AMG, не настаивая на последовательности по значимости, выдал свой собственный список лучших блюзовых альбомов уходящего года:

AllMusic's Favorite Blues Albums of 2012
• Lurrie Bell - Devil Ain't Got No Music
• Rory Block - I Belong to the Band: A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis
• Gary Clark, Jr. - Blak and Blu
• Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3
• Robert Cray Band - Nothin But Love
• David Hidalgo/Mato Nanji/Luther Dickinson - 3 Skulls and the Truth
• Luther Dickinson - Hambone's Meditations
• Dr. John - Locked Down
• Chuck Leavell - Back to the Woods: A Tribute to the Pioneers of Blues Piano
• Magic Slim & the Teardrops - Bad Boy
• South Memphis String Band - Old Times There...
• Otis Taylor - Otis Taylor's Contraband

Archival releases
• The Ace Records Blues Story
• Juke Joints (JSP)
• Plug It In! Turn It Up! Pt. 1 (Bear Family's)