Best Albums of 2012

Listed below are the best albums of 2012 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2012 year summaryThe best artists of 2012 were Kendrick Lamar, Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Beach House, Death Grips, alt-J, Fiona Apple, Lana Del Rey, Swans and Grimes.
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"This is his best album for me - consistently hits an emotional depth not seen on his other records. As far as break-up albums go, this is up there with the very best."  Reply
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Toy 
"Much has been made of the krautrock influence on display here, however more obvious is the debt owed to 80s indie legends Felt, particularly the Forever Breathes The Lonely Word era and Lawrence’s obsession with the most perfectionist perfect pop imaginable. The bands strengths become more appare..."  [+]  Reply
- johnner | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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