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Album + Single of the Year 2012
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Couple more nominations, both singles:
Lana Del Rey - Ride (Special Request remix) This is MAHOOOSIVE.
The Ha/Dance white label
Lana Del Rey - Ride (Special Request remix) This is MAHOOOSIVE.
The Ha/Dance white label
Can't believe that it's already the end of the year again.
Most listened new albums would be:
Kendra Morris - Banshee
Action Bronson - Rare Chandeliers
The Cactus Channel - Haptics
Roc Marciano - Reloaded
Not really a standout favorite album this year but think that the Alchemist won the year for me on the production tip. About everything he touched was fire to me.
Not really about the singles but if I have to pick I would say Summertime Strut by Magic in Threes.
I think that some of my 'old' new finds are champion this year
Most listened new albums would be:
Kendra Morris - Banshee
Action Bronson - Rare Chandeliers
The Cactus Channel - Haptics
Roc Marciano - Reloaded
Not really a standout favorite album this year but think that the Alchemist won the year for me on the production tip. About everything he touched was fire to me.
Not really about the singles but if I have to pick I would say Summertime Strut by Magic in Threes.
I think that some of my 'old' new finds are champion this year
I can imagine Frank Ocean would be the darling of the left wing bible. Great album though and one of my favourites of the year.
Other non hip hop choices (and it's been a great year for NYC hip hop in particular) are Tame Impala, Thundercat, Swans, and the Goat album which hadn't heard of before this thread.
Other non hip hop choices (and it's been a great year for NYC hip hop in particular) are Tame Impala, Thundercat, Swans, and the Goat album which hadn't heard of before this thread.
SP 1200 said:I can imagine Frank Ocean would be the darling of the left wing bible. Great album though and one of my favourites of the year.
I liked it too, but not as much as everyone else, it appears. And cynical as this is going to sound, I have serious doubts that it would have drawn such widespread, sustained acclaim if the backstory was less remarkable.
I liked it too, but not as much as everyone else, it appears. And cynical as this is going to sound, I have serious doubts that it would have drawn such widespread, sustained acclaim if the backstory was less remarkable.
SP 1200 said:I can imagine Frank Ocean would be the darling of the left wing bible. Great album though and one of my favourites of the year.
Other non hip hop choices (and it's been a great year for NYC hip hop in particular) are Tame Impala, Thundercat, Swans, and the Goat album which hadn't heard of before this thread.
I gave that Goat album a listen because of this thread. I really like some of it, what with the Dungen-meets-Rail-Band thing they got going, but can't really get into the whole screamy Karen-O style of singing.
looking through this thread makes me realize how little new music I listen to.
Other non hip hop choices (and it's been a great year for NYC hip hop in particular) are Tame Impala, Thundercat, Swans, and the Goat album which hadn't heard of before this thread.
I gave that Goat album a listen because of this thread. I really like some of it, what with the Dungen-meets-Rail-Band thing they got going, but can't really get into the whole screamy Karen-O style of singing.
looking through this thread makes me realize how little new music I listen to.
DocMcCoy said:SP 1200 said:I can imagine Frank Ocean would be the darling of the left wing bible. Great album though and one of my favourites of the year.
I liked it too, but not as much as everyone else, it appears. And cynical as this is going to sound, I have serious doubts that it would have drawn such widespread, sustained acclaim if the backstory was less remarkable.
I agree but I was surprised by how much I liked this album, as a non lover of R&B. It's even inspired me to give D'Angelo another try.
I think it would have benefited by being shortened a bit but I say that about a lot of albums these days.
I liked it too, but not as much as everyone else, it appears. And cynical as this is going to sound, I have serious doubts that it would have drawn such widespread, sustained acclaim if the backstory was less remarkable.
I agree but I was surprised by how much I liked this album, as a non lover of R&B. It's even inspired me to give D'Angelo another try.
I think it would have benefited by being shortened a bit but I say that about a lot of albums these days.
Not sure my most-listened to albums and singles of 2012 are particularly Strut-friendly, but here goes...
Albums:
John Talabot "Fin"
Grizzly Bear "Shields"
Actress "RIP"
Legowelt "The Paranormal Soul"
Lindstrom "Smalhans"
Singles:
Todd Terje "It's The Arps"
Pachanga Boys "Time"
Jai Paul "Jasmine"
Factory Floor "Two Different Ways"
Andrew Ashong "Flowers"
Protect-U "Motorbike"
Hunee "Tide"
Kindness "SEOD"
Bullion "Say Arr Ee "
Albums:
John Talabot "Fin"
Grizzly Bear "Shields"
Actress "RIP"
Legowelt "The Paranormal Soul"
Lindstrom "Smalhans"
Singles:
Todd Terje "It's The Arps"
Pachanga Boys "Time"
Jai Paul "Jasmine"
Factory Floor "Two Different Ways"
Andrew Ashong "Flowers"
Protect-U "Motorbike"
Hunee "Tide"
Kindness "SEOD"
Bullion "Say Arr Ee "
I wish we could all come up with our own lists in a vacuum. As an exhaustive reader of such things -- hey, it's been a slow week at work -- it's amazing how inevitably they all end up so similar. Still though, Frank Ocean. Partially due to the short run time of many of his songs, he's entered like all-time high status in plays on my three-year-old computer in iTunes. I've played "Sierra Leone," clocked in at 2:29, 41 times, good for No. 2 overall -- just off No. 1, Brian Eno's "Becalmed," which for self-explanatory reasons I've cued 47 times.
