Top Albums of 2012: 100-51

It’s really hard to narrow down a list of Top Albums of 2012, especially when you have four contributors with different opinions.  We gave the reins to Nathan.Lankford and Nicole Baumann on this one, since they write the majority of the album reviews, but we all have a little representation within this.  Now, we do realize that our site has specialized tastes, so please realize that these are our OPINIONS.  You’re welcome to disagree, and, in fact, we encourage that process.  Also, we’re doing a Top 100 because so many records came out this year, it wouldn’t be fair to narrow it down.  Not to mention it might lead you to discover some hits you hadn’t heard about yet. Oh, and we don’t really like Frank Ocean or hip-hop…just a personal choice…here’s the first segment.

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 – Daughn Gibson – All Hell

91 – Beachwood Sparks – Tarnished Gold

90 – The Memories – The Memories

89 – Volcano – Pinata

88 – Unnatural Helpers – Land Grab

87 – Titus Andronicus – Local Business

86 – Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold

85 – The Babies – Our House on the Hill

84 – The Calm Blue Sea – Arrivals & Departures

83 – Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse

82 – Evans the Death – Evans the Death

81 – Natural Child – Hard in Heaven

80 – King Tuff – King Tuff

79 – Woolen Kits – Four Girls

78 – The Eastern Sea – Plague

77 – Pop Singles – All Gone

76 – Dot Dash – Winter Garden Light

75 – White Arrows – Dry Land is Not a Myth

74 – La Sera – Sees the Light

73 – White Wires – WWIII

72 – Grape Street – A Date With You

71 – AC Newman – Shut Down the Streets

70 – Allo Darlin – Europe

69 – Teen Daze – All of Us Together

68 – Dana Buoy – Summer Bodies

67 – Mind Spiders – Meltdown

66 – We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves – Make a Mess of Sacred Ground

65 – The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things

64 – Screaming Females – Ugly

63 – Bowerbirds – The Clearing

62 – Gravenhurst – The Ghost of Daylight

61 – Holograms – Holograms

60 – Hot Chip – In Our Heads

59 – Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man

58 – The XX – Coexist

57 – Two Wounded Birds – Two Wounded Birds

56 – The Wave Pictures – Long Black Cars

55 – Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t

54 – Cat Power – Sun

53 – OBN IIIs – OBN IIIs

52 – The Wedding Present – Valentina

51 – Hospitality – Hospitality

Coming tomorrow is the 2nd half of our list.  Maybe your favorite album is in the top 50?  We shall see.  Maybe our whole Frank Ocecan thing was just to throw you off? Only the future will tell. See you tomorrow.