MCCh 2012 (07) April, 30

[Otisredding]

The best albums of 2012 (update April, 30)

The final numbers is the average rating and number of reviews in brackets (over 31)
New Entry or Re Entry

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; Humo; Jenesaispop; Laut; MagicRPM; Mondosonoro; 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; LesInrocks


40 - The 2 Bears: Be Strong - 74,2 (16)
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39 - The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow - 74,2 (8)
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38 - Orbital: Wonky - 74,4 (15)
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37 - Cate Le Bon: CYRK - 74,6 (15)
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36 - Laura Gibson: La Grande - 74,8 (22)
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35 - Chairlift: Something - 74,8 (26)
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34 - Porcelain Raft: Strange Weekend - 74,9 (20)
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33 - Graham Coxon: A+E - 75,5 (17)
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32 - Rufus Wainwright: Out Of The Game - 75,7 (12)
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31 - Allo Darlin': Europe - 75,8 (8)
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30 - M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion - 75,9 (28)
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29 - Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral - 75,9 (29)
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28 - Death Grips: The Money Store - 76,0 (12)
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27 - Portico Quartet: Portico Quartet - 76,1 (7)
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26 - First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar - 76,2 (24)
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25 - Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball - 76,3 (27)
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24 - The Men: Open Your Heart - 76,9 (18)
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23 - Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions - 77,3 (8)
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22 - Dirty Three: Towards The Low Sun - 77,4 (23)
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21 - THEESatisfaction: Awe Naturale - 78,1 (18)
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20 - Django Django: Django Django - 78,1 (17)
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19 - Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself - 78,4 (24)
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18 - Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light - 78,9 (24)
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17 - Damien Jurado: Maraqopa - 79,2 (21)
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16 - Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II - 79,6 (18)
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15 - Actress: R.I.P. - 79,7 (7)
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14 - Cloud Nothings: Attack On Memory - 80,0 (28)
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13 - Screaming Females: Ugly - 80,1 (7)
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12 - Sharon Van Etten: Tramp - 80,2 (24)
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11 - Dr. John: Locked Down - 80,3 (17)
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10 - Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It - 80,9 (24)
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09 - Chromatics: Kill for Love - 80,9 (14)
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08 - High On Fire: De Vermis Mysteriis - 80,9 (8)
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07 - Tindersticks: The Something Rain - 81,5 (23)
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06 - Lambchop: Mr. M - 81,7 (29)
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05 - Julia Holter: Ekstasis - 82,2 (17)
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04 - Jack White: Blunderbuss - 82,2 (26)
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03 - Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas - 83,1(26)
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02 - Grimes: Visions - 83,2 (30)
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01 - John Talabot: fin - 83,9 (17)
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[Harold]

Thanks, Otis! Great work as usual.

One small correction: it's Blunderbuss, not "Bunderbuss."

[Otisredding]

Ok.Thank You. Now I have corrected the error

[Harold]

One more thing I just noticed: is the score for Julia Holter's Ektasis 82,2 instead of 80,2? If 80,2 is correct it should be ranked lower.

[Otisredding]

...Julia Holter's Ektasis 82,2 instead of 80,2?...

Thank you. I haved corrected the error

[Sketch]

Fantastic work, Otis. I can't keep up with all the new releases!!!

FYI, I found the Tindersticks album on Spotify here.

[Otisredding]

I found the Tindersticks album on Spotify ...

Thank you, Sketch

In Spain is not available but, anyway, I could include link to spotify

[irreduciblekoan]

Thanks, as always! This month--well, last month--was especially busy. 3 new entries of scores 80 and over. I'm surprised at how "low" Death Grips are. I'm guessing non-US critics weren't quite as taken by it.

[Otisredding]

I'm surprised at how "low" Death Grips are. I'm guessing non-US critics weren't quite as taken by it.

I think the album Death Grips go up much in the MCCH (so far only received 12 ratings).

The worst scores come from UK: The Guardian (40) and NME (60).

It seems a remarkable album.