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This is an ordered list of American Songwriter's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
American Songwriter's Year End List
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Susanna Hoffs - Someday
July 12, 2012
Score
90
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2
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Willy Mason - Carry On
December 3, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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John Murry - The Graceless Age
July 2, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
April 17, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
March 6, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
9
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Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
March 5, 2012
Heartland Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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moe. - What Happened To The La Las
January 24, 2012
Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Low Cut Connie - Call Me Sylvia
September 25, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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The Flatlanders - The Odessa Tapes
August 28, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Cody ChesnuTT - Landing On a Hundred
October 30, 2012
Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Eleni Mandell - I Can See the Future
July 10, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Lisa Marie Presley - Storm & Grace
May 15, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Jerrod Niemann - Free the Music
October 2, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Wreck & Ruin
September 7, 2012
Americana
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Andrew Combs - Worried Man
October 30, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
October 2, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Tori Amos - Gold Dust
October 2, 2012
Chamber Pop
,
Baroque Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Mumford & Sons - Babel
September 25, 2012
Folk Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Murder by Death - Bitter Drink Bitter Moon
September 25, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Ian Hunter & The Rant Band - When I'm President
September 4, 2012
Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
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Bettye LaVette - Thankful N' Thoughtful
September 25, 2012
Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings American Songwriter awarded albums throughout 2012.
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