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The best albums of 2012 (update April, 15)

The final numbers is the average rating and number of reviews in brackets (over 28)
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The magazines I used for the ratings were:
USA: Allmusic; AV Club; BeatsPerMinute; Blurt; Bowlegs; Consequence Of Sound; Pitchforkmedia; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spin
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound, The Guardian, Music OMH, NME, No Ripcord
REST OF THE WORLD: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Jenesaispop; Laut; MagicRPM; Music-story; Nojesguiden; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; Rave; Sentire Ascoltare; Storia Della Musica

I have not counted (not have reached 50% of the average reviews)these magazines: Cokemachineglow; Slant; Tinymixtapes; Humo; LesInrocks; Mondosonoro

35 - The Shins: Port Of Morrow - 73,7 (27)
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34 - Frankie Rose: Interstellar - 73,7 (21)
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[imgsize 145x145]http://filtermexico.com/wp-content/uplo ... ginal.jpeg[/imgsize]

33 - Scuba: Personality - 73,9 (13)
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[imgsize 145x145]http://thebeaveronline.co.uk/wp-content ... /Scuba.jpg[/imgsize]

32 - Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral - 74,1 (27)
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[imgsize 145x145]http://www.theholyfilament.cl/wp-conten ... uneral.jpg[/imgsize]

31 - Orbital: Wonky - 74,1 (12)
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[imgsize 145x145]http://www.anotherreddeath.com/wp-conte ... -Wonky.jpg[/imgsize]

30 - M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion - 74,2 (21)
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29 - Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny: Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose - 74,3 (17)
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28 - Laura Gibson: La Grande - 74,3 (21)
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27 - The 2 Bears: Be Strong - 74,4 (16)
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26 - Bowerbirds: The Clearing - 74,5 (18)
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25 - Chairlift: Something – 75,0 (26)
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24 - Porcelain Raft: Strange Weekend - 75,1 (20)
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23 - Graham Coxon: A+E - 75,2 (14)
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[imgsize 160x160]http://www.indiehearts.com/wp-content/u ... 854-MF.jpg[/imgsize]

22 - First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar - 75,7 (23)
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21 - Dirty Three: Towards The Low Sun - 76,2 (21)
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20 - THEESatisfaction: Awe Naturale - 76,8 (14)
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19 - Django Django: Django Django – 77,0 (13)
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[imgsize 170x170]http://www.loudandquiet.com/wp-content/ ... -album.jpg[/imgsize]

18 - Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself - 77,1 (22)
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17 - The Men: Open Your Heart - 77,3 (16)
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16 - Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball - 77,4 (24)
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15 - Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions - 77,5 (8)
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14 - Chromatics: Kill for Love – 78,0 (8)
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13 – Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II - 78,2 (17)
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12 - Damien Jurado: Maraqopa - 78,4 (20)
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11 - Dr. John: Locked Down - 79,5 (14)
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10 - Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It - 80,5 (22)
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09 - Cloud Nothings: Attack On Memory - 80,5 (25)
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08 - Sharon Van Etten: Tramp - 80,6 (21)
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07 - Tindersticks: The Something Rain - 80,7 (21)
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06 - Julia Holter: Ekstasis - 80,9 (13)
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05 - High On Fire: De Vermis Mysteriis - 80,9 (7)
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04 - John Talabot: fin - 81,1 (14)
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03 - Lambchop: Mr. M - 81,2 (28)
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02 - Grimes: Visions - 82,5 (27)
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01 - Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas - 83,2 (24)
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Where's entries 15 through 1?

Nick wrote:Where's entries 15 through 1?

They'll be posted soon enough - I did the same thing two weeks ago. I'm not quite sure why Otisredding doesn't simply post the entire update at once. It's not like the unveiling of poll results, where a gradual rollout makes sense and build suspense - this is a biweekly update of this year's albums. I don't really need suspense, I just want to know where Dr. John ended up, you know?

Hello Harlod. I do not want to act with suspense. I need some time to make the presentation. For example, the number 13, Earth, no appears in the appropriate format. I have an hour trying to solve this.

Sorry. Try to do better on April 30

Otisredding wrote:Hello Harlod. I do not want to act with suspense. I need some time to make the presentation. For example, the number 13, Earth, no appears in the appropriate format. I have an hour trying to solve this.

Sorry. Try to do better on April 30

Otis, no need to apologize or "try to do better" - you do a great job, and we're all grateful that you took this on. But I do think it would be OK to post the entire update all in one shot, even if the formatting takes a while.

Thank you Harold.

And OK: april, 30: I will publish the 40 top rated albums in a single shot

Great presentation again, Otis!

Otisredding wrote:I have not counted (not have reached 50% of the average reviews)these magazines: Cokemachineglow; Slant; Tinymixtapes; Humo; LesInrocks; Mondosonoro

What does this mean? That they have reviewed less than half of the albums compared with the included sources? Or have they reviewed less than half of the 35 albums in your list? Or less than half of the albums in your source file?

1) 34 magazines
2) only the final list are those who have received 7 or more grades. I call them "ranked albums"
3) I calculate the average of ratings received by these "ranked albums"
4) I remove the scores of magazines that do not reach 50% of this average

I do not know if this is understandable. I use the google translator

I hope Dr. John jumps up to the top in the next update. What a great album! I wish I will have that energy when I'm 71.