Best Albums of 2012 - Lists Thread

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:14 pm

I literally listened to the Jack White album one time. supermeh.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:20 pm

billy g Wrote:

Magnet's top 25:

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/12/0 ... s-of-2012/

Pretty boring list if you ask me.

Probably the list most compatible to mine. At this point, I really don't mind boring.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:51 pm

discostu Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

nobody Wrote:

Jack needs Meg.

Yep. He hasn't written a good song since Get Behind me Satan.

Now, that's just ridiculous.

That being said, the best thing on that Jack White album is probably the Blasters cover.

give me some examples then.

1. Icky Thump
2. You Don't Know What Love Is
3. 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
4. Steady As She Goes
5. Intimate Secretary
6-16 Everything on Consoler of the Lonely except "Attention" and "Rich Kid Blues"
17. Two Against One
18. Love Interruption
19. Missing Pieces
20. Freedom At 21

bort · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:48 pm

what Blasters song does he cover?

also, that Magnet list is very Magnety.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:35 pm

mcaputo Wrote:

Is this worth tracking down?

3. Shovels and Rope: O’ Be Joyful

A number of coed duos of recent vintage—from She & Him to the Civil Wars—have drawn at least part of their appeal from their coy dynamics and combined attractiveness. But this year, the husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope came out of left field with an entirely different breed of male-female interaction. Instead of the graceful choreography of trading off between lead and supporting vocal roles, on O’ Be Joyful Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent tend to attack their robustly tuneful melodies and harmonies with equal and simultaneous force, coming off more as comrades than typical paramours. They’re no courtly couple—they’re visceral garage rockers who genuinely work up a sweat, and who didn’t feel it necessary to dress up their stomping, primitive grooves or no-frills production. Besides being a fresh approach, theirs also happens to be a phenomenally accessible one.

I didn't realize Michael Trent was part of the Films. They were a band that came really close to being awesome.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:57 pm

Jesus, I have zero interest in the version of music that these lists represent.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:08 pm

bort Wrote:

what Blasters song does he cover?

"I'm Shakin"

discostu · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:24 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Jesus, I have zero interest in the version of music that these lists represent.

aka "critically acclaimed"

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:33 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Jesus, I have zero interest in the version of music that these lists represent.

Pretty broad your brush your using there. Even for you.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:40 pm

The 75 Best Albums of 2012, according to Popmatters:

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/16 ... s-of-2012/

FT · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:58 pm

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Magnet's top 25:

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/12/0 ... s-of-2012/

Pretty boring list if you ask me.

Probably the list most compatible to mine. At this point, I really don't mind boring.

four of mine on that list - not bad

bort · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:49 pm

Jersey Beat top 25, with a nice little summary of the State of Music Lists as we know it today, as well.

http://www.jerseybeat.com/2012top25.html

KPH · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:51 am

FT Wrote:

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Magnet's top 25:

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/12/0 ... s-of-2012/

Pretty boring list if you ask me.

Probably the list most compatible to mine. At this point, I really don't mind boring.

four of mine on that list - not bad

This list is like Mojo for the indie set. Just...ugh.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:52 pm

Two of my top 10 were listed in popmatters 10 most disappointing albums of the year.
:rawk:

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:45 pm

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

Two of my top 10 were listed in popmatters 10 most disappointing albums of the year.
:rawk:

They're desperately seeking attention with some of these. Namely Beach House.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:50 pm

Actually, I take that back. I'm not really familiar with the Popmatters, but apparently the writers exist in some kind of terrifying alternate reality nearly opposite to our own.

Case in point:

Quote:

I think we were all a little too hopeful about the creative wave that Smashing Pumpkins frontrunner Billy Corgan was on.

hahaha wtf

FT · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:55 pm

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

Two of my top 10 were listed in popmatters 10 most disappointing albums of the year.
:rawk:

I agree with them having Band of Horses on that list - it. is. terrible.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:58 pm

FT Wrote:

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

Two of my top 10 were listed in popmatters 10 most disappointing albums of the year.
:rawk:

I agree with them having Band of Horses on that list - it. is. terrible.

But I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE with them having Ben Folds Five on that list. It's easily Top 15 for me (maybe even Top 10).

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:22 pm

http://the-out-door.tumblr.com/post/38387468684/best-of-2012-the-big-four

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:49 am

Drinky Wrote:

Actually, I take that back. I'm not really familiar with the Popmatters, but apparently the writers exist in some kind of terrifying alternate reality nearly opposite to our own.

Case in point:

Quote:

I think we were all a little too hopeful about the creative wave that Smashing Pumpkins frontrunner Billy Corgan was on.

hahaha wtf

jesus, how many times can they use "one-trick pony" in a piece?

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

Pitchfork sez Kendrick Lamar is Album of teh year

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9017-the-top-50-albums-of-2012/

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:39 am

"Swimming Pools (Drank)" is good, but the rest of the Kendrick Lamar album is kinda boring to me.

Still it's a better pick than Frank Ocean.

k · **Posted:** Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:07 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

http://the-out-door.tumblr.com/post/38387468684/best-of-2012-the-big-four

Yep. That Dilloway is a got-danged masterpiece.

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:56 pm

Sketch Wrote:

Only ones I've heard from the Decibel list is High on Fire (yay metal) and Swans (mindfuck much?).

I've mentioned this a few times on the board, while I know it's a brilliant album, it's so intense that it's very challenging to get through a full listen.

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