Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2012

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75.

March 26, 2012
Critic Score
80
10 reviews

74.

October 15, 2012
Critic Score
77
44 reviews

On The Haunted Man she's exorcised some of those ghosts and gone some way to becoming her own woman.

72.

May 1, 2012
Critic Score
73
27 reviews

69.

October 9, 2012
Critic Score
78
23 reviews

68.

September 18, 2012
Critic Score
78
23 reviews
Earl has often been overshadowed by bands on the Woodsist label he runs, but here Woods are allowed to stand out from the trees.

67.

Cornershop - Urban Turban - The Singhles Club
May 15, 2012
Critic Score
71
13 reviews
Mostly, it's funky pop, half-deconstructed and relentlessly optimistic.

66.

August 20, 2012
Critic Score
79
10 reviews

64.

April 3, 2012
Critic Score
72
20 reviews

63.

Calexico - Algiers
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
71
18 reviews

62.

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band - When I'm President
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
77
7 reviews

61.

September 11, 2012
Critic Score
75
21 reviews
Number 14 sees them rejigged as a quintet, allowing their reverb-drenched sounds to spread where they will.

60.

The Limiñanas - Crystal Anis
August 7, 2012
Critic Score
80
1 review

59.

May 1, 2012
Critic Score
78
23 reviews

Despite Tillman’s adoption of the Father John Misty pseudonym, Fear Fun is a very personal album.

58.

October 16, 2012
Critic Score
73
15 reviews
Donald's back in his self-referencing sweet-spot, and all's right with the world.

57.

September 11, 2012
Critic Score
76
39 reviews
A collection that feels more art project than album.

56.

March 6, 2012
Critic Score
72
10 reviews

55.

January 30, 2012
Critic Score
78
20 reviews

54.

Yeti Lane - The Echo Show
March 5, 2012
Critic Score
80
8 reviews

53.

May 29, 2012
Critic Score
65
27 reviews

It may not be of the calibre of Metal Box, but it finds its maker firmly in 2012, not 1979, and with plenty still to grouse about.

52.

Cate Le Bon - Cyrk
January 17, 2012
Critic Score
77
19 reviews
The two sides of Gruff Rhys protégée.

50.

Lætitia Sadier - Silencio
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
70
13 reviews

49.

Damon Albarn - Dr Dee
May 8, 2012
Critic Score
62
26 reviews

Dr. Dee is the most compelling record Albarn has made since Blur's 13; his first proper solo record, with all the emotional engagement that implies.

48.

Howlin' Rain - The Russian Wilds
February 14, 2012
Critic Score
65
13 reviews

46.

September 4, 2012
Critic Score
79
43 reviews

45.

June 5, 2012
Critic Score
82
35 reviews
At times all this vim can slip into noise.

42.

July 10, 2012
Critic Score
80
44 reviews

For the first time, Longstreth’s words offer real value, rather than just verbose decoration.

41.

October 2, 2012
Critic Score
83
34 reviews

39.

Dirty Three - Toward the Low Sun
February 28, 2012
Critic Score
76
22 reviews

38.

April 2, 2012
Critic Score
78
13 reviews

35.

August 21, 2012
Critic Score
72
19 reviews

34.

June 12, 2012
Critic Score
78
34 reviews
The results are startling, setting Womacks's distinctive voice against stark electro backings and thunderous beats.

31.

June 11, 2012
Critic Score
75
41 reviews

30.

Ry Cooder - Election Special
August 21, 2012
Critic Score
73
17 reviews

In a recording career that stretches back more than four decades, Ry Cooder has never before made an album as immediate as Election Special.

29.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual
June 5, 2012
Critic Score
70
7 reviews

Though the heads of these seven songs are in the stars, their boots are planted firmly in the certainties of strong, traditional melody.

27.

April 10, 2012
Critic Score
72
31 reviews

26.

April 2, 2012
Critic Score
76
20 reviews
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