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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
87
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Rodriguez - Searching for Sugar Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
July 24, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
3
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Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
84
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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John Murry - The Graceless Age
July 2, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Paul Buchanan - Mid Air
May 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
May 22, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Avant-Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
,
Drone
Critic Score
81
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Carina Round - Tigermending
May 1, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
81
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
January 31, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
81
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Nanci Griffith - Intersection
February 20, 2012
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
79
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
March 6, 2012
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
October 15, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Soap&Skin - Narrow
February 13, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Neoclassical Darkwave
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
18
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Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
September 18, 2012
Freak Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
March 5, 2012
Heartland Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Martin Rossiter - The Defenestration of St Martin
December 3, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Piano Rock
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
7
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
23
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Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
April 17, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
March 6, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
25
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Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
September 4, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
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