A revista britânica Classic Rock elegeu os melhores discos de 2012, segundo a opinião da equipe da publicação. Entre os 50 melhores, estão bandas novas e também as antigas e seus lançamentos, mas quem ficou no topo da lista foi o trio canadense Rush.
A Spin e a NME também lançaram suas listas dos melhores discos do ano. Confira!
Na opinião da Classic Rock, os 50 melhores álbuns de 2012 são:
1. Rush – Clockwork Angels
2. Rival Sons – Head Down
3. ZZ Top – La Futura
4. Howlin Rain – The Russian Wilds
5. Jack White – Blunderbuss
6. Joe Bonamassa – Driving Towards the Daylight
7. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
8. The Darkness – Hot Cakes
9. Cory Branan – Mutt
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Last of a Dyin’ Breed
11. Ginger – 100%
12. Slash – Apocalyptic Love
13. The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
14. Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth
15. Walking Papers – Walking Papers
16. Europe – Bag of Bones
17. Muse – The 2nd Law
18. Anathema – Weather Systems
19. Kiss – Monster
20. Soundgarden – King Animal
21. Phantom Limb – The Pines
22. Tame Impala – Lonerism
23. UFO – Seven Deadly
24. Black Country Communion – Afterglow
25. Aerosmith – Music From Another Dimension!
26. Squackett – A Life Within a Day
27. The Cult – Choice of Weapon
28. Band of Skulls – Sweet Sour
29. Shooter Jennings – Family Man
30. Marillion – Sounds That Can’t Be Made
31. The Jim Jones Revue – The Savage Heart
32. Brad – United We Stand
33. The Heavy – The Glorious Dead
34. Flying Colors – Flying Colors
35. Crippled Black Phoenix – (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
36. Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual
37. Heart – Fanatic
38. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
39. Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion
40. Tremonti – All I Was
41. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat and Bone
42. Killing Joke – MMXXII
43. Baroness – Yellow & Green
44. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
45. Gravelroad – Psychedelta
46. Ian Anderson – Thick as a Brick 2
47. Bob Dylan – Tempest
48. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
49. Hawk Eyes – Ideas
50. Patti Smith – Banga
