2012, for me was a good year when it came 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, 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.
This is a revised list, some albums are rearranged from the previous list. My top five EPs and Reissues are on the previous entry, as well as list of my least favorite albums of 2012, to read the previous list go here: https://dandyjon.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/the-top-50-of-2012-a-music-geek-blog/
The Top 50 of 2012: REVISED List
The albums and my top 3 favorites songs from each album.
50. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory
LOVE PLAY/ LOW TIMES/ SCAVENGER
49. The Mahones – Angels & Devils
ANGELS & DEVILS/ SHAKESPEARE ROAD/ THE REVOLUTION STARS NOW
48. William Control – Silentium Amoris
WE ARE LOVERS/ I AM YOUR JESUS/ TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END
47. Glen Hansard – Rhythm And Repose
YOU WILL BECOME/ BIRD OF SORROW/ WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO
46. Stars – The North
THE THEORY OF RELAVITY/ BACKLINES/ A SONG IS A WEAPON
45. Ministry – Relapse
GHOULDIGGERS/ KLEPOTOCRACY/ DOUBLE TAP
44. Brad Sucks – Guess Who’s a Mess
COME BACK/ IN YOUR FACE/ THE FIRST THING ABOUT ME
43. Angels of Liberty – Pinnacle Of The Draco
MONSTER IN ME/ TALK ABOUT NOTHING/ EAT THE SUN
42. Jay Brannan – Rob Me Blind
BEAUTIFULLY/ GREATEST HITS/ THE STATE OF MUSIC
41. Harrison Wilde – Prologue
LONESOME ROAD/ TIL DIE/ RACIST SCUM
40. Young Prisms – In Between
TO TOUCH YOU/ DEAD FLOWERS/ MIDNIGHT’S WHEN
39. DIIV – Oshin
PAST LIVES/HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN/HOME
38. Echo Lake – Wild Peace
ANOTHER DAY/ BREATHE DEEP/ IN DREAMS
37. The KVB – Always Then
CAPTIVES/ WAITING FOR THE FALL/ DREAMS
36. Sigur Rós – Valtari
VARUO/ VALTARI/ EG ANDA
35. My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures
KNEEL TIL DOOMSDAY/ LIKE A PERPETUAL FUNERAL/ ABANDONED AS CHRIST
34. Cradle Of Filth – The Manticore And Other Horrors
THE ABHORRENT/ FOR YOUR VULGAR DELECTATION/ MANTICORE
33. The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea
ANDREW IN DRAG/ ALL SHE CARES ABOUT IS MARIACHI/ YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S FACE
32. The Cult – Choice of Weapon
THE WOLF/ A PALE HORSE/ LUCIFER
31. Night Sins – Night Sins
PLAYING DEAD/ SPECTRAL BLISS/ SHOOT ME UP
30. Black Marble – A Different Arrangement
A GREAT DESIGN/UK/LIMITATIONS
29. Anti-Flag – The General Strike
THE NEOLIBERAL ANTHEM/ I DON’T WANNA/ RESIST
28. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil
SMILE (PICTURES OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN)/ LOST/ THE BED SONG
27. Cygnets – Dark Days
LEAVE THE PROPHETS DEAD WHERE THEY LIE/ DREAD CITY/ DARK ROMANTIC
26. Ringo Deathstarr – Mauve
WAVE/ RIP/ PLEASE DON’T KILL YOURSELF
25. Xiu Xiu – Always
HI/ JOEY’S SONG/ I LUV ABORTION
24. Christian Hansen – C’mon Arizona
MA-ME-O/ HURRY UP AND DIE/ I HATE PUNK ROCK
23. The Adicts – All the Young Droogs
HORRORSHOW/ ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS/ WILD
22. Logan Lynn – Tramp Stamps and Birthmarks
HOLOGRAM/TRAMP STAMPS AND BIRTHMARKS/LOUD ENOUGH
21. Joey Ramone – “…Ya Know?…”
NEW YORK CITY/ PARTY LINE/ ROCK ‘N ROLL IS THE ANSWER
20. Garbage – Not Your Kind Of People
I HATE LOVE/ MAN ON A WIRE/ AUTOMATIC SYSTEMATIC HABIT
19. A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship
ALONE/ AND I’M UP/ YOU ARE THE ONE
18. The Casualties – Resistance
VOICE OF THE OUTCAST/ RESISTANCE/ MY BLOOD. MY LIFE. ALWAYS FORWARD
17. ERAAS – ERAAS
GHOST/ FANG/ AT HEART
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. James Iha – Look to the Sky
TO WHO KNOWS WHERE/ WAVES/ SPEED OF LOVE
13. The Twilight Garden – Hope
FALLING IN CIRCLES/ FALLING RAIN/ HOPE
12. Black Ribbons – Neuromancer
HONEY INSIDE/ THE FEAR/ PRETTY LITTLE TEARS
11. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Babylon
FALLING LIKE RAIN/ HOW THE HELL DID WE GET HERE?/ LUCIFERIAN BLUES
10. Light Asylum – Light Asylum
HOUR FORTRESS/AT WILL/POPE WILL ROLL
9. Marilyn Manson – Born Villain
HEY, CRUEL WORLD/ MURDERERS ARE GETTING PRETTIER EVERYDAY/ CHILDREN OF CAIN
8. Trust – TRST
SHOOM/ SULK/ CANDY WALLS
7. Casey Stratton – The Calling Of Crows
WHEN THE FATES CAME/ GHOSTS IN THE WALLS/ ELEGY
6. The Soft Moon – ZEROS
INSIDE/ ZEROS/ IT ENDS
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
This was a hard list to compile, but I am happy with it. Peace.
DandyJon 