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1.

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
October 23, 2012
Score
91
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2.

Bob Mould - Silver Age
September 4, 2012
Score
91
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3.

The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Score
83
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4.

Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Score
83
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5.

Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind
September 18, 2012
Score
75
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6.

Soul Asylum - Delayed Reaction
July 17, 2012
Score
75
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7.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone
September 18, 2012
Score
75
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8.

Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
January 24, 2012
Score
75
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9.

Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
May 8, 2012
Score
75
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10.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
June 18, 2012
Score
75
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11.

The Killers - Battle Born
September 18, 2012
Score
75
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12.

Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
March 27, 2012
Score
67
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13.

Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear
March 13, 2012
Score
67
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14.

Alanis Morissette - Havoc and Bright Lights
August 28, 2012
Score
67
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15.

Soundgarden - King Animal
November 13, 2012
Score
67
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16.

Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
May 15, 2012
Score
58
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17.

No Doubt - Push and Shove
September 25, 2012
Score
58
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18.

The Cranberries - Roses
February 28, 2012
Score
50
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19.

Linkin Park - Living Things
June 26, 2012
Score
50
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20.

Green Day - ¡Dos!
November 13, 2012
Score
43
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21.

Muse - The 2nd Law
October 2, 2012
Score
43
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22.

Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
February 7, 2012
Score
43
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23.

The Dandy Warhols - This Machine
April 24, 2012
Score
25
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24.

The Fray - Scars & Stories
February 7, 2012
Score
25
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.
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