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This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
Pitchfork's Year End List
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Cities Aviv - Black Pleasure
November 12, 2012
Cloud Rap
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Experimental Hip Hop
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Abstract Hip Hop
Score
61
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702
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Umberto - Night Has a Thousand Screams
October 20, 2012
Score
61
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
703
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Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka - They Live!
January 23, 2012
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
704
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Ryan Monroe - A Painting of a Painting on Fire
June 12, 2012
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
705
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Led Er Est - The Diver
May 8, 2012
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
706
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Mina Tindle - Taranta
May 28, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
707
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Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
December 11, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
708
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Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital
September 25, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
709
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Opossom - Electric Hawaii
August 7, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
710
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Sweet Valley - Stay Calm
August 7, 2012
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
711
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Poolside - Pacific Standard Time
July 9, 2012
Synthpop
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Chillwave
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
712
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Van She - Idea of Happiness
July 9, 2012
Electronic
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
713
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
June 5, 2012
Folk Rock
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Americana
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Roots Rock
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
714
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Sigur Rós - Valtari
May 28, 2012
Ambient
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Post-Rock
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Ambient Pop
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
715
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Light Asylum - Light Asylum
May 1, 2012
Synthpop
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
716
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Rocket Juice & the Moon - Rocket Juice & the Moon
March 27, 2012
Funk
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
717
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The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea
March 6, 2012
Indie Pop
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Synthpop
,
Twee Pop
Score
61
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
718
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Meyhem Lauren - Respect the Fly Shit
June 28, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
719
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Terranova - Hotel Amour
February 14, 2012
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
720
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Tussle - Tempest
October 16, 2012
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
721
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Bonde Do Rolê - Tropicalbacanal
June 26, 2012
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
722
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Masaki Batoh - Brain Pulse Music
February 28, 2012
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
723
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Konx-Om-Pax - Regional Surrealism
July 23, 2012
Electronic
,
Ambient
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
724
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Lissy Trullie - Lissy Trullie
April 10, 2012
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
725
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Husky - Forever So
July 10, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
60
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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