De lijst is samengesteld uit 1018 ingevoerde top-10 lijsten over het jaar 2012. Een nummer één positie in een lijst was hierbij goed voor 10 punten, een nummer tien positie leverde 1 punt op. Tussen haakjes zie je hoe vaak een album in een toplijst voor kwam.
- 2811 (388)1. alt-J (∆) - An Awesome Wave (2012)
- 1115 (190)2. Grizzly Bear - Shields (2012)
- 1019 (168)3. Beach House - Bloom (2012)
- 995 (153)4. Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)
- 859 (121)5. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
- 776 (141)6. The xx - Coexist (2012)
- 749 (121)7. Blaudzun - Heavy Flowers (2012)
- 744 (140)8. Jack White - Blunderbuss (2012)
- 726 (104)9. Anathema - Weather Systems (2012)
- 686 (107)10. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (2012)
- 604 (93)11. Burial - Kindred (2012)
- 602 (112)12. Mumford & Sons - Babel (2012)
- 589 (97)13. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral (2012)
- 567 (96)14. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
- 533 (98)15. Django Django - Django Django (2012)
- 528 (80)16. Deftones - Koi No Yokan (2012)
- 513 (74)
- 503 (83)18. Balthazar - Rats (2012)
- 468 (82)19. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
- 465 (83)20. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again (2012)
- 449 (85)21. Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
- 444 (72)22. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes (2012)
- 437 (72)
- 432 (75)24. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill (2012)
- 431 (82)
- 426 (84)26. Bob Dylan - Tempest (2012)
- 412 (79)27. Sigur Rós - Valtari (2012)
- 409 (72)
- 376 (66)
- 376 (54)30. Asaf Avidan - Different Pulses (2012)
- 368 (69)31. dEUS - Following Sea (2012)
- 346 (60)32. Glen Hansard - Rhythm and Repose (2012)
- 344 (54)33. Marillion - Sounds That Can't Be Made (2012)
- 326 (58)34. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (2012)
- 321 (50)35. Damien Jurado - Maraqopa (2012)
- 307 (63)36. The Maccabees - Given to the Wild (2012)
- 304 (64)37. Moss - Ornaments (2012)
- 295 (61)38. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)
- 295 (57)39. Bill Fay - Life Is People (2012)
- 295 (52)40. Dry the River - Shallow Bed (2012)
- 282 (55)41. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
- 280 (55)42. Allah-Las - Allah-Las (2012)
- 265 (48)43. Soulsavers - The Light the Dead See (2012)
- 263 (51)44. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
- 257 (47)45. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (2012)
- 249 (46)46. The Walkmen - Heaven (2012)
- 248 (42)47. Shearwater - Animal Joy (2012)
- 242 (38)48. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (2012)
- 241 (46)49. DIIV - Oshin (2012)
- 231 (40)50. Swans - The Seer (2012)
- 231 (38)51. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012)
- 229 (35)52. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day (2012)
- 228 (34)
- 215 (44)54. Chromatics - Kill for Love (2012)
- 212 (43)55. Angus Stone - Broken Brights (2012)
- 190 (41)56. Tindersticks - The Something Rain (2012)
- 187 (33)57. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (2012)
- 184 (34)58. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
- 179 (29)59. Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
- 176 (34)60. Dr. John - Locked Down (2012)
- 168 (30)61. Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme (2012)
- 166 (25)62. Het Zesde Metaal - Ploegsteert (2012)
- 157 (33)63. Gazpacho - March of Ghosts (2012)
- 157 (25)64. Nas - Life Is Good (2012)
- 155 (32)65. The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012)
- 153 (29)66. Efterklang - Piramida (2012)
- 151 (32)67. Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
- 146 (23)68. Goat - World Music (2012)
- 144 (24)69. John Mayer - Born and Raised (2012)
- 141 (21)70. Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth (2012)
- 140 (25)71. Julia Holter - Ekstasis (2012)
- 138 (24)72. Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (2012)
- 134 (23)73. Archive - With Us Until You're Dead (2012)
- 128 (25)74. Mark Knopfler - Privateering (2012)
- 127 (23)75. Keane - Strangeland (2012)
- 127 (22)76. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (2012)
- 124 (24)77. The Vaccines - Come of Age (2012)
- 123 (25)78. Fresku - Maskerade (2012)
- 123 (23)79. Katatonia - Dead End Kings (2012)
- 117 (21)
- 113 (29)81. Grimes - Visions (2012)
- 113 (24)82. Calexico - Algiers (2012)
- 109 (19)83. Lambchop - Mr. M (2012)
- 108 (18)84. Baroness - Yellow & Green (2012)
- 106 (21)85. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch (2012)
- 105 (23)86. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky (2012)
- 105 (19)87. Patti Smith - Banga (2012)
- 105 (19)88. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man (2012)
- 103 (22)89. Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe (2012)
- 103 (18)90. Amenra - Mass V (2012)
- 102 (22)
- 102 (17)92. Phantom Limb - The Pines (2012)
- 101 (19)93. Wild Nothing - Nocturne (2012)
- 101 (15)94. Liars - WIXIW (2012)
- 100 (22)95. Four Tet - Pink (2012)
- 100 (20)96. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
- 100 (17)97. Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods (2012)
- 100 (17)98. Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos (2012)
- 100 (16)
- 100 (16)100. Carice van Houten - See You on the Ice (2012)