Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2012

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2012

Listing for 261 records from 2012 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A	Azealia Banks: *1991* [Interscope EP] Fokn Bois: *Fokn Wit Ewe* [Pidgen Music] Spoek Mathambo: *Father Creeper* [Sub Pop] The Mountain Goats: *Transcendental Youth* [Merge] Dawn Oberg: *Rye* [Blossom Theory] Pink: *The Truth About Love* [RCA] Huey "Piano" Smith: *Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu* [Hallmark] Todd Snider: *Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables* [Aimless/30 Tigers] Loudon Wainwright III: *Older Than My Old Man* [2nd Story Sound] Neil Young & Crazy Horse: *Americana* [Reprise] *Listen . . . Oka!* [Oka Productions] *The Rough Guide to Highlife* [World Music Network]
A-	Ab-Soul: *Control System* [Top Dawg download] Allo Darlin': *Europe* [Slumberland] Amadou & Mariam: *Folila* [Nonesuch] Thomas Anderson: *The Moon in Transit (Four-Track Demos, 1996-2009)* [Out There] Fiona Apple: *The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Ever Do* [Epic] Khaira Arby: *Tchini Tchini* [Clermont Music EP] Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: *Mature Themes* [4AD] Balkan Beat Box: *Give* [Nat Geo Music] Batida: *Batida* [Soundway] Beach House: *Bloom* [Sub Pop] Francis Bebey: *African Electronic Music 1975-1982* [Born Bad] Bhi Bhiman: *Bhiman* [Redeye] Big K.R.I.T.: *4Eva N a Day* [free download] Burial: *Street Halo/Kindred* [Hyperdub/Beat] Burial: *Truant/Rough Sleeper* [Hyperdub] Cloud Nothings: *Attack on Memory* [Carpark] Leonard Cohen: *Old Ideas* [Columbia] The Coup: *Sorry to Bother You* [Anti-] The dB's: *Falling Off the Sky* [Bar/None] Death Grips: *The Money Store* [Epic] Death Grips: *No Love Deep Web* [Third Worlds download EP] Iris DeMent: *Sing the Delta* [Flariella] Ani DiFranco: *¿Which Side Are You On?* [Righteous Babe] Divine Fits: *A Thing Called Divine Fits* [Merge] Dobie: *. . . But Fear Itself* [Big Dada EP] Dobie: *Nothing to Fear* [Big Dada EP] JJ Doom: *Key to the Kuffs* [Lex] Donald Fagen: *Sunken Condos* [Reprise] Big Baby Gandhi: *No1 2 Look Up 2* [Greedhead download] Mariem Hassan: *El Aaiún Egdat* [Nubenegra] Heems: *Wild Water Kingdom* [Greedhead download] Dylan Hicks: *Sings Bolling Greene* [Two Deuces] Himanshu: *Nehru Jackets* [free download] Ray Wylie Hubbard: *The Grifter's Hymnal* [Bordello] The Human Hearts: *Another* [Shrimper] Japandroids: *Celebration Rock* [Polyvinyl] Jamey Johnson: *Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran* [Mercury] Karantamba: *Ndigal* [Teranga Beat] Kid Koala: *12 Bit Blues* [Ninja Tune] Kendrick Lamar: *good kid, m.A.A.d city* [Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope] Linkoban: *Super Into On It* [Super Billion] Low Cut Connie: *Call Me Sylvia* [lowcutconnie.com] Lukid: *Lonely at the Top* [Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune] Madonna: *MDNA* [Interscope] Magnetic Fields: *Love at the Bottom of the Sea* [Merge] Carolyn Mark: *The Queen of Vancouver Island* [Mint] Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar: *Golden Horns: The Best of Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar* [Piranha] Miguel: *Kaleidoscope Dream* [RCA] Nicki Minaj: *Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: Deluxe Edition* [Cash Money/Universal Republic] Moreno and L'Orch First Moja-One: *Sister Pili + 2* [Sterns Africa] Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang: *En Yay Sah* [Luaka Bop] Youssou N'Dour: *Mballax Dafay Wax* [FM] Frank Ocean: *Channel Orange* [Def Jam] Orchestra Baobab: *La Belle Époque: Volume 2 1973-1976* [Syllart] Pet Shop Boys: *Elysium* [Astralwerks] A Place to Bury Strangers: *Onwards to the Wall* [Dead Oceans EP] A Place to Bury Strangers: *Worship* [Dead Oceans] Plug: *Back on Time* [Ninja Tune] Public Enemy: *Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp* [Enemy] Lee Ranaldo: *Between the Times and the Tides* [Matador] Martha Redbone Roots Project: *The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake* [Blackfeet Productions] Royal Band de Thiés: *Kadior Demb* [Teranga Beat] Saigon: *The Greatest Story Never Told: Chapter Two: Bread and Circuses* [Suburban Noize] Saint Etienne: *Words and Music by Saint Etienne* [Heavenly/Universal] Homeboy Sandman: *First of a Living Breed* [Stones Throw] Homeboy Sandman: *Subject: Matter* [Stones Throw download EP] Pete Seeger: *The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Serengeti: *C.A.R.* [Anticon] Serengeti: *The Kenny Dennis EP* [Anticon EP] Skrillex: *Bangarang* [Owsla/Big Beat/Atlantic] Sleigh Bells: *Reign of Terror* [Mom + Pop] The Spaniels: *Goodnight, Sweetheart 1953-1961* [Jasmine] Bruce Springsteen: *Wrecking Ball* [Columbia] s/s/s: *Beak & Claw* [Anticon EP] Staff Benda Bilili: *Bouger Le Monde* [Crammed Discs] Standard Fare: *Out of Sight, Out of Town* [Melodic] Ned Sublette: *Kiss You Down South* [Postmambo] Taylor Swift: *Red* [Big Machine] The Corin Tucker Band: *Kill My Blues* [Kill Rock Stars] Two Fingers: *Stunt Rhythms* [Big Dada] Elle Varner: *Perfectly Imperfect* [RCA] Jack White: *Blunderbuss* [Third Man/Columbia] Andre Williams & the Sadies: *Night and Day* [Yep Roc] Tommy Womack: *Now What!* [Cedar Creek] Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: *A Working Museum* [Southern Domestic] The xx: *Coexist* [Young Turks] Yo Ma Ma-Stephen Kalinich & Jon Tiven: *Symptomology/Shortcuts to Infinity* [MsMusic] Tom Zé: *Tropicália Lixo Lógico* [self-released] *Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran* [Sham Palace] *Diablos Del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-85* [Analog Africa] *Nuggets* [Rhino] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco* [World Music Network] *Songs for Desert Refugees* [Glitterhouse]
B+	Alt-J: *An Awesome Wave* [Canvasback/Atlantic] Arca: *Stretch 2* [UNO NYC] Best Coast: *The Only Place* [Mexican Summer] Action Bronson: *Blue Chips* [free download] Ry Cooder: *Election Special* [Nonesuch/Perro Verde] Cornershop: *Urban Turban* [Ample Play] Cotton Mather: *Kontiki (Deluxe Edition)* [Star Apple Kingdom] Diplo: *Express Yourself* [Mad Decent] Don't Talk to the Cops!: *Let's Quit* [Greedhead download] Bob Dylan: *Tempest* [Columbia] Craig Finn: *Clear Heart Full Eyes* [Vagrant] G.O.O.D. Music: *Cruel Summer* [G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam] Macy Gray: *Covered* [429] The Henry Clay People: *Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives* [ATO] Patterson Hood: *Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance* [ATO] Kool A.D.: 51 [Greedhead download] The Lijadu Sisters: *Mother Africa* [Knitting Factory] DeJ Loaf: *Just Do It* [self-released] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: *The