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Best Albums of 2012

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Listed below are the greatest albums of 2012 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 greatest album charts.

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2012 year summaryThe best bands of 2012 were Tame Impala, Beach House, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Frank Ocean, Grizzly Bear, Fiona Apple, Swans, ∆ (alt-j) and Cloud Nothings.

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Band

11.

Visions

Grimes

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	99 charts
Rank in 2012:	11	Rank Score:	1,546
Rank in 2010s	43	Overall Rank:	728
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12.

Celebration Rock

Japandroids

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	79 charts
Rank in 2012:	12	Rank Score:	1,244
Rank in 2010s	49	Overall Rank:	886
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22.

'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	53 charts
Rank in 2012:	22	Rank Score:	537
Rank in 2010s	108	Overall Rank:	1,778
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27.

Shrines

Purity Ring

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2012:	27	Rank Score:	460
Rank in 2010s	134	Overall Rank:	2,023
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47.

A Sleep & A Forgetting

Islands

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	10 charts
Rank in 2012:	47	Rank Score:	251
Rank in 2010s	236	Overall Rank:	3,199
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48.

Old Ideas

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	29 charts
Rank in 2012:	48	Rank Score:	248
Rank in 2010s	239	Overall Rank:	3,220
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57.

Synthetica

Metric

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 2012:	57	Rank Score:	229
Rank in 2010s	267	Overall Rank:	3,438
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60.

Clockwork Angels

Rush

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 2012:	60	Rank Score:	228
Rank in 2010s	271	Overall Rank:	3,450
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73.

Kiss

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2012:	73	Rank Score:	195
Rank in 2010s	320	Overall Rank:	3,905
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75.

TRST

Trust

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 2012:	75	Rank Score:	190
Rank in 2010s	327	Overall Rank:	3,981
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Best Albums of 2012 composition

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	1%
Green Day	3	0%
Burial	3	0%
Big K.R.I.T.	2	0%
Mount Eerie	2	0%
Joe Bonamassa	2	0%
Angel Haze	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	480	48%
	209	21%
	55	6%
	52	5%
	28	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
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