B&C's Best Albums of 2012

[PhilsFan]

7. Passion Pit - Gossamer (74 points, 8 votes)

"This is a good album that I enjoy." - LemonMelon
"This album is very strong." - Tourist
"I haven't heard it yet." - Mofo
"This album is infectious. Love it." - Lazarus
"Nothing jumps out at me." - Friggin' Cobbler
"I fucking love Constant Conversations." - Sad Punk
"I love this album." - Cori
"You don't like two women getting naked massages together?" - Gump
"I think it's amazing." - Bono212
"Gossamer > Manners" - PhilsFan
"If I don't like the album, one of you will pay ... and let's just say that the cost will be prohibitive." - NSW

 

[Axver]

How many of those Lotus Plaza votes were from mikal's alters?

 

[PhilsFan]

6. Chromatics - Kill for Love (78 points, 10 votes)

"Great songwriting but the production is average." - LemonMelon
"My chill-out album of the year." - Danny Boy
"Extremely long." - Friggin' Cobbler
"Someone please murder Cobbler." - Mofo
"Fabulous atmosphere on this thing." - Iron Yuppie
"Pretty much my country mile #1 at this point." - Impy
"Couldn't get into it." - U2inUtah
"Really enjoyable music to relax to." - Bono212
"This album is so up my alley it's scary." - PhilsFan
"Chromatics have yet to write a song about Adelaide." - Sad Punk

 

[Imperor]

Kendrick Lamar - good kid MAAD City (15)
Chromatics - Kill for Love (12)
Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man (11)
Beach House - Bloom (9)
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (8)
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel (7)
DIIV - Oshin (7)
Grimes - Visions (6)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (6)
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (5)
Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze (4)
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (4)
Purity Ring - Shrines (3)
Chairlift - Something (2)
Death Grips - The Money Store (1)

Spoiler

 

[cobl04]

If I had a dollar for every time Mofo said "I haven't heard it yet" or words to that effect last year.

 

[PhilsFan]

5. Shearwater - Animal Joy (83 points, 9 votes)

"This album rules." - LemonMelon
"Rad." - Impy
"Damn you to hell, vinyl owners." - Mofo
"I can't stop listening to this. What an album." - Phanan
"I still have a really hard time getting past the vocals." - Mikal
"I got stickers." - Danny Boy
"I'm pretty sure I already like it better than The Golden Archipelago." - PhilsFan
"So good." - IWB
"Really digging this album." - Djerdap
"I feel like every time mofo posts a spoiler there's a large chance it'll be Andrew WK." - No shit, Friggin' Cobbler

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

GAF not including Taylor Swift was easily the biggest upset of the tournament.

RED is the best album released in the last two years, and I didn't want to debase it by giving it some arbitrary point total in a stupid internet voting game.

 

[u2popmofo]

If I had a dollar for every time Mofo said "I haven't heard it yet" or words to that effect last year.

I still haven't heard that Passion Pit album. I re-watched their SNL performance recently and liked both songs as well. I'm a terrible person.

Spoiler

 

[PhilsFan]

4. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do (98 points, 9 votes)

"I don't remember a single note I disliked." - LemonMelon
"Not really feeling one way or another." - Bollox
"I liked it a lot." - Cori
"Up yours, Texas." - BeeGee
"The album finishes STRONG." - Lazarus
"Apparently her dog is dying." - Fernando
"Anything We Want is probably the song of the year." - GAF
"BVS, do you and Imperor hang out?" - Friggin' Cobbler
"I'm going to see her in October!" - Pearl
"It's growing on me." - Saracene
"I've yet to listen to Fiona Apple." - Monkeyskin

 

[PhilsFan]

3. Wild Nothing - Nocturne (112 points, 11 votes)

"Awesome album great job" - LemonMelon
"Pretty damn brilliant." - Bono_212
"The hype is justified." - Iron Yuppie
"I'm definitely downloading this, illegally." - Nielsgov, dead man walking
"It didn't grab me much." - Friggin' Cobbler
"It just sort of put me to sleep." - IWB
"Solid." - Agent Orange
"Feels good." - Sad Punk
"Makes me nostalgic." - Tourist
"Amazon Prime is the best Prime since Optimus." - NSW

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

"I like it." - Elfa

I stand by this review

 

[bono_212]

Holy shit, I'll accept 3rd place., but I am drawing a blank on what must have passed it

 

[PhilsFan]

2. Beach House - Bloom (126 points, 13 votes)

"Exactly what I was looking for." - LemonMelon
"I love Victoria Legrand, you guys." - PhilsFan
"Oh man is this good." - Phanan
"Not doing it for me." - Friggin' Cobbler
"It's fucking gorgeous." - GAF
"This album > other bands' albums" - Mofo
"Pennsylvania sounds shitty." - Impy
"Evocative and sultry." - Iron Yuppie
"Really good album." - Mikal
"Airy and flowing." - Jive Turkey
"$1.99 at Amazon right now." - Agent Orange

 

[Imperor]

Probably my most astute observation yet.

