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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of 2012
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1
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Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
February 6, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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2
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The xx - Coexist
September 11, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Ambient Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
80
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3
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The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
April 21, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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4
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Frankie Rose - Interstellar
February 21, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
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5
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TOY - Toy
September 10, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
6
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DIIV - Oshin
June 26, 2012
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
,
Post-Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester
January 9, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Kyla La Grange - Ashes
July 30, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Beach House - Bloom
May 15, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
January 24, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Tamaryn - Tender New Signs
October 16, 2012
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
January 24, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Invisible - Rispah
June 12, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Muse - The 2nd Law
October 2, 2012
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
2:54 - 2:54
May 29, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Blood Red Shoes - In Time to Voices
March 26, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect
February 28, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
May 15, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
30
Source →
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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