EOY 2012 - Exclaim ! (Canada)

[granit]

http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_best_al ... k_part_two
Pop Rock
01. Grimes : Visions
02. Tame Impala : Lonerism
03. Cloud Nothings : Attack on Memory
04. Japandroids : Celebration Rock
05. Fiona Apple : The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw & Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
06. Dirty Projectors : Swing Lo Magellan
07. METZ : METZ
08. Godspeed You! Black Emperor : 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
09. Jessie Ware : Devotion
10. Beach House : Bloom
11. Chromatics : Kill For Love
12. The Men : Open Your Heart
13. Swans : The Seer
14. David Byrne & St. Vincent : Love This Giant
15. How to Dress Well : Total Loss

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[Harold]

Can someone please post their other lists, including the second part (#16-30) of the Pop & Rock list? As always, thanks in advance!

[granit]

Top 50 Albums of the Year
http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_best_al ... ms_of_2012

1. Kendrick Lamar : good kid, m.A.A.d. city
2. Frank Ocean : Channel Orange
3. Killer Mike : R.A.P. Music
4. Flying Lotus : Until The Quiet Comes
5. Grimes : Visions
6. Tame Impala : Lonerism
7. Converge : All We Love We Leave Behind
8. Cloud Nothings : Attack On Memory
9. Japandroids : Celebration Rock
10. Fiona Apple : The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw & Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
11. Dirty Projectors : Swing Lo Magellan
12. Miguel : Kaleidoscope Dream
13. Andy Stott : Luxury Problems
14. El-P : Cancer 4 Cure
15. METZ : METZ
16. Action Bronson : Blue Chips
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor : 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
18. Jessie Ware : Devotion
19. Beach House : Bloom
20. Pig Destroyer : Book Burner
21. Chromatics : Kill for Love
22. Joey Bada$$ : 1999
23. The Men : Open Your Heart
24. Roc Marciano : Reloaded
25. Robert Glasper Experiment : Black Radio
26. Daphni : Jiaolong
27. Swans : The Seer
28. David Byrne & St. Vincent : Love This Giant
29. BadBadNotGood : BBNG 2
30. Santigold : Master of My Make-Believe
31. Georgia Anne Muldrow : Seeds
32. Corb Lund : Cabin Fever
33. Laurel Halo : Quarantine
34. Actress : R.I.P.
35. The Roots : undun
36. How To Dress Well : Total Loss
37. Schoolboy Q : Habits & Contradictions
38. Dragged Into Sunlight : Widowmaker
39. Grizzly Bear : Shields
40. White Lung : Sorry
41. Purity Ring : Shrines
42. Nas : Life Is Good
43. Neurosis : Honor Found in Decay
44. Alabama Shakes : Boys & Girls
45. Liars : WIXIW
46. Gaza : No Absolutes in Human Suffering
47. Pallbearer : Sorrow and Extinction
48. Azealia Banks : 1991
49. Ty Segall Band : Slaughterhouse
50. Neneh Cherry & The Thing : The Cherry Thing

[Harold]

They claim they compiled this overall top 50 out of "curiosity" - they've only done the separate genre lists in the past. Their curiosity earns my gratitude, because as far as I'm concerned this list supersedes the others and will be the one Exclaim! list I add to the spreadsheet.

[VacantJoy]

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