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Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark
February 28, 2012
Score
100
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Lightships - Electric Cables
April 2, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
100
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3
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Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game
May 1, 2012
Folk
Score
100
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4
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Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
June 12, 2012
Soul
Score
100
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Spotify
5
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Jessie Ware - Devotion
August 20, 2012
Sophisti-Pop
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Alternative R&B
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Pop Soul
Score
100
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6
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TOY - Toy
September 10, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
100
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7
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Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
October 2, 2012
IDM
Score
100
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8
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Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
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West Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
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9
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Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012
Alternative R&B
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Contemporary R&B
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Neo-Soul
Score
100
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10
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Captain Murphy - Duality
November 28, 2012
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
11
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Baroness - Yellow & Green
July 17, 2012
Sludge Metal
Score
80
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Amazon
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12
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Azealia Banks - Fantasea
July 11, 2012
Hip House
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
13
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Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
July 10, 2012
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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A.C. Newman - Shut Down the Streets
October 9, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
October 30, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
16
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The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
April 21, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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17
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Woods - Bend Beyond
September 18, 2012
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
18
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Bettie Serveert - Oh, Mayhem!
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
19
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David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
September 11, 2012
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Menomena - Moms
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Dr. John - Locked Down
April 3, 2012
R&B
Score
80
Source →
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Spotify
22
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
80
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23
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Get The Blessing - OCDC
March 4, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
24
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Whitehorse - The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
August 28, 2012
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
25
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Dan Deacon - America
August 28, 2012
Indietronica
,
Electronic
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Art Pop
Score
80
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Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NOW Magazine awarded albums throughout 2012.
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