Your 2012 In Music

[Cal]

Might as well. Pretty sure I did something similar last year.

Albums You Bought in 2012

Top 5 Albums of 2012

Top 5 Tracks of 2012

Most Anticipated Album of 2013

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Last.FM Stuff:
Set charts to last 12 months

Top 15 Artists

Top 15 Albums

Top 15 Tracks

[Cal]

Albums You Bought in 2012
Abdominal and the Obliques - Sitting Music
Apathy - The Alien Tongue
Apathy - It's the Bootleg, Muthafucka! Vol 3
DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - The Kolexxxion
La Coka Nostra - Masters of the Dark Arts
Murs & 9th Wonder - The Final Adventure
Murs - Yumiko: Curse of the Merch Girl
Prozak - Nocturnal
Prozak - Paranormal
Various - Mass Effect 3 OST
Vinnie Paz - God of the Serengeti
Vinnie Paz - The Priest of Bloodshed

Top 5 Albums Released in 2012
1 - Abdominal and the Obliques - Sitting Music
2 - La Coka Nostra - Masters of the Dark Arts
3 - Prozak - Nocturnal
4 - Apathy - It's the Bootleg, Muthafucka! Vol 3
5 - Various - Mass Effect 3 OST

Top 5 Tracks of 2012
1 - Abdominal and the Obliques - Broken
2 - La Coka Nostra - Mind Your Business
3 - Prozak - Alien
4 - Clint Mansell and Sam Hulick - An End, Once and For All
5 - Vinnie Paz - The Oracle

Most Anticipated Album of 2013
ILL BILL - The Grimy Awards

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Last.FM Stuff:
Not been playing as much on last.fm tracked programs this year thanks to artists starting to use soundcloud and youtube for early releases.

Top 15 Artists


Top 15 Albums


Top 15 Tracks

[skalpel]

Albums You Bought in 2012

Way too many to remember, so I'll post some of the more notable vinyl purchases (though I already owned all of them on other formats long before buying, I like collecting favourites on LP):

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Nas - Illmatic
John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers


Top 5 Albums Released in 2012

Still a bit too early for me to say.


Top 5 Tracks of 2012

Does this have to be stuff released in 2012? If not, then:

Lee Moses - What You Don't Want Me To Be
Claude Debussy - La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
John Coltrane - Ole
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No.2 - III - Courante (Cocset)
Nas - Life's a b****


Most Anticipated Album of 2013

Not sure really. I usually have my head stuffed in the past. Possibly the new Madvillain album which I'm sure I read is due this year.

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Last.FM Stuff:
Set charts to last 12 months

I stopped using Last.fm in June . Plus my charts tend to be extremely bland and repetitive since it only records once in a while what is on one computer. Nevertheless :

Top 15 Artists
1. Nick Drake
2. Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Brian Eno
4. Alfred Schnittke
5. Aphex Twin
6. Gabriel Fauré
7. Frédéric Chopin
8. Ludwig van Beethoven
9. Eric Dolphy
10. Stars of the Lid
11. Charles Mingus
12. Iron & Wine
13. Dungen
14. Syd Barrett
15. Linda Perhacs


Top 15 Albums

1. Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello Suites
2. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
3. Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land
4. Nick Drake – Made To Love Magic
5. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II
6. Alfred Schnittke – String Quartets
7. Brian Eno – Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
8. Alfred Schnittke – Piano Quintet
9. Gabriel Fauré – Nocturnes
10. Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
11. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
12. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd's Dog
13. Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
14. Frédéric Chopin – Nocturnes
15. Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms


Top 15 Tracks

1. Nick Drake – Place To Be
2. Nick Drake – Things Behind The Sun
3. Nick Drake – Road
4. Nick Drake – Which Will
5. Nick Drake – Harvest Breed
6. Brian Eno – Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills)
7. Nick Drake – Horn
8. Nick Drake – From The Morning
9. Nick Drake – Know
10. Brian Eno – Lizard Point
11. Brian Eno – The Lost Day
12. Nick Drake – Parasite
13. Nick Drake – Clothes Of Sand
14. Brian Eno – Tal Coat
15. Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello Suite N°2 Bwv 1008 Sarabande

[Cal]

However people (or person if only yourself ends up replying) want to do it they can, I just went with 2012 only for all but last.fm to narrow down the options.

[TheLittleGeordie]

I only bought 1 album that came out last year. Linkin Park-Living Things
sorry for ruining your thread

[skalpel]

We should attempt a "favourite albums of all time" thread at some point. I'd probably end up needing to list at least 200 out of sheer obsession though .

