Music ► Best Albums of the Year 2012

[Lycanthrope]

People make lists because the end of the year is boring. Let's make lists of albums we all loved the most from this year!

My 10 favorites:

Beach House - "Bloom"
Grizzly Bear - "Shields"
Tame Impala - "Lonerism"
Frank Ocean - "Channel Orange"
White Rabbits - "Milk Famous"
The Walkmen - "Heaven"
Japandroids - "Celebration Rock"
David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Love This Giant"
Wild Nothing - "Nocturne"
Delicate Steve - "Positive Force"

 

[Silh]

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
fun. - Some Nights
Milo Greene - Milo Greene

I didn't listen to a lot this year sorry

 

[Wehrmacht]

Imagine Dragons - "Night Visions"
Japandroids - "Celebration Rock"
Frank Ocean- "Channel Orange"
Susumu Hirasawa - "The Secret of the Flowers of Phenomenon"

I didn't listen to a lot this year sorry

more to come as i spend the rest of the year marathoning albums

 

[Nyangoro]

Top Ten Albums (in no particular order):

amazarashi - "Love Song"
The Back Horn - "Lives Call"
9GOATS BLACK OUT - "Calling"
Raujika - "Lost Imagination"
Chiaki Ishikawa - "Kono Sekai wo Darenimo Katara Senai you ni"
Matenrou Opera - "Justice"
BUCK-TICK - "Yume Miru Uchuu"
Heavenstamp - "Heavenstamp"
AI - "Independent"
the GazettE - "Division"

Though, to be fair, I wasn't exactly digging around for music this year.


Top Ten OSTs (in no particular order):

Shiro Sagisu - "Evangelion 3.0"
Shiro Sagisu - "Berserk: Golden Age I"
Makoto Yoshimori - "Natsume Yuujinchou San / Shi"
Yukari Hashimoto - "Mawaru Penguindrum"
Yoko Kanno - "Sakamichi no Apollon"
Yoko Kanno - "Aquarion EVOL"
Austin Wintory - "Journey"
Yoshihisa Hirano - "Hunter x Hunter"
Revo - "Bravely Default Flying Fairy"
Kouhei Tanaka - "Gravity Daze"

 

[Dream Eaters]

Well here's my list.

Papa Roach - The connection
Shinedown - Amaryllis
Kiss - Monster
Dragonforce - The power within
Sonata Arctica - Stones grow her name
Meshuggah - Koloss
Linkin Park - Living Things

I guess that's it. hmm...

 

[Space Cowboy]

I always have trouble with these lists because I forget when the albums I liked were released.

Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Lana del Ray - Born to Die
Muse - The 2nd Law
Bloc Party - Four

Those are probably my favourites off the top of my head.

Soundtrack wise:

Shiro Sagisu - Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0
Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones (Season 2)
Yukari Hashimoto - Mawaru Penguindrum
Yoko Kanno - Sakamichi no Apollon
Yoshihisa Hirano - Hunter x Hunter

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

Kanye West's Good Music album

 

[Turn]

ugh, i listened to like zero new records this year. :c

but definitely beach house's bloom, and chromatics' kill for love. otherwise, i've just been rolling in singles (recently been really enjoying night panther, particularly their "two weeks" cover).

 

[iDrops]

I didn't really buy many albums that were released this year. Though I LOVED Living Things by Linkin Park, it was so much better than ATS.

 

[YUPPP]

good kid m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
Koi No Yokan - Deftones
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
Visions - Grimes
The Idler Wheel...blah blah - Fiona Apple
Killer Mike - R.A.P Music
Periphery II - Periphery
No Absolutes in Human Suffering - GAZA
Rot Gut Domestic - Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

There are more I'm sure, but these are the ones that stick with me.

 

[Nyangoro]

Finally found this album, so I'm including it:

Hirasawa Susumu - "The Secret of the Flowers of Phenomenon"

 

[Death]

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Frank Ocean - Channel Ocean

Two of the best albums that have come out. Too lazy to think of any other ones.

 

[Raz]

Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
Visions - Grimes
Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
Ghost - Sky Ferreira
Electra Heart - Marina & The Diamonds
Gossamer - Passion Pit
Bodyparts - Dragonette
Warrior - Ke$ha

my music taste is lowbrow but idc

 

[Taochan]

Mother Mother - "The Sticks"

 

[Taylor]

take me home - one direction

 

[Luap]

Phoenix - The Classic Crime


seriously good stuff

 

[Neko]

My favorite album this year is by far Night Visions by Imagine Dragons.

 

[Enchanted Rose]

Bloc Party - Four

Weird how I heard almost nothing about this. So, it's good then?

For me:

good kid, m.A.A.d City - Kendrick Lamar
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
2 - Mac Demarco
Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
Devotion - Jessie Ware

Perhaps A$AP Rocky's album too. Still haven't got the Beach House record yet (wtf) but I'm pretty sure it will be up there.

Also releases from some of my favourite artists:

Believe -Justin Bieber
Life is Good - Nas
Oceania - Smashing Pumpkins
Cruel Summer - Kanye & G.O.O.D Music

 

[Space Cowboy]

Weird how I heard almost nothing about this. So, it's good then?

It's different to what I expected from their return.

I imagined it would be a bit more of a dancey record considering how well received Flux was and how Kele went off and did his solo album much like that. But it is good. Heavy in parts which was something I didn't expect.

But no. It's good. I enjoyed it at least.

 

[Enchanted Rose]

It's different to what I expected from their return.

I imagined it would be a bit more of a dancey record considering how well received Flux was and how Kele went off and did his solo album much like that. But it is good. Heavy in parts which was something I didn't expect.

But no. It's good. I enjoyed it at least.

That's good, I'll have a listen. I've always found it that Intimacy was so poorly received, when I thought it was quite a decent record (e.g. Ion Square is one of the best things they've ever done, for sure).