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The Unwinding Hours - Afterlives
August 24, 2012
Score
100
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Amazon
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2
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Errors - Have Some Faith In Magic
January 31, 2012
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Speech Debelle - Freedom of Speech
February 13, 2012
Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Machinedrum - SXLND
January 17, 2012
IDM
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know
February 7, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Quakers - Quakers
March 26, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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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
8
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El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
May 22, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Twin Shadow - Confess
July 10, 2012
New Wave
,
Synthpop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Matthew Dear - Beams
August 28, 2012
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Holy Other - Held
August 28, 2012
Witch House
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
September 18, 2012
Experimental
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Mala - Mala in Cuba
September 11, 2012
Dubstep
,
Jazz Fusion
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Burial - Truant / Rough Sleeper
December 17, 2012
Future Garage
,
Dubstep
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Rozi Plain - Joined Sometimes Unjoined
October 22, 2012
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Rangda - Formerly Extinct
September 18, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
18
.
Seirom - 1973
August 29, 2012
Ambient
,
Space Ambient
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Umberto - Night Has a Thousand Screams
October 20, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Christian Löffler - A Forest
June 15, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Steve Adey - The Tower of Silence
November 28, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Paul Heaton - The 8th
July 2, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
23
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Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago
October 1, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Dam Mantle - Brothers Fowl
October 8, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Monokle - Saints
November 5, 2012
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 The Skinny awarded albums throughout 2012.
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