Top 70 Music Albums of 2012 by dfulfo01

Ratings: http://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/soundsnaive/ratings/highest/?y=2012

this was very much a year that i got attached to 'songs', so here's my favourite...

1) "The House That Heaven Built" - Japandroids
2) "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" - Tame Impala
3) "Wasted Days" - Cloud Nothings
4) "Jasmine" - Jai Paul
5) "Money Trees" - Kendrick Lamar
6) "Applesauce" - Animal Collective
7) "Gun Has No Trigger" - Dirty Projectors
8) "Constant Conversations" - Passion Pit
9) "Werewolf" - Fiona Apple
10) "Get Free" - Major Lazer (f. Amber...
11) "Hood" - Perfume Genius
12) "Oblivion" - Grimes
13) "Tell The World" - Lecrae
14) "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift
15) "Laura" - Bat For Lashes
16) "So Long You Pretty Thing" - Spiritualized
17) "Christmas In The Room" - Sufjan Stevens

• Chart updated: 10/30/2019 04:45
• (Created: 06/18/2012 07:26).
• Chart size: 70 albums.

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Lonerism 

 Tame Impala

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[First added to this chart: 10/09/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,391 charts

Rank Score:

15,078

Rank in 2012:

2

Rank in 2010s:

7

Overall Rank:

85

Average Rating:

 85 (1,880 votes)

Comments:

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Attack On Memory 

 Cloud Nothings

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[First added to this chart: 06/18/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

314 charts

Rank Score:

1,672

Rank in 2012:

15

Rank in 2010s:

155

Overall Rank:

1,047

Average Rating:

 76 (481 votes)

Comments:

52

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Small Reveal 

 Aidan Knight

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Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

83

Rank in 2012:

302

Rank in 2010s:

2,852

Overall Rank:

13,686

Average Rating:

 73 (1 vote)

Comments:

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The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do 

 Fiona Apple

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[First added to this chart: 06/21/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

594 charts

Rank Score:

5,248

Rank in 2012:

7

Rank in 2010s:

42

Overall Rank:

334

Average Rating:

 81 (764 votes)

Comments:

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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 

 Kendrick Lamar

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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,526 charts

Rank Score:

23,324

Rank in 2012:

1

Rank in 2010s:

3

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (2,009 votes)

Comments:

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6. (5) 1

Channel Orange 

 Frank Ocean

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[First added to this chart: 07/13/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

927 charts

Rank Score:

9,126

Rank in 2012:

3

Rank in 2010s:

14

Overall Rank:

165

Average Rating:

 82 (1,272 votes)

Comments:

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Swing Lo Magellan 

 Dirty Projectors

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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,192

Rank in 2012:

19

Rank in 2010s:

220

Overall Rank:

1,436

Average Rating:

 76 (269 votes)

Comments:

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Celebration Rock 

 Japandroids

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[First added to this chart: 06/18/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

1,255

Rank in 2012:

18

Rank in 2010s:

209

Overall Rank:

1,382

Average Rating:

 74 (424 votes)

Comments:

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Centipede Hz 

 Animal Collective

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[First added to this chart: 08/19/2012]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

599

Rank in 2012:

41

Rank in 2010s:

424

Overall Rank:

2,625

Average Rating:

 70 (288 votes)

Comments:

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10. (40) 30

Light Up Gold 

 Parquet Courts

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[First added to this chart: 02/22/2013]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

1,125

Rank in 2012:

22

Rank in 2010s:

238

Overall Rank:

1,523

Average Rating:

 78 (229 votes)

Comments:

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Top 70 Music Albums of 2012 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Mount Eerie	2	3%
Spiritualized®	1	1%
Cat Power	1	1%
Mac DeMarco	1	1%
Purity Ring	1	1%
Angel Olsen	1	1%
Ty Segall & White Fence	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	49	70%
	9	13%
	6	9%
	2	3%
	2	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 70 Music Albums of 2012 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 36 from 61st to 25th Ekstasis by Julia Holter
Up 30 from 40th to 10th Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts
Up 23 from 39th to 16th Visions by Grimes

Biggest fallers
Down 10 from 11th to 21st Spooky Action At A Distance by Lotus Plaza
Down 9 from 18th to 27th Fear Fun by Father John Misty
Down 9 from 19th to 28th Habits & Contradictions by Schoolboy Q

New entries
Small Reveal by Aidan Knight
Kaleidoscope Dream by Miguel

Leavers
All We Love We Leave Behind by Converge

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Top 70 Music Albums of 2012 ratings

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90/100	08/20/2021 10:29	Purplepash	1,602	88/100
85/100	10/30/2013 09:07	Antonio-Pedro	563	90/100
90/100	01/21/2013 21:26	imnotanotter	166	89/100
90/100	01/06/2013 15:33	Triple Seis	1,252	79/100
100/100	01/06/2013 14:36	guigs13	237	88/100

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From Triple Seis 01/06/2013 15:33

Buenisimo

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From guigs13 01/06/2013 14:36

Nice album picks!

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From cartoken 12/03/2012 16:48

tell me that you just haven't listened to The Seer yet ! O_o

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From imnotanotter 10/29/2012 20:04

Undersea is fantastic

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From twoheadedboy 07/04/2012 04:38

I didn't know a lot of these existed but I want to

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