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Kevin Parker and Co are the first Aussie band to take the top spot in the poll's 38-year history...but wait - there's more: Tame Impala's Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson are also members of Pond, who took out the number 7 position in the poll with Beard Wives Denim, and Kevin Parker also produced Melody's Echo Chamber's self-titled disc, which made the number 16 spot.

NME's top 50 albums of 2012:

50 Purity Ring – Shrines

49 Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes

48 The 2 Bears – Be Strong

47 John Talabot – fIN

46 Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe 

45 Lana Del Rey – Born To Die

44 Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, mAAd City

43 Ratking – Wiki93

42 Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks

41 Ty Segall – Twins

40 Polica – Give You The Ghost

39 Liars – WIXIW

38 TEED – Trouble

37 Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour

36 The Vaccines - Come Of Age

35 Metz – Metz

34 Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man

33 Hot Chip – In Our Heads

32 Graham Coxon – A+E

31 G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer

30 Breton – Other People’s Problems

29 Mac DeMarco – 2

28 Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

27 Jessie Ware – Devotion

26 Spector – Enjoy It While It Lasts

25 Ariel Pink – Mature Themes

24 Merchandise – Children Of Desire

23 Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge

22 Beach House – Bloom

21 Cat Power – Sun

20 Howler – America Give Up

19 Toy – Toy

18 Tribes – Baby

17 Grizzly Bear – Shields

16 Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber

15 Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

14 The xx – Coexist

13 DIIV – Oshin

12 David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant

11 Django Django – Django Django

10 Jack White – Blunderbuss

09 Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg

08 The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull

07 Pond – Beard Wives Denim

06 The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

05 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave

04 Crystal Castles – (iii)

03 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange

02 Grimes – Visions

01 Tame Impala – Lonerism

Source: Stereogum

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