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This is an ordered list of musicOMH's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
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Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Folk
Score
100
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2
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Shackleton - Music For the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
April 30, 2012
Experimental
,
Electronic
,
Tribal Ambient
Score
100
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Spotify
3
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Yppah - Eighty One
April 3, 2012
Electronic
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
4
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Matthew Dear - Beams
August 28, 2012
Electronic
Score
100
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5
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The Tallest Man On Earth - There's No Leaving Now
June 12, 2012
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Public Image Ltd. - This is PiL
May 29, 2012
Post-Punk
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
7
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Chromatics - Kill for Love
March 26, 2012
Synthpop
,
Dream Pop
,
Synthwave
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Allo Darlin' - Europe
April 17, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
February 28, 2012
Folk
,
Americana
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Best Coast - The Only Place
May 15, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Dead Mellotron - Glitter
May 15, 2012
Score
90
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Music
Spotify
12
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Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
January 30, 2012
Progressive Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
March 13, 2012
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Brad Mehldau Trio - Ode
March 20, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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The Stranglers - Giants
March 5, 2012
Post-Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Field Report - Field Report
September 11, 2012
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Gang Colours - Keychain Collection
March 27, 2012
Art Pop
,
Downtempo
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Susanne Sundfør - The Silicone Veil
October 15, 2012
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Crown and Treaty
April 30, 2012
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
21
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Sébastien Tellier - My God Is Blue
June 4, 2012
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Tim Burgess - Oh No I Love You
October 1, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer
May 15, 2012
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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The Invisible - Rispah
June 12, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings musicOMH awarded albums throughout 2012.
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