From Neil Young's first studio LP with the full Crazy Horse lineup since 1996 to Taylor Swift's follow-up to her 2010 megasmash, Speak Now, we go inside 29 records that will rock you in 2012.

Reporting by Steve Baltin, David Browne, Matt Diehl, Patrick Doyle, Josh Eells, Jenny Eliscu, Andy Greene, Monica Herrera, David Peisner, Jonathan Ringen, Jody Rosen, Austin Scaggs and Simon Vozick-Levinson