Best Albums of 2012 (so far part 2)

[GO4IT]

I don't sample nearly as much as most of the posters here but two albums from this year that are solid top to bottom and will stand the test of time are New Multitudes and Father Misty's Fear Fun in my opinion.

Thanks all of you for posting your favorites - I find MMJ fans have great taste  :happy: and this is a great place to go to get suggestions on new bands and albums to listen to.

My top two as well I think.      Let's go get drinks and listen to them back to back!   

Just saw this post.  Naturally, I was going down this path even before I saw your advice.

Almost through New Multitudes and then on to Father John.

[Jaimoe]

I'm one of the biggest White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather/Jack White et. al fans, but I found his solo album a bit of a disappointment. The overall tone didn't connect with me. Some of the songs came off better in concert though.

I'm very impressed with The Lumineers debut.

Cat Power's Sun is excellent.

The Who Live at Hull 1970 is almost as good as Live at Leeds.

[Come Closer]

Tame Impala
Menomena
Floating Action
Father John Misty
Dr. Dog
First Aid Kit
Heartless Bastards
Soundgarden

Hip-hop:

OC & Apollo Brown
Guilty Simpson & Apollo Brown
Aesop Rock
Purpose & Confidence
Epidemic
Roc Marciano
Meyhem Lauren's two mixtapes
Action Bronson's two mixtapes

[MrWhippy]

Sons Of Bill - Sirens

Thanks, Jeff, for inspiring me to check this record out after seeing it on your list.  It's really great and I'm sure would crack my top of the year list after I spent more time with it.

I was also inspired to go back and revisit the Heartless Bastards record after seeing it on so many lists, and I really liked it.  I don't know now why it didn't really grab me when I first heard it earlier this year.

[headhunter]

Sons Of Bill - Sirens

Thanks, Jeff, for inspiring me to check this record out after seeing it on your list.  It's really great and I'm sure would crack my top of the year list after I spent more time with it.

I was also inspired to go back and revisit the Heartless Bastards record after seeing it on so many lists, and I really liked it.  I don't know now why it didn't really grab me when I first heard it earlier this year.

Glad you like it Jon.  Look forward to seeing you in a few days.

[sweatboard]

my favorite find so far off this list...Menomena.  HOT DAMN!!! 

I have a few others I'm really excited about checking out.  Thanks!!!

[CC]

my 10 favorites, in sort of random order

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Trophy Wife - Sing What Scares You
Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
Lower Dens - Nootropics
Lucrecia Dalt - Commotus
Bill Fay - Life Is People
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Mission of Burma - Unsound
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Floating Action - Fake Blood

[Ob1jacobe]

My final final


Albums
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Menomena - Moms
The Walkmen - Heaven
Beach House - Bloom
Lower Dens - Nootropics
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Woods - Bend Beyond

Songs
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Hot Chip - Flutes
Lotus Plaza - Monoliths
Cat Power - Cherokee 
Django Django - Default
DIIV - How Long Have You Known
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger

[ffghtrs]

My top albums are 2012 were,

Portland Cello Project "Homage"
Patterson Hood "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance"
Woody Guthrie Project "New Multitudes"
Lee Ranaldo "Between the Times and the Tides"
Heartless Bastards "Arrow"
Gary Clark Jr  "Black and Blu"
Dr. John "Locked Down"
Alabama Shakes "Boys and Girls"
Tame Impala "Lonerism"
Bob Dylan "Tempest" 


not a perfect list but being broke all summer made my purchasing of new music very limited.

[EverythingChanges]

my favorite find so far off this list...Menomena.  HOT DAMN!!! 

I have a few others I'm really excited about checking out.  Thanks!!!

One Horse!!

[Angelo]

Better late than never I guess. Aside from FJM being my clear cut number 1 they are in no particular order. I'm sure I missed a few too.

Father JOHN Misty - Fear Fun
Floating Action - Fake Blood
New Multitudes
Cabinet - Leap
The Lumineers - s/t
Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Conor Oberst And the Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Trampled By Turtles - Stars and Satellites

[mahg33ta]

Better late than never I guess. Aside from FJM being my clear cut number 1 they are in no particular order. I'm sure I missed a few too.

Father JOHN Misty - Fear Fun
Floating Action - Fake Blood
New Multitudes
Cabinet - Leap
The Lumineers - s/t
Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Conor Oberst And the Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Trampled By Turtles - Stars and Satellites

I am excited to see Shovels and Rope in a few weeks and Andrew Combs is opening (whom I don't know), so I just bought his album....

[Angelo]

Better late than never I guess. Aside from FJM being my clear cut number 1 they are in no particular order. I'm sure I missed a few too.

Father JOHN Misty - Fear Fun
Floating Action - Fake Blood
New Multitudes
Cabinet - Leap
The Lumineers - s/t
Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Conor Oberst And the Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Trampled By Turtles - Stars and Satellites

I am excited to see Shovels and Rope in a few weeks and Andrew Combs is opening (whom I don't know), so I just bought his album....

Oh nice, you'll have to report back on what you think. There's no mistaking it as anything but a country album. Great voice, great songwriting.

I'm not familiar with Shovels and Rope, I'll have to look into them.