Senior Moments: The Best 30 Albums of 2012 by Artists 50 and Over

As voted by over 80 of RBP's leading lights, here are the year's 30 best long-players made by artists of a certain vintage – those who've hit their half-century but are hardly going gently into that good night. Steven R. Rosen, who gamely collated our poll, draws his conclusions here, while our writers' individual Top 10s can be found below, following the Top 30 poll... Barney Hoskyns, editorial director, RBP

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