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Pitchfork's Year End List
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601
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Suckers - Candy Salad
April 24, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
67
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
602
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Rusko - Songs
March 27, 2012
Dubstep
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
603
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Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
April 3, 2012
Pop Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Electropop
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
604
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Graham Coxon - A+E
April 2, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
605
.
Tyga - Careless World: Rise of the Last King
February 28, 2012
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
606
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Hodgy - Untitled EP
February 24, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
607
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Jacques Greene - Concealer
January 30, 2012
House
Score
67
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
608
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Oneohtrix Point Never & Rene Hell - Music For Reliquary House / In 1980 I Was a Blue Square
September 18, 2012
Glitch
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
609
.
Steve Hauschildt - Sequitur
November 13, 2012
Drone
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
610
.
Sweet Valley - Eternal Champ
September 17, 2012
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
611
.
Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
October 9, 2012
Electropop
,
Art Pop
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
612
.
Seapony - Falling
September 11, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
613
.
Mala - Mala in Cuba
September 11, 2012
Dubstep
,
Jazz Fusion
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
614
.
Field Report - Field Report
September 11, 2012
Folk
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
615
.
Icky Blossoms - Icky Blossoms
July 17, 2012
Electronic
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
616
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Dent May - Do Things
June 12, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
617
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Chains of Love - Strange Grey Days
March 13, 2012
Garage Rock
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
618
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AU - Both Lights
April 3, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
619
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Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect
February 28, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
66
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
620
.
Prince Paul & DJ Pforreal - Negroes On Ice
October 2, 2012
Comedy
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Radio Drama
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
621
.
808 Mafia - 808 Mafia
February 2, 2012
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Trap
,
Trap [EDM]
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
622
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Sonny & the Sunsets - Longtime Companion
June 26, 2012
Alt-Country
,
Country Rock
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
623
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Plug - Back On Time
January 9, 2012
Drum and Bass
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
624
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Les Discrets - Ariettes oubliées...
February 10, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
625
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Downfall of Gaia - Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes
September 5, 2012
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2012.
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