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Highest Rated Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2012
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Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Dream Pop
Electronic
Electronic Dance Music
Electropop
Experimental
Folk
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
IDM
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Pop
Psychedelia
Punk
R&B
Rock
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1
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
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2
.
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
October 15, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Music
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3
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Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
January 31, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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4
.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
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5
.
Cate Le Bon - Cyrk
January 17, 2012
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
March 5, 2012
Heartland Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
7
.
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Willy Mason - Carry On
December 3, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
JBM - Stray Ashes
May 22, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
March 27, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
September 11, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
September 24, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Cate Le Bon - Cyrk II
August 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery
April 3, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Soap&Skin - Narrow
February 13, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Neoclassical Darkwave
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
21
.
John Cale - Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
October 2, 2012
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Craig Finn - Clear Heart Full Eyes
January 24, 2012
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
John Murry - The Graceless Age
July 2, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Karima Francis - The Remedy
August 13, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?
August 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Soul
Score
50
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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