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Top 100 Albums of the Month - October 2012

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  1. Flying Lotus | Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)
  2. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes (4AD)
  3. Souljazz Orchestra | Solidarity (Strut)
  4. Deerhoof | Breakup Song (Polyvinyl)
  5. Moon Duo | Circles (Sacred Bones)
  6. Dum Dum Girls | End of daze (sub pop)
  7. Jonny Greenwood | The Master: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Nonesuch)
  8. A TRIBUTE TO REPO MAN | Various Artists (American Laundromat)
  9. Chicano Batman | Joven Navegante (S/R)
  10. The Funkees | Dancing Time (Soundway)
  11. Kid Koala | 12 bit Blues (Ninja Tune)
  12. Swans | Seer, The (Young Gods)
  13. STRANGE PASSION: Explorations in Irish Post Punk, DIY and Electronic Music 1980-83 | Various Artists (B-Music)
  14. The XX | Coexist (Young Turks)
  15. Jimmy Cliff | Rebirth (Sun Power)
  16. String Driven Thing | The Machine that Cried (Esoteric)
  17. Sparks | Extended: The 12" Mixes 1979-1984 (Repertoire)
  18. Tame Impala | Lonerism (Modular Records)
  19. Mexican Institute of Sound | Politico (Nacional)
  20. IVORY COAST SOUL: AFROFUNK IN ABIDJAN FROM 1972 TO 1982 | Various Artists (Hot Casa)
  21. Iamamiwhoami | Kin (To Whom It May Concern)
  22. Matthew Dear | Beams (Ghostly International)
  23. Antibalas | S/T (Daptone)
  24. Taken By Trees | Other Worlds (Secretly Canadian)
  25. Nervebreakers | Hijack the Radio (Get Hip)
  26. The Raveonettes | Observator (Vice)
  27. Woods | Bend Beyond (Woodist)
  28. Archers Of Loaf | All The Nations Airports (Merge)
  29. IT'S YOUR VOODOO WORKING | Various Artists (Universal)
  30. JUST TELL ME THAT YOU WANT ME: A TRIBUTE TO FLEETWOOD MAC | Various Artists (Hear Music)
  31. Analog Players Society | Hurricane Season in Brooklyn (Studio Brooklyn)
  32. Firewater | Get off the cross (Jetset)
  33. Calexico | Algiers (Anti-)
  34. Echo Lake | Wild Peace (Slumberland)
  35. Twin Shadow | Confess (4AD)
  36. John Maus | A Collection of Rarities (Ribbon)
  37. DIIV | Oshin (Captured Tracks)
  38. Purity Ring | Shrines (4AD)
  39. Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky (Jagjaguwar)
  40. Electric Mess | Falling Off the Face of the Earth (S/R)
  41. Murder by Death | Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon (Bloodshot)
  42. Sonny and the Sunsets | Longtime Companion (Polyvinyl)
  43. Eric Bobo & Latin Bitman | Welcome to the Ritmo Machine (Nacional)
  44. Menahan Street Band | The Crossing (Daptone Records)
  45. Shonen Knife | Pop Tune (Good Charamel)
  46. Stepdad | Wildlife Pop (Black Bell)
  47. Niki and the Dove | Instinct (Sub Pop)
  48. Flatlanders | Odessa Tapes (New West)
  49. Alt-J | An Awesome Wave (Atlantic)
  50. Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic)
  51. Avengers | We Are the One (Superior Viaduct)
  52. Pet Shop Boys | Elysium (Astralwerks)
  53. Tim Maia | The Existential Soul of Tim Maia (Distiller Promo)
  54. The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Between The Ditches (Side One Dummy)
  55. Corin Tucker Band | Kill My Blues (Kill Rock Stars)
  56. Dan Deacon | America (Domino)
  57. Cat Power | Sun (Matador)
  58. The Monochrome Set | Strange Boutique (Water)
  59. So Many Wizards | Warm Nothing (Jaxart)
  60. The Sultans of Soul | Various Artists (Wind Hit)
  61. The Fresh & Onlys | Long Slow Dance (Kemado)
  62. John Cale | Shift Adventures in Nookie Wood (Domino)
  63. MAXIMUM SITAR | Various Artists (Particles)
  64. Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra | Theater is Evil (8ft)
  65. Josh Berman | There Now (Delmark)
  66. Fatoumata Diawara | Fatou (World Circuit)
  67. Giant Giant Sand | Tuscon (Fire)
  68. Bailterspace | Strobosphere (Fire)
  69. Micachu and the Shapes | Never (Rough Trade)
  70. Sistema Bomb | Electro Jarocho (Round Whirled)
  71. Golden Retriever | Occupied with the Unspoken (Thrill Jockey)
  72. Slug Guts | Playin' In Time With The Deadbeat (Sacred Bones)
  73. Ana Tijoux | La Bala (Nacional)
  74. Seapony | Falling (Hardly Art)
  75. Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight (ATO)
  76. Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang | En Yay Sah (Luaka Bop)
  77. Betty LaVette | Thankful N' Thoughtful (Anti-)
  78. Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society | Whispers from the Archive (Porter)
  79. Ricky Skaggs | Music To My Ears (Skaggs Family Records)
  80. Bad Plus | Made Possible (eOne)
  81. Sugar | Copper Blue/Beaster/live at Cabaret Metro (Merge)
  82. Diego Garcia | Laura (Nacional)
  83. Thomas Koner | Novaya Zemlya (Touch)
  84. Azure Ray | As Above So Below (Saddle Creek)
  85. Bearhug | Bill, Dance, Shiner (Spunk)
  86. Boxer | Bloodletting (Esoteric)
  87. INDONESIAN POP NOSTALGIA | Various Artists (Sham Palace)
  88. Gossip | A Joyful Noise (Columbia)
  89. Cravats | In Toytown (Wipe Out)
  90. Black Prairie | A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart (Sugar Hill)
  91. Rubblebucket | Oversaturated EP (S/R)
  92. Blue Sausage Infant | Flight of the Solstice Queens (Zero Moon)
  93. Fine Steps | Boy's Co. (Song Records)
  94. Melody's Echo Chamber | s/t (Fat Possum)
  95. CS YEH | Transitions (De Stijl)
  96. The Rippers | Better The Devil You Know (Slovenly Recordings)
  97. Beats Antique | Contraption v. II (Antique)
  98. Francis Bebey | African Electronic Music 1975-82 (Born Bad)
  99. French Boutik | La Nouvelle Pop Moderniste (s/r)
  100. Cleaners from Venus | On Any Normal Monday (Captured Tracks)

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