire store internationale medier herunder.

BBC:

1) Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. City

2) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

3) Dexys - One Day I'm Going To Soar

4) Jessie Ware - Devotion

5) Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble

6) Death Grips - The Money Store

7) Busy Signal - Reggae Music Again

8) David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant

9) Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

10) Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls

Se BBC's 25 favoritplader her.

Nme:

1) Tame Impala - Lonerism

2) Grimes - Visions

3) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

4) Crystal Castles - (III)

5) Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

6) The Maccabees - Given To The Wild

7) Bond - Beard, Wives, Denim

8) The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

9) Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg

10) Jack White - Blunderbuss

Se NME's 50 favoritplader her.

Rolling Stone:

1) Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

2) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

3) Jack White - Blunderbuss

4) Bob Dylan - Tempest

5) Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...

6) Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

7) Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Here

8) Green Day - ¡Uno!

9) Japandroids - Celebration Rock

10) Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill

Se Rolling Stone's favoritalbum her.

The Guardian:

1) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

2) Grimes

3) Jessie Ware - Devotion

4) Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

5) Kendrick Lamar - good kid m.A.A.d city

6) Tame Impala - Lonerism

7) Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

8) The xx - Coexist

9) Hot Chip - In Our Heads

10) Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe

Se The Guardians 40 favoritalbum her.