A splendid year for music, so let's cut to the chase. Here are The Sound Of Confusion's top 20 albums of 2012, check out our North Of England Correspondent's choices too, and be sure to check out our top 30 tracks of the year! They're even better than the fine array of songs you'll find below. Happy listening!
20) Her Vanished Grace - Star-Crossed
IN BRIEF: "Power dream pop" that aims high and gets there, these should be shoegaze legends by now. Read our review
Her Vanished Grace's website
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19) Exitmusic - Passage
IN BRIEF: What a voice. Spellbinding dreampop including the titanic 'The Modern Age'. Read our review
Exitmusic's website
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18) Triptides - Sun Pavilion
IN BRIEF: Lo-fi and twangy, highly addictive modern surf-guitar tunes. Read our review
Triptides' website
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17) Tender Trap - Ten Songs About Girls
IN BRIEF: Catchy and melodic indiepop carried out with distinction. Read our review
Tender Trap's website
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16) The Vaccines - Come Of Age
IN BRIEF: Uncool? Maybe, but great guitar-pop all the way through. Read our review
The Vaccines' website
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15) Beach House - Bloom
IN BRIEF: Continuing what 'Teen Dream' started. Why change such an amazing formula? Read our review
Beach House's website
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14) Cheval Sombre - Mad Love
IN BRIEF: Sonic Boom-assisted psychedelic "folkgaze" for space travellers. Read our review
Cheval Sombre's website
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13) DIIV - Oshin
IN BRIEF: Misty-eyed sunshine post-punk put through a shoegaze filter. Read our review
DIIV's website
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12) Mummy Short Arms - Old Jack's Windowless Playhouse
IN BRIEF: Psychotic and experimental alt-rock brilliance with added diversity. Read our review
Mummy Short Arms' website
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11) Exlovers - Moth
IN BRIEF: Jangly indie of just about every kind, cooked to perfection. Read our review
Exlovers' website
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10) The Raveonettes - Observator
IN BRIEF: Denmark's finest serve up another platter of fuzz-coated dark pop hits. Read our review
The Raveonettes' website
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9) Strawberry Whiplash - Hits In The Car
Strawberry Whiplash's website
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8) Dead Mellotron - Glitter
IN BRIEF: Reverberating, psychedelic krautrock brought up to date. Read our review
Dead Mellotron's website
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7) Being There - Breaking Away
IN BRIEF: Wonderfully sparkling guitar tunes for instant pop thrills. Read our review
Being There's website
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6) Parastatic - Lost Highway
IN BRIEF: Motorik beats taking on analogue electronics with superb results. Read our review
Parastatic's website
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5) Documenta - Drone Pop #2
IN BRIEF: Accurately named, Spacemen 3-influenced sonic adventuring. Read our review
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4) Allo Darlin' - Europe
IN BRIEF: Non-stop amazing guitar-pop tunes, stunningly pretty. Read our review
Allo Darlin''s website
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3) Tennis - Young & Old
IN BRIEF: Just a year after the exquisite debut, another box of delights. Beautiful. Read our review
Tennis' website
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2) Yeti Lane - The Echo Show
IN BRIEF: A giant leap forward, a future kraut/drone/shoegaze/dreampop classic. Read our review
Yeti Lane's website
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1) Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
IN BRIEF: Another masterpiece from Jason Pierce. Enough said. Read our review
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