Your favorite albums of 2012 so far

[DragonOfTheBlackPool]

Originally Posted by AndyD

I've only bought 3 albums this year and I really like each of them.

Linkin Park - Living Things
Papa Roach - The Connection
The Raid - OST/Score

Will probably pick up Lupe's new one and Get Busy Committee's new one soon.

They have a new album coming out? Or are you talking about Uzi Does It? I can't remember exactly where I read it, but Apathy and Scoop both said the Committee was done (I think it was on Twitter). They were working on a new album (Opening Ceremony) but decided to call it quits or something like that. They released a few songs from it but the album is still unreleased and is not coming out anytime soon if ever.

My favorites of 2012:

Copywrite - God Save The King
Chino XL - Ricanstruction
Madchild - Dope Sick
Prevail - Spasefase
La Coka Nostra - Masters Of The Dark Arts
Vinnie Paz - God Of The Serengeti
Apathy - Fire Walk With Me (Alien Tongue was pretty good too)

[bootsy]

Slight update:

Nas - Life Is Good
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Ab-Soul - Control System
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
Usher - Looking 4 Myself
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.a.a.d. City
Robert Glasper - Black Radio
The Weeknd - Trilogy

[Mondo Bizarro]

I only bought 1 new release this year, so by default...

[Youre My Boy Blu!]

Basically, the story goes some kids in Australia decided to perfom a Séance and summon the spirit of John Lennon. When they did, they tricked the spirit into possessing one of the boys' bodies and promised the spirit of John Lennon he'd be released after he helped them save rock and roll by making some new music because most rock music these days sucks. So, the spirit of Lennon agreed to help these Aussies save Rock and Roll. The result, Tame Impala.

Tame Impala: Lonerism
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[ZooTv]

Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Linkin Park - Living Things
Soundgarden - King Animal

[Scarriere]

Here is my number 1(A):

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1. Rise With Me
2. Blood - This song grabbed my attention immediately and introduced me to this band.
3. Adrenalize - Kinda hedonistic. Basically about "wanting it"
4. Wh*r* - One of the best on this album. Maria Brinks used to be a stripper, so this one seems a bit auto-biographical.
5. You're Gonna' Listen
6. It Is Written - Cool interlude
7. Burn
8. Scarlet - Another of my favs. The opening guitar is good and I crank this one LOUD!
9. Aries
10. From The Ashes - This one sounds like Jim Steinman produced it and could've come straight off of Bat Out Of Hell. Good song!
11. Beast Within - Sounds like a dance floor or a strip club. Sexual sounding.
12. Comanche
13. The Blood Legion - Awesome "atmospheric sounding" song and would've been a great end to this Album except for...
14. 11:11 - A very good ending.

I caught "Blood" on Octane last summer and it grabbed me right away. My Step-Son later played "Wh*r*" and I was hooked.
I LOVE Maria's voice. She sings, purrs and shrieks and combined with her Bands' instruments, it all gels very nicely.
I don't know anything at all about this Band but I know what I like, and this is definitely something I like!

[Scarriere]

And here is my number 1 (B):

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[shrex]

Between the Buried and Me - Parallax II: Future Sequence
The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
Die Antwoord - Ten$ion
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange


probably my top 5

[leeving]

My list is a mix of releases made or re-released this year...

Grateful Dead - Winterland May 30th 1971
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson ‎– TAAB2
Belzebong - Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves ( the vinyl was reissued this year)
Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram - Mono reissue
Devo - New Traditionalists - Live 1981 Seattle
Brian Eno - Lux
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Jack White - Blunderbuss
How To Destroy Angels - An Omen EP_

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

And here is my number 1 (B):

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Scarriere! you hard-working-diamond-miner!


soundgarden : king animal
neil young : psychedelic pill
jack white is pretty good too...

