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Highest Rated Albums of 2012

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Genre
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1.

Internet Forever - Internet Forever
April 2, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

2.

Gaggle - From the Mouth of the Cave
June 25, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

3.

Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet
November 13, 2012
Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams
September 11, 2012
Dance Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Now, Now - Threads
March 6, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
August 18, 2012
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

TOY - Toy
September 10, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
October 2, 2012
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 9, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
May 15, 2012
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

13.

Wild Nothing - Nocturne
August 28, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Crocodiles - Endless Flowers
June 5, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Matthew Dear - Beams
August 28, 2012
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
May 22, 2012
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Purity Ring - Shrines
July 24, 2012
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Graham Coxon - A+E
April 2, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

20.

The Walkmen - Heaven
May 29, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
March 27, 2012
Progressive Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
January 17, 2012
Alt-Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Dan Sartain - Too Tough To Live
January 30, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Cian Ciaran - Outside In
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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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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