Top 50 Albums of 2012

Here is a list of my favorite albums released in 2012. Starting with 50 and counting down to my favorite album of the year. Also I did not include Of Monsters and Men because I’m so awesome that I predicted their success in 2011 when their album was released in Australia. Here is my 2011 list and my 2010 list, if you want to check out some great music.

50) Why? - Mumps, etc.

Favorite tracks: Sod in the Seed, Strawberries

49) The Cast of Cheers - Family

Favorite tracks: Palace and Run, Human Elevator

48) Deep Time - Deep Time

Favorite tracks: Homebody, Clouds

47) Alex Winston - King Con

Favorite tracks:  Choice Notes, Sister Wife, Velvet Elvis

46) Friends - Manifest!

Favorite tracks: Friend Crush, I’m His Girl, Sorry

45) Dr. Dog - Be The Void

Favorite tracks: How Long Must I Wait, Vampire, Do the Trick

44) Solange - True

Favorite tracks: Losing You, Lovers in the Parking Lot, Bad Girls

43) M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion

Favorite tracks: Primitive Girl, Sweetheart, The First Time I Ran Away

42) Geographer - Myth

Favorite tracks: Lover’s Game, Kites, Blinders

41) Yeasayer - Fragrant World

Favorite tracks: Henrietta, Longevity, Reagan’s Skeleton

40) The Shins - Port of Morrow

Favorite tracks: It’s Only Life, Bait and Switch, No Way Down

39) Twin Shadow - Confess

Favorite tracks: Five Seconds, You Call Me On, The One

38) Mumford & Sons - Babel

Favorite tracks: Lover’s Eyes, Hopeless Wanderer, I Will Wait

37) Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze

Favorite tracks: Lord Knows, Mine Tonight

36) AU - Both Lights

Favorite tracks: Solid Gold, Don’t Lie Down, Epic

35) Chairlift - Something

Favorite tracks: Amanaemonesia, I Belong in Your Arms, Guilty As Charged

34) Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

Favorite tracks: Thinkin Bout You, Super Rich Kids, Bad Religion

33) Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls

Favorite tracks: Hold On, Goin’ to the Party, Boys and Girls

32) Chelsea Wolfe - Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs

Favorite tracks: Spinning Centers, The Way We Used To, Boyfriend

31) The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter

Favorite tracks: Live and Die, I Never Knew You, Down with the Shine

30) Dry the River - Shallow Bed

Favorite tracks: Bible Belt, New Ceremony, No Rest, Weights & Measures

29) Tanlines - Mixed Emotions

Favorite tracks: Brothers, Real Life, All of Me

28) Crystal Castles - III

Favorite tracks: Affection, Plague, Sad Eyes

27) S. Carey - Hoyas

Favorite tracks: Avalanche, Marfa

26) The xx - Coexist

Favorite tracks: Sunset, Angels, Reunion

25) Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

Favorite tracks: Dance For You, Impregnable Question, Just from Chevron

24) First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar

Favorite tracks: The Lion’s Roar, Blue, Emmylou

23) Lower Dens - Nootropics

Favorite tracks: Propagation, Brains, Lamb

22) Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile

Favorite tracks: Silent Song, Up on High, Golden Mile

21) The Antlers - Undersea

Favorite tracks: Drift Dive, Endless Ladder

20) alt-J - An Awesome Wave

Favorite tracks: Breezeblocks, Something Good, Fitzpleasure

19) Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Favorite tracks: Every Single Night, Werewolf, Jonathan

18) Tennis - Young & Old

Favorite tracks: Origins, Petition, High Road

17) Passion Pit - Gossamer

Favorite tracks: It’s Not My Fault I’m Happy, Constant Conversations, Carried Away

16) The Tallest Man on Earth - There’s No Leaving Now

Favorite tracks: Revelation Blues, 1904, Bright Lanterns

15) Purity Ring - Shrines

Favorite tracks: Fineshrine, Obedear, Lofticries

14) Oberhofer - Time Capsules II

Favorite tracks: Away Frm U, Homebro, Cruising FDR

13) Father John Misty - Fear Fun

Favorite tracks: O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me, Only Son of a Ladiesman, Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

12) Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

Favorite tracks: Time to Run, Ends of the Earth, She Lit a Fire

11) Animal Collective - Centipede Hz

Favorite tracks: Monkey Riches, Applesauce, Wide Eyed

10) The Walkmen - Heaven

Favorite tracks: We Can’t Be Beat, Heaven, Song for Leigh

9) Keaton Henson - Dear

Favorite tracks: Small Hands, Sarah Minor, You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are

8) Hot Chip - In Our Heads

Favorite tracks: Look at Where We Are, These Chains, Flutes

7) Beach House - Bloom

Favorite tracks: Lazuli, Myth, Wishes

6) How to Dress Well - Total Loss

Favorite tracks: Ocean Floor for Everything, & It Was U, Cold Nites

5) Grizzly Bear - Shields

Favorite tracks: gun-shy, Yet Again, A Simple Answer

4) Bahamas - Barchords

Favorite tracks: Be My Witness, I Got You Babe, Lost in the Light

3) Wild Nothing - Nocturne

Favorite tracks: Only Heather, Paradise, Shadow

2) Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It

Favorite tracks: Hood, Take Me Home, Dark Parts

1) Tame Impala - Lonerism

Favorite tracks: Feels Like We Only Go Backwards, Elephant, Apocalypse Dreams