Mojo – End of Year Lists 2012
01 Jack
White – Blunderbuss
02 Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
03 Bill Fay
– Life Is People
04 Leonard
Cohen – Old Ideas
05 Dexys
Midnight Runners – One Day I’m going to soar
06 Black
Keys – El Camino
07 Django
Django – Django Django
08 Dr. John
– Locked Down
09 Julia
Holter – Ekstasis
10 Bob
Dylan – Tempest
11 Scott
Walker – Bish Bosch
12 Tame
Impala – Lonerism
13 The xx –
Coexist
14 Hot Chip
– In Our Heads
15 Cat
Power – Sun
16 Bobby
Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe
17 Mark
Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
18 Orbital
– Wonky
19 Advance
Base – A Shut-In’s Prayer
20 Lee
Fields & The Expressions – Faithful Man
uncut End Of Year
Lists 2012
1. Leonard
Cohen – Old Ideas
2. Bob
Dylan – Tempest
3. Jack
White Blunderbust
4. Dr John
– Locked Down
5. Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
6. Bill Fay
– Life Is People
7. Ty
Segall & White Fence – Hair
8. Grizzly
Bear – Shields
9. Neil
Young With Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
10. Bruce
Sprinsteen – Wrecking Ball
11. Tame
Impala – Lonerism
12. Go-Kart
Mozart – On The Hot Dog Streets
13. Dexys –
One Day I’m Going To Soar
14. Paul
Buchanan – Mid Air
15. Field
Music – Plumb
16. The Ty
Segall Band – Slaughterhouse
17. Grimes
– Visions
18. Sharon
Vanetten – Tramp
19. Neneh
Cherry And The Thing – The Cherry Thing
20. The XX
– Coexist
21.
Beachwood Sparks – The Tarnished Gold
22. Mark
Lanegan – Blues Funeral
23. Julia
Holter – Ekstasis
24.
Allah-Las – Allah-Las
25. Patti
Smith – Banga
26. Graham
Coxon – A+E
27. Alabama
Shakes – Boys & Girls
28. Paul
Weller – Sonic Kicks
29. The
Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual
30. Ry
Cooder – Election Special
31. Hot
Chip – In Our Heads
32. Richard
Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
33. Micachu
& The Shapes – Never
34. Bobby
Womack – The Bravest Man On Earth
35. Six
Organs Of Admittance – Ascent
36. Sun Kil
Moon – Among The Leaves
37.
Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
38.
Lightships – Electric Cables
39. Dirty
Three – Towards The Low Sun
40. First
Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
41. Flying
Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
42. Dirty
Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
43. Neil
Young & Crazy Horse – Americana
44. Sun
Araw & M Geddes Gengras Meet The Congos – Icon Give Thank
45.
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
46. Cat
Power – Sun
47. Anais
Mitchell – Young Man In America
48. Howlin
Rain – The Russian Wilds
49. Damon
Albarn – Dr Dee
50.
Laetitia Sadier – Silencio
51. Lana
Del Rey – Born To Die
52. Cate Le
Bon – CYRK
53. PIL –
This Is PIL
54.
Yetilane – The Echo Show
55. The 2
Bears – Strong
56. Pond –
Beard, Wives, Denim
57. David
Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
58. Donald
Fagen – Sunken Condos
59. Father
John Misty – Fear Fun
60. The
Liminanas – Crystal Anis
61. Thee Oh
Sees – Putrifrers II
62. Ian
Hunter & The Rant Band – When I’m President
63.
Calexico – Algiers
64. Orbital
– Wonky
65. Nite
Jewel – One Second Of Love
66. Goat –
World Music
67.
Cornershop – Urban Turban
68. Woods –
Bent Beyond
69. Ty
Segall – Twins
70. Simon
Felice – Simon Felice
71. Lee
Ranaldo – Between The Times And The Tides
72. Rufus
Wainwright – Out Of The Game
73. The
John Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat + Bone
74. Bat For
Lashes – The Haunted Man
75. Carter
Tutti Void – Transverse
ΝME Albums Of 2012
01 Tame
Impala – Lonerism
02 Grimes –
Visions
03 Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
04 Crystal
Castles – (iii)
