This best of list was put together by the AbsolutePunk.net staff in 2012. It used an old system for ranking albums, but has been brought over to Chorus.fm for posterity.
- The Menzingers – On the Impossible Past
- Japandroids – Celebration Rock
- The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
- Fun. – Some Nights
- Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- Make Do and Mend – Everything You Ever Loved
- John Mayer – Born and Raised
- Yellowcard – Southern Air
- Anberlin – Vital
- Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
- Every Time I Die – Ex Lives
- Hostage Calm – Please Remain Calm
- Misser – Every Day I Tell Myself I’m Going to Be a Better Person
- Title Fight – Floral Green
- Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
- P.O.S. – We Don’t Even Live Here
- Grizzle Bear – Shields
- Passion Pit – Gossamer
- The Tower and The Fool – How Long
- Basement – Colourmeinkindess
- No Trigger – Tycoon
- Deftones – Koi No Yokan
- Code Orange Kids – Love is Love / Return to Dust
- Taylor Swift – Red
- Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
- Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
- Joyce Manor – See How Tame I Can Be…
- The Ghost Inside – Get What You Give
- Propagandhi – Failed States
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist
- The Killers – Battle Born
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