Year-End Critics' Polls 2012

non-house /= non-dance!

well yeah, but in the past ra hasn't exactly included much outside of the techno/house/post-dubstep world, but they would throw in a few more token indie picks than they did this year

idk half of the ra list hasn't really shown up elsewhere, dad techno or no

Christianity Today - Top Albums of 2012
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/december-web-only/2012-ct-music-awards.html?

1. Phil Madeira (et al.), Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us (Tone Tree Music)
2. Bonnie Raitt, Slipstream (Redwing Records)
3. Punch Brothers, Who's Feeling Young Now?(Nonesuch)
4. Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball(Columbia)
5. Andrew Peterson, Light for the Lost Boy (Centricity Music)
6. Anais Mitchell, Young Man in America (Thirty Tigers)
7. Carolina Chocolate Drops, Leaving Eden(Nonesuch)
8. Bob Dylan, Tempest (Columbia)
9. Andrew Osenga, Leonard the Lonely Astronaut(101 Distribution)
10. Julie Lee, Julie Lee & the Baby-Daddies (Still House Road Music)
11. Rosie Thomas, With Love (101 Distribution)
12. Lecrae, Gravity (Reach Records)

So,they're broad-minded about some/most of those Tempest lyrics?

or Tempestlyrics even?

mercy on the near-sighted typists

I'm glad TRAXMAN and Rashad are appearing on these lists, but Young Smoke isn't getting a lot of love and that was my favourite footwork LP of the year, certainly better than Traxman's effort.

Speaking of which:

http://www.spin.com/articles/best-dance-electronic-EDM-albums-2012

fairly sure only someone who believes they know what "dad-techno" is would use the term "dad-techno"

adult contechnorary

It's true, I'm actually a big fan of dad techno. But still.

What's some good dad techno?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwqZ48XZoNg

http://rlv.zcache.co.uk/official_my_dad_loves_techno_trucker_hat-p148086321445607244en7ly_216.jpg

Got zero time for bands wanting to revive Slowdive unless it's the first track on Pygmalion.

was casually trying to pick up this thread and passed by this tim f post. totally OTM. 'rutti' is stunning and the only track i can listen from slowdive nowadays - even tho i don't really need to.

(in a way, labradford kinda did that sometimes. albeit in a less "underwater romance" way)

Complex's top 50 albums:

http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-50-best-albums-of-2012/

well, d-40 throwing shade at spin's list is FINALLY RICH

though all kidding aside, Ka in the top 10 is a dope move

why is there no love for taylor swift?

didn't seem like this one got as much enthusiasm as in the past? her last album hit #26 on Pazz & Jop, that's prob as high as she'll get anytime soon

also "i knew you were trouble" is really only the second single to get a major push and it came out after most YE list deadlines

I thought WANEGBT would place in a few lists considering it was released around the third quarter of 2012

"You Belong With Me" was #10 on P&J, again I don't see the new one getting that kind of traction.

also "i knew you were trouble" is really only the second single to get a major push and it came out after most YE list deadlines

It came out before the album as a standalone single

RA didn't feel the need to make token non-dance gestures in their eoy lists this year

They voted for Jeremih and fucking Jai Paul, which is surely this year's most bewildering critical pick.

Like there's the merest whiff of greatness somewhere in 'Jasmine' but unless there's a version out there that doesn't sound like a tossed off demo I don't really get it.

I finally listened to the Andres track last night and it's pretty great, it's nothing revolutionary but I can see perfectly well how those strings would sound amazing at the right point in a set.

been listening to pitchfork track picks and came across lotus plaza's monolith. has indie declined this low or what...

Jai Paul, which is surely this year's most bewildering critical pick.

Yup

I think that record is pretty great actually. Though it's just Jasmine, there isn't really anything else to get excited about.

Going through the tracks I haven't heard on the RA list has been a bit hit and miss so far but that Factory Floor remix is massive.

Agreed

the ra list is very ineffectual as a case for the year in music.

and i don't think it's been a bad year for house/techno of the ra variety.

Like that Barnt track is a bit of serviceable if unexciting dancefloor filler but I'm not sure why anyone would vote it one of the tracks of the year or how it could end up so high in any list.

that track is HUGE. i agree with you, it sounds v unexciting to the laptop listener, but i think it's one of those "symbol" records a bit, plus i reckon at very loud volumes it takes on a new life.

all the big djs apparently played it incessantly all year. i only know this based on being in berlin in the summer. to me it sounds like a m_nus record from a few years back or something.

gah really want to read these spin lists but the website just doesn't work on my firefox. i click next but nothing happens

I was listening to it pretty loudly on decent headphones but it didn't do much for me, maybe it does work in a club setting but it also feels like you could slot it into almost any kind of set which explains why it's so big.

http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/3477/the-20-best-club-songs-of-2012

^^^ Kinda schizophrenic Time Out Clubbing list, chiefly notable because one of these lists has finally acknowledged that 'Oliver Twist' a) exists and b) is one of the best tracks of the year.