Heist* [self-released] Rhett Miller: *The Dreamer* [Maximum Sunshine] Father John Misty: *Fear Fun* [Sub Pop] Thiossane Ablaye Ndiaye: *Thiossane Ablaye Ndiaye* [Syllart/Sterns] Willie Nelson: *Heroes* [Legacy] Kellie Pickler: *100 Proof* [XIX/BNA] Public Enemy: *The Evil Empire of Everything* [Enemy] Rye Rye: *Go! Pop! Bang! (Deluxe Edition)* [N.E.E.T./Interscope] Homeboy Sandman: *Chimera EP* [Stones Throw EP] Joan Soriano: *La Familia Soriano* [iASO] Laba Sosseh: *Volume 1* [Syllart] Regina Spektor: *What We Saw From the Cheap Seats* [Sire] Thank Your Lucky Stars: *Spinning Out of Orbit* [Sounds Deevine] Yeasayer: *Fragrant World* [Secretly Canadian] Young Thug: *I Came From Nothing 3* [self-released download] *The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World* [World Music Network]
*******	Ramzi Aburedwan: *Reflections of Palestine* [Riverboat] Animal Collective: *Centipede Hz* [Domino] Arca: *Stretch 1* [UNO NYC] Big K.R.I.T.: *K.R.I.T. Wuz Here* [Green Streets Entertainment download] Shemekia Copeland: *33 1/3* [Telarc] Speech Debelle: *Freedom of Speech* [Big Dada] Debo Band: *Debo Band* [Next Ambiance] Zani Diabaté & les Héritiers: *Tientalaw* [Sterns Africa] Diamond Rugs: *Diamond Rugs* [Partisan] The Dirty Projectors: *Swing Lo Magellan* [Domino] Django Django: *Django Django* [Ribbon Music] El-P: *Cancer4Cure* [Fat Possum] Fanga/Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa: *Fangnawa Experience* [Strut] Foals: *Tapes* [!K7] Calvin Harris: *18 Months* [Ultra/Rocnation/Columbia] Nona Hendryx: *Mutatis Mutandis* [Righteous Babe] Jazz Punks: *Smashups* [Foam @ the Mouth] Oreo Jones: *Betty* [Rad Summer] Juju: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara: *In Trance* [RCA/Roswell] Chris Knight: *Little Victories* [Drifters Church] Andra Kouyaté & Séké Chi: *Saro* [Studio Mali] Jens Lekman: *I Know What Love Isn't* [Secretly Canadian] Lushlife: *Plateau Vision* [Western Vinyl] John Mayer: *Born and Raised* [Columbia] JD McPherson: *Signs & Signifiers* [Rounder/Histyle] Nas: *Life Is Good* [Def Jam] Koo Nimo: *Highlife Roots Revival* [Riverboat] Rihanna: *Unapologetic* [Def Jam] Otis Taylor: *Otis Taylor's Contraband* [Telarc] 3:33: *In the Middle of Infinity* [Parallel Thought] Wu-Block: *Wu-Block* [E-One] *The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Caribbean Cafe* [World Music Network]
**	Sékouba Bambino: *The Griot's Craft* [Sterns Africa] Bang On!: *[Sic]* [Big Dada] Azealia Banks: *Fantasea* [self-released download] Carsie Blanton: *Idiot Heart* [Carsie Blanton] Carolina Chocolate Drops: *Leaving Eden* [Nonesuch] Gustavo Casenave: *Tango Casenave* [Watchcraft Music] Cat Power: *Sun* [Matador] The Dandy Warhols: *This Machine* [The End] Lana Del Rey: *Paradise* [Interscope] The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: *Twenty Dozen* [Savoy Jazz] Dr. John: *Locked Down* [Nonesuch] Lupe Fiasco: *Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1* [Atlantic] Firewater: *International Orange!