Awards Daily Top Albums & Songs 2012

[coolinout1]

Current list (including some holdovers from 2011)...

ALBUMS:
Civil Wars / Barton Hollow
Mary J. Blige / My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act I)
Melanie Fiona / The MF Life
Monica / New Life
Mya / K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)
Patrick Stump / Soul Punk
Robin Thicke / Love After War
Rumer / Seasons of My Soul
SWV / I Missed Us
The Ting Tings / Sounds From Nowheresville

SONGS:
Beautiful Surprise / Tamia
Brokenhearted / Karmin
Crush / Sleigh Bells
Every Time / Ameriie
Favorite Song / Colbie Caillat & Common
Girl Gone Wild / Madonna
Here Comes the Rain Again / Macy Gray
Hollow / Bjork
I Don't Want to Be a Bride / Vanessa Carlton
If It Wasn't For Love / Deborah Cox
I Heart You / Toni Braxton
It All Belongs to Me / Monica & Brandy
It Girl (7th Heaven Club Mix) / Jason Derulo
Keep It Between Us / Kelly Rowland
King of Hearts / Cassie
Little Talks / Of Monsters and Men
Lucky Now / Ryan Adams
Modern Love / Matt Nathanson
Never Again (Acoustic) / Kelly Clarkson
Primadonna / Marina and the Diamonds
Ships in the Night / Mat Kearney
Summer is Over / Jon McLaughlin & Sara Bareilles
The Vision of Love / Kris Allen
We Found Love (Live) / Andy Grammer
Why / Mary J. Blige & Rick Ross

[Disco Wolf]

Massive update with a pretty solid list of my top 10 + then some records and albums. I even provided you with youtube links for the top ten tracks!

[filmy]

Albums
1. Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
2. Amanda Mair, Amanda Mair
3. Devotion, Jessie Ware
4. The Idler Wheel, Fiona Apple
5. Born to Die, Lana Del Rey
6. Gossamer, Passion Pit
7. Ghost, Sky Ferreira
8. Push and Shove, No Doubt
9. Magic Hour, Scissor Sisters
10. Electra Heart, Marina and the Diamonds

Singles
1. "Everything is Embarrassing," Sky Ferreira
2. "Losing You," Solange
3. "Running," Jessie Ware
4. "Ride," Lana Del Rey
5. "Settle Down," No Doubt
6. "Adorn," Miguel
7. "Thinkin' Bout You," Frank Ocean
8. "Blue Jeans," Lana Del Rey
9. "Every Night I Say A Prayer," Little Boots
10. Come for Me," Moonlight Matters featuring Gustaph

[Aurelius]

Since we're halfway into the year (okay, within one week), let's do this for singles (I couldn't be bothered doing it for albums):

1. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
2. Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay - 212
3. Die Antwoord - I Fink U Freeky
4. Avicii - Levels
5. Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
6. Skrillex ft. Sirah - Bangerang
7. Birdy - People Help The People
8. Sandro Silva & Quintino - Epic
9. Lloyd ft. Andre 3000 - Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game

Probably in the Top 10 at the end of the year:
Azealia Banks - Liquorice

[1jesper1]

Albums
1. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
2. Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
3. Michawl Kiwanuka - Home Again
4. Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
5. Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart
6. Madonna - MDNA
7. Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game
8. Kent - Jag är inte rädd för mörkret
9. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
10. Little Marbles - Vi kan göra det hur du vill

Singles
1. Kanye West feat Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz - Mercy
2. Florence + The Machine - Breath of Life
3. Jay Z + Kanye West feat Frank Ocean - No Church in the Wild
4. Beyoncé - End of Time
5. Lana Del Rey - National Anthem
6. Loreen - Euphoria
7. M.I.A. - Bad Girls
8. Paloma Faith - Picking Up the Pieces
9. Coldplay feat Rihanna - Princess of China
10. Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart

Music Videos
1. Lana Del Rey - National Anthem
2. Azealia Banks - Liquorice
3. Jay Z + Kanye West feat Frank Ocean - No Church in the Wild
4. Madonna - Girl Gone Wild
5. M.I.A. - Bad Girls
6. Coldplay feat Rihanna - Princess of China

[cdmc]

Top Albums of 2012

1. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
2. Beach House - Bloom
3. Liars - WIXIW
4. Burial - Loner
5. Sigur Ros - Valtari
6. Xiu Xiu - Always
7. Diiv - Oshin
8. Twin Shadow - Confess
9. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
10. of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks

[Ben7]

I'll do an album list soon, but here are the top songs of 2012, so far:

1. I'm Addicted - Madonna
2. Starships - Nicki Minaj
3. Part of Me - Katy Perry
4. Cold - Kanye West
5. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
5. The Fighter - Gym Class Heroes
6. Take Care - Drake ft Rihanna
7. Every Single Night - Fiona Apple
8. Some Girls - Madonna
9. Wide Awake - Katy Perry
10. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris

[kupo]

Umm...I'm really behind this year.

