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Harold

It's hard to believe Kanye wouldn't be number 1 if there was an actual critics' poll on this. And the Black Keys' Brothers that much higher than El Camino seems off, especially since El Camino was their mainstream breakthrough with their two signature songs. Both of these seeming anomalies can be e...

Harold

With the 2012 EOY list just about complete, as far as I can tell (a few stragglers may yet arrive), I thought I'd revisit one of my favorite topics: unofficially (to say the least) predicting the ranking or ordering of recent albums as they're added to the AM all-time list. Forum regulars may be awa...

Harold

My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John. Just kidding. (Bonus points for getting the reference!) My name actually is Harold, and I'm 43. I live in Chicago, have a Master's in film studies from the University of Iowa, and work as an administrative assistant to the provost of a local univer...

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1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D city 3. Tame Impala - Lonerism 4. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser... 5. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music 6. Django Django - Django Django 7. Jack White - Blunderbuss 9. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure 10. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas 11. Cloud...

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And it's changed again. Christ Almighty. For the last time, I hope. Nothing major this time - insert Azealia Banks's 1991 at #90 and drop the rest down a notch (goodbye, dB's). A couple of other minor position switches but nothing worth noting here. Again, verify the godforsaken list BEFORE you pos...

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Updated with:

USA/Canada: Village Voice Pazz & Jop
Rest of the World: Plattentests [Germany], Go Mag - Natl/Intl [Spain], Dagbladet [Norway], Screenagers [Poland]

Harold

Double-posted accidentally. I'm not seeing how to delete a post, so I'll replace it with this.

Harold

Corrected top 100: 1 Frank Ocean, Channel Orange Points: 1952 Def Jam Mentions: 170 2 Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, m.A.A.d City Points: 1451 Interscope Mentions: 125 3 Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel... Points: 1124 Epic Mentions: 101 4 Japandroids, Celebration Rock Points: 908 Polyvinyl Mentions: 73 5 Mi...

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Possible caveat: there's a link to the list of just the top 40 albums, which has some differences (the point totals and numbers of mentions are different - they're different for Channel Orange on the P&J homepage, too - and a couple of albums at the bottom aren't in the top 40 on the full list ...

Harold

With all the love Kendrick Lamar is getting from critics, I'm kind of surprised to see it only 41 on the 2012 spreadsheet? Umm... that's because what you're looking at is the very first version that I posted in the albums spreadsheet thread, when there were only a few lists available. Keep going do...

Harold

Possible caveat: there's a link to the list of just the top 40 albums, which has some differences (the point totals and numbers of mentions are different - they're different for Channel Orange on the P&J homepage, too - and a couple of albums at the bottom aren't in the top 40 on the full list I...

Harold

Just posted. Here's the top 100 albums. #1 and #2 should come as no surprise, I'm sure. 1 Frank Ocean, Channel Orange Points: 2007 Def Jam Mentions: 175 2 Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, m.A.A.d City Points: 1461 Interscope Mentions: 126 3 Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel... Points: 1124 Epic Mentions: 101 4 ...

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10. Lone - Galaxy Garden 9. Purity Ring - Shrines 8. John Talabot - fIN 7. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes 6. Jessie Ware - Devotion 5. Grizzly Bear - Shields 4. Tame Impala - Lonerism 3. BJ The Chicago Kid - Pineapple Now-Laters 2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D city 1. Frank Ocean - Chann...

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Albums 30-11: 30. Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance 29. Voices from the Lake - Voices from the Lake 28. Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi - Imikuzushi 27. Fort Romeau - Kingdoms 26. The xx - Coexist 25. Ice Choir - Afar 24. Burial - Kindred EP 23. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream 22. ...

Harold

Ireland's Hot Press has a top 30 albums list (with alt-J at #1), but I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone help with this? Thanks in advance!

Harold

International albums: 1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 2. Kindness - World, You Need a Change of Mind 3. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar 4. Chromatics - Kill for Love 5. Tame Impala - Lonerism 6. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D city 7. Bob Dylan - Tempest 8. Iris DeMent - Sing the Delta 9. Bill Fa...

