2012 Albums Poll Afterparty of Stats, Ballots and Differential Calculus

Music is a weird and wonderful thing, especially as heard by different humans!

Thanks, again, for the great work on both polls. Lots of stuff here to keep me interested for a while

(btw....I honestly hadn't known about Quietus until 5 minutes ago)

mad I could have put Elle Varner on my list and kicked out AnCo and didn't :(

didn't vote, but i meant to. my top 20 can, nonetheless, be seen here:
http://walkingthelongmileshome.wordpress.com/

monotony, you too

my weighted ballot

Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake
Fucked Up - Year of the Tiger
Blondes - Blondes
Disappears - Pre Language
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Burial - Kindred EP
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
The Men - Open Your Heart
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
Swans - The Seer
Goat - World Music
Lone - Galaxy Garden
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Mohn - Mohn
Sand Circles - Motor City
Unsane - Wreck
John Talabot - Fin
Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
Killing Joke - MMXII
Demdike Stare - Elemental

kind of embarrassed about how high I put the animal collective album. It's the first thing by them I've liked since Feels, so I am by no means a superfan, but I felt the album was unfairly maligned so put it higher hoping it would make the top 77 (yesss!)

Weighted:

John K. Samson - Provincial
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Dar Williams - In The Time of Gods
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City
Joel Plasket Emergency - Scrappy Happiness
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Tinashe - Reverie
Amelia Curran - Spectators
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze
Aimee Mann - Charmer
Why? - Sod in the Seed

I forgot to post my ballot. I'm already having serious second thoughts about the Phenomenal Handclap Band (which I'd only discovered from the nominations). There are some brilliant things about I'm not comfortable with the excess of irony that seems to be involved.

Weighted:

Sa Dingding – The Coming Ones
Matthew Shipp – Elastic Aspects
Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite
Zazen Boys - Stories
Elio Villafranca/Arturo Stable – Dos y Mas
Phenomenal Handclap Band – Form & Control
NHK’Koyxeи - Dance Classics Vol. I & II
Cooly G – Playin’ Me

xp: cheers rev

rale - the moon regarded and the bright one sought
Le1f - Dark York
innergaze - mutual dreaming
Vatican Shadow - Ghosts of Chechnya
Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - Motion Sickness Of Time Travel
Rick Ross - Rich Forever
Young Smoke - Space Zone
Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

not the best ballot, thought i voted for blondes but i guess i didnt. also not that representative of what i really liked this year, most of which wasnt nominated.

is that lol boys fader mix available for d/l anywhere? the link at the fader has expired.

I can send it to you, prob tomorrow. I'm tired.

cool, i can wait

Weighted ballot, non-placing in bold:

Chromatics - Kill for Love
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Goat - World Music
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Blondes - Blondes
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Nina Kraviz - Nina Kraviz
Levon Vincent - Fabric 63
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Laurel Halo - Quarantine
Best Coast - The Only Place
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
Graveyard - Lights Out
Jam City - Classical Curves
Vatican Shadow - Ghosts of Chechnya
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
Cooly G - Playin' Me
The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies
Burial - Kindred EP
Schoolboy Q - Habits And Contradictions
iamamiwhoami - Kin
Gucci Mane - Trap Back
Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended

mine was weighted

Trust - TRST
Chromatics - Kill for Love
Goat - World Music
Amanda Mair - Amanda Mair
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Todd Terje - It's The Arps
John Talabot - Fin
Purity Ring - Shrines
Divorce - Divorce
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Kindness - World, you need a change of mind
Metz - Metz
Daughn Gibson - All Hell
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
DIIV - oshin
The Men - Open Your Heart
Tame Impala - Lonerism
LA Vampires and Maria Minerva - The Integration LP
Grimes - Visions
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Taylor Swift - Red
Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Orbital - Wonky
Blondes - Blondes

TheeSatisfaction - awE naturalE (*)
(*) I voted for this one, but it's not on the spreadsheet.

