Following on from yesterday's Top 75 new albums of 2012 post, here's our Top 30 compilations, reissues and box sets of 2012, with links to the original reviews where possible. Have a great Christmas and New Year, folks! 30 THE BEAT I Just Can't Stop It EDSEL 29 BILLY BRAGG & WILCO Mermaid Avenue NONESUCH 28 SIMPLE MINDS 5 x 5 EMI 27 MICHAEL CHAPMAN Rainmaker LIGHT IN THE ATTIC 26 VARIOUS ARTISTS Make It Your Sound Make It Your Scene: Vanguard Records & The 1960s Musical Revolution ACE 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS Country Funk 1969-1975 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC 24 DR FEELGOOD All Through The City (With Wilko 1974-1977) EMI 23 SENSATIONS’ FIX Music Is Painting In The Air RVNG INTL 22 ALEX CHILTON Free Again: The 1970 Sessions ACE 21 DAVID BOWIE The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars EMI 20 PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY Ram CONCORD 19 PALACE MUSIC Viva Last Blues DOMINO 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-84 CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS Drive OST SONY CLASSICAL 16 AR KANE Complete Singles Collection ONE LITTLE INDIAN 15 TERRY RILEY A Rainbow In Curved Air ESOTERIC 14 REM Document EMI 13 RIDE Going Blank Again RIDE MUSIC 12 JERRY LEE LEWIS A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis SALVO 11 T.REX Electric Warrior: Deluxe Edition A&M 10 THE KINKS The Kinks At The BBC UNIVERSAL 9 PAUL SIMON Graceland SONY 8 ROXY MUSIC The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 VIRGIN 7 LEE HAZELWOOD A House Safe For Tigers LIGHT IN THE ATTIC 6 VAN DYKE PARKS Song Cycle BELLA UNION 5 STEVE MILLER BAND Number 5 EDSEL 4 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO The Velvet Underground & Nico UNIVERSAL 3 BLUR 21 PARLOPHONE 2 MY BLOODY VALENTINE Loveless SONY 1 CAN The Lost Tapes MUTE