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An Awesome Wave







Release Year: 2012

Rankings:
All-Time #716 / 2010s #80 / 2012 #8

Genres: Art Pop, Indie Pop
Parent Genres: Pop

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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Way Too Indie (USA) - Best 50 Albums Of The Decade So Far (2015) 24
Clash (UK) - The Top 100 Albums of Clash's Lifetime (2004-2014) 37
NME (UK) - The 50 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014) 18
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) 349
NME (UK) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 87
Radio X (UK) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) No Order
Gaffa (Sweden) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 75
All Things Loud (Netherlands) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 25
Dansande Beren (Belgium) - Top International Albums of the 2010s (2019) 4
OOR (Netherlands) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 6
Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015) No Order
1Live (Germany) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 30
Musikexpress (Germany) - The Best Albums 2000-2015 25
Zundfunk (Germany) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 3
Benzine (France) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) No Order
FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015) Other
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) 22
Magic (France) - Top Albums of the 2010s (2019) No Order
Mowno (France) - Top International Albums of the 2010s (2019) No Order
MeHaceRuido (Mexico) - Top International Albums of the 2010s (2019) 42
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 3.5 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B+
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 71
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6.5
End of Year Lists
Amazon (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 54
Billboard (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 10
College Music Journal (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 15
Glide (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 10.5
NPR (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 No Order
PopMatters (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 61
Pretty Much Amazing (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 47
The Owl (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 No Order
Under the Radar (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 14
BBC Music (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 9
Clash (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 2
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 95
Gigwise (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 3
Hot Press (Ireland) - Top Albums of 2012 1
MusicOMH (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 26
Muso's Guide (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 18
NME (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 5
No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 18
Q (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 No Order
State (Ireland) - Top Albums of 2012 1
The 405 (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 25
The Fly (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 12
The Guardian (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 7
The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK) Winner
This is Fake DIY (UK) - Top Albums of 2012 7
Gaffa (Denmark) - Top Albums of 2012 17
Nojesguiden (Sweden) - Top Albums of 2012 19
Heaven (The Netherlands) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Humo (Belgium) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Knack (Belgium) - Top Albums of 2012 2
OOR (The Netherlands) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Intro (Germany) - Top Albums of 2012 7
Laut (Germany) - Top Albums of 2012 4
Musikexpress (Germany) - Top Albums of 2012 12
Plattentests (Germany) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Indiepoprock (France) - Top Albums of 2012 7
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Liberation (France) - Top Albums of 2012 No Order
Mowno (France) - Top Albums of 2012 No Order
PopNews (France) - Top Albums of 2012 7
Telerama (France) - Top Albums of 2012 No Order
The Yers (France) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Blitz (Portugal) - Top Albums of 2012 23
Go Mag (Spain) - Top Albums of 2012 31
Jenesaispop (Spain) - Top Albums of 2012 26
MondoSonoro (Spain) - Top Albums of 2012 1
Muzikalia (Spain) - Top Albums of 2012 9
Rock De Lux (Spain) - Top Albums of 2012 44
FasterLouder (Australia) - Top Albums of 2012 32
Kalporz (Italy) - Top Albums of 2012 14
Quart (Hungary) - Top Albums of 2012 20
Recorder (Hungary) - Top Albums of 2012 8