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Highest Rated Albums of 2012

Year

2012
- - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
- - 2012
  - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
- - 2005
  - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Dream Pop
  - Dubstep
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Experimental
  - Folk
  - Garage Rock
  - Hip Hop
  - IDM
  - Indie Folk
- - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Metal
  - Pop
  - Post-Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Shoegaze
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

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

1. Crystal Castles - (III)

November 12, 2012

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2. Har Mar Superstar - You Can Feel Me

October 22, 2012

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3. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg

October 15, 2012

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4. Ty Segall - Twins

October 9, 2012

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5. Tame Impala - Lonerism

October 9, 2012

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6. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes

October 2, 2012

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7. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant

September 11, 2012

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8. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

August 18, 2012

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9. Purity Ring - Shrines

July 24, 2012

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10. TNGHT - TNGHT

July 24, 2012

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11. DIIV - Oshin

June 26, 2012

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12. Future of the Left - The Plot Against Common Sense

June 12, 2012

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13. Clams Casino - Instrumental 2

June 4, 2012

Electronic

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Source →

Amazon

14. The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

May 7, 2012

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15. Graham Coxon - A+E

April 2, 2012

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16. Black Breath - Sentenced to Life

March 26, 2012

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17. Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim

March 6, 2012

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18. Dirty Three - Toward the Low Sun

February 28, 2012

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19. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

February 7, 2012

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20. Tribes - Baby

January 16, 2012

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21. The Maccabees - Given to the Wild

January 6, 2012

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22. Katy B - Danger EP

December 7, 2012

House

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Source →

Amazon

23. Jimmy Edgar - Majenta

December 4, 2012

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24. Willy Mason - Carry On

December 3, 2012

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25. Solange - True

November 27, 2012

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

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