05 Alt-J –
An Awesome Wave
06 The
Maccabees – Given To The Wild
07 Pond –
Beard Wives Denim
08 The
Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
09 Jake
Bugg – Jake Bugg
10 Jack
White – Blunderbuss
11 Django
Django – Django Django
12 David
Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant
13 DIIV –
Oshin
14 The xx –
Coexist
15 Sharon
Van Etten – Tramp
16 Melody’s
Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber
17 Grizzly
Bear – Shields
18 Tribes –
Baby
19 Toy – Toy
20 Howler –
America Give Up
21 Cat
Power – Sun
22 Beach
House – Bloom
23 Richard
Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
24
Merchandise – Children Of Desire
25 Ariel
Pink – Mature Themes
26 Spector
– Enjoy It While It Lasts
27 Jessie
Ware – Devotion
28 Spiritualized
– Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
29 Mac
DeMarco – 2
30 Breton –
Other People’s Problems
31 G.O.O.D.
Music – Cruel Summer
32 Graham
Coxon – A+E
33 Hot Chip
– In Our Heads
34 Bat For
Lashes – The Haunted Man
35 Metz –
Metz
36 The
Vaccines - Come Of Age
37 Enter
Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
38 TEED –
Trouble
39 Liars –
WIXIW
40 Polica –
Give You The Ghost
41 Ty
Segall – Twins
42 Paul
Weller – Sonik Kicks
43 Ratking
– Wiki93
44 Kendrick
Lamar – Good Kid, mAAd City
45 Lana Del
Rey – Born To Die
46 Bobby
Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
47 John
Talabot – fIN
48 The 2
Bears – Be Strong
49 Flying
Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
50 Purity
Ring – Shrines
Q Album Of The Year
• 2Bears –
Be Strong
• Alabama
Shakes – Boys & Girls
• Alt-J –
An Awesome Wave
• Paul
Banks – Banks
• Bat For
Lashes – The Haunted Man
• Beach
House – Bloom
• Jake Bugg
– Bloom
• David
Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
• Cat Power
– Sun
• Leonard
Cohen – Old Ideas
• Daphni –
Jiaolong
• Lana Del
Rey – Born To Die
• Dirty
Projectors – Swing Low Magellan
• Django
Django – Django Django
• Bob Dylan
– Tempest
• El-P –
Cancer4cure
• Field
Music – Plumb
• Go-Kart
Mozart – On The Hot Dog Streets
• Grimes –
Visions
• Grizzly
Bear – Shields
• Ren
Harveieu – Through The Night
• Richard
Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
• Here We
Go Magic – A Different Ship
• Hot Chip
– In Our Heads
• Elton
John Vs. Pnau – Good Morning To The Night
• Josephine
– Portrait
• The
Killers – Battle Born
• Kindness
– World, You Need A Change Of Mind
• Mark
Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
• The
Maccabees – Given To The Wild
• Mala In
Cuba – Mala In Cuba
• Mumford
And Sons – Babel
• Muse –
The 2nd Law
• Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
• Orbital –
Wonky
• Peaking
Lights – Lucifer
• Plan B –
Ill Manors
• Emeli
Sande – Our Version Of Events
• Saint
Etienne – Words And Music By Saint Etienne
• School Of
Seven Bells – Ghostory
• Bruce
Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
• Tame
Impala – Lonerism
• Teed –
Trouble
• The
Vaccines – Come Of Age
• Sharon
Van Etten – Tramp
• The
Walkmen – Heaven
• Jessie
Ware – Devosion
• Paul
Weller – Sonic Kicks
• Jack
White – Blunderbuss
• Bobby
Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
Rolling Stone Critics Best Of 2012
1. Bruce
Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
2. Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
3. Jack
White – Blunderbuss
4. Bob
Dylan – Tempest
5. Fiona
Apple – The Idler Wheel…
6. Kendrick
Lamar – good kid, M.A.A.D city
7. Edward
Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Here
8. Green
Day – !Uno!
9.
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
10. Neil
Young and Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
11. Mumford
& Sons – Babel
12. Jimmy
Cliff – Rebirth
13. Leonard
Cohen – Old Ideas
14. Best
Coast – The Only Place
15. Dr.
John – Locked Down
16. Cat
Power – Sun
17. John
Mayer – Born and Raised
18. Nas –
Life is Good
19. Band Of
Horses – Mirage Rock
20. Killer
Mike – R.A.P. Music
21. Cloud
Nothings - Attack on Memory
22. Bonnie
Raitt - Slipstream
23. Divine
Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
24.
G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer
25. Donald
Fagen - Sunken Condos
26. Django
Django - Django Django
27. Gary
Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu
28. Beach
House - Bloom
29. Dave
Matthews Band - Away From the World
30. Azealia
Banks - 1991
31. Taylor
Swift - Red
32.
