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1.
Soulsavers - The Light The Dead See
May 22, 2012
Critic Score
76
9
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2.
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
76
24
reviews
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3.
Bob Mould - Silver Age
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
76
17
reviews
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4.
The Invisible - Rispah
June 12, 2012
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
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5.
Dave Matthews Band - Away From the World
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
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Spotify
6.
Elbow - Dead in the Boot
August 27, 2012
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
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7.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
74
12
reviews
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8.
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
October 23, 2012
Critic Score
74
15
reviews
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9.
Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
73
21
reviews
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10.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
73
12
reviews
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Spotify
11.
2:54 - 2:54
May 29, 2012
Critic Score
69
13
reviews
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Spotify
12.
Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
January 31, 2012
Critic Score
69
8
reviews
Amazon
13.
The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
April 21, 2012
Critic Score
68
16
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
14.
We Are The Ocean - Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
September 17, 2012
Critic Score
68
5
reviews
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Spotify
15.
Soundgarden - King Animal
November 13, 2012
Critic Score
68
21
reviews
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iTunes
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16.
Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
January 24, 2012
Critic Score
68
21
reviews
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17.
Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
May 8, 2012
Critic Score
68
15
reviews
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18.
Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
67
10
reviews
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Spotify
19.
The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
June 18, 2012
Critic Score
66
21
reviews
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Spotify
20.
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
66
24
reviews
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21.
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
February 14, 2012
Critic Score
65
11
reviews
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22.
The Cranberries - Roses
February 28, 2012
Critic Score
63
8
reviews
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23.
No Doubt - Push and Shove
September 25, 2012
Critic Score
63
13
reviews
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24.
The Killers - Battle Born
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
62
21
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
25.
Lostprophets - Weapons
April 2, 2012
Critic Score
60
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
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