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STREAM | Our Top 75 Albums Of 2012

January 2, 2013 by Alan Pedder in Blog

Dig in, people: 764 tracks, adding up to two days’ worth of music from our top 75 albums of 2012. The full list is below, where you can also find links to alternative streams for those records not on Spotify.

Read about #75–51 here, #50–26 here and #25–1 here.

75. El Perro Del Mar – Pale Fire
74. Niki & The Dove – Instinct
73. Jesca Hoop – The House That Jack Built
72. Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection Of Acoustic Songs
71. Larkin Grimm – Soul Retrieval
70. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Seeds
69. Hanne Hukkelberg – Featherbrain
68. OMBRE – Believe You Me
67. Ana Silvera – The Aviary
66. Cate Le Bon – CYRK
65. The Pond – The Pond
64. Allo Darlin’ – Europe
63. Chairlift – Something
62. Crystal Castles – (III)
61. The Mynabirds – Generals
60. Rozi Plain – Joined Sometimes Unjoined (listen on Grooveshark)
59. Tori Amos – Gold Dust
58. School Of Seven Bells – Ghostory
57. Laura Sheeran – What The World Knows
56. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
55. Light Asylum – Light Asylum
54. Rebekka Karijord – We Become Ourselves
53. Josephine Foster – Blood Rushing
52. Cooly G – Playin’ Me
51. Tamaryn – Tender New Signs

50. Mirel Wagner – Mirel Wagner
49. Martha Wainwright – Come Home To Mama
48. Woodpecker Wooliams – The Bird School Of Being Human
47. Ragana – All’s Lost (listen on Bandcamp)
46. Micachu & The Shapes – Never
45. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber
44. Jessica Bailiff – At The Down-Turned Jagged Rim Of The Sky
43. Mary Epworth – Dream Life
42. Aimee Mann – Charmer (listen on Grooveshark)
41. iamamiwhoami – kin
40. Jessica Sligter – Fear & The Framing
39. Poliça – Give You The Ghost
38. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
37. White Lung – Sorry
36. Iris DeMent – Sing The Delta
35. Screaming Females – Ugly
34. Anaïs Mitchell – Young Man In America
33. La Sera – Sees The Light
32. Jessie Ware – Devotion
31. Hildur Guðnadóttir – Leyfðu Ljósinu
30. Alex Winston – King Con
29. Corin Tucker Band – Kill My Blues (listen on Bandcamp)
28. Frankie Rose – Interstellar
27. U.S. Girls – Gem
26. Soap&Skin – Narrow

25. Anna von Hausswolff – Ceremony
24. Frida Hyvönen – To The Soul
23. Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
22. Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who
21. Grass Widow – Internal Logic
20. Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
19. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
18. Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing
17. Trophy Wife – Sing What Scares You
16. Cat Power – Sun
15. Holly Herndon – Movement
14. Beth Orton – Sugaring Season
13. Beach House – Bloom
12. Chromatics – Kill For Love
11. Purity Ring – Shrines
10. Susanne Sundfør – The Silicone Veil
09. Lower Dens – Nootropics
08. THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE
07. David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant
06. Laurel Halo – Quarantine
05. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
04. Julia Holter – Ekstasis
03. Angel Olsen – Half Way Home
02. Grimes – Visions
01. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw & Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

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