[Ramone]

Albums You Bought in 2012
I'll restrict this to stuff that was released this year, because I can't remember all the albums I bought this year
Various Artists - Hotline Miami OST
Austin Wintory - Journey OST
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
Disasterpeace - Fez OST
Lifeformed - Fastfall
Ben Prunty - FTL OST

Top 5 Albums of 2012
1. Austin Wintory - Journey OST
2. Various - Hotline Miami OST
3. Lifeformed - Fastfall
4. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
5. Disasterpeace - Fez OST

Top 5 Tracks of 2012
1. Austin Wintory - Apotheosis
2. Disasterpeace - Sync
3. M.O.O.N - Hydrogen
4. Lifeformed - Light Pollution
5. Dinosaur Jr. - See It On Your Side

Most Anticipated Album of 2013
Dunno

[Amnesiac]

Albums You Bought in 2012
Only going to put my favourites as I bought quite a few.

Reuben - We Should Have Gone To University
Reuben - Very Fast Very Dangerous
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Atmosphere - Seven's Travels
Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
William Fitzsimmons - Until When We Are Ghosts
Greg Laswell - Three Flights From Alto Nido


Top 5 Albums of 2012

Prozak - Paranormal, is probably the only album I've listened to that was released last year that I enjoyed.


Top 5 Tracks of 2012
I'll just put the songs I enjoyed most in the last year instead of songs specifically released last year.

Atmosphere - Always Coming Back Home To You
Reuben - Three Hail Marys
Charles Mingus - Better Get Hit In Your Soul
Nick Drake - River Man
Prozak - Until Then

Most Anticipated Album of 2013

Unsure

I don't have LastFM

[overseasTOON]

Every album I bought in 2012 is pretty much post 2000.

I remastered my love of Led Zep (4th time!!!), embraced Embrace just for All you good people, Gomez grabbed my attention and soaught out Sensor.

Alex Clare album I bought in 2011 became popular in 2012 due to Microsoft.

9 years after being burgled and all my collection being stolen means I'm gradually replacing 20+ years of my life.

This 1DR band. New Beatles?

[Lidl]

Every album I bought in 2012 is pretty much post 2000.

I remastered my love of Led Zep (4th time!!!), embraced Embrace just for All you good people, Gomez grabbed my attention and soaught out Sensor.

Alex Clare album I bought in 2011 became popular in 2012 due to Microsoft.

9 years after being burgled and all my collection being stolen means I'm gradually replacing 20+ years of my life.

This 1DR band. New Beatles?

Gomez

[overseasTOON]

Every album I bought in 2012 is pretty much post 2000.

I remastered my love of Led Zep (4th time!!!), embraced Embrace just for All you good people, Gomez grabbed my attention and soaught out Sensor.

Alex Clare album I bought in 2011 became popular in 2012 due to Microsoft.

9 years after being burgled and all my collection being stolen means I'm gradually replacing 20+ years of my life.

This 1DR band. New Beatles?

Gomez

I was actually chefing for Gomez one night as I had a link to Rock City owners in Nottingham and I cooked their meals andf got a backstage pass for my efforts.

I couldn't make it back stage due to stuff but my future wife did and got signatures to her for great times and food.

I know Plan B now through the same people. He doesn't know my wife... Lady has to learn

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

This year I've bought mainly old albums...

Albums You Bought in 2012 (forgot some)
BBC Sessions - Led Zeppelin
Area 52 - Rodrigo Y Gabriela And C.U.B.A
Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da - Madness
2nd Law - Muse
Vol 1 - Billy Bragg
Various Queens of the Stone Age
Robot Legs - Impellers
6ix Toys - 6ix Toys
Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
Journey OST - Justin Wintory
Uncharted 3 OST
This Machine - The Jb Conspiracy
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy -Nobuo Uematsu
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Greatest Hit And More - Reel Big Fish
All Or Nothing - The Subways

Do these counts as albums?
The game 'Sound Shapes' has 'albums' where you go through levels designed by artists (I am Robot, Colin Mancer and Vic Nguyen etc) collecting icons that turn on notes to complete a song. The 'albums' from Beck and DeadMau5 are amazing!

Top 5 Albums of 2012
Journey OST
This Machine - The Jb Conspiracy
Area 52 - Rodrigo Y Gabriela And C.U.B.A
Sound Shapes Album - Beck
Sound Shapes Album - DeadMau5

oh god oh god why why why? album of 2012
2nd Law - Muse

Top 5 Tracks of 2012
This Machine - JB Conspiracy
Austin Wintory - Apotheosis
Diablo Rojo - Rodrigo & Gabirela feat CUBA
Touch the People - Beck
Madness - Muse (just cos it's the only decent song in a horrible album)

Most Anticipated Album of 2013
Mosquito - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Don't use LastFm

[Cal]

Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy -Nobuo Uematsu

Nobuo Uematsu