HYPETRAK Top 50 Albums of 2012

While you’re already looking forward to the upcoming music releases in 2013, we want to take a look back to what 2012 had in store for us. Our readers have already voiced their opinion, but now it is our turn to present the list of team HYPETRAK’s favorite full-length efforts. And this year, the choice was not an easy one. Especially this year’s Top 10 could not be much closer together. However, only one can reside on top of lists like this, and in 2012 it was Frank Ocean who reigned supreme with his Channel Orange release. Driven by Frank’s honesty, his profound songwriting abilities, and melodious melange of multiple genres, this album is an exceptional piece that creates an intimate setting which fuses problems and clichés of modern life with the emotive voice of the album’s protagonist – a setting we all can relate to. As for the rest of the list, feel free to discuss and share your thoughts below, but please, keep it civil.

1. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
2. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city
3. Nas – Life Is Good
4. The xx – Coexist
5. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
6. G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
7. Purity Ring – Shrines
8. Danny! – Payback
9. ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
10. Ab-Soul – Control System
11. Fiona Apple – The Idler...
12. Grimes – Visions
13. Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
14. Crystal Castles – (III)
15. Joey Bada$$ – 1999
16. TNGHT – TNGHT
17. Polica – Gives You The Ghost
18. Captian Murphy – Duality
19. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
20. Big Boi – Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors
21. Death Grips – The Money Store
22. Mumford & Sons – Babel
23. JMSN – Priscilla!
24. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
25. Jessie Ware – Devotion
26. How To Dress Well – Total Loss
27. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
28. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
29. alt-j – An Awesome Wave
30. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
31. Grizzly Bear – Shields
32. Zedd – Clarity
33. Action Bronson/ Party Supplies – Blue Chips
34. Cat Power – Sun
35. Julia Holter – Ekstasis
36. Burial – Kindred EP
37. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
38. Chromatics – Kill For Love
39. Beach House – Bloom
40. Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt
41. DIIV – Oshin
42. Sigur Ros – Valtari
43. Jack White – Blunderbuss
44. Tame Impala – Lonerism
45. The Shins – Port Of Morrow
46. Game – Jesus Piece
47. Deadmau5 – Album Title Goes Here
48. Breakbot – By Your Side
49. Domo Genesis & Alchemist – No Idols
50. Para One – Passion