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Highest Rated Albums of 2012

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2012

1. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

July 24, 2012

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2. Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired

April 3, 2012

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3. Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth

July 17, 2012

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4. METZ - METZ

October 9, 2012

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5. Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour

January 17, 2012

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6. Caspian - Waking Season

September 25, 2012

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7. The Chariot - One Wing

August 28, 2012

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8. Circa Survive - Violent Waves

August 28, 2012

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9. School of Seven Bells - Ghostory

February 28, 2012

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10. Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy

January 24, 2012

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11. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

March 27, 2012

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12. Lamb of God - Resolution

January 24, 2012

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13. Jack White - Blunderbuss

April 24, 2012

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14. Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns

May 14, 2012

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15. Best Coast - The Only Place

May 15, 2012

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16. The Hives - Lex Hives

June 5, 2012

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17. Unsane - Wreck

March 20, 2012

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18. The Walkmen - Heaven

May 29, 2012

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19. Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods

May 8, 2012

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20. Breton - Other People's Problems

April 3, 2012

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21. Animal Collective - Centipede Hz

September 4, 2012

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22. Bloc Party - Four

August 21, 2012

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23. Bob Mould - Silver Age

September 4, 2012

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24. Green Day - ¡Uno!

September 25, 2012

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25. Beak> - >>

June 2, 2012

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

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