Top 50 Albums of 2012
Not a bad year for music, though as I get older I do find myself getting a bit more out of touch with the cool new stuff. Oh well.
1. Neck of the Woods-Silversun Pickups
2. Celebration Rock-Japandroids
3. Blunderbuss-Jack White
4. Master of My Make-Believe-Santigold
5. Reign of Terror-Sleigh Bells
6. My Head Is An Animal-Of Monsters and Men
7. The National Health-Maximo Park
8. Shallow Bed-Dry the River
9. Four-Bloc Party
10. King Animal-Soundgarden
11. Kill My Blues-The Corin Tucker Band
12. Ghostory-School of Seven Bells
13. A Thing Called Divine Fits-Divine Fits
14. Something-Chairlift
15. In Time To Voices-Blood Red Shoes
16. Born Villain-Marilyn Manson
17. Sweet Sour-Band of Skulls
18. The 2nd Law-Muse
19. Handwritten-The Gaslight Anthem
20. Oceania-The Smashing Pumpkins
21. Attack On Memory-Cloud Nothings
22. Battle Born-The Killers
23. Onwards To the Wall-A Place To Bury Strangers
24. Silver Age-Bob Mould
25. Koi No Yokan-Deftones
26. Synthetica-Metric
27. Paralytic Stalks-Of Montreal
28. Dead Silence-Billy Talent
29. Love This Giant-David Byrne and St. Vincent
30. Not Your Kind of People-Garbage
31. Open Your Heart-The Men
32. House of Gold & Bones Part One-Stone Sour
33. The Sound of the Life of the Mind-Ben Folds Five
34. III-Crystal Castles
35. Fear Fun-Father John Misty
36. Lex Hives-The Hives
37. Now For Plan A-The Tragically Hip
38. Your Friend, The Atom-We Are the Physics
39. Beacon-Two Door Cinema Club
40. An Omen-How To Destroy Angels
41. The Only Place-Best Coast
42. Banks-Paul Banks
43. The Haunted Man-Bat For Lashes
44. Harakiri-Serj Tankian
45. Gossamer-Passion Pit
46. Hello Sadness-Los Campesinos!
47. Resolution-Lamb of God
48. Some Nights-Fun.
49. Centipede Hz-Animal Collective
50. New Horizons-Flyleaf
1. Neck of the Woods-Silversun Pickups
2. Celebration Rock-Japandroids
3. Blunderbuss-Jack White
4. Master of My Make-Believe-Santigold
5. Reign of Terror-Sleigh Bells
6. My Head Is An Animal-Of Monsters and Men
7. The National Health-Maximo Park
8. Shallow Bed-Dry the River
9. Four-Bloc Party
10. King Animal-Soundgarden
11. Kill My Blues-The Corin Tucker Band
12. Ghostory-School of Seven Bells
13. A Thing Called Divine Fits-Divine Fits
14. Something-Chairlift
15. In Time To Voices-Blood Red Shoes
16. Born Villain-Marilyn Manson
17. Sweet Sour-Band of Skulls
18. The 2nd Law-Muse
19. Handwritten-The Gaslight Anthem
20. Oceania-The Smashing Pumpkins
21. Attack On Memory-Cloud Nothings
22. Battle Born-The Killers
23. Onwards To the Wall-A Place To Bury Strangers
24. Silver Age-Bob Mould
25. Koi No Yokan-Deftones
26. Synthetica-Metric
27. Paralytic Stalks-Of Montreal
28. Dead Silence-Billy Talent
29. Love This Giant-David Byrne and St. Vincent
30. Not Your Kind of People-Garbage
31. Open Your Heart-The Men
32. House of Gold & Bones Part One-Stone Sour
33. The Sound of the Life of the Mind-Ben Folds Five
34. III-Crystal Castles
35. Fear Fun-Father John Misty
36. Lex Hives-The Hives
37. Now For Plan A-The Tragically Hip
38. Your Friend, The Atom-We Are the Physics
39. Beacon-Two Door Cinema Club
40. An Omen-How To Destroy Angels
41. The Only Place-Best Coast
42. Banks-Paul Banks
43. The Haunted Man-Bat For Lashes
44. Harakiri-Serj Tankian
45. Gossamer-Passion Pit
46. Hello Sadness-Los Campesinos!
47. Resolution-Lamb of God
48. Some Nights-Fun.
49. Centipede Hz-Animal Collective
50. New Horizons-Flyleaf