Your Album of the Year 2012
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Well my personal favorite has been Lonerism, since I enjoyed listening that one that most, not saying it's the best. But surely my favorite.
But the choice was between Lonerism, The Seer and the new Fiona Apple album.
Well my personal favorite has been Lonerism, since I enjoyed listening that one that most, not saying it's the best. But surely my favorite.
But the choice was between Lonerism, The Seer and the new Fiona Apple album.
Top 1-5
1. Tame Impala - Lonerism
2. Swans - The Seer
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
4. Death Grips - The Money Store
5. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Top 6-10
6. Dope Body - Natural History
7. Chromatics - Kill For Love
8. Kindrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
9. Baroness - Yellow & Green
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Top 11-15
11. Blut Aus Nord - Cosmography
12. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
13. Japandroids - Luxury Problems
14. Beach House - Bloom
15. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Top 16-20
16. Grizzly Bear - Shields
17. Beach House - Bloom
18. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
19. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
20. Pallbearer - Sorrow & Extinction
Top 21-25
21. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
22. Metz - Metz
23. haarp - HUSKS
24. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
25. TNGHT - TNGHT
1. Tame Impala - Lonerism
2. Swans - The Seer
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
4. Death Grips - The Money Store
5. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Top 6-10
6. Dope Body - Natural History
7. Chromatics - Kill For Love
8. Kindrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
9. Baroness - Yellow & Green
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Top 11-15
11. Blut Aus Nord - Cosmography
12. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
13. Japandroids - Luxury Problems
14. Beach House - Bloom
15. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Top 16-20
16. Grizzly Bear - Shields
17. Beach House - Bloom
18. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
19. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
20. Pallbearer - Sorrow & Extinction
Top 21-25
21. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
22. Metz - Metz
23. haarp - HUSKS
24. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
25. TNGHT - TNGHT
Billy Talent - Dead Silence
The Rasmus - The Rasmus
Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour
Reel Big Fish - Candy-Coated Fury
I Am Abomination - Let the Future Tell the Truth
Dethklok - Dethalbum III
The Rasmus - The Rasmus
Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour
Reel Big Fish - Candy-Coated Fury
I Am Abomination - Let the Future Tell the Truth
Dethklok - Dethalbum III
My "Album of the Year" goes to Panic by Caravan Palace. Mainly because electroswing has recently stolen my heart, so there was essentially no hope for any other album I've picked up this year. It's a well-rounded sophomore album that showcases a variety of different sounds, from the hopping beats of "Rock it for Me [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGSJ3sbivI]" and "Clash [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yebo5ILBMC0]" to the energetically calm [yeah, I know] feel of "Cotton Heads [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIMUqFYv3U0]," as well as expounding and improving upon its predecessor.
I'd recommend this album, and this band, to just about anyone. They produce a slick fusion of old and new that I'm sure a lot of people can get into.
This is also one of my favourite albums of the year! Nice to see there are more people out there who love it.Granta said:
Other great albums:
Katatonia - Dead end kings
In mourning - The Weight of Oceans
Meshuggah - Koloss
Gojira - l'enfant sauvage
Next year is looking good with new albums from Cult of luna,Riverside, Dark tranquillity and Steven Wilson, among others.
Agree with this, definitely the best album of the year. Although I don't think you know as much about Swans' career as you think - they were noise rock before they were post-punk, and they've been experimental avant-garde progressive rock since long before their reunion. And of course most importantly, they were ALWAYS great. But maybe that's just me. The Seer is still definitely their best album.Neuromancer said:
Faunts released something new without my knowledge?! *hastily googles*OhJohnNo said:
I agree with OP here Death Grips - Money Store was definitely a highlight, others include...
Mainstream Picks
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Max Richter - Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons
Swans - The Seer
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Underground Picks
Downfall of Gaia - Suffocating In The Swarm of Cranes
Amenra - Mass V
Dark Time Sunshine - ANX
Germ - Wish
Dishonorable Mentions
Fear Factory - The Industrialist, the most boring album I heard all year with absolutely no variety. Such a disappointment after the awesomeness of Mechanize, they really need to go back to Demanufacture and find what made that album great (hint... It's strong melodies).
Devin Townsend - Epicloud, A disappointment without the second disc. The first disc is good but soulless while the 2nd disc in the extended edition is just pure awesome
Mainstream Picks
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Max Richter - Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons
Swans - The Seer
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Underground Picks
Downfall of Gaia - Suffocating In The Swarm of Cranes
Amenra - Mass V
Dark Time Sunshine - ANX
Germ - Wish
Dishonorable Mentions
Fear Factory - The Industrialist, the most boring album I heard all year with absolutely no variety. Such a disappointment after the awesomeness of Mechanize, they really need to go back to Demanufacture and find what made that album great (hint... It's strong melodies).
Devin Townsend - Epicloud, A disappointment without the second disc. The first disc is good but soulless while the 2nd disc in the extended edition is just pure awesome
Love Grimes. Visions is in my top 5 for sure.Bear In Heaven said:
I loved these ones too. Both are top 5. Godspeed are my favourite musical artist.JochemHippie said:
I have listened to it. Pretty good.Granta said:
This year, I only got 3 CD's so this will be pretty easy for me.
Voltaire's BiTrekual was a gift and while I'll listen to some of the tracks off of it, it wasn't my favorite. I've found that I can't really listen to any of his CDs all the way through though so I guess given that it's above average.
