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Mouse on Mars - WOW
November 2, 2012
Electronic
Score
70
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Music
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502
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The Soft Moon - Zeros
October 30, 2012
Post-Punk
Score
70
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
503
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Vessel - Order of Noise
September 24, 2012
IDM
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
504
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
October 30, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
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Country Rock
Score
70
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
505
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Chad Valley - Young Hunger
October 30, 2012
Chillwave
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
506
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Titus Andronicus - Local Business
October 23, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
507
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Young Smoke - Space Zone
September 24, 2012
Juke
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
508
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Sun Araw - Inner Treaty
September 18, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
509
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Teengirl Fantasy - Tracer
August 21, 2012
Electronic
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
510
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The Very Best - MTMTMK
July 17, 2012
Electronic
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
511
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Blues Control - Valley Tangents
June 19, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
70
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Amazon
512
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Guided by Voices - Class Clown Spots a UFO
June 12, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
513
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Waka Flocka Flame - Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family
June 12, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
514
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Metric - Synthetica
June 12, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
515
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Marissa Nadler - The Sister
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
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Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
516
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Tu Fawning - A Monument
May 15, 2012
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
517
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Rye Rye - Go! Pop! Bang!
May 15, 2012
Electropop
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Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
518
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Cornershop - Urban Turban - The Singhles Club
May 15, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
519
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S. Carey - Hoyas
May 8, 2012
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
520
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Mohn - Mohn
April 23, 2012
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
521
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Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
March 6, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
522
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Estelle - All of Me
February 28, 2012
Contemporary R&B
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
523
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Samara Lubelski - Wavelength
July 0, 2012
Score
69
Source →
Amazon
524
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John Tejada - The Predicting Machine
September 10, 2012
Score
69
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
525
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Young Thug - I Came from Nothing 3
July 4, 2012
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
Score
69
Source →
Amazon
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2012.
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