* [Bloodshot] 4two7: *Internal Dialogue* [3sixty5] Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa: *Alma* [Otá] Future: *Pluto* [Epic] Herzog: *Cartoon Violence* [Exit Stencil] Hot Chip: *In Our Heads* [Domino] Imperial Teen: *Feel the Sound* [Merge] Alicia Keys: *Girl on Fire* [RCA] Killer Mike: *R.A.P. Music* [Williams Street] K'naan: *Country, God or the Girl* [A&M/Octone] K'naan: *More Beautiful Than Silence* [A&M/Octone EP] Sory Kandia Kouyaté: *La Voix de la Révolution* [Sterns Africa] Kreayshawn: *Somethin 'Bout Kreay* [Columbia] Leland Sundries: *The Foundry EP* [L'Echiquier EP] Cheikh Lô: *Jamm* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] Taj Mahal: *The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973* [Columbia/Legacy] Bahar Movahed & Ali Akbar Moradi: *Goblet of Eternal Light: Maqams of Kurdish Tanbour Music of Iran* [Traditional Crossroads] Radioinactive: *The Akashic Record* [Flying Carpet Studios download] Bonnie Raitt: *Slipstream* [Redwing] Santigold: *Master of My Make-Believe* [Atlantic/Downtown] Elliott Sharp' Terraplane: *Sky Road Songs* [Yellowbird] The Shins: *Port of Morrow* [Aural Apothecary/Columbia] Paul Simon: *Live in New York City* [Concord/Hear Music] Todd Snider: *Time as We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker* [Thirty Tigers/Aimless] The Soft Pack: *Strapped* [Mexican Summer] Sotho Sounds: *Junk Funk* [Riverboat] Stew & the Negro Problem: *Making It* [TNP] Sunmonx: *Power Salad* [Interchill] Supreme Cuts: *Whispers in the Dark* [Dovecote] Swearin': *Swearin'* [Salinas] Tame Impala: *Lonerism* [Modular] The Two Man Gentleman Band: *Two at a Time* [Bean-Town] M. Ward: *A Wasteland Companion* [Merge] Young Fathers: *Tape One* [Anticon] Jenny Owen Youngs: *An Unwavering Band of Light* [self-released] *Future Sounds of Buenos Aires* [ZZK/Waxploitation] *In the Mix: Dancepop Anthems* [Astralwerks] *The Man With the Iron Fists* [Soul Temple] *Rework: Philip Glass Remixed* [Orange Mountain] *Sofrito: International Soundclash* [Strut]
*	Big Boi: *Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors* [Def Jam] Big K.R.I.T.: *Live From the Underground* [Def Jam] Action Bronson: *Rare Chandeliers* [Vice] Lana Del Rey: *Born to Die* [Polydor] Egyptian Project: *Ya Amar* [Six Degrees] Flying Lotus: *Until the Quiet Comes* [Warp] The Funkees: *Dancing Time* [Soundway] David Greenberger & Ralph Carney: *Oh, Pa* [Pel Pel] Grimes: *Visions* [4AD] Illuminati Congo: *All Eye See* [Nyahbanga] Carole King: *The Legendary Demos* [Rockingale/Hear Music] Michael Koppy: *Ashmore's Store* [Good Track] Maga Do: *Quilombo Do Futuro* [Crosstalk/Postworld] Roc Marciano: *Reloaded* [Decon] Lori McKenna: *Heart Shaped Bullet Hole* [self-released EP] Meek Mill: *Dreams and Nightmares* [Maybach Music/Warner Bros.] Mighty Sparrow: *Sparromania!--Wit, Wisdom, & Soul From the King of Calypso 1962-1974* [Strut] The Nervous Wreckords: *Let Them All Talk* [The Nervous Wreckords] Gnonnas Pedro: *Volume 1* [Syllart] P.O.S.: *We Don't Even Live Here* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Purity Ring: *Shrines* [4AD] Rapsody: *The Idea of Beautiful* [Jamla/Culture Over Everything] Chelle Rose: *Ghost of Browder Holler* [Lil' Damsel] Shovels & Rope: *O' Be Joyful* [Dualtone] Beanie Sigel: *This Time* [State Property/Ruffhouse] Andy Stott: *Luxury Problems* [Modern Love] Tilly and the Wall: *Heavy Mood* [Team Love] The Ting Tings: *Sounds From Nowheresville* [Columbia] Sia Tolno: *My Life* [Lusafrica] The Vaccines: *Come of Age* [Columbia] The Very Best: *MTMTMK* [Moshi Moshi] Waco Brothers & Paul Burch: *Great Chicago Fire* [Bloodshot] *African Blues* [Putumayo World Music] *Fac. Dance 02: 12" Mixes & Rarities 1980-1987* [Strut] *Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe* [Fiesta Red]

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