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**ClassicMainstream's Best of 2012 Complete**
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Transit of Venus 
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10. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Singles: Adorn (My Rating: 9/10) Do You... (My Rating: 9/10)
Notable Tracks: Use Me, Arch & Point, The Thrill
9. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Singles: The Recipe (My Rating 8/10) Swimming Pools (Drank) (My Rating 10/10) Poetic Justice (My Rating 9/10)
Notable Tracks: Backseat Freestyle, Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, M.A.A.D City
8. Young Guns - Bones
Singles: Learn My Lesson (9/10), Bones (10/10), Deeply Departed (8/10), Towers (On My Way) (8/10), You Are Not (10/10)
Notable Tracks: I Was Born, I Have Lived, I Will Surely Die, Headlights, Everything Ends
7. A Fine Frenzy - Pines
Alison Sudol, better known as A Fine Frenzy, makes incredible music. But her new album Pines is a bit different. I wouldn't call it music exactly. It's more of a journey through the forest, trying to find your way out, and when you finally do you're greeted by a beautiful piece of poetry narrated by A Fine Frenzy.
Singles: Now Is The Start (My Rating 9/10), Avalanches (My Rating 10/10)
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6. Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again
Singles: Ghost (My Rating 10/10) Blood Brothers (My Rating 9/10)
Notable Tracks: In The Sea, Black and Blue, End of the World
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'good kid, m.A.A.d city' 
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5. Flyleaf - New Horizons
Singles: New Horizons (My Rating: 8/10) Call You Out (10/10), Cage on the Ground (10/10)
Notable Tracks: Bury Your Heart, Saving Grace, Freedom
4. Halestorm - The Strange Case of...
Singles: Love Bites (So Do I) (9/10) Here's to Us (8/10) I Miss the Misery (10/10) Freak Like Me (9/10)
Notable Tracks: Beautiful With You, Mz Hyde, Break In
3. Meg Myers - Daughters in the Choir EP
Notable Tracks: Adelaide (10/10), Curbstomp (10/10), Monster (10/10)
2. Delilah - From the Roots Up
Singles: Go (10/10), Love You So (10/10) Breathe (10/10, Inside My Love (10/10), Shades of Grey (8/10), Never Be Another (10/10)
Notable Tracks: Tabitha, Mummy, and Me, Insecure, Disrespect
1. Yellowcard - Southern Air
Singles: Always Summer (10/10) Here I Am Alive (10/10)
Notable Tracks: Rivertown Blues, Telescope, Ten
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Kaleidoscope Dream is 
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Halestorm, Yellocard 
Bones! so amazing, love the Young Guns
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Need to listen to all of them 
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10. Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came
Released: 2000
Favorite Tracks: Dumb I Sound, You Are The Rake, Super Sexy Woman
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9. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Released: 2009
Favorite Tracks: Dangerous Animals, Pretty Visitors, Crying Lightning
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8. Demi Lovato - Unbroken
Released: 2011
Favorite Tracks: For the Love of a Daughter, Skyscraper, Unbroken
7. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Released: 2009
Favorite Tracks: All I Wanted, Decode, Ignorance
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6. A Day to Remember - What Separates Me From You
Released: 2010
Favorite Tracks: All Signs Point to Lauderdale, All I Want, "You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic"
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5. Paramore - Riot!
Released: 2007
Favorite Tracks: "For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic", We Are Broken, Misery Business
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4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Released: 2005
Favorite Tracks:
"They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!"
"John Wayne Gacy Jr."
"Casimir Pulaski Day"
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3. Bring Me The Horizon - There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret
Released: 2010
Favorite Tracks: Blessed With a Curse, Don't Go, It Never Ends
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2. A Day to Remember - Homesick
Released: 2009
Favorite Tracks: Nj Legion Iced Tea, The Downfall of Us All, Have Faith in Me
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1. You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep
Released: 2011
Favorite Tracks: This is The First Thing, Bite My Tongue, Loverboy
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Lloyd Banks & Big Sean
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Riot 
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5. Grimm
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Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt of the Portland Police Bureau learns he is descended from a line of "guardians" known as "Grimms", charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world, called Wesen (the German word for "creature / being", pronounced "vessin" here). Throughout the episodes, he must battle against an assortment of dangerous creatures, with help from his friend Monroe (who is a reformed creature), and his partner Detective Hank Griffin
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4. Homeland
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The series follows Carrie Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency operations officer who, after conducting an unauthorized operation in Iraq, is put on probation and reassigned to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center in Langley, Virginia. In Iraq, Carrie was warned by an asset that an American prisoner of war had been turned by al-Qaeda.
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3. New Girl
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The series begins with Jessica "Jess" Day (played by Zooey Deschanel), an adorable, bubbly young woman who teaches at a local Los Angeles elementary school. Jess begins looking for a new place to live after breaking up with her boyfriend. Seeing an ad for a new roommate on Craigslist, she moves in with three young men: Nick, Schmidt, and Coach. Very shortly after her move, Coach moves out, and is replaced by Winston, another young man who had previously lived in the apartment with Nick and Schmidt.
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2. American Horror Story
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American Horror Story is a horror television franchise created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own "beginning, middle and end".
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1. Person of Interest
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John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former Green Beret and CIA field officer, is living as a derelict in New York City after the death of the woman he loves, and is presumed dead. He is approached by Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), a reclusive billionaire computer genius who is living under an assumed identity. Finch explains that after September 11, 2001, he built a computer system for the government which uses information gleaned from omnipresent surveillance to predict future terrorist attacks. However, Finch discovered that the computer was predicting ordinary crimes as well. While the government was not interested in these results, Finch is determined to find a way to stop the predicted crimes. He hires Reese to conduct surveillance and intervene as needed, using his repertoire of skills gained in the military and CIA. Through a back door built into the system, Finch receives a Social Security number for someone who will be involved in an imminent crime, at which point he contacts Reese. Without knowing what the crime will be, when it will occur, or even if the person they were alerted to is a victim or perpetrator, Reese and Finch must try to stop the crime from occurring.
The series features several subplots, including "HR", an organization of corrupt NYPD officers in league with budding mob boss Carl Elias (Enrico Colantoni) in which Fusco is forced to go undercover, as well as Root (Amy Acker), a murderous female hacker who is determined to gain access to the Machine.
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OMG the Miguel praise 
Be sure to comment on my Last Update
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A Sun Came  and Riot! I love that album
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