NME's Best Albums of 2012

[cdmc]

NME's Best Albums of 2012:

50 Purity Ring – Shrines
49 Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
48 The 2 Bears – Be Strong
47 John Talabot – fIN
46 Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
45 Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
44 Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, mAAd City
43 Ratking – Wiki93
42 Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
41 Ty Segall – Twins
40 Polica – Give You The Ghost
39 Liars – WIXIW
38 TEED – Trouble
37 Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
36 The Vaccines - Come Of Age
35 Metz – Metz
34 Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
33 Hot Chip – In Our Heads
32 Graham Coxon – A+E
31 G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
30 Breton – Other People’s Problems
29 Mac DeMarco – 2
28 Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
27 Jessie Ware – Devotion
26 Spector – Enjoy It While It Lasts
25 Ariel Pink – Mature Themes
24 Merchandise – Children Of Desire
23 Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
22 Beach House – Bloom
21 Cat Power – Sun
20 Howler – America Give Up
19 Toy – Toy
18 Tribes – Baby
17 Grizzly Bear – Shields
16 Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber
15 Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
14 The xx – Coexist
13 DIIV – Oshin
12 David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant
11 Django Django – Django Django
10 Jack White – Blunderbuss
09 Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
08 The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
07 Pond – Beard Wives Denim
06 The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
05 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
04 Crystal Castles – (iii)
03 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
02 Grimes – Visions
01 Tame Impala – Lonerism


Source: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...012&more=1&c=1

[Submerge]

Jessie Ware! She should be near the top, but I'm glad she made the list. I really can't get over that album. She's sensational.

[kupo]

I like Tame Impala, but Lonerism didn't blow me away. It was "nice."

[Eduardo Zuckerberg]

This reminds me that I need to catch up with the new xx. I'll give Tame Impala a listen, my only exposure of them so far is from the latest Flaming Lips album. I might give some of these other albums/artists that I haven't heard of a listen as well.

[PourMySoul]

Grimes will probably top most year-end lists coming up I imagine. A feat for Tame Impala here tho---

[dyedred19]

Excuse me, where is Fiona Apple?

[LeonardShelby]

Excuse me, where is Fiona Apple?

She NEEDS to be there. Glad to see Jessie, Kendrick, Frank, and Lana get recognized.

[haqyunus]

Hmmm. Except Jack White, the top 10 don't do much for me. Although I am happy to see Bat for Lashes (I would have rated her much higher), Cat Power, Jessie Ware and specially Sharon Van Etten (rated so high), Fiona Apple missing is strange indeed.

[lazarus]

Fiona not being in any respectable list's Top 5 would be laughable. But not even in the Top 50? NME have always been a bunch of jackasses anyway.


Tame Impala is a great choice, though.

[bryan1311]

There's been enough good music this year that I can see a publication not including her in a top five or even a top ten, but not including her in a Top 50 is indeed inexcusable.

That being said there ARE a lot of good choices here, even if I take issue with some of their placements (which is true of any list, ever).

[Aldo]

For me it's Frank Ocean (best American album in at least four years) and John Talabot.

[Timmer]

No Fiona is dumb. But, the list has given me some new stuff to track down, so that's good

Does anyone feel that this year has been one of the more "meh" in awhile for music? i mean, there's been good albums and songs, but... I dunno, this time last year I had fallen in love with quite a few albums. This year, the only one I truly adored was Fiona's, and it isn't even her best.

[J2DR]

03 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
02 Grimes – Visions
01 Tame Impala – Lonerism
I'm so happy for Grimes, I love her albums but I didn't expect to see her at the top of the list.
Have you guys realized that Lana del Rey made the list and Fiona did not ?!?!?!

[VSW]

Jessie Ware! She should be near the top, but I'm glad she made the list. I really can't get over that album. She's sensational.

This.

Also Bat For Lashes should have been higher as well but I'm glad it made the list.

[Scarmi]

"Nice" is a good word to describe Tame Impala. I like them but wouldn't have ever thought of calling their album the best of the year ever.

Grimes and Frank Ocean, though, are great choices--those two albums probably represent the year for me.

[LeonardShelby]

Also need to add Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream.

[cdmc]

Also need to add Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream.

[crazyfists3600]

Um...Bat for Lashes has a new album and #$%^&*( I've heard none of these

[Scarmi]

Also need to add Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream.

Yeah, absolutely! I just listened to this one today and adored it.

[Submerge]

Also need to add Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream.

Yes! This is definitely in my Top 5 or so of the year.