{"id":42,"date":"2013-02-14T17:48:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T17:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckinabox.com\/blog\/files\/top_50_of_2012.php#unique-entry-id-345"},"modified":"2015-02-16T17:14:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T22:14:39","slug":"top-50-albums-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 albums of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year was more difficult than in year past and it hurt me to leave out a lot of great albums. With that being said here\u2019s my personal favorite albums of 2012.<\/p>\n

1. Beach House<\/strong> – Bloom<\/a>
\n2. A Place to Bury Strangers<\/strong> – Worship<\/a>
\n3. Goat<\/strong> – World Music<\/a>
\n4. Santigold<\/strong> – Master of My Make-Believe<\/a>
\n5. The Soft Moon<\/strong> – Zeros<\/a>
\n6. Sleigh Bells<\/strong> – Reign of Terror
\n7. Frank Ocean<\/strong> – Channel Orange
\n8. Lower Dens<\/strong> – Nootropics
\n9. Crystal Castles<\/strong> – (III)
\