 

[Imperor]

At risk of sounding like Shouty Pop on For Givin' Us Cock Record, I wish I liked #1 as much as you guys did.

 

[bono_212]

At risk of sounding like Shouty Pop on For Givin' Us Cock Record, I wish I liked #1 as much as you guys did.

I don't wish I did I just straight up don't like it and I accept that.

 

[bono_212]

Holy shit, I'll accept 3rd place., but I am drawing a blank on what must have passed it

Oh, duh.

 

[PhilsFan]

1. Tame Impala - Lonerism (135 points, 14 votes)

"Sweeeeeet." - LemonMelon
"Be Above It really sucks. What a crap opener." - Friggin' Cobbler
"Fucking excellent." - Sad Punk
"Where is my copy?" - The Tourist
"Amazing." - Mikal
"I endorse this record." - Kieran McConville
"It's a really long way to JB HiFi from here." - Danny Boy
"Damn strong album." - Iron Yuppie
"Endless blasts of colour." - Hollow Island
"Good stuff." - Phanan
"Bitch was sold out at Fingerprints." - Martha

 

[Imperor]

I don't wish I did I just straight up don't like it and I accept that.

There's quite a bit I actually do like about it, but it paled in comparison to Innerspeaker for me. I didn't even ever register an opinion on it here since I was so nonplussed and didn't want to be a downer.

I do adore "Elephant" though.

 

[bono_212]

I phrased that incorrectly what I meant was I had no expectations of liking it and therefore when I didn't care that much for it wasn't very disappointed

I enjoy it and I enjoy inner speaker but neither are huge favorites for me is all

 

[u2popmofo]

I think I may have watched that PS22 kids chorus video of Feels Like We Only Go Backwards more than actually listened to the real song in 2012.

 

[lazarus]

At risk of sounding like Shouty Pop on For Givin' Us Cock Record, I wish I liked #1 as much as you guys did.

It's actually "Whore, Give This Cock Rectum", but your sentiment is noted.

 

[lazarus]

Only four votes for Dirty Proj? And it's below fucking SPRINGSTEEN?

Fail, Interference.


Also, Tennis not placing at all really sucks.

 

[iron yuppie]

Great idea with the quotes, PFan. Agent Orange's comment about Bloom being $1.99 really had me laughing.

I wish Bloom had pulled it off, but Lonerism is a worthy victor.

 

[Imperor]

Tennis not making my list is a testament to how strong 2012 was and an indictment of releasing albums so early in the year.

 

[Dalton]

Alaina and Pat are fuckknobs.

 

[Imperor]

Worth noting: if my list were canon, we'd have a tie for #1. As creator (i.e. thief of AV Club's idea) of this points system, my vote should count, damn it.

 

[PhilsFan]

When Ashley stated somewhere that Lonerism was number one, it was literally the only time that it wasn't. There was a brief point between lists where Bloom had 105 and Lonerism had 104. Other than that, Lonerism basically led the entire way.

 

[PhilsFan]

For fun, here's the list with Impy added in:

T-1. Tame Impala - Lonerism
T-1. Beach House - Bloom
3. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
4. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
5. Chromatics - Kill for Love
6. Shearwater - Animal Joy
7. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
8. Passion Pit - Gossamer
9. Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
10. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City
11. Grizzly Bear - Shields
12. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
13. Jack White - Blunderbuss
14. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
15. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
16. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
17. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
18. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
19. Menomena - Moms
20. Twin Shadow - Confess
21. Cat Power - Sun
22. Metric - Synthetica
23. Grimes - Visions
24. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
25. Bob Dylan - Tempest
26. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
T-27. Bloc Party - Four
T-27. Frankie Rose - Interstellar
29. DIIV - Oshin
30. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself

 

[Imperor]

Fuck, I forgot Grizzly Bear. GOOD THING IT DOESN'T MATTER.