Best Albums of 2012 (so far part 2)

[Ob1jacobe]

Tame Impala is awesome.   Also Dr. Dog making a strong comeback.   Divine Fits has fallen off.  i really spend too much time debating with myself only to share it with y'all :)

  1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
  2. Jack White - Blunderbuss
  3. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  4. Menomena - Moms
  8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
  5. The Walkmen - Heaven
  6. Beach House - Bloom
  7. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
  9. The Shins - Port of Morrow
  10. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
  11. Dr. Dog - Be the Void
  12. Heartless Bastards - Arrow

[Ruckus]

Must add this year's Calexico on my list.

[FiddleCastro]

[Mahgeetah34]

 

[Murph]

Dr. Dog
Cloud Nothings
Heartless Bastards
Father John Misty
Diamond Rugs
New Multitudes
alt-j
Bob Dylan

I think im going to have to add:

Gary Clark Jr
Titus Andronicus

Goat- World Music   

...I cant stop listening to this album.  Only way I can describe it is, hard rock that you can dance to?

[pawpaw]

This is probably going to be it for me for the year:

Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around the Corner
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Christian Loeffler – A Forest
Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
Menahan Street Band – The Crossing
A.C. Newman - Shut Down the Streets
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
Calexico – Algiers

[LBSUNFLWR]

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood account for two of my favorite albums of 2012.   

I'm digging Big Moon Ritual better now but that's because I've been listening to it all summer and I haven't really had a chance to really get into The Magic Door yet.

Both CRB albums will be on my list for sure. plus:
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Here

and the new live Jason Isbell if that counts...

[SauceGod]

Top 20 Albums in order for me of 2012.


1.   Baroness – Yellow & Green
2.   El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
3.   Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
4.   Japandroids - Celebration Rock
5.   Ab-Soul – Control System
6.   Jack White - Blunderbuss
7.   Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d city
8.   Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
9.   The Sword - Apocryphon
10.   Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
11.   ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
12.   Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
13.   Cloud Nothings  - Attack on Memory
14.   Joey Bada$$ – 1999
15.   Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
16.   Dr. Dog - Be the Void
17.   Torche – Harmonicraft
18.   Dr. John – Locked Down
19.   The xx – Coexist
20.   Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth

[Ruckus]

Top 20 Albums in order for me of 2012.


1.Baroness – Yellow & Green
2.El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
3.Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
4.Japandroids - Celebration Rock
5.Ab-Soul – Control System
6.Jack White - Blunderbuss
7.Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d city
8.Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
9.The Sword - Apocryphon
10.Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
11.ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
12.Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
13.Cloud Nothings  - Attack on Memory
14.Joey Bada$$ – 1999
15.Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
16.Dr. Dog - Be the Void
17.Torche – Harmonicraft
18.Dr. John – Locked Down
19.The xx – Coexist
20.Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth

crazy how polarizing that yellow/green has been and nice call on the El-p.  My girlfriend still hasnt opened the super preorder package because she hates the album so much.  I guess its going on ebay unless anyone wants it.  Killer Mike was a little hit or miss for me but not for lack of production.  I couldnt get into the Torche at all but I'm really digging the Jimmy Cliff.  He just sticks to his guns and busts out catchy pop reggae like no one else.

[MrWhippy]

Still lots left I want to hear, but these are my favorites of what I have heard of 2012 releases.

Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Swans - The Seer
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Bob Mould - Silver Age
Krallice - Years Past Matter
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Metz - Metz
Meshuggah - Koloss
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Titus Andronicus - Local Business
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
Jason Isbell - Live from Alabama
Soundgarden - King Animal
Blut Aus Nord - 777: Cosmosophy

[YimYodd]

These ol' boys have still got it!
  Bob Dylan  Tempest
  Tom Waits Bad As Me
  Dr John Locked Down
  Neil Young & CH  Psychedelic Pill

These youngsters are good too!
  JD McPherson  Signs & Signifiers
  Divine Fits  A Thing Called The Divine Fits
  Nikki Lane  Walk Of Shame
As I write , I realize all 3 were to have performed at the "postponed"  Soundland Festival w/ MMJ headlining.
I went down to Nashville that weekend anyway to visit my friend Emily - she was super-pissed as it was to have been her first MMJ show. We went to the Mercy Lounge to see JD and were pleasantly surprised when Nikki showed up as the opener.Great show .
Talked w/ Nikki after, what a sweetheart :happy: !
Another bonus- We met Raul Malo(what avoice ), of the re-united Mavericks, hanging out w/ fellow Mavs Eddie Perez & Paul Deakins.
Their new album, In Time, is good too.
 
 

[capt. scotty]

Ive got catching up to do, but..

1. Gary Clark Jr - Blak & Blu
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Dr. Dog is surmountable, but I dont see anything jumping Menomena or Gary Clark Jr. I actually didnt think any album would surpass Menomena, but that GCJr just keeps growing on me. Some seem to rip on it because of the diversity, but I almost give him more credit and continue to play the album so much because of how much it switches song to song. Ive actually had 1 of the bonus tracks songs in my head lately too. GCJr is making a name for himself quick, he jammed with the Stones last weekend - no big deal!

