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2012
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The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

60 Best Albums of 2012 Pretty Much Amazing

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Frontier Psychiatrist

Americana - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Top 102 Albums of 2012 Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 100 Albums of 2012 Pazz & Jop

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

10 Best Albums of 2012 MSN

Nashville, Vol. 1. Tear the Woodpile Down - Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

Top 25 Albums of 2012 Engine 145

Life Is Good - Nas

Top 20 Albums of 2012 Source

No Love Deep Web - Death Grips

20 Favorite Albums of 2012 Dennis Cooper

Killing Time - Terry Malts

Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

10 Best Albums of 2012 Billboard

Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Beats Per Minute

Attack on Memory - Cloud Nothings

Top 50 Albums of 2012 WUOG

25 Best Albums of 2012 Death and Taxes

40 Best Albums of 2012 New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones

50 Best Albums of 2012 AllMusic

10 Best Pop Albums of 2012 Observer: Kitty Empire

The Seer - Swans

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Cokemachineglow

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Pitchfork

Europe - Allo Darlin’

20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

50 Best Albums of 2012 Complex

Bish Bosch - Scott Walker

Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes

Tempest - Bob Dylan

Top 50 Albums of 2012 American Songwriter

The Bravest Man in the Universe - Bobby Womack

Top 40 Albums of 2012 Clash

R.I.P. - Actress

Top 10 Albums of 2012 Little White Earbuds

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