Hospitality - Hospitality
33. Grimes
- Visions
34. Alabama
Shakes - Boys & Girls
35. Grizzly
Bear - Shields
36. Bobby
Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
37. Justin
Townes Earle - Nothings Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
38. Titus
Andronicus - Local Business
39. Passion
Pit - Gossamer
40. Escort
- Escort
41. The
Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
42. Allo
Darlin - Europe
43. fun. -
Some Nights
44. Garbage
- Not Your Kind of People
45. Rick
Ross - Rich Forever
46. Muse -
The 2nd Law
47. Todd
Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
48. The
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
49. Amadou
and Mariam - Folila
50. Dirty
Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Spin End Of Year Lists 2012
1. Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
2. Kendrick
Lamar – good kid, M.A.A.D. City
3.
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
4. DJ
Rashad - TEKLIFE Vol. 1 - Welcome to the Chi
5. Miguel -
Kaleidoscope Dream
6. Bat for
Lashes - The Haunted Man
7. Swans -
The Seer
8. Killer
Mike R.A.P. Music
9. Ty
Segall - Twins
10.
Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe
11. Future
- Pluto
12. Death
Grips - No Love Deep Web
13. Cloud
Nothings - Attack on Memory
14.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Dont Bend! Ascend!
15.
Baroness - Yellow & Green
16. Fiona
Apple - The Idler Wheel...
17. Grizzly
Bear - Shields
18. King
Tuff - King Tuff
19. Traxman
- Da Mind of Traxman
20.
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
21. Daphni
- Jiaolong
22. Torche
- Harmonicraft
23. Dirty
Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
24. Cat
Power - Sun
25. Action
Bronson - Blue Chips
26. Tame
Impala - Lonerism
27. Sleigh
Bells - Reign of Terror
28. Jessie
Ware - Devotion
29.
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
30. Frankie
Rose - Interstellar
31. The xx
- Coexist
32. Goat -
World Music
33. Thee Oh
Sees - Putrifiers II
34. Mala -
In Cuba
35. Jack
White - Blunderbuss
36.
Beak> - >>
37. R.
Kelly - Write Me Back
38. Taylor
Swift - Red
39. Roc
Marciano - Reloaded
40. Animal
Collective - Centipede Hz
41. Purity
Ring - Shrines
42.
Lindstrøm - Six Cups of Rebel
43.
Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
44.
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
45. Nicki
Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
46. Spoek
Mathambo - Father Creeper
47. Metric
- Synthetica
48. Best
Coast - The Only Place
49. Heems -
Nehru Jackets
50. fun -
Some Nights
Clash – Recordings Of 2012
1. Bobby
Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
2. Alt-J –
An Awesome Wave
3. Frank
Ocean – Channel Orange
4. Death
Grips – The Money Store
5. Grimes –
Visions
6. Edward
Sharp And The Magnetic Zeroes – Here
7. Flying
Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
8. Django
Django – Django Django
9. Beth
Jeans Houghton And The Hooves Of Destiny – Yours Truly Cellophane Nose
10. Grizzly
Bear – Shields
11. Jack
White – Blunderbuss
12. Gang
Colours – The Keychain Collection
13. Tame
Impala – Lonerism
14. Kendrik
Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
15.
Kindness – World, You Need A Change Of Mind
16. Neneh
Cherry And The Cherry Thing, Cherry Thing
17. The XX
– Coexist
18. The
Weekend – Trilogy
19. The
Maccabees – Given To The Wild
20. Animal
Collective – Centipede Hz
21.
Efterklang – Pyramids
22. Swans –
The Seer
23. Liars –
WIXIX
24. Polica
– Give You The Ghost
25. Jimmy
Cliff – Rebirth
26.
Shackelton – Music For The Quiet Hour
27. Perfume
Genius – Put Ur Back N 2 It
28. Matthew
Deer – Beams
29.
Chromatics – Kill For Love
30. Micachu
And The Shapes – Never
31. Actress
– R.I.P
32. Dz Deathrays
– Bloodstreams
33. Jake
Bugg – Jake Bugg
34. Marconi
Union – Different Colours
35. The
Vaccines – Come Of Age
36. Julia
Holter - Ekstasis
37. Breton
– Other Peoples Problems
38.
Yeasayer – Fragrant World
39. The
Shins – Port Of Morrow
40. Willis
Earl Beal – Acoustmatic Sorcery
End Of Year Lists: 2012 Record Collector
• Damon
Albarn – Dr Dee
• Beachwood
Sparsk – The Tarnished Gold
• Beck –
Hanson’s Song Reader
• Peter
Blegvad & Andy Partridge – Gonwards
• John Cale
– Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood
• Leonard
Cohen – Old Ideas
• Bob Dylan
– Tempest
• Mary
Epworth – Dream Life
• Bill Fay
– Life Is People
• Beth
Jeans Houghten & The Hooves Of Destiny – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
• Liars –
WIXIW
• Bruce
Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 2012
1. Enter
Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
2. Deftones
– Koi No Yokan
3. Anathema
– Weather Systems
4. While
She Sleeps – This Is The Six
5. Pierce
The Veil – Collide With The Sky
6. Converge
– All We Love We Leave Behind
7. Green
Day – ¡Uno!
