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NME's Year End List
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426
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A Place To Bury Strangers - Worship
June 26, 2012
Noise Rock
Score
40
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427
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Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C.
December 4, 2012
Cloud Rap
,
Pop Rap
Score
40
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
428
.
Aerosmith - Music from Another Dimension!
November 6, 2012
Rock
Score
40
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Music
Spotify
429
.
Best Coast - The Only Place
May 15, 2012
Indie Pop
Score
40
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
430
.
Labrinth - Electronic Earth
April 2, 2012
Pop Rap
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
40
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Spotify
431
.
Kindness - World, You Need a Change of Mind
March 20, 2012
Nu-Disco
Score
40
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Music
Spotify
432
.
Phenomenal Handclap Band - Form & Control
February 14, 2012
Funk
Score
40
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Music
433
.
Howlin' Rain - The Russian Wilds
February 14, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
Score
40
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
434
.
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
February 28, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
40
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
435
.
Dodgy - Stand Upright in a Cool Place
February 20, 2012
Britpop
Score
40
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Amazon
436
.
Smoke & Jackal - EP1
October 16, 2012
Score
30
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Amazon
437
.
Kyla La Grange - Ashes
July 30, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
30
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
438
.
Sean Paul - Tomahawk Technique
January 24, 2012
Score
30
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
439
.
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
December 4, 2012
Post-Industrial
,
Experimental
Score
30
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
440
.
Gossip - A Joyful Noise
May 22, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
30
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
441
.
Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
May 15, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
30
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
442
.
B.o.B - Strange Clouds
May 1, 2012
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
30
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
443
.
Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect
February 28, 2012
Dream Pop
Score
30
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
444
.
Cardinal - Hymns
January 24, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
30
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
445
.
Madness - Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da
October 29, 2012
Score
20
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
446
.
Alanis Morissette - Havoc and Bright Lights
August 28, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
20
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
447
.
Clock Opera - Ways to Forget
April 23, 2012
Electronic
Score
20
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
448
.
Skunk Anansie - Black Traffic
September 17, 2012
Score
10
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
449
.
Insane Clown Posse - The Mighty Death Pop!
August 14, 2012
Horrorcore
Score
10
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2012.
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