Top 20 Albums Of 2012: 16-15

16. Muse - The 2nd Law



Muse's most experimental album so far, and also one of their best. The 2nd Law is chock full of anthems, but they were at their best when they adopted new sounds, such as dubstep, funk and U2-style stadium rock. There's no way you can listen to a track like Follow Me and not be completely excited about their future prospects.

15. PSY - PSY 6 (Six Rules) Part One



Most in the West will remember PSY as the Gangnam Style one-hit-wonder of 2012. But he deserves more credit than that. For one, he's been releasing music for more than a decade in his native Korea. But even if you discount that history, his most recent EP is definitely something worth celebrating. Bouncing from genre to genre, from the party pop of Blue Frog to the operatic rock of Never Say Goodbye, it's a string of tracks that sound like hit singles, whatever language you may speak.