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This is an ordered list of No Ripcord's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
No Ripcord's Year End List
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1
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Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
100
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Music
Spotify
2
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Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Industrial Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
February 14, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Angel Haze - New York EP
December 11, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
5
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Rhyton - Rhyton
January 24, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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The Evens - The Odds
November 20, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
7
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METZ - METZ
October 9, 2012
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Titus Andronicus - Local Business
October 23, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 5, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Metalcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze
September 25, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II
September 11, 2012
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Dan Deacon - America
August 28, 2012
Indietronica
,
Electronic
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
September 4, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Drone
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Matthew Dear - Beams
August 28, 2012
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Nas - Life is Good
July 17, 2012
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
July 10, 2012
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
June 26, 2012
Heavy Psych
,
Garage Punk
,
Noise Rock
,
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Django Django - Django Django
January 30, 2012
Psychedelia
,
Indie Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben
May 1, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
March 6, 2012
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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PS I Love You - Death Dreams
May 8, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Screaming Females - Ugly
April 3, 2012
Punk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Quakers - Quakers
March 26, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings No Ripcord awarded albums throughout 2012.
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