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Highest Rated Albums of 2012

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2012

This is an ordered list of The Guardian's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out The Guardian's Year End List.

1. Lau - Race the Loser

September 0, 2012

Score

100

2. Django Bates Belovèd - Confirmation

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

3. Nelson Freire - Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends

August 6, 2012

Score

100

4. John Murry - The Graceless Age

July 2, 2012

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

5. X-TG - Desertshore / The Final Report

December 11, 2012

Electronic

Score

100

6. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

August 18, 2012

Garage Rock

Score

100

7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

October 16, 2012

Post-Rock

Score

100

8. Goat - World Music

August 20, 2012

Psychedelic Rock

Score

100

9. Matthew E. White - Big Inner

August 21, 2012

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

10. Tame Impala - Lonerism

October 9, 2012

Psychedelic Rock

Score

100

11. The Very Best - MTMTMK

July 17, 2012

Electronic

Score

100

12. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

June 26, 2012

Death Metal

Score

100

13. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

July 17, 2012

Alternative R&B

Score

100

14. Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge

May 7, 2012

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

15. John Talabot - ƒIN

February 14, 2012

Deep House

Score

100

16. Django Django - Django Django

January 30, 2012

Psychedelic

Score

100

17. Jack White - Blunderbuss

April 24, 2012

Blues Rock

Score

100

18. Dr. John - Locked Down

April 3, 2012

Blues

Score

100

19. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II

February 14, 2012

Post-Rock

Score

100

20. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself

March 6, 2012

Chamber Pop

Score

100

21. Tim Berne's Snakeoil - Snakeoil

January 27, 2012

Score

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22. Christine Tobin - Sailing to Byzantium

June 0, 2012

Score

23. Gabby Young & Other Animals - The Band Called Out for More

Score

24. Françoise Hardy - L'amour fou

November 5, 2012

Score

25. The Wiyos - Twist

July 9, 2012

Score

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

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