Harold

For me, one of the biggest surprises is the very poor showing for Patti Smith's Banga. An ambitious, generally well-reviewed album by one of the most critically revered artists around, and it's only at #312 with 5 points on the EOY spreadsheet?

Harold

A note (and I'm glad I checked): This is NOT the UK music publication The Word, which I've learned is now defunct. It's a Belgian site that's appropriated the name (or, more likely, happens to have the same name).

Harold

Will the 2012 EOY rankings for The Weeknd's Trilogy be applied to each of the three individual 2011 mixtapes compiled therein (House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence)?

Harold

Gah. Anyone have an explanation as to how Lana del Rey is doing so well? I thought Born to Die was pretty roundly panned when it came out last year, but now I see it pulling ahead of much better albums, such as WIXIW and Locked Down , that received glowing reviews. Is Lana del Rey just more "h...

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Updated with:

USA/Canada: Textura [Canada], SputnikMusic
UK/Ireland: Mixmag
Rest of the World: The Yers [France], Dagasavisen [Norway], Liberation [France], PopNews [France], SWQW (formerly Chroniques Electroniques)-Experimental/Other [France]

Harold

In the past we have renumbered lists like this though. The numbers would then be: 1/ Beach House - Bloom 2/ Deerhoof - Breakup Song 3/ Phantom Buffalo - Tadaloora 5/ Grizzly Bear - Shields 5/ Dominique A - Vers les lueurs 5/ Sharon Van Etten - Tramp 7/ Alt-J - An Awesome Wave 9/ Islands - A Sleep &...

Harold

Henrik: Assuming that this is eligible (as its predecessor, Chroniques Electroniques, was last year), what should I put in row 3? Last year there were 55 albums spread across three subgenre lists, and we decided to make 30 the plus-30 number (I can't remember why); this year there are 60 albums and...

Harold

Gaaa!!! I hate when they do things like this! alt-J is NOT in fifth place on this list, it's in seventh! Etc., etc. (This is what drives me nuts about Films101.com, as well.) Sigh. I'll respect the rankings, but I will mark the plus-30 number as 46 to reflect that this "top 10" actually c...

Harold

Gaaa!!! I hate when they do things like this! alt-J is NOT in fifth place on this list, it's in seventh! Etc., etc. (This is what drives me nuts about Films101.com, as well.) Sigh. I'll respect the rankings, but I will mark the plus-30 number as 46 to reflect that this "top 10" actually co...

Harold

Henrik: Assuming that this is eligible (as its predecessor, Chroniques Electroniques, was last year), what should I put in row 3? Last year there were 55 albums spread across three subgenre lists, and we decided to make 30 the plus-30 number (I can't remember why); this year there are 60 albums and ...

Harold

10. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten 9. Deftones - Koi No Yokan 8. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon 7. Jessie Ware - Devotion 6. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 5. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself 4. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music 3. The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now 2. Godspeed You! Blac...

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A top 20 with 20 honorable mentions; as the HM's are ranked as well, I'm treating this as a top 40. 1. Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers 2. Roomful of Teeth: Roomful of Teeth 3. Tin Hat: the rain is a handsome animal 4. Parallel41: Parallel41 5. Alexander Berne and The Abandoned Orchestra: Self ...

Harold

Can someone please clarify that this is actually the result of a critics' poll? I want to make sure before adding it to the spreadsheet. Thanks! http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/nye-takter/frank-er-arets-navn/ 1) Frank Ocean - «Channel Orange» 2) Tame Impala - «Lonerism» 3) First Aid Kit - «The Lion‘...