All I know is so far my number 1 album is still Chromatics' Kill for Love.

And my number one single is...Chromatics' Kill for Love, lol. St. Vincent's Krokodile is prolly the number 2 single for me. I'll update this with a proper list later.

[Ben7]

If you're curious how people outside AD are reviewing 2012 in music so far, this is from Billboard.com:

Madonna proved to be 2012's ultimate pop star in Billboard.com's Mid-Year Music Awards poll, which let fans weigh in on their favorite artists, songs, albums and performances of the first half of this year. After voting ended on Friday (June 29) and the hundreds of thousands of votes were tallied, Madonna was declared the winner of the First-Half MVP trophy, edging out upstart boy band One Direction.

Madonna, whose 12th studio album "MDNA" was released last March, highlighted the first half of 2012 by performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, scoring another No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In Billboard.com's poll, the pop superstar snagged the most votes in the Best TV Performance category and the third-most clicks for best Billboard 200 No. 1 Album. Her appearance alongside electronic star Avicii at Ultra Music Festival was also named Best Festival Performance in a romp.

http://www.billboard.com/features/ma...07481152.story

Anyone know what a romp is?

[cdmc]

If you're curious how people outside AD are reviewing 2012 in music so far, this is from Billboard.com:




http://www.billboard.com/features/ma...07481152.story

Anyone know what a romp is?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=romp

[Ben7]

WTF was that link??? It froze up my computer.

[hugof]

01. The Idler Wheel, Fiona Apple
02. Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
03. The Haunted Man, Bat for Lashes
04. Swing Lo Magellan, Dirty Projectors
05. Sun, Cat Power
06. Shields, Grizzly Bear
07. Devotion, Jessie Ware
08. Bloom, Beach House
09. Break It Yourself, Andrew Bird
10. Come Home to Mama, Martha Wainwright

[jimmyhackeysack]

ALBUMS

1. KATHLEEN EDWARDS - VOYAGEUR
2. FIRST AID KIT - THE LION'S ROAR
3. GRIZZLY BEAR - SHIELDS
4. STARS - THE NORTH
5. METRIC - SYNTHETICA
6. THE WOODEN SKY - EVERY CHILD A DAUGHTER, EVERY MOON A SUN
7. WILL JOHNSON - SCORPION
8. FATHER JOHN MISTY - FEAR FUN
9. TAME IMPALA - LONERISM
10. THE TRAGICALLY HIP - NOW FOR PLAN A
11. ALABAMA SHAKES - BOYS & GIRLS
12. BAND OF HORSES - MIRAGE ROCK
13. THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA - ISLAND OF ECHOES
14. JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY - SCRAPPY HAPPINESS
15. JAPANDROIDS - CELEBRATION ROCK
16. DIVINE FITS - A THING CALLED DIVINE FITS
17. SHARON VAN ETTEN - TRAMP
18. THE LUYAS - ANIMATOR
19. PATTERSON HOOD - HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE
20. DIRTY PROJECTORS - SWING LO MAGELLAN
21. MINUS THE BEAR - INFINITY OVERHEAD
22. ANDREW BIRD - BREAK IT YOURSELF
23. JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS
24. SIGUR ROS - VALTARI
25. JOHN K. SAMSON - PROVINCIAL
26. MOTHER MOTHER - THE STICKS
27. THE AVETT BROTHERS - THE CARPENTER
28. PATRICK WATSON - ADVENTURES IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD
29. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - THERE'S NO LEAVING NOW
30. OUR LADY PEACE - CURVE
31. THE DARCYS - AJA
32. GALLOWS - GALLOWS
33. M. WARD - A WASTELAND COMPANION
34. METZ - METZ
35. NORAH JONES - ...LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
36. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS - NEW WILD EVERYWHERE
37. EIGHT AND A HALF - EIGHT AND A HALF
38. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - GO
39. BEN GIBBARD - FORMER LIVES
40. BOWERBIRDS - THE CLEARING
41. THE LUMINEERS - THE LUMINEERS
42. CAT POWER - SUN
43. ZEUS - BUSTING VISIONS
44. NADA SURF - THE STARS ARE INDIFFERENT TO ASTRONOMY
45. THE SHINS - PORT OF MORROW
46. THE XX - COEXIST
47. BAHAMAS - BARCHORDS
48. PLANTS AND ANIMALS - THE END OF THAT
49. JASON LYTLE - DEPT. OF DISAPPEARANCE
50. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - WRECKING BALL

