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Highest Rated Albums of 2012

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- All Time
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  - Experimental
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- - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
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  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Shoegaze
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

2012

1. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur

January 17, 2012

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2. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

March 27, 2012

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3. Father John Misty - Fear Fun

May 1, 2012

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4. The Walkmen - Heaven

May 29, 2012

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5. Graham Coxon - A+E

April 2, 2012

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6. Purity Ring - Shrines

July 24, 2012

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7. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

July 24, 2012

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8. Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion

May 22, 2012

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9. Matthew Dear - Beams

August 28, 2012

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10. Crocodiles - Endless Flowers

June 5, 2012

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11. Wild Nothing - Nocturne

August 28, 2012

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12. AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It

May 15, 2012

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13. Tame Impala - Lonerism

October 9, 2012

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14. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes

October 2, 2012

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15. TOY - Toy

September 10, 2012

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16. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

August 18, 2012

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17. Now, Now - Threads

March 6, 2012

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18. DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams

September 11, 2012

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19. Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet

November 13, 2012

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20. Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence

November 5, 2012

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21. Meursault - Something for the Weakened

July 16, 2012

Indie Folk

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Amazon

22. Gaggle - From the Mouth of the Cave

June 25, 2012

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Amazon

Spotify

23. Internet Forever - Internet Forever

April 2, 2012

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Amazon

24. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory

January 24, 2012

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25. Grimes - Visions

February 21, 2012

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

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