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Highest Rated Art Pop Albums of 2012
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Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
July 10, 2012
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
85
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2
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
85
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3
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Julia Holter - Ekstasis
March 8, 2012
Art Pop
,
Baroque Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
80
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4
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Martha Wainwright - Come Home To Mama
October 16, 2012
Art Pop
Score
75
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5
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Lætitia Sadier - Silencio
July 24, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
6
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Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard
May 1, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
75
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7
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Yeasayer - Fragrant World
August 21, 2012
Psychedelic Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Art Pop
Score
75
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Music
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8
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alt-J - An Awesome Wave
May 28, 2012
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
September 11, 2012
Art Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
October 15, 2012
Art Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Poliça - Give You The Ghost
February 14, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Electropop
,
Indietronica
Score
70
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
March 6, 2012
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Field Music - Plumb
February 14, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
February 28, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Folk Pop
Score
65
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Deerhoof - Breakup Song
September 4, 2012
Art Pop
,
Experimental Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Ellie Goulding - Halcyon
October 9, 2012
Electropop
,
Art Pop
Score
55
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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John Cale - Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
October 2, 2012
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
50
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.
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