The
Best Records of 2012
In
2012 I consumed more music than any year in recent memory. It was
tough to narrow it down to 50 albums of new music and 20 reissues
etc. If a couple of the years don’t match up if you look stuff up,
tough. It's my list. The first section has my 50 best new albums,
with the top 10 in numerical order, with 1 being the best, and the
remainder in alphabetical order. I also included a video highlighting each of the top 10. It was too difficult to order all of
them this year. The second section has the 20 best reissues etc. in
alphabetical order. Questions, comments, and criticism are more than
welcome.
The
50 Best New Albums of 2012
2. Julia Holter – Exstasis
3. Les
Momies De Palerme - Brûlez Ce Coeur
4. Holly
Herndon – Movement
5. Nuojuva
- Valot Kaukaa
6. Valgeir
Sigurðsson – Architecture of Loss
7. Brian
Eno – Lux
8. Godspeed
You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
9. Melody's
Echo Chamber – S/T
10. Bérangère
Maximin – No One Is An Island
2:54
– S/T
Allo
Darlin – Europe
Beach
House – Bloom
Bears
– Greater Lakes
Best
Coast – The Only Place
Blanche
Blanche Blanche - Wink With Both Eyes
Peter
Buck – S/T
David
Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant
John
Cale – Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
Cloud
Nothings – Attack on Memory
Leonard
Cohen – Old Ideas
Diiv
– Oshin
Dirty
Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
Divine
Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
Bob
Dylan - Tempest
Grimes
– Visions
Grizzly
Bear - Shields
Hospitality
– S/T
Jim
Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem - The Mystery of Heaven / Concerning
the Entrance into Eternity
Lower
Dens – Nootropics
Lee
Ranaldo – Between The Times and the Tides
Laetitia
Sadier – Silencio
Menomena
– Moms
Micachu
and the Shapes – Never
Mono
– For My Parents
Off!
- S/T
Yoko
Ono / Kim Gordon / Thurston Moore - YOKOKIMTHURSTON
Prince
Rama – Top 10 Hits of the End of the World
Purity
Ring - S/T
Ramona
Falls – Prophet
Frankie
Rose – Interstellar
Sigur
Rós – Valtari
School
of Seven Bells – Ghostory
Sleigh
Bells – Reign of Terror
Stars
– The North
Teen
– In Limbo
Thee
Satisfaction – Awe Naturale
Wild
Nothing – Nocturne
Bobby
Womack – The Bravest Man In the Universe
Neil
Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
The
20 Best Reissues, Box Sets, Compilation, or Live Records of 2012, in
Alphabetical Order
V/A
– SID Chip Sounds: Music of the Commodore 64
Johnny
Cash – Live Austin, TX
Eraserhead - OST
Fleetwood
Mac - Rumours
GZA
- Liquid Swords
Lee
Hazlewood – A House Safe For Tigers
Lee
Hazlewood – The LHI Years
My
Bloody Valentine - EPs
My
Bloody Valentine – Isn't Anything
My
Bloody Valentine – Loveless
Paul
Simon – Graceland
Pauline
Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961 – 1970
Roxy
Music - The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982
Royal
Trux – Accellerator
Sonic
Youth – Smart Bar, Chicago, 1985
Stereolab
– Mars Audiac Quintet
Stereolab
– Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
Cat
Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
Velvet
Underground - & Nico 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box set
