After posting our staff’s top album picks from 2012 so far, I caught some heat from some of my friends in the music industry (*cough* VICTORIA) reaming me for all of the amazing artists we forgot to include.

The solution? Going to the people whose taste I trust most to see what their top albums were. This was such a fun project finding out everyone’s faves and I couldn’t be more honored to have such a talented group of people represented here.

Here they are… in alphabetical order:

Carter Smith – Founder, Rollo & Grady

01. Lace Curtains – The Garden of Joy and The Well of Loneliness

02. Father John Misty – Fear Fun

03. Natural Child – For The Love Of The Game

04. Lee Fields & The Expressions – Faithful Man

05. Ty Segall – Slaughterhouse

Chryde Abric – Founder, La Blogotheque

“In no particular order…”

00. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

00. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

00. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls

00. Alt J – An Awesome Wave

00. Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend

Dustin Reid - Producer, Red Hot Organization

01. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange

02. Twin Shadow – Confess

03. Mount Eerie – Clear Moon

04. Lambchop – Mr. M

05. Grimes – Visions

Eloise Hess - Founder, verb/re/verb

“In no particular order…”

00. Pressed And – Hyper Thistle

00. Blithe Field – Warm Blood

00. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

00. Julia Holter – Ekstasis

00. Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters

Jason Merz – Events & Creative, Fender Musical Instruments 

01. Japandroids – Celebration Rock

02.  Jack White – Blunderbuss

03.  The Lumineers – The Lumineers

04.  Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit

05.  Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE

Ian Wheeler – President: Partisan Records, Knitting Factory Records, Figure Eight Management

“Aside from my own bands obviously, there’s only really one record that’s moved my core so far this year…”

01. Father John Misty – Fear Fun

Kasey Truman - Music Supervisor, Chop Shop Music

01. Milo Greene – Milo Greene

02. Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur

03. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back Into It

04. Stepdad – Wildlife Pop

05. Wake Owl – Wild Country

Mark Schoneveld – Founder, yvynyl

01. Twin Shadow – Confess

02. Chairlift – Something

03. Yung Life – Yung Life

04. Foxygen – Take the Kids off Broadway

05. MacDemarco – Rock n’ Roll Night Club

Mary Chellamy – Music Promotions Coordinator, KCRW

01. Beach House - Bloom

02. The Walkmen - Heaven

03. Liam Bailey - It’s Not the Same EP

04. Saint Motel - Voyeur

05. Chet Faker - Thinking in Textures EP

Matt Dufour – Vibe Manager, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego

01. Mrs. Magician – Strange Heaven

02. Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim

03. Beach House – Bloom

04. Friends – Manifest!

05. The Lumineers – The Lumineers

Matt Mugford – Music Coordinator, Walt Disney Motion Pictures

“In no particular order…”

00. Stepdad – Wildlife Pop

00. The Neighbourhood – I’m Sorry… EP

00. Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal

00. Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour

00. Husky – Forever So

Nada Alic - Founder, Friends With Both Arms

01. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

02. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…

03. Purity Ring – Shrines

04. Megafortress – S/T

05. Polica – Give You the Ghost

Sean Stout – Founder, Terror Eyes

01. Death Grips – The Money Store

02. Gnaw Their Tongues – Eschatological Scatology

03. The Men – Open Your Heart

04. P.C. Worship – Toxic Love

05. Father John Misty – Fear Fun

Victoria Tsigonis – Co-Founder and Head Of Marketing, Weapon Of Choice

01. Father John Misty – Fear Fun

02. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory

03. Young Magic – Melt

04. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

05. Jack White – Blunderbuss