[exist10z]

Ive got catching up to do, but..

1. Gary Clark Jr - Blak & Blu
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Dr. Dog is surmountable, but I dont see anything jumping Menomena or Gary Clark Jr. I actually didnt think any album would surpass Menomena, but that GCJr just keeps growing on me. Some seem to rip on it because of the diversity, but I almost give him more credit and continue to play the album so much because of how much it switches song to song. Ive actually had 1 of the bonus tracks songs in my head lately too. GCJr is making a name for himself quick, he jammed with the Stones last weekend - no big deal!

It's strange, I haven't seen the Menomena on any 'best of' year end lists yet, not even mentioned.  I agree, it's top 5 for me for sure.  As much as I enjoyed Dirty Projectors, Father John Misty and Grizzly Bear, all albums in the top 20 of the lists I've seen, I liked Moms more.  There is personal preference of course, but I am still surprised it isn't getting any love.  It's original, technically great, creative, and hell it's catchy.  Oh well...

[capt. scotty]

Ive got catching up to do, but..

1. Gary Clark Jr - Blak & Blu
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Dr. Dog is surmountable, but I dont see anything jumping Menomena or Gary Clark Jr. I actually didnt think any album would surpass Menomena, but that GCJr just keeps growing on me. Some seem to rip on it because of the diversity, but I almost give him more credit and continue to play the album so much because of how much it switches song to song. Ive actually had 1 of the bonus tracks songs in my head lately too. GCJr is making a name for himself quick, he jammed with the Stones last weekend - no big deal!

It's strange, I haven't seen the Menomena on any 'best of' year end lists yet, not even mentioned.  I agree, it's top 5 for me for sure.  As much as I enjoyed Dirty Projectors, Father John Misty and Grizzly Bear, all albums in the top 20 of the lists I've seen, I liked Moms more.  There is personal preference of course, but I am still surprised it isn't getting any love.  It's original, technically great, creative, and hell it's catchy.  Oh well...

When I saw Menomena in Philly a couple months back, it was mostly empty so I think they really need more word of mouth. I still love that album, I just think enough people havent heard it. At this point, Moms and Blak&Blu are really 1A and 1B

[Sidus]

I've not really made a best of 2012 list, but Menomena - Moms will be in the top 5 for sure!

Not sure about the rest of my best of list yet. Mark Lanegan, Heartless Bastards, Cloud Nothings, Father John Misty and Breton will certainly be somewhere on my list. I didn't know Gary Clark Jr yet, but what I heard on Youtube sounds very promising!

BRETON - EDWARD THE CONFESSOR

[EverythingChanges]

Moms- Menomena
Be the Void - Dr Dog
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Houndmouth EP
Boys & Girls - Alabama Shakes
Red Rocks - MMJ (Probably doesn't count, but it should!)

[FiddleCastro]

Tom Blankenship of My Morning Jacket's Top 10 LPs of 2012
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Beach House - Bloom
DIIV - Oshin
Flight Facilities - Clair de Lune (single)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Poliça - Give You The Ghost
Tamaryn - Tender New Signs
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Woods - Bend Beyond

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/my_morning_jack_39.html

[JerseyDan]

1) Arc In Round - Arc In Round
2) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
3) Jack White - Blunderbuss
4) Passion Pit - Gossamer
5) Baroness - Yellow & Green
6) Cat Power - Sun
7) Sean Bones - BUZZARDS BOY
8) Metz - Metz
9) Japandroids - Celebration Rock
10) High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

[exist10z]

1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2. Menomena - Moms
3. Grizzly Bear - Shields
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss
5. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
6. Beach House - Bloom
7. Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
9. Purity Ring - Shrines
10. DIIV - Oshin

Honorable Mention: Passion Pit-Gossamer, Chromatics-Kill For Love, Lower Dens-Nootropics

Still need to check out: Japandroids and The xx

[Ob1jacobe]

My latest

Albums

  1. Grizzly Bear - Shields
  2. Tame Impala - Lonerism
  3. Menomena - Moms
  4. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  5. The Walkmen - Heaven
  6. Beach House - Bloom
  7. Jack White - Blunderbuss
  8. Lower Dens - Nootropics
  9. Dirty Projectors - Swing Low Magellan
  10. Passion Pit - Gossamer

Songs (not represented above)

   * Lotus Plaza - Monoliths
   * Cat Power - Cherokee
   * Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
   * Japandroids - Fire's Highway
   * 2:54 - You're Early
   * Django Django - Default
   * DIIV - How Long Have You Known
   * First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
   * Alabama Shakes - Hold On
   * Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
   * The Shins - Simple Song
   * Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

exist10z - You have great taste