otm re: oliver twist

http://www.splicetoday.com/music/the-2012-splice-today-albums-poll

WE IN THIS BREH

It came out before the album as a standalone single

― lex pretend, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:21 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

welllll they released like handful of other songs as well. that's not really my point.

re: oliver twist, i saw it on the guardian top 40 tracks playlist but yeah it hasnt shown up in enough places

Xp you said it came out too late for EOY lists but it obv didn't

http://www.flavorwire.com/357103/stereotyping-you-by-your-favorite-album-of-2012

dozens of swings, a few hits, lots of misses

he said it was "the second single to get a major push and it came out after most YE list deadlines" so obviously he was talking about it going to radio and getting a video

in any event the idea that every critic in the world should've stood up and done their duty the moment TAYSTEP interested the world is lol

don't know how "entered" became "interested" in my brain there ugh

Rhapsody Top 50 Albums (Selection by committee, not really a poll; I had some input for this, though not a lot):

50) Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Motion Sickness of Time Travel
49) Santigold, Master of My Make-Believe
48) Jason Aldean, Night Train
47) Samuel Yirga, Guzo
46) TobyMac, Eye on It
45) Ke$ha, Warrior
44) Spoek Mathambo, Father Creeper
43) Prince Royce, Phase II
42) Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp
41) Pink, The Truth About Love
40) Alan Jackson, 30 Miles West
39) Lukid, Lonely at the Top
38) The Very Best, MTMTMK
37) Gary Clark Jr., Blak & Blu
36) Ana Tijoux, La Bala
35) Treponem Pal, Survival Sounds
34) Ellie Goulding, Halcyon
33) Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill
32) Dev, The Night the Sun Came Up
31) Laurie Spiegel, The Expanding Universe
30) Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
29) Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory
28) Grizzly Bear, Shields
27) Elle Varner, Perfectly Imperfect
26) Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof
25) Matthew Dear, Beams
24) METZ, METZ
23) Nas, Life Is Good
22) Alt-J, An Awesome Wave
21) Blackberry Smoke, The Whippoorwill
20) Robert Glasper, Black Radio
19) Dr. John, Locked Down
18) Beach House, Bloom
17) El-P, Cancer 4 Cure
16) Dwight Yoakam, 3 Pears
15) Alabama Shakes, Boys and Girls
14) The Lumineers, The Lumineers
13) John Talabot, Fin
12) Jack White, Blunderbuss
11) Swans, The Seer
10) Baroness, Yellow & Green
9) Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music
8) Grimes, Visions
7) Daphni, Jiaolong
6) Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel...
5) Daughn Gibson, All Hell
4) Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream
3) Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city
2) Japandroids, Celebration Rock
1) Frank Ocean, Channel Orange

Here's that link:

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-50-albums-of-2012

Rhapsody Top 50 singles (same deal -- not a poll per se', and I had some minor input.)

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-50-singles-of-2012

50) Skrillex, "Bangarang"
49) Scissor Sisters, "Let's Have a Kiki"
48) TobyMac, "Me Without You"
47) Bruce Springsteen, "We Take Care of Our Own"
46) Michel Teló, "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
45) Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
44) King Tuff, "Keep on Movin'"
43) Miranda Lambert, "Fastest Girl in Town"
42) Plan B, "Ill Manors"
41) Alt-J, "Something Good"
40) El-P, "The Full Retard"
39) Eric Church, "Springsteen"
38) Daphni, "Ye Ye"
37) Wisin y Yandel ft. T-Pain & Chris Brown, "Algo Me Gusta De Ti"
36) Meek Mill, "Amen"
35) Elle Varner, "Refill"
34) METZ, "Headache"
33) Swans, "The Seer"
32) M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
31) 2 Chainz, "Birthday Song"
30) Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"
29) Of Monsters and Men, "Little Talks"
28) fun., "Some Nights"
27) Juicy J, "Bandz a Make Her Dance"
26) Alex Clare, "Too Close"
25) Baroness, "Take My Bones Away"
24) Rush, "Headlong Flight"
23) Rihanna, "Diamonds"
22) Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
21) The Lumineers, "Ho Hey"
20) Psy, "Gangnam Style"
19) Phillip Phillips, "Home"
18) Little Big Town, "Pontoon"
17) Grimes, "Genesis"
16) Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait"
15) Solange, "Losing You"
14) Fiona Apple, "Every Single Night"
13) Nas, "Daughters"
12) Usher, "Climax"
11) Bat for Lashes, "Laura"
10) Kanye West, "Mercy"
9) Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
8) Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
7) Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap"
6) Dev, "In My Trunk"
5) Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
4) Miguel, "Adorn"
3) ZZ Top, "I Gotsa Get Paid"
2) Frank Ocean, "Thinkin' Bout You"
1) Alabama Shakes, "Hold On"

fun list, it was a good year for mainstream female vocal pop albums and it's nice to see those Dev and Pink and Ellie Goulding albums all get their due on one list (xp)