Tame Impala Top NME Best Album List

World beating Perth psych-rock outfit Tame Impala have topped British magazine NME's influential Best Albums Of 2012 poll, with spin-off project Pond also landing in the top ten.

Confirming the world's current love affair with that Perth scene at the moment, Tame Impala's lauded Lonerism has become the first Australian release to top the list in the latest issue (via Brooklyn Vegan). The album beat out releases from Mercury-winners Alt-J as well as Grimes, Frank Ocean, Crystal Castles and The Maccabees.

Coming in at seven was fellow Perth rockers Pond, who share members Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson with Impala, with their album Beard Wives Denim.

Tame Impala also won triple j's J Award earlier this month.

A few of the albums are probably familiar to theMusic.com.au readers, because in the past 12 months we've exclusively streamed The Maccabees' Given To The Wild (six), Richard Hawley's Standing At Sky's Edge (23) and Graham Coxon's A+E in the lead-up to their respective Australian releases.

The full list is below:          

1. Tame Impala – Lonerism
2. Grimes – Visions
3. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
4. Crystal Castles – III
5. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
6. The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
7. Pond – Beard Wives Denim
8. The Cribs –In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
9. Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
10. Jack White – Blunderbuss
11. Django Django – Django Django
12. David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
13. DIIV – Oshin
14. The XX – Coexist
15. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
16. Melody's Echo Chamber – Melody's Echo Chamber
17. Grizzly Bear – Shields
18. Tribes – Baby
19. Toy – Toy
20. Howler – America Give Up
21. Cat Power – Sun
22. Beach House – Bloom
23. Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky's Edge
24. Merchandise – Children Of Desire
25. Ariel Pink – Mature Themes
26. Spector – Enjoy It While It Lasts
27. Jessie Ware – Devotion
28. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
29. Mac DeMarco – 2
30. Breton – Other People's Problems
31. Kanye West – Cruel Summer
32. Graham Coxon – A+E
33. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
34. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
35. Metz – Metz
36. The Vaccines – Come Of Age
37. Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
38. TEED – Trouble
39. Liars – WIXIW
40. Polica – Give You The Ghost
41. Ty Segall – Twins
42. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
43. Ratking – Wiki93
44. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, MAAd City
45. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
46. Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
47. John Talabot – Fin The
48. 2 Bears – Be Strong
49. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
50. Purity Ring – Shrines