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1.
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
October 22nd, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
91
3007 reviews
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2.
Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21st, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
2103 reviews
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3.
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
July 17th, 2012
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
87
2335 reviews
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4.
Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise
October 28th, 2012
Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
87
189 reviews
Amazon
5.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19th, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
87
761 reviews
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6.
Swans - The Seer
August 28th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
86
762 reviews
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7.
Beach House - Bloom
May 15th, 2012
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
86
1200 reviews
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8.
Tame Impala - Lonerism
October 9th, 2012
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
86
1765 reviews
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9.
Burial - Kindred
February 12th, 2012
Future Garage
USER SCORE
85
220 reviews
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10.
Metá Metá - MetaL MetaL
November 7th, 2012
USER SCORE
85
34 reviews
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11.
Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
February 11th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
390 reviews
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12.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
October 16th, 2012
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
84
482 reviews
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13.
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
April 3rd, 2012
Experimental
USER SCORE
84
163 reviews
Amazon
14.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21st, 2012
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
83
313 reviews
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15.
Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity
May 8th, 2012
USER SCORE
82
30 reviews
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16.
Céu - Caravana Sereia Bloom
February 7th, 2012
MPB
USER SCORE
82
36 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
17.
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
May 15th, 2012
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
354 reviews
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18.
iamamiwhoami - kin
June 12th, 2012
Electropop
USER SCORE
82
177 reviews
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19.
Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
February 28th, 2012
Folk
USER SCORE
82
36 reviews
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20.
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9th, 2012
Metalcore
USER SCORE
82
181 reviews
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21.
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26th, 2012
Death Metal
USER SCORE
82
98 reviews
Amazon
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22.
Solange - True
November 27th, 2012
R&B
USER SCORE
82
158 reviews
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23.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18th, 2012
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
82
557 reviews
Amazon
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24.
Susanne Sundfør - The Silicone Veil
October 15th, 2012
Art Pop
USER SCORE
82
73 reviews
Amazon
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25.
Voices From the Lake - Voices From the Lake
March 13th, 2012
Techno
USER SCORE
82
36 reviews
Amazon
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