SONGS

1. DIRTY PROJECTORS - Gun Has No Trigger
2. FIRST AID KIT - King of the World
3. ZEUS - Are You Gonna Waste My Time?
4. BAHAMAS - Never Again
5. PLANTS AND ANIMALS - The End of That
6. KATHLEEN EDWARDS - Change the Sheets
7. FIONA APPLE - Every Single Night
8. FATHER JOHN MISTY - I'm Writing a Novel
9. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - 1904
10. JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY - Lightning Bolt
11. JAPANDROIDS - The House That Heaven Built
12. THE TRAGICALLY HIP - We Want to Be It
13. GALLOWS - Last June
14. STARS - Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It
15. METRIC - Lost Kitten
16. ALABAMA SHAKES - Hold On
17. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - True Romance
18. JACK WHITE - Love Interruption
19. NORAH JONES - Happy Pills
20. OUR LADY PEACE - As Fast As You Can
21. BEST COAST - The Only Place
22. GRIZZLY BEAR - Yet Again
23. BAND OF HORSES - Heartbreak On the 101
24. JOHN K. SAMSON - When I Write My Master's Thesis
25. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - We Take Care of Our Own

[cdmc]

Top Albums of 2012 (Updated)

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
2. Brian Eno - LUX
3. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
4. Beach House - Bloom
5. Lambchop - Mr. M
6. Swans - The Seer
7. Liars - WIXIW
8. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
9. Burial - Loner
10. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems

Honourable mentions:

• Tame Impala - Lonerism
• Cat Power - Sun
• Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
• Tame Impala - Lonerism
• Sigur Ros - Valtari
• Xiu Xiu - Always
• Bob Dylan - Tempest
• Diiv - Oshin
• Twin Shadow - Confess
• Actress - R.I.P.
• Julia Holter - Ekstasis
• of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
• Jessie Ware - Devotion
• Dawn Gibson - All Hell
• Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream

[dlong5665]

Top Albums 2012:
1. good kid, m.A.A.d city- Kendrick Lamar
2. Channel ORANGE- Frank Ocean
3. Reign of Terror- Sleigh Bells
4. The Ilder Wheel...- Fiona Apple
5. Devotion- Jessie Ware
6. Coexist- The xx
7. Halycon- Ellie Goulding
8. The Haunted Man- Bat for Lashes
9. Blunderbuss- Jack White
10. Born To Die- Lana Del Rey

Top Singles 2012:
1. Sweet Nothing- Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch
2. Swimming Pools (Drank)- Kendrick Lamar
3. Anything Can Happen- Ellie Goulding
4. Pryamids- Frank Ocean
5. Fatty Boom Boom- Die Antwoord
6. Liquorice- Azealia Banks
7. Bad Girls- M.I.A.
8. Comeback Kid- Sleigh Bells
9. Madness- Muse
10. Blue Jeans- Lana Del Rey

[bosk]

Albums
1. Babel - Mumford & Sons
2. Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
3. Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
4. My Head Is An Animal - Of Monsters and Men
5. Trilogy - The Weeknd
6. Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells

Songs
1. Babel - Mumford and Sons
2. Comeback Kid - Sleigh Bells
3. Super Rich Kids - Frank Ocean
4. Efflictim - WZRD
5. On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons
6. Body Electric - Lana Del Rey
7. Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men
8. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
9. Lover of the Light - Mumford and Sons
10. The Knowing - The Weeknd
11. Ho Hey - The Lumineers
12. The Zone - The Weeknd
13. Below My Feet - Mumford and Sons

[lazarus]

Don't give a shit about singles so here's my album list only, loosely ranked:



Cat Power, Sun
Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan
Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel...
Passion Pit, Gossamer
Tame Impala, Lonerism
Beach House, Bloom
Saint Etienne, Words And Music
Father John Misty, Fear Fun
Tennis, Young And Old
Donald Fagen, Sunken Condos
Bob Dylan, Tempest
Dinosaur Jr, I Bet On Sky
Peter Buck, S/T
Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
Chromatics, Kill For Love


Disappointment of the year: Madonna

[forizzer69]

I'm listening to the Sleigh Bells one right now and I'm liking this single that most have pointed out, Comeback Kid. Nice.

Channel Orange FRANK OCEAN
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City KENDRICK LAMAR
Centipede HZ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Visions GRIMES
The Idler Wheel... FIONA APPLE
Maraqopa DAMIEN JUARDO
(III) CRYSTAL CASTLES
With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery MOONFACE
Myth BEACH HOUSE
Paralytic Stalks of MONTREAL

Got a lot to listen to: Jessie Ware, Ariel Pink and other Death Grips.

[Aldo]

L'update.

[jrmoviedude]

Top 10 Albums of 2012:

1. Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Air
2. The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
3. The Idler Wheel…, Fiona Apple
4. The Singles, Goldfrapp
5. Kill For Love, Chromatics
6. Reign of Terror, Sleigh Bells
7. Tender New Signs, Tamaryn
8. Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones
9. Rant, The Futureheads
10. Bloom, Beach House

Top 10 Songs of 2012:

1. "Can't Hold Us", Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton
2. "I Love It", Icona Pop
3. "The A Team", Ed Sheeran
4. "Little Talks", Of Monsters and Men
5. "Moon Fever", Air
6. "Kill For Love", Chromatics
7. "Anything We Want", Fiona Apple
8. "Lost in My Bedroom", Sky Ferreira
9. "Ruins", Portico Quartet
10. "Road to Hell", Sleigh Bells