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Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012
Alternative R&B
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Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
91
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Shackleton - Music For the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
April 30, 2012
Experimental
,
Electronic
,
Tribal Ambient
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
87
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 5, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Rock
Critic Score
86
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Sam Lee - Ground of Its Own
June 25, 2012
Chamber Folk
,
Folk
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
86
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Voices From the Lake - Voices From the Lake
March 13, 2012
Ambient Techno
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
9
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Metalcore
Critic Score
85
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
X-TG - Desertshore / The Final Report
December 11, 2012
Electronic
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
11
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Death Metal
,
Groove Metal
Critic Score
84
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Dwight Yoakam - 3 Pears
September 18, 2012
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
November 26, 2012
Dark Ambient
Critic Score
84
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
February 28, 2012
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
84
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
84
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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The Chariot - One Wing
August 28, 2012
Metalcore
,
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Mathcore
Critic Score
84
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Industrial Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Critic Score
83
26
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Angel Haze - Reservation
July 18, 2012
Hip Hop
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
20
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Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
83
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde!
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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John Murry - The Graceless Age
July 2, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
February 21, 2012
Punk Rock
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
October 22, 2012
Grindcore
Critic Score
83
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
October 2, 2012
IDM
Critic Score
83
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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