There were 398 albums voted for by 278 of you this year! Some incredibly close calls for the top spot, but it was won by a margin of 12 points in the end. This year certainly wins the award for the greatest number of tied albums!

So here you go: as voted for by you, the DiS users' top 50 albums of 2012...

=46. Twin Shadow - Confess
=46. The Men - Open Your Heart
=46. Orbital - Wonky
=46. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
=46. Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
=45. Tall Ships - Everything Touching
=45. Lotus Plaza - Spooky at a Distance
=43. Laurel Halo - Quarantine
=43. Aesop Rock - Skelethon
=41. Goat - World Music
=41. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure

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=39. Shearwater - Animal Joy
=39. Metz - Metz
38. How to Dress Well - Total Loss
37. Tame Impala - Lonerism
36. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
=33. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
=33. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
=33. Burial - Kindred
32. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
31. DIIV - Oshin

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=28. John Talabot - ƒIN
=28. Actress - R.I.P.
=28. Efterklang - Piramida
27. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
26. Tindersticks - The Something Rain
=24. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
=24. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
=21. Purity Ring - Shrines
=21. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
=21. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

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=19. Poliça - Give You the Ghost
=19. Death Grips - The Money Store
18. The Walkmen - Heaven
17. Future of the Left - The Plot Against Common Sense
16. Grimes - Visions
=13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
=13. Errors - Have Some Faith in Magic
=13. Beach House - Bloom
=11. Django Django - Django Django
=11. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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10. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
9. The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know
=6. Sharon van Etten - Tramp
=6. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d City
=6. Grizzly Bear - Shields
5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
4. Liars - WIXIW
3. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
2. Swans - The Seer
1. Chromatics - Kill for Love