Deth Album III was one of two CDs I bought on the same day. It wasn't as good as I was hoping but still one that I enjoyed more than Dethalbum I.
Cradle of Filth's Manticore and Other Horrors is the second CD I bought this year...or first depending on how it's listed on the receipt. At first I referred to this as Mashed Potatoes: it was good but it was missing something meaty (like Death of Love from Godspeed or Lilith Immaculate from Venus Aversa). The more I listen to it though the more I like it. I'd put it on par with Midian at this point honestly. Miles better than Thronography though still several behind Vempire. I can still listen to and enjoy Manticore from beginning to end though so it wins out as my album of 2012.
Voltaire's BiTrekual was a gift and while I'll listen to some of the tracks off of it, it wasn't my favorite. I've found that I can't really listen to any of his CDs all the way through though so I guess given that it's above average.
Deth Album III was one of two CDs I bought on the same day. It wasn't as good as I was hoping but still one that I enjoyed more than Dethalbum I.
Cradle of Filth's Manticore and Other Horrors is the second CD I bought this year...or first depending on how it's listed on the receipt. At first I referred to this as Mashed Potatoes: it was good but it was missing something meaty (like Death of Love from Godspeed or Lilith Immaculate from Venus Aversa). The more I listen to it though the more I like it. I'd put it on par with Midian at this point honestly. Miles better than Thronography though still several behind Vempire. I can still listen to and enjoy Manticore from beginning to end though so it wins out as my album of 2012.
This year I bought far too many albums I think I've lost track of the ones I have really enjoyed listened to. Though these are probably the albums I have enjoyed the most this year (that I can remember);
Tempest - Bob Dylan
Worship - A Place to Bury Strangers
Strange Girls Don't Cry - The Vandelles
Shift Adventures of Nooky Wood - John Cale
The Glorious Dead - The Heavy
Tempest - Bob Dylan
Worship - A Place to Bury Strangers
Strange Girls Don't Cry - The Vandelles
Shift Adventures of Nooky Wood - John Cale
The Glorious Dead - The Heavy
Lonerisms-Tame Impala
Shields-Grizzly Bear
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Muse's 2nd Law is literally the only album that came out this year which I've listened to, so I guess it wins by default.
Doesn't hurt that it's a fantastic album, either, I'll suppose.
Doesn't hurt that it's a fantastic album, either, I'll suppose.
Wow. I thought the industry gave up making albums.
This thread shows me that ive not been paying enough attention to music over the two years or so. I have no contributions but damn thank you all for what was presented because there is a LOT of good stuff here.
This thread shows me that ive not been paying enough attention to music over the two years or so. I have no contributions but damn thank you all for what was presented because there is a LOT of good stuff here.
I honestly failed to be blown away by anything this year, but these two:
Heritage (Opeth) and Weightless (AAL) would probably also make the shortlist but... ehhh not massively fussed about those either.
And The Hunter (was that even this year) was a definite step back for Mastodon, even though it was still pretty good.
So my nominee for Album Of The Year is probably not anything at all. This year has not been a great year for music, in my eyes.
Would make the shortlist. But even those were a bit disappointing. Koloss pales in comparison to I or even Obzen and L'enfant Sauvage is nowhere near as good as From Mars To Sirius or The Way Of All Flesh. There is nothing as relentless and creepy as Bleed, or as intense as Heaviest Matter of the Universe, or as catchy as Backbone. Born in Winter just about counts, because its goddamn cool, but the rest of L'enfant just isn't as interesting as Gojira's usual releases.Papadam said:
Heritage (Opeth) and Weightless (AAL) would probably also make the shortlist but... ehhh not massively fussed about those either.
And The Hunter (was that even this year) was a definite step back for Mastodon, even though it was still pretty good.
So my nominee for Album Of The Year is probably not anything at all. This year has not been a great year for music, in my eyes.
Dinosaur Jr's I Bet On Sky... aside from being one of the two albums that came out this year that actually came out, it's a fantastic album... not to the level of face melting volume that Dinosaur Jr usually exhume... but it's more sinecere than they've ever been...
over 10 albums, 30 years and 1 reunion, the band has finally reached a place where they feel comfortable, not having to prove themselves to anyone but rather simply taking the chance for an aging J Mascis to look back with regret and introspection, with both his mellow vocals squeezing regret and nostalgia out of every word, and his blazing guitar squeezing beautiful longing in every solo... it's just a great album, not only one of their best but it's one of the few glimpses that we have of what grunge might've ultimately turned into, if it made it past the crib...
over 10 albums, 30 years and 1 reunion, the band has finally reached a place where they feel comfortable, not having to prove themselves to anyone but rather simply taking the chance for an aging J Mascis to look back with regret and introspection, with both his mellow vocals squeezing regret and nostalgia out of every word, and his blazing guitar squeezing beautiful longing in every solo... it's just a great album, not only one of their best but it's one of the few glimpses that we have of what grunge might've ultimately turned into, if it made it past the crib...
To be honest their where so many incredible albums this year
that i really can´t name only one so here some of my favourites:
Sabaton - Carolus Rex
Wintersun - Time I
Threshold March of Progress
Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Mnemic - Mnemesis
and their are a lot more,this year was incredible regarding heavy metal.
that i really can´t name only one so here some of my favourites:
Sabaton - Carolus Rex
Wintersun - Time I
Threshold March of Progress
Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Mnemic - Mnemesis
and their are a lot more,this year was incredible regarding heavy metal.