# Best Pazz & Jop Critics Poll Album 2012

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 22, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585 "2015-01-22T16:23:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585/1 "2015-01-22T16:23:23Z")

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Getting close to the finish line. It was between Tame Impala, Cloud Nothings and Kendrick Lamar for me, but in the end I went with Kendrick (not enough hip hop love in these polls).

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585/2 "2015-01-22T16:58:16Z")

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Not to worry – I immediately picked Kendrick, too, even before I saw your post. Frank Ocean and Jack White were also I the running for me.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585/3 "2015-01-22T17:36:07Z")

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Oof. This is where I begin to lose the plot musically. I haven’t heard a majority of the albums here. I’ll put in a vote for Tame Impala, but it’s not a well-educated vote.

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585/4 "2015-01-23T05:55:53Z")

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> [@woodstockbirdybird](#):
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> (not enough hip hop love in these polls).

That’s where I’m happy I already voted for De La Soul, Lauryn Hill, The Roots and Mos Def because I couldn’t get into this album.

Since Godspeed You! Black Emperor didn’t make this list (boo), I voted for Swans instead. Post rock gets my vote for 2012.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585/5 "2015-01-23T17:42:52Z")

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A close call between Tame Impala and Swans, but in the end, weirdness wins out: Swans it is.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-2012/710585/6 "2015-01-23T20:35:49Z")

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Swans for me - it wasn’t even a hard choice - I mean, it’s Swans!