A few album ratings – Part 6

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Rodriguez – Searching for Sugar Man – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (June 2012)

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Gregory Porter – Be Good (February 2012)

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Depeche Mode – Violator (March 1990)

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Tegan and Sara – Hearthrob (January 2013)

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Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (October 2012)

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Father John Misty [J. Tillman of Fleet Foxes] – Fear Fun (May 2012)

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Tycho – Dive (November 2011)

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Cliff Martinez – Drive – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (September 2011)

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Daft Punk – Discovery (March 2001)

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Soundgarden – Superunknown (March 1994)

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Michael Jackson – Dangerous (November 1991)

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Michael Jackson – Bad (August 1987)

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Michael Jackson – Thriller (November 1982)

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Soundgarden – King Animal (November 2012)

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Tom Tywker, Reinhold Heil, and Johnny Klimek aka Pale 3 – Cloud Atlas – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (November 2012)

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Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11 (September 2009)

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Michael Jackson – Invincible (October 2001)

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Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day (November 2012). However, I give the film version a 10.

Part 1 (March 11, 2011)
Part 2 (July 26, 2011)
Part 3 (January 11, 2012)
Part 4 (June 11, 2012)
Part 5 (September 12, 2012)

In the past six months, I’ve mainly been scrobbling music through MOG and iTunes on my phone. Below is a fairly accurate list of my top artists in that time period (in parenthesis: number of times I’ve listened to tracks by that artist).

********** (215) Muse
********* (189) Soundgarden
********* (185) Led Zeppelin
******** (159) Father John Misty
******** (155) Gonzales
******* (145) Rodriguez
******* (145) Gregory Porter
******* (136) Kendrick Lamar
****** (116) The Head and the Heart
****** (115) Tykwer/Klimek/Heil aka Pale 3 (Cloud Atlas Soundtrack)
***** (109) Dada
***** (90) Frank Ocean

See also: Best Albums of 2012

Father John Misty – Nancy From Now On