8. Blood
Command – Funeral Beach
9. Motion
City Soundtrack – Go
10. Lamb Of
God – Resolution
11. Hawk
Eyes – Ideas
12.
Winterfylleth – The Threnody Of Triumph
13. The
Menzingers – On The Impossible Past
14. Papa
Roach – The Connection
15. Lower
Than Atlantis – Changing Tune
16. Gojira
– L'Enfant Sauvage
17. Cancer
Bats – Dead Set On Living
18.
Soundgarden – King Animal
19. The
Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
20. Every
Time I Die – Ex Lives
21.
Baroness – Yellow & Green
22. Billy
Talent – Dead Silence
23. Young
Guns – Bones
24. Parkway
Drive – Atlas
25. Stone
Sour – House Of Gold & Bones Part 1
26. Devil
Sold His Soul – Empire Of Light
27. Rival
Sons – Head Down
28.
Axewound – Vultures
29.
Lostalone – I'm A UFO In This City
30. Rush –
Clockwork Angels
31. Vision
Of Disorder – The Cursed Remain Cursed
32. Killing
Joke – MMXII
33. The
Chariot – One Wing
34.
Mixtapes – Even On The Worst Nights
35. Rolo
Tomassi – Astraea
36.
Architects – Daybreaker
37. Black
Breath – Sentenced To Life
38. Steve
Harris – British Lion
39. Orange
Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned
40. Woods
Of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
41. The
Darkness – Hot Cakes
42.
Motionless In Whites - Infamous
43. Pilgrim
– Misery Wizard
44. Alcest
– Les Voyages De L'Âme
45.
Neurosis – Honor Found In Light
46. Title
Fight – Floral Green
47.
Turbonegro – Sexual Harassment
48. All
Time Low – Don't Panic
49.
Halestorm – The Strange Case Of ...
50. Mark
Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
Metal Hammer Albums Of 2012
Many thaks
to Alex Cook For this list
1. Gojira -
L'Enfant Sauvage
2. Devin
Townsend Project - Epicloud
3. Orange
Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned
4. Anathema
- Weather Systems
5.Neurosis
- Honor Found In Decay
6. Royal
Thunder - CVI
7. Black
Breath - Sentenced To Life
8.
Katatonia - Dead End Kings
9. Meshuggah
- Koloss
10.
Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
11.
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
12. Down -
Down IV Part 1 - The Purple EP
13. Ihsahn
- Eremita
14.
Baroness - Yellow And Green
15. Swans -
The Seer
16.
Hexvessel - No Holier Temple
17.
Turbonegro - Sexual Harassment
18. High On
Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
19. Killing
Joke - MMXII
20. Cancer
Bats - Dead Set On Living
Classic Rock
39. Storm
Corrosion: Storm Corrosion
38. Leonard
Cohen: Old Ideas
37. Heart:
Fanatic
36. Chris
Robinson Brotherhood: Big Moon Ritual
35.
Crippled Black Phoenix: (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
34. Flying
Colours: Flying Colours
33. The
Heavy: The Glorious Dead
32. Brad:
United We Stand
31. The Jim
Jones Revue: The Savage Heart
30.
Marillion: Sounds That Can’t Be Made
29. Shooter
Jennings: Family Man
28. Band of
Skulls: Sweet Sour
27. The
Cult: Choice of Weapon
26.
Squackett: Life Within A Day
25.
Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension
24. Black
Country Communion: Afterglow
23. UFO:
Seven Deadly
22. Tame
Impala: Lonerism
21. Phantom
Limb: The Pines
20.
Soundgarden: King Animal
19. Kiss:
Monster
18.
Anathema: Weather Systems
17. Muse:
The 2nd Law
16. Europe:
Bag of Bones
15. Walking
Papers: Walking Papers
14. Van
Halen: A Different Kind of Truth
13. The
Gaslight Anthem: Handwritten
12. Slash:
Apocalyptic Love
11. Ginger:
100%
10. Lynyrd
Skynyrd: Last of a Dyin’ Breed
9. Cory
Branan: Mutt
8. The
Darkness: Hot Cakes
7. Bruce
Springsteen: Wrecking Ball
6. Joe
Bonamassa: Driving Towards the Daylight
5. Jack
White: Blunderbuss
4. Howlin
Rain: The Russian Wilds
3. ZZ Top:
La Futura
2. Rival
Sons: Head Down
1. Rush:
Clockwork Angels
