It's official: 2012's albums were better than 2011's
The quantity of albums sold may have dropped in 2012, but their quality was never in doubt.
Despite a barren schedule for blockbuster releases during the year's Olympic summer, the average critic's review score of 2012's best music albums was significantly higher than that seen in 2011.
According to review aggregator Metacritic, Frank Ocean's Channel Orange was the most critically acclaimed album of 2012, recording a 92% average score from the media.
That's just two percentage points fewer ...
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