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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 9,700 greatest album charts.

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

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Band

41.

The Haunted Man

Bat For Lashes

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	24 charts
Rank in 2012:	41	Rank Score:	332
Rank in 2010s	193	Overall Rank:	2,624
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42.

Young Man In America

Anais Mitchell

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2012:	42	Rank Score:	321
Rank in 2010s	199	Overall Rank:	2,689
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43.

Devotion

Jessie Ware

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	20 charts
Rank in 2012:	43	Rank Score:	321
Rank in 2010s	200	Overall Rank:	2,691
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44.

Oceania

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 2012:	44	Rank Score:	316
Rank in 2010s	203	Overall Rank:	2,724
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45.

Skelethon

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2012:	45	Rank Score:	287
Rank in 2010s	216	Overall Rank:	2,918
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46.

Synthetica

Metric

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 2012:	46	Rank Score:	285
Rank in 2010s	219	Overall Rank:	2,934
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47.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	34 charts
Rank in 2012:	47	Rank Score:	284
Rank in 2010s	220	Overall Rank:	2,939
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48.

Here

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	23 charts
Rank in 2012:	48	Rank Score:	255
Rank in 2010s	239	Overall Rank:	3,193
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49.

Kindred

Burial

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	34 charts
Rank in 2012:	49	Rank Score:	255
Rank in 2010s	240	Overall Rank:	3,203
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50.

A Sleep & A Forgetting

Islands

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	10 charts
Rank in 2012:	50	Rank Score:	251
Rank in 2010s	246	Overall Rank:	3,247
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Best Albums of 2012 composition

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	1%
Burial	3	0%
Green Day	3	0%
Loscil	2	0%
Maggs And Trish	2	0%
Death Grips	2	0%
Mount Eerie	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	483	48%
	208	21%
	55	6%
	52	5%
	28	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
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