I have had a good year when it comes to music, discovering great albums, good new bands, wonderful EP’s and some must have Reissues, this was a hard blog to write, I have made it a tradition for myself to write an annual ‘best of’ music list, my inner music geek can’t resist, keep in mind, this is just a personal music geek blog, something I usually write for myself and for friends and people who like my art, anyways, I’ll continue on here. Usually my ‘best of’ music posts usually only contain 15 albums, but this year has been excellent and an exception, all year there has been some truly great releases from different genres, so I decided to write a top 50, the first 10 being EP’s and album reissues, this was a very, very, VERY hard blog to put together but I needed to let my inner geek out and go through my music collection and select my favorites of the year.
I will shut up now and share my favorites of the past year, enjoy
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EP’s
5. School of Seven Bells – Put Your Sad Down
4. Gliss – Hunting
3. How to Destroy Angels – An Omen EP
2. Die Mannequin – Danceland
1. The Raveonettes – Into the Night
REISSUES
5. My Bloody Valentine – EP’s 1988 – 1991
4. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
3. Smashing Pumpkins – Pisces Iscariot
2. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
1. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The top 40 albums of the year.
Also, my top 3 favorite songs from each album.
40. Young Prisms – In Between
TO TOUCH YOU/ DEAD FLOWERS/ MIDNIGHT’S WHEN
39. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory
LOVE PLAY/ LOW TIMES/ SCAVENGER
38. Echo Lake – Wild Peace
ANOTHER DAY/ BREATHE DEEP/ IN DREAMS
37. Ministry – Relapse
GHOULDIGGERS/ KLEPTOCRACY/ DOUBLE TAP
36. Stars – The North
THE THEORY OF RELAVITY/ BACKLINES/ A SONG IS A WEAPON
35. The Mahones – Angels & Devils
ANGELS & DEVILS/ SHAKESPEARE ROAD/ THE REVOLUTION STARS NOW
34. Cross Stitched Eyes – Decomposition
ANIMATED CORPSE/ SLUG LORD/ VILE CORPSE
33. NOFX – Self Entitled
X-MAS HAS BEEN X’ED/ I BELIEVE IN GODDESS/ DOWN WITH THE SHIP
32. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil
SMILE (PICTURES OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN)/ LOST/ BOTTOM FEEDER
31. Jack White – Blunderbuss
MISSING PIECES/ FREEDOM AT 21/ I’M SHAKIN’
30. Brad Sucks – Guess Who’s a Mess
COME BACK/ IN YOUR FACE/ THE FIRST THING ABOUT ME
29. Anti-Flag – The General Strike
THE NEOLIBERAL ANTHEM/ I DON’T WANNA/ RESIST
28. The Cult – Choice of Weapon
THE WOLF/ A PALE HORSE/ LUCIFER
27. Sigur Rós – Valtari
VARUO/ VALTARI/ EG ANDA
26. Ringo Deathstarr – Mauve
WAVE/ RIP/ PLEASE DON’T KILL YOURSELF
25. Jay Brannan – Rob Me Blind
BEAUTIFULLY/ GREATEST HITS/ THE STATE OF MUSIC
24. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Babylon
FALLING LIKE RAIN/ HOW THE HELL DID WE GET HERE?/ LUCIFERIAN BLUES
23. My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures
KNEEL TIL DOOMSDAY/ LIKE A PERPETUAL FUNERAL/ ABANDONED AS CHRIST
22. The Cranberries – Roses
SCHIZOPHRENIC PLAYBOY/ TOMORROW/ SHOW ME
21. The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea
ANDREW IN DRAG/ ALL SHE CARES ABOUT IS MARIACHI/ YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S FACE
20. Cradle Of Filth – The Manticore And Other Horrors
THE ABHORRENT/ FOR YOUR VULGAR DELECTATION/ MANTICORE
19. A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship
ALONE/ AND I’M UP/ YOU ARE THE ONE
18. James Iha – Look to the Sky
TO WHO KNOWS WHERE/ WAVES/ SPEED OF LOVE
17. The Adicts – All the Young Droogs
HORRORSHOW/ ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS/ WILD
16. The Birthday Massacre – Hide and Seek
THE LONG WAY HOME/ LEAVING TONIGHT/ CALLING
15. Crystal Castles – (III)
CHILD I WILL HURT YOU/ WRATH OF GOD/ VIOLENT YOUTH
14. Xiu Xiu – Always
HI/ JOEY’S SONG/ I LUV ABORTION
13. The Casualties – Resistance
VOICE OF THE OUTCAST/ RESISTANCE/ MY BLOOD. MY LIFE. ALWAYS FORWARD
12. Joey Ramone – “…Ya Know?…”
NEW YORK CITY/ PARTY LINE/ ROCK ‘N ROLL IS THE ANSWER
11. Marilyn Manson – Born Villain
HEY, CRUEL WORLD/ MURDERERS ARE GETTING PRETTIER EVERYDAY/ CHILDREN OF CAIN
10. Christian Hansen – C’mon Arizona
MA-ME-O/ HURRY UP AND DIE/ I HATE PUNK ROCK
9. Black Ribbons – Neuromancer
HONEY INSIDE/ THE FEAR/ PRETTY LITTLE TEARS
8. Trust – TRST
SHOOM/ SULK/ CANDY WALLS
7. Casey Stratton – The Calling Of Crows
WHEN THE FATES CAME/ GHOSTS IN THE WALLS/ ELEGY
6. Harrison Wilde – Prologue
LONESOME ROAD/ TIL DIE/ RACIST SCUM
5. Killing Joke – MMXII
IN CYTHERA/ FEMA CAMP/ ON ALL HALLOW’S EVE
4. Macklemore X Ryan Lewis – The Heist
SAME LOVE/ A WAKE/ STARTING OVER
3. The Big Pink – Future This
STAY GOLD/ FUTURE THIS/ JUMP MUSIC
2. The Raveonettes – Observator
YOUNG & COLD/ OBSERVATIONS/ CURSE THE NIGHT
1. Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania
THE CELESTIALS/ VIOLET RAYS/ INKLESS
Alright, one more thing to mention.
5 albums I just couldn’t get into. And I am a fan of these artists/singers, but for one reason or another I simply could not get into these albums, I am not trying to offend anyone if you like one of these albums, they just never did much for me.
I JUST COULDN’T GET INTO THESE
5. Alanis Morissette – Havoc and Bright Lights
4. Gossip – A Joyful Noise
3. Metric – Synthetica
2. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
1. Blaqk Audio – Bright Black Heaven
All in all despite not really digging these 5 albums previously mentioned just now they are still good albums, they just aren’t my cup of Dr Pepper, maybe they will grow on me eventually, if you like and enjoy these releases than cheers! I hope they rock your world 🙂
This was a hard list to compile, (EP’s, Reissues and Top 40- and even the 5 albums I couldn’t get into), but I am happy with it.
May 2013 be a good year for music too, peace.
Also, here are the previous music geek posts:
Top Albums of 2011: http://dandyjon.blogspot.ca/2011/12/my-top-15-of-2011-music-geek-note.html
Top Albums of 2010: http://dandyjon.blogspot.ca/2011/12/my-top-15-of-2010-music-geek-note.html
Top Albums of 2009: http://dandyjon.blogspot.ca/2011/12/my-top-15-of-2009-music-geek-note.html
-Dandy Jon-
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