I voted for that too, I can see it on the spreadsheet #392 42 points, 3 votes

Oops, my powers of observation are failing me...

ha my position on the albums and singles graph is near identical

Here are mine. Non-charters in bold

Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Eyvind Kang - The Narrow Garden
Swans - The Seer
Chairlift - Something
John Talabot - Fin
Young Smoke - Space Zone
DJ Rashad - Teklife Vol 1: Welcome to the Chi
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Black Dice - Mr Impossible
Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken - The Death Defying Unicorn
Goat - World Music
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Om - Advaitic Songs
iamamiwhoami - Kin
LHF - Keepers Of The Light
Holly Herndon - Movement
Farrah Abraham - My Teenage Dream Ended
Slugabed - Time Team
Mala - Mala in Cuba
Dawn Richard - Armor On
UFOmammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Lone - Galaxy Garden

A bit about the albums I chose that didn't place:

Eyvind Kang - The Narrow Garden
This immediately knocked Swans off my number 2 spot. It's simply gorgeous - a blend of classical, ambient, psych and world music with incredible vocals courtesy of Kang's wife Jessika Kenney. Totally fantastical, epic and alluring.

Young Smoke - Space Zone
The most accessible (would love to call it a crossover) footwork album so far. Fans of everything from Daft Punk to that Lone album should check. More thoughts here

DJ Rashad - Teklife vol 1 Welcome to the Chi
A more traditional-sounding footwork album, but nevertheless envelope-pushing. Dance music in a pressure cooker in some sort of laboratory or something.

David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Two of my favourite musicians collaborate on a unique, horn-driven record that spans everything from jazz, hip-hop and marching band music. Took me a while to get into, but now I love pretty much every cut.

Black Dice - Mr Impossible
Hardcore band turn noise terrorists turn bass-driven techno animals. Thoughts here.

Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken - The Death Defying Unicorn
Completely overblown, ridiculously ambitious Scandinavian prog.

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Bluesy rock for the Jools Holland set, maybe, but the performances and songs on here really stand out from the crowd.

Om - Advaitic Songs
I should have voted this higher. This is atmospheric doom metal, but really it's barely even metal any more, just slowly unfurling psych-rock with Middle Eastern influences all over it. Great for spacing out/zoning in to.

LHF - Keepers Of The Light
I thought this would place higher. This is a really far out post-dubstep double album made by a shady clan of producers. It's a really surprising collection, loads of disparate samples, really cleverly interwoven. A real enigma.

Holly Herndon - Movement
Somewhere between Villalobian house, Laurel Halo-esque drapery and Laurie Anderson sound-art. Some tracks are danceable, others are strange voice sketches and experiments. A really odd record, not for everyone, but I like it.

Slugabed - Time Team
I just find this guy's production really satisfying. He's got this Aphex Twin-style knack for twisty melodies and interesting beats.

Mala - Mala in Cuba
A flawed album, with a few redeeming moments. More thoughts here

UFOmammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Epic space rock, not dissimilar to the OM album, but a different vibe in itself.

weighted:

Le1f - Dark York
Windhand - s/t
Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Pharaoh Overlord - Lunar Jetman*
Fushitsusha - hikari to nazukeyo
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Sungod - Cuts from the Ether
Sylvester Anfang II - Perzische Tapijten
Ice Dragon - Dream Dragon
Golden Void - s/t
Starring - ABCDEFG-HIJKLMNOP-QRSTUV-WXYZ
Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras meets the Congos - Icon Give Thank
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Pinkish Black - s/t
Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock
Flavor Crystals - Three
Bardo Pond - Yntra
Aqua Nebula Oscillator - Third
Sula Bassana - Dark Days
Neneh Cherry & the Thing - The Cherry Thing
Astra - The Black Chord
Fuxa - Electric Sound of Summer
Saint Vitus - Lillie F-65
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

*unbelievably forgot to nominate the Pharaoh Overlord so I ended up just swapping it out with For Lee Jackson in Space

Here is my weighted list.

iamamiwhoami - Kin
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Dexys - One Day I'm Going to Soar
Saint Etienne - Words & Music by Saint Etienne
Sebastien Tellier - My God Is Blue
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Tindersticks - Something Rain
Solange - True
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
Niki & The Dove - Instinct
Twin Shadow - Confess
Santigold - Master Of My Make Believe
Paul Buchanan - Mid Air
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Schoolboy Q - Habits And Contradictions
Chairlift - Something
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Grimes - Visions
The Chap - We Are Nobody
Keyshia Cole - Woman To Woman

High five to the other two Dexys voters.

Ha you pegged me - I read a lot of p4k

I voted dexys

i should read the Quietus apparently. Lots of people should.

I voted dexys

― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper)

Nice one. I thought I might be the only one who did.

Here's the LOL Boys mix lex

http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/87530650/file.html

did not enjoy Dexys, even though this is the year I fell for their OG stuff.

Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
Le1f - Dark York
Dawn Richard - Armor On
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Grimes - Visions
Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Future - Pluto
How to Dress Well - Total Loss
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP
Mykki Blanco - Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss

Taylor Swift - Red
Angel Haze - Reservation
Jeremih - Late Nights with Jeremih
Jade Alston - Single On A Saturday Night
Purity Ring - Shrines
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded
Solange - True
Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
Ke$ha - Warrior
JoJo - Agápē
G-Dragon - One of A Kind EP

11 in common!

Weighted, bold didn't place.

Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black
Tweak Bird - Under Cover Crops
Witch Mountain - Cauldron of the Wild
Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
UFOmammut - Oro: Opus Primum
Vespero - Subkraut U-Boats Wilkommen Hier
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
Sonic Youth - Smart Bar 1985
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
Sula Bassana - Dark Days
Tigon - Infinite Teeth
Lambchop - Mr. M
Goddess - Discovery
Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes
Striker - Armed to the Teeth
RAM - Death
Mugstar - Axis
Swans - The Seer
Ancestors - In Dreams and Time
Giant Giant Sand - Tucson
Graveyard - Lights Out
Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
Various Artists - For Lee Jackson in Space
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Drokk

i wish i'd listened to more albums this year

(weighted)

Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Mungolian Jetset - Mungodelics
John Talabot - Fin
Twin Shadow - Confess
Blondes - Blondes
CFCF - Exercises
Niki & The Dove - Instinct
Action Bronson & Party Supplies - Blue Chips
Quiet Village - Too High To Move: The Quiet Village Remixes
Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky
Dr. John - Locked Down
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Grimes - Visions
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Nina Kraviz - Nina Kraviz
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP
Chain & The Gang - In Cool Blood
Clams Casino - Instrumentals 2

Weirdly patterned non-placers here:

Mixed

Dawn Richard - Armor On
John Talabot - Fin
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Grimes - Visions
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Four Tet - Pink
EL - Something Else
Legowelt - The Paranormal Soul
Various Artists - LoveBug Riddim
Pye Corner Audio - Sleep Games

Actress - R.I.P.
Blondes - Blondes
CFCF - Exercises
Daphni - Jiaolong
Dave Aju - Heirlooms
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah
Le1f - Dark York
Miguel - Art Dealer Chic, Vols. 1-3
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday … Roman Reloaded
Robert Hood - Motor: Night time world 3
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Various Artists - Shangaan Shake
Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake

Weighted

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One
Swans - The Seer
Om - Advaitic Songs
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Black is Beautiful
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
TNGHT - TNGHT
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Crystal Shipsss - Yay
Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
Future - Pluto
The xx - Coexist
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Synd & Skam - Blafret Ør af Kjoler
Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock
Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme
Burial - Kindred EP
Chief Keef - Finally Rich
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
Grimes - Visions
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

rob you voted for EL too! A lot of overlap generally between our lists.

the EL album is great! a ton of good songs on there, remarkably consistent for a double-album I thought. Whenever people diss Nicki Minaj for trying to do too much, I think of EL (or most major Jamaican artists for that matter) and wonder why that would be a complaint.

There weren't a ton of surprises in the poll for me, but so far my big discoveries are this quite lovely Manuel Tur album I'm listening to right now, and Lindstrom's Where You Go, which I'd never checked out before having assumed all his stuff was like Real Life Is No Cool (which I liked but don't love). So thanks poll.

Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Mungolian Jetset - Mungodelics　
Disappears - Pre Language　
Adrian Sherwood – Survival and Resistance
Tussle - Tempest
Mouse on Mars – Parastrophics
Various Artists - The Cinematic Orchestra Presents in Motion # 1
Peaking Lights - Lucifer
Windy and Carl – We Will Always Be
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Burnt Friedman - Bokoboko
Liars - WIXIW
Django Django - Django Django
Todd Terje - It's The Arps
Om - Advaitic Songs
Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist
Beak> - >>
Grasscut - Unearth
Scuba - Personality
Moon Duo - Circles
Blondes - Blondes
Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme
Four Tet - Pink
Peaking Lights – Lucifer in D

Porcelain Raft released one of my favorite albums of the decade in 2012. Sad to see no-one feels the same.

That album's alright.

I'll take it! :)

i listened to it quite a bit last year, though tbh i had kinda forgotten about it

Yeah, my first couple of spins and I thought it was just solid. But I grew to love it after a half dozen spins or so.

I may see if there is already a thread on albums you love but most others find either middling or shite.

Lol just saw this last post. Shd start one if only to post abt the New Young Pony Club