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This is an ordered list of The Needle Drop's highest rated albums of 2012. Check out
The Needle Drop's Year End List
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Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Industrial Hip Hop
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Hardcore Hip Hop
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Experimental Hip Hop
Score
100
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2
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Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Chamber Pop
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Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Dope Body - Natural History
May 22, 2012
Noise Rock
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Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
4
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TNGHT - TNGHT
July 24, 2012
Trap [EDM]
Score
90
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Amazon
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5
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Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
July 16, 2012
Cumbia
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Afro-Cuban Jazz
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Dub
,
Latin Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
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West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
7
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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
8
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BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
April 3, 2012
Jazz Fusion
,
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
9
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Pro Era - PEEP: The aPROcalypse
December 21, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
10
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Burial - Truant / Rough Sleeper
December 17, 2012
Future Garage
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Dubstep
Score
80
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Amazon
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11
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Action Bronson & The Alchemist - Rare Chandeliers
November 15, 2012
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
12
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Pile - Dripping
October 23, 2012
Post-Hardcore
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Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Bad Plus - Made Possible
September 25, 2012
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Karriem Riggins - Alone Together
October 22, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
15
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Metalcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
September 18, 2012
Experimental
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Krallice - Years Past Matter
August 25, 2012
Black Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Murder Construct - Results
August 28, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
20
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Matthew Dear - Beams
August 28, 2012
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
21
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Wild Nothing - Nocturne
August 28, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
July 31, 2012
Black Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Holograms - Holograms
July 10, 2012
Post-Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Deathspell Omega - Drought
June 22, 2012
Black Metal
,
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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iamamiwhoami - kin
June 12, 2012
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2012.
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