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Highest Rated Indie Pop Albums of 2012
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1
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Citizens! - Here We Are
May 28, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
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2
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Mac DeMarco - 2
October 16, 2012
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
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3
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alt-J - An Awesome Wave
May 28, 2012
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
80
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4
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Friends - Manifest!
June 5, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
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5
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Saint Etienne - Words and Music by Saint Etienne
May 21, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
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6
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Allo Darlin' - Europe
April 17, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
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7
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Stealing Sheep - Into The Diamond Sun
August 20, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
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8
.
Poliça - Give You The Ghost
February 14, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Electropop
,
Indietronica
Score
80
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9
.
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
January 31, 2012
Alt-Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Trip Hop
Score
80
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10
.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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11
.
Django Django - Django Django
January 30, 2012
Psychedelia
,
Indie Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
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12
.
La Sera - Sees the Light
March 27, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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13
.
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
May 29, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
Score
80
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Music
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14
.
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - Cut the World
August 7, 2012
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
15
.
Field Music - Plumb
February 14, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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16
.
Field Music - Field Music Play...
October 1, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
17
.
The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea
March 6, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Twee Pop
Score
70
Source →
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Music
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18
.
Soko - I Thought I Was an Alien
February 20, 2012
Twee Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Tim Burgess - Oh No I Love You
October 1, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Lambchop - Mr. M
February 21, 2012
Alt-Country
,
Chamber Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
El Perro Del Mar - Pale Fire
November 13, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Egyptian Hip Hop - Good Don't Sleep
October 23, 2012
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Fanfarlo - Rooms Filled with Light
February 28, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
POP ETC - Pop Etc
June 12, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
September 4, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
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Music
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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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