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Highest Rated Albums of 2012

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2012

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

1. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

February 7, 2012

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2. The Maccabees - Given to the Wild

January 6, 2012

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3. Tribes - Baby

January 16, 2012

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4. Dirty Three - Toward the Low Sun

February 28, 2012

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5. Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim

March 6, 2012

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6. Graham Coxon - A+E

April 2, 2012

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7. DIIV - Oshin

June 26, 2012

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8. Purity Ring - Shrines

July 24, 2012

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

May 7, 2012

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

June 12, 2012

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11. Clams Casino - Instrumental 2

June 4, 2012

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

September 11, 2012

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13. Tame Impala - Lonerism

October 9, 2012

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14. Ty Segall - Twins

October 9, 2012

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15. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes

October 2, 2012

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16. TNGHT - TNGHT

July 24, 2012

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17. Crystal Castles - (III)

November 12, 2012

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18. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg

October 15, 2012

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19. Black Breath - Sentenced to Life

March 26, 2012

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20. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

August 18, 2012

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21. Clark - Fantasm Planes

September 11, 2012

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22. The Jim Jones Revue - The Savage Heart

October 15, 2012

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23. The D.O.T - And That

October 22, 2012

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24. HAIM - Forever

July 2, 2012

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25. Two Wounded Birds - Two Wounded Birds

June 26, 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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