B&C's Best Albums of 2012

[Danny Boy]

Reposting Peef's rules from last year. Let's light this candle. I'll try to get my list up later today.

It's that time of year where I post the Impy Memorial Favorite Albums of the Year Tally and Discussion Thread. This is the jaunt where you say, "Fuck you, critics, I know my shit" and then go ahead and talk about that.

Here's the tally rules:
- You list your top 15 albums.
- You distribute 100 points up among those 15 albums however you see fit. You cannot exceed 15 points for a single album, however.

This is, of course, about more than just making lists. This is about everyone talking about their favorite music. You can make your lists longer than 15 albums while still ranking the top 15. You can post your favorite songs, all that good stuff. Just talk about all the awesome musical shit that went down in 2011 2012 and you'll be good to go.

Now, there's no rush. I don't think I tallied it up last year until towards the end of January, because people are still listening to the things they heard this year (I am too), and are still discovering albums they missed.

Go.

 

[Danny Boy]

...and just to clarify the rules for the final tally.

Okay, so the polling is officially closed. I will reveal the Top 30 shortly. A couple rules for this list:

We had 21 lists, so I made it so that you needed to get at least three votes (appearances on a list) to make the Top 30. This only affected two albums that made the Top 30 with just two votes.

Tiebreakers are number of votes. If you had the same amount of points, the list with the most appearances in lists gets the tiebreaker.

Let's do this.

 

[PhilsFan]

I have everything I need to run this shiznit again: an Excel spreadsheet and a dream. Let's do this.

 

[No spoken words]

You have all these rules and you think they'll save you.

 

[Danny Boy]

Well, here's my list. If I find time later, I may come back and fill in some comments.

1. Beach House - Bloom (15)
2. Tame Impala - Lonerism (14)
3. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (13)
4. Passion Pit - Gossamer (10)
5. Grizzly Bear - Shields (9)
6. Jack White - Blunderbuss (8)
7. Chromatics - Kill For Love (7)
8. Shearwater - Animal Joy (5)
9. Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action At A Distance (4)
10. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant (4)
11. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man (3)
12. Japandroids - Celebration Rock (3)
13. Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2)
14. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (2)
15. Grimes - Visions (1)

Incidentally, my final two cuts were:
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Wild Nothing - Nocturne

 

[No spoken words]

If you were within knife range, I'd show you how to really make a final cut due to your leaving Nocturne off.

 

[Danny Boy]

It was difficult.

 

[bono_212]

If you were within knife range, I'd show you how to really make a final cut due to your leaving Nocturne off.

I may have joined you in this venture.

 

[the tourist]

01. Tame Impala Lonerism (15)
02. Twin Shadow: Confess (14)
03. Wild Nothing: Nocturne (13)
04. Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action At A Distance (11)
05. Passion Pit: Gossamer (11)
06. Stars: The North (6)
07. Poor Moon: Poor Moon (6)
08. Damian Jurado: Maraqopa (5)
09. Melody's Echo Chamber: Melody's Echo Chamber (4)
10. Grizzly Bear: Shields (4)
11. Father John Misty: Fear Fun (3)
12. Pop Etc.: Pop Etc. (3)
13. David Bazan: Strange Negotiations (2)
14. The Fresh & Onlys: Long Slow Dance (2)
15. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (1)

Edited to add: My honorable mentions would be Beach House: Bloom, Kanye West: GOOD Music - Cruel Summer, The Shins: Port of Morrow, and Bear In Heaven: I Love You, It's Cool.

 

[No spoken words]

^ Now there's a man who clearly does not want to be stabbed.

 

[Danny Boy]

I just listened to Nocturne all the way through again. It's really good, but I stand by my decision. Who knows, if I'm still listening to it a year from now I may change my mind.

 

[No spoken words]

Fair enough.

 

[bono_212]

1) Wild Nothing - Nocturne (15)
2) The Killers - Battle Born (12)
3) Metric - Synthetica (9)
4) Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (9)
5) Chairlift - Something (8)
6) Japandroids - Celebration Rock (7)
7) Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man (7)
8) Shearwater - Animal Joy (7)
9) Frankie Rose - Interstellar (6)
10) Spiritualized - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (6)
11) Twin Shadow - Confess (4)
12) Stars - The North (4)
13) Ice Choir - Afar (3)
14) Sun Kil Moon - Among the Leaves (2)
15) Beach House - Bloom (1)

 

[No spoken words]

What's Ice Choir all about? What sort of music? Fucking tell me.

 

[LemonMelon]

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel (15)
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance (14)
Beach House - Bloom (10)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (10)
Wild Nothing - Nocturne (9)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (8)
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2 (7)
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (6)
Shearwater - Animal Joy (5)
Allo Darlin' - Europe (4)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (3)
Frankie Rose - Interstellar (3)
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Mad City (3)
John Talabot - ƒin (2)
Julia Holter - Ekstasis (1)

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

RED (100)

Fuck you.

 

[bono_212]

What's Ice Choir all about? What sort of music? Fucking tell me.

They sound like Tears for Fears like fucking crazy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiqjchTAzWY

 

[No spoken words]

Ohhhh, yeah, saw you posting about them like a crazy lady a few weeks ago.

Maybe I need to chickidy check that shizbangalang out.

THANKS.

 

[cobl04]

Well, here's my list. If I find time later, I may come back and fill in some comments.

And in last year's thread...

Here’s my final list with points assigned. Hopefully I’ll find time to add some comments later

 

[No spoken words]

Looks like someone just got COBL'd.

 

[bono_212]

Ohhhh, yeah, saw you posting about them like a crazy lady a few weeks ago.

Maybe I need to chickidy check that shizbangalang out.

THANKS.

Indeed, I was because I am a crazy lady about them.

 

[LemonMelon]

Looks like someone just got COBL'd.

The HISTORIAN needs to pull his memory stick out of his ass or friggin Cobbler might steal his title.

 

[cobl04]

The HISTORIAN needs to pull his memory stick out of his ass or friggin Cobbler might steal his title.

Well put Fresh.

I only saw it because I was looking for my post from last year, and it was at the top of the page my list was on.

 

[Danny Boy]

I'm a busy man.

 

[u2popmofo]

What if I want to keep my points secret? What if I want to keep them safe? Who shall I send them to? Who will accept this quest? Who will tally my points in the fires of Mount Doom?

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Danny Baggins.

 

[PhilsFan]

A lot of the albums ascending to the top are ones I have heard but never stuck with me. Looks like I'm doing some re-listening this week.

 

[nielsgov]

Let's do this.

1. Burial - Kindred EP (15)
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (15)
3. Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (13)
4. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory (12)
5. The Antlers - Undersea (10)
6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (8)
7. Grizzly Bear - Shields (7)
8. Julia Holter - Ekstasis (5)
9. Bloc Party - Four (4)
10. Balthazar - Rats (4)
11. Efterklang - Piramida (2)
12. Liars - WIXIW (2)
13. dEUS - Following Sea (1)
14. Sigur Ros - Valtari (1)
15. Deftones - Koi No Yokan (1)

 

[u2popmofo]

Why do you hate Truant / Rough Sleeper so much, Niels?

 

[nielsgov]

I love that one as well. Two Burial releases would be overkill and it's actually a single strictly speaking.

Also, everyone should check out Balthazar.
\promoting Belgian bands