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2012

1. The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

April 21, 2012

Score

82

2. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs

October 23, 2012

Score

80

3. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky

Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky

September 18, 2012

Score

79

4. Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV

Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV

January 31, 2012

Score

78

5. Bob Mould - Silver Age

Bob Mould - Silver Age

September 4, 2012

Score

76

6. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone

September 18, 2012

Score

73

7. Garbage - Not Your Kind of People

Garbage - Not Your Kind of People

May 15, 2012

Score

64

8. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania

The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania

June 18, 2012

Score

63

9. 2:54 - 2:54

May 29, 2012

Score

60

10. Soundgarden - King Animal

Soundgarden - King Animal

November 13, 2012

Score

59

11. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral

Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral

February 7, 2012

Score

59

12. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

July 24, 2012

Score

57

13. Muse - The 2nd Law

Muse - The 2nd Law

October 2, 2012

Score

55

14. Retribution Gospel Choir - The Revolution EP

Retribution Gospel Choir - The Revolution EP

March 26, 2012

Score

55

15. The Dandy Warhols - This Machine

The Dandy Warhols - This Machine

April 24, 2012

Score

51

16. Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods

Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods

May 8, 2012

Score

48

17. Dinosaur Jr. - Chocomel Daze (Live 1987)

Dinosaur Jr. - Chocomel Daze (Live 1987)

November 19, 2012

Score

45

18. Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy

Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy

January 24, 2012

Score

44

19. Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind

Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind

September 18, 2012

Score

35

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.

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