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1. alt-J - An Awesome Wave
2. Passion Pit - Gossamer
3. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D. city
4. Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
5. C2C - Tetra
6. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
7. Nas - Life is Good
8. Lilly Wood and The Prick - The Fight
9. Grimes - Visions
10. NZCA Lines - Compass Points

Harold

Central link to the 5 sections of their top 50 below. As always, thanks in advance to whoever can transcribe it here:

http://www.mixmag.net/category/article-tags/best-albums

Harold

A USA-heavy update: USA/Canada: Billboard, Epitonic, Little White Earbuds, MSN, The Agit Reader, XLR8R, Passion of the Weiss, Death & Taxes, HipHopDX, The Owl, Austin Town Hall, eMusic Rest of the World: Indie Hoy [Argentina], Super 45 [Chile], Club Fonograma-Intl/Latin [Mexico] Welcome to the t...

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I actually didn't notice until just now that they've only just started posting the list, and that this is as far as they've gotten. Thanks!

Harold

Thanks, Otis!

Harold

Top 25, unranked, in chronological order of release: Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahausca !Mayday! - Take Me to Your Leader O.C. & Apollo Brown - Trophies Ab-Soul - #controlsystem Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music El-P - Cancer 4 Cure Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the U...

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http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2012/12/x ... ses-part-o

Thanks!

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http://www.sputnikmusic.com/staffbestof2012

Again, thanks in advance!

Harold

Thanks, Arnaud!

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And another. Why can't these sites just provide a straight list we can cut-and-paste?

http://passionweiss.com/2012/12/24/the- ... s-of-2012/

Harold

12. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D. city 11. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser… 10. Mumford & Sons - Babel 8. Taylor Swift - Red 8. THEESatisfaction - Awe Naturale 7. Bob Dylan - Tempest 6. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls 4. Jack White - Blunderbuss 4. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Bal...

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1. Actress - R.I.P. 2. Juju & Jordash - Techno Primitivism 3. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems 4. Terrence Dixon - From the Far Future Pt. 2 5. Madteo - Noi No 6. Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ Eps 7. Laurel Halo - Quarantine 8. Jahiliyya Fields - Unicursal Hexagram 9. Claro...

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1. Grizzly Bear - Shields 2. Swans - The Seer 3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 4. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes 5. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory 6. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music 7. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp 8. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D. city 9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah!...

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Another transcription request, with thanks in advance:

http://www.theowlmag.com/features/theow ... s-of-2012/

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No order: Action Bronson - Blue Chips Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself Azari & III - s/t Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man Beach House - Bloom Brother Ali - Mourning in America Burial - Kindred EP Death Grips - The Money Store DIIV - Oshin Grimes - Visions Hot Chip - In Our Heads Japandroids - Cel...

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1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D. city
3. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
4. Jessie Ware - Devotion
5. Taylor Swift - Red
6. Beach House - Bloom
7. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
8. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
9. Cat Power - Sun
10. alt-J - An Awesome Wave

Harold

http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/music-ne ... s-of-2012/:

If someone could please transcribe eMusic's top 100 album list for 2012, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

Harold

100 – Lace Curtains – The Garden of Joy and the Well of Loneliness 99 - Junk Culture – Wild Quiet 98 – Saint Motel – Voyeur 97 – Metz – Metz 96 – Crocodiles – Endless Flowers 95 – So Many Wizards – Warm Nothing 94 – Big Wave Riders – Life Less Ordinary 93 – The Pharmacy – Stoned and Alone 92 – Daugh...

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20. Slug Guts - Playin' in Time with the Deadbeat 19. Guided by Voices - The Bears for Lunch 18. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse 17. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser… 16. Timmy's Organism - Raw Sewage Roq 15. Cody ChesnuTT - Landing on a Hundred 14. Chromatics - Kill for Love 13. Moon Duo - Ci...

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One missing:
42. Tame Impala - Lonerism

Thanks for this list and all the others, Otis!

Harold

Harold, I don't see yet the "Libération" list in your AM EOY albums 2012 lists. Is it normal? I just realized that I never added the Liberation list from 2011 - I think it got lost in a flood of lists, and because it's an unranked set of different short lists I put it aside and then never...

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