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1.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19, 2012
Score
90
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2.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Score
84
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3.
Mac DeMarco - 2
October 16, 2012
Score
82
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4.
Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Score
81
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5.
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
September 4, 2012
Score
80
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6.
Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
October 2, 2012
Score
77
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7.
Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
February 21, 2012
Score
76
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8.
Cate Le Bon - CYRK
January 17, 2012
Score
76
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9.
Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt
November 6, 2012
Score
75
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10.
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
March 6, 2012
Score
75
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11.
Julie Doiron - So Many Days
October 23, 2012
Score
74
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12.
Mark Eitzel - Don't Be a Stranger
October 2, 2012
Score
74
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13.
Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer
May 15, 2012
Score
74
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14.
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
January 31, 2012
Score
74
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15.
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Score
73
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16.
Felix - Oh Holy Molar
April 23, 2012
Score
73
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17.
Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery
April 3, 2012
Score
72
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18.
Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club
March 27, 2012
Score
72
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19.
Neil Halstead - Palindrome Hunches
September 11, 2012
Score
71
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20.
Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 11, 2012
Score
68
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21.
Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
May 29, 2012
Score
68
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22.
Dent May - Do Things
June 12, 2012
Score
66
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23.
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
May 29, 2012
Score
63
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24.
Mina Tindle - Taranta
May 28, 2012
Score
61
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25.
Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives
October 16, 2012
Score
60
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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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