[dobyblue]

In no particular order:

The Temper Trap - The Temper Trap
Dave Matthews Band - Away From the World
Mumford & Sons - Babel
Soundgarden - King Animal

[Scarriere]

Originally Posted by nefilim

Scarriere! you hard-working-diamond-miner!


soundgarden : king animal
neil young : psychedelic pill
jack white is pretty good too...

Hahaha!
I can't help it, she's awesome! I'm gonna edit-in some thoughts on her album within the next day or so. It is really good and you should check it out.
Have a gooder Bro!

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

Hahaha!
I can't help it, she's awesome! I'm gonna edit-in some thoughts on her album within the next day or so. It is really good and you should check it out.
Have a gooder Bro!

you do. and if you turn my head -- I'll own you a pint.

no, several.

[dvd_mazter]

My 2012 (Pretty much a lock for my best-of)

1) Bruno Mars - The Unorthodox Jukebox
2) Green Day - Uno!
3) Neon Trees - Picture Show
4) The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
5) Adam Barnes - Blisters ( Technically an EP but whatever )
6) Mumford & Sons - Babel
7) Frank Ocean - Channel Ocean
8) All Time Low - Don't Panic!
9) The Sheepdogs - The Sheepdogs
10) The Shins - Port of Morrow
11) Jack White - Blunderbuss
12) Guy Sebastian - Armageddon
13) The Fray - Scars & Stories
14) John Mayer - Born & Raised
15) Train - California 37
16) Matchbox Twenty - North
17) Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
18) The Vaccines - Come of Age
19) The Killers - Battle Born
20) Bloc Party - Four

It was almost impossible for me to even cut my list down to 20! Seriously a great year for music. Probably could have added another ten albums to that list

[puffyrock2]

Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Swans - The Seer
Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel
Deftones - Koi no Yokan
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill
Anathema - Weather Systems
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid MAAD City

[The Great Owl]

My 2012 albums, in order of preference.

1. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles III
2. DIIV - Oshin
3. Mode Moderne - Strange Bruises EP
4. School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
5. Chromatics - Kill for Love
6. A Place To Bury Strangers - Worship
7. The Raveonettes - Observator
8. Beach House - Bloom
9. Bob Mould - Silver Age

[iScottie]

¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tre! Trilogy

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Mondo Bizarro

I only bought 1 new release this year, so by default...

I'm a huge KISS fan but I really did not care for Monster. For one the mix is way too loud and harsh sounding. After listening to this album my ears felt completely pummeled and NOT in a good way! Plus Paul Stanley's voice really has become a liability to the band and I hate to say that because before it was always one of the band's strengths. Plus none of the songs really stand out to me. It's just a collection of OK material that's badly produced.

[Scarriere]

Only a couple days left to get my final 2012 thoughts in.

I bought the new Deftones album a while ago and haven't listened to it for whatever reason. Because I've seen it listed here more than once, I've been listening a couple times a day over the last few days. And boy, is it ever Fricken Good! I have heard some of their older songs on Octane ocasionally and liked them, but never bought an album. Koi No Yokan is an excellent introduction to a Deftones album! I have definitely been missing out by not checking out their music and that better (and will) change. This Album has jumped into my top three for the year.

So far my list goes something like this:

#1 Blood - In This Moment
#2 The Truth About Love - Pink
#3 Koi No Yokan - Deftones
#4 Dogs Eating Dogs - Blink 182

I've bought albums by Artists I have liked in the past but their latest efforts haven't impressed me. The Papa Roach, Linkin Park and Three Days Grace albums were disappoinments for me. I absolutely loved their past stuff and they are stellar in concert, but I think my time with them is over. I hope not, but...
There is more but I'll leave it for now and edit or add before Jan 1st.
*edit
I still haven't got Green Days album(s) yet and also haven't listened to Stone Sour's latest enough to form an opinion.

[MiracleandWonder]

in no special order

David Byrne/St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Mumford And Sons - Babel
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Django Django - Django Django
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
Lumineers - Lumineers
Muse - The 2nd Law
Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal

a lot of other great records too