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This is an ordered list of The Line of Best Fit's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
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Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
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100
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Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Chamber Pop
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100
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Talk Normal - Sunshine
October 23, 2012
Noise Rock
Score
90
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Kathryn Williams - Presents... The Pond
May 28, 2012
Score
90
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Halls - Ark
October 15, 2012
Ambient
Score
90
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Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
December 4, 2012
Experimental
Score
90
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Efterklang - Piramida
September 25, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
90
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Bill Fay - Life Is People
August 21, 2012
Folk
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90
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Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
90
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Laetitia Sadier - Silencio
July 24, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
90
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The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 9, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
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How to Dress Well - Total Loss
September 18, 2012
Ambient Pop
Score
90
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Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
August 28, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Echo Lake - Wild Peace
June 26, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
90
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Jessie Ware - Devotion
August 20, 2012
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
October 15, 2012
Art Pop
Score
90
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Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
July 17, 2012
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
September 4, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
90
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21
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
August 21, 2012
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
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Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
September 4, 2012
Experimental
Score
90
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23
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Niki & The Dove - Instinct
May 14, 2012
Electropop
Score
90
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24
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Liars - WIXIW
June 5, 2012
Experimental Rock
Score
90
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Line of Best Fit awarded albums throughout 2012.
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