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1.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
October 22nd, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
91
3378 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21st, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
88
2505 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
July 17th, 2012
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
87
2618 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise
October 28th, 2012
Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
87
228 reviews
Amazon

5.

Swans - The Seer
August 28th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
87
862 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19th, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
87
1037 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Beach House - Bloom
May 15th, 2012
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
86
1331 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 9th, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
86
1913 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Burial - Kindred
February 12th, 2012
Future Garage
USER SCORE
85
230 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
February 11th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
485 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer divina, homenaje a Agustín Lara
September 18th, 2012
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
84
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
84
523 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26th, 2012
Death Metal
USER SCORE
83
119 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
April 3rd, 2012
Experimental
USER SCORE
83
173 reviews
Amazon

15.

Deftones - Koi No Yokan
November 13th, 2012
Alternative Metal
USER SCORE
83
217 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
May 7th, 2012
Progressive Metal
USER SCORE
82
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9th, 2012
Metalcore
USER SCORE
82
217 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
413 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21st, 2012
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
82
355 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Anathema - Weather Systems
April 16th, 2012
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
82
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
August 10th, 2012
USER SCORE
82
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

22.

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
January 24th, 2012
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
82
384 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Title Fight - Floral Green
September 18th, 2012
Post-Hardcore
USER SCORE
82
48 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

TR/ST - TRST
February 28th, 2012
Synthpop
USER SCORE
82
96 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Voices From the Lake - Voices From the Lake
March 13th, 2012
Techno
USER SCORE
82
40 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
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