The 50 Best Albums of 2012 (According to Paste)

Germanprof

Maybe Nosferatu-inspired... I don;t know whether it was an explicit reference. It was a bit ahead of the whole pop culture vampire thing.

Bad Thoughts

The era of Bela Lugosi's Dead and The Hunger: there must have been some fad, even if not as big as today's.

Germanprof

That's true, had forgotten that one.

Lowlife

choiceweb0pen0

Sound Opinions just shared their top 10 albums for 2012.

I don't know much on the albums on their lists outside of Tame Impala.

Doofy

Good for Neneh Cherry, she is showing up on a lot of these lists.

Plong42

Bill Mallonee - Amber Waves, nice review of an album unlikely to make a top 50 list this year. A hard-working songwriter still riding the crest of the Americana wave. It is available on Bandcamp.

thomnottom

Stereogum's Top 50

What I don't get is how everybody seems to be making fun of Taylor Swift's music these days but her album seems to be on a few end of year lists.

I also saw Rolling Stones released theirs, but I can't imagine it being even slightly relevant.

amclark2

I got Rolling Stone in the mail yesterday; haven't looked at the whole thing, but Springsteen's number 1, and Frank Ocean is number 2.

cafreema

Springsteen is #1, Dylan is #4, and every other artist over 60 that released an album this year made the list. Also on the list? Green Day in the top 10, John Mayer, and the Band of Horses album that has been trashed by every review I've seen of it.

Craig

Bad Thoughts

Oops.

greg

The Guardian have their lists here, with Frank Ocean at No1. They also have their top 5 folk/world albums, jazz albums and classical albums with Karine Polwart, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, and Schoenberg: The Book of the Hanging Gardens; Berg: Altenberg Lieder; Beethoven: An die Ferne Geliebte, etc Gerhaher/Huber as their respective top choices. Top Song of the Year is Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe.

Guardian Top 40 albums of 2012

Doofy

Another great list from Aquarium Drunkard. I've heard of about half of these, write-ups make me want to hear them all.

Brighternow

OTHER MUSIC'S BEST OF 2012: NEW RELEASES & REISSUES
eMusic’s Best Albums of 2012

choiceweb0pen0

I'm not sure how many are on it yet because I'm working my way down the list via Spotify, but Amazon has a list of Outstanding 2012 Albums You May Have Missed. So far so good for me.

amclark2

Tiny Mix Tapes' list.

cafreema

Bish Bosch at #1? Hmmmm.

Craig

amclark2

I don't know if anyone other than me ended up being interested in vaporwave, but Beer on the Rug's Bandcamp page has several of their albums available for free now, like Macintosh Plus, [][][][][][] Virtual and Mediafired, all on TMT's list above, and last time I checked they had been $9.99. Probably they're all set to be free, then go up to $9.99 when they hit the monthly download limit that Bandcamp sets.

choiceweb0pen0

Thanks amclark. Going to give these a whirl. They were one of many musicians on Tiny Mix Tapes' list that I didn't recognize.

Doofy

Stereotyping You By Your Favorite Album of 2012

cafreema

Thanks for that Doofy. Pretty darn funny. Although I don't think this:

Purity Ring — Shrines
Excitable indie girls who have used the word “glistening” to describe music.

Really fits me.

Craig

amclark2

I'm either a girl who updates her tumblr hourly or an elderly guy that everyone thinks is crazy. Which a guess somewhere in the middle of those two about fits.

And there are a lot of hyped albums this year that I haven't heard.

Brighternow

Either

a man who have lived on the Lower East Side for two decades and have never, ever smiled.

- or

A thirtysomething who have been wearing the same thrift shop cardigan for a decade.

I like the last one, or at least the age part . . .

Plong42

"The three irascible baby boomers who take their bubbling existential rage to our comments section whenever we forget to mention Bob Dylan."

Why yes, I am one of those three guys.

NankerP

By stereotype I am an elderly man not a 35 yr old woman which ... OK that's right. Here is my list.

Bad Thoughts

Nice list, Nan'.

NankerP

Ta, BT. I don't think anyone has linked to large hearted boy's annual comprehensive master list of lists updated daily.

greg

I like the list Doofy, not sure where I fit though as none of my favourites are there (although I like and have several), so I am probably an ageing Englishman trying to move beyond babyboomer music!

Doofy

Yes....Not sure what I'd choose as my album of the year, but my stereotype will probably be "Jazz snob"

amclark2

The first half of that other, less cool, Pitchfork's list is up. I don't feel like linking. You know where it is.