The best albums of 2012 (update June, 30)
The final numbers is the average rating and number of reviews in brackets (over 31)
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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; Tinymixtapes
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound, The Guardian, Music OMH, NME, No Ripcord
EUR: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Jenesaispop; Laut; LesInrocks; MagicRPM; Mondosonoro; Music-story; Nojesguiden; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; Rave; Sentire Ascoltare; Storia Della Musica
60 - Rush: Clockwork Angels – 75,0 (9)
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59 - Peaking Lights: Lucifer - 75,1 (17)
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58 - Neneh Cherry & The Thing: Cherry Thing – 75,2 (14)
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57 - Laurel Halo: Quarantine - 75,2 (11)
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56 - Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man In The Universe - 75,3 (19)
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55 - Dirty Three: Towards The Low Sun - 75,4 (23)
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54 - Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship - 75,4 (17)
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53 - Portico Quartet: Portico Quartet - 75,4 (7)
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52 - Ty Segall and White Fence: Hair - 75,4 (15)
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51 - First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar - 75,4 (24)
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50 - Torche: Harmonicraft - 75,5 (9)
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49 - M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion - 75,7 (28)
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48 - The Men: Open Your Heart – 75,8 (20)
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47 - Cate Le Bon: CYRK – 75,9 (18)
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46 - Rufus Wainwright: Out Of The Game - 75,9 (19)
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45 - Ty Segall Band: Slaughterhouse – 76,0 (11)
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44 - Quakers: Quakers - 76,1 (16)
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43 - Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball - 76,1 (26)
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42 - Hot Chip: In Our Heads – 76,1 (25)
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41 - Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions - 76,6 (8)
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40 - Allo Darlin': Europe - 76,9 (19)
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39 - Beachwood Sparks: The Tarnished Gold - 77,0 (14)
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[imgsize 140x140]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-htGpO3V01G4/T ... Sparks.jpg[/imgsize]
38 - Can: The Lost Tapes – 77,0 (7)
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37 - Saint Etienne: Words And Music By Saint Etienne - 77,0 (19)
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[imgsize 140x140]http://www.ultrabrit.com/wp-content/upl ... kshot1.jpg[/imgsize]
36 - Alt-J: An Awesome Wave - 77,0 (13)
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35 - Poliça: Give You The Ghost - 77,1 (17)
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34 - Mount Eerie: Clear Moon - 77,2 (13)
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33 - Father John Misty: Fear Fun - 77,2 (22)
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32 - Sigur Rós: Valtari – 77,4 (27)
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31 - Future Of The Left: The Plot Against Common Sense – 77,4 (14)
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[imgsize 145x145]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_3RrhULVaHM/T ... 698824.jpg[/imgsize]
30 - THEESatisfaction: Awe Naturale - 77,5 (21)
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29- Damien Jurado: Maraqopa – 77,6 (21)
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28 - Death Grips: The Money Store - 77,8 (16)
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27 - Lower Dens: Nootropics - 77,8 (20)
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26 - Screaming Females: Ugly – 78,3 (9)
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25 - The Walkmen: Heaven – 78,4 (25)
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[imgsize 160x160]http://blogs.estrellagalicia.es/soneg/f ... Heaven.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Django Django: Django Django - 78,8 (19)
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[imgsize 160x160]http://www.loudandquiet.com/wp-content/ ... -album.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II - 78,9 (18)
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22 - Cloud Nothings: Attack On Memory – 79,0 (27)
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21 - El-P: Cancer For Cure - 79,1 (17)
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20 - Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It – 79,1 (25)
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19 - High On Fire: De Vermis Mysteriis – 79,2 (10)
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18 - Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music - 79,3 (12)
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17 - Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself – 79,5 (26)
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16 - Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light – 79,5 (27)
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15 - Julia Holter: Ekstasis – 79,5 (18)
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14 - Sharon Van Etten: Tramp – 79,6 (24)
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13 - Dr. John: Locked Down - 80,1 (20)
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12 - Lambchop: Mr. M – 80,3 (28)
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11 - Tindersticks: The Something Rain - 80,7 (22)
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10 - Actress: R.I.P. – 81,0 (17)
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09 - Japandroids: Celebration Rock - 81,6 (21)
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08 - Chromatics: Kill for Love - 81,8 (20)
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07 - Jack White: Blunderbuss - 81,9 (30)
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06 - John Talabot: fin - 82,2 (18)
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[imgsize 190x190]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vZ0vCrQidok/T ... 2B2012.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas - 82,3(25)
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[imgsize 200x200]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHBS7lGGrjI/T ... N_7050.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - Liars: WIXIW - 82,6 (25)
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[imgsize 200x200]http://beatsperminute.com/wp-content/up ... wixiw.jpeg[/imgsize]
03 - Grimes: Visions - 82,9 (31)
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02 - Beach House: Bloom – 83,9 (31)
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01 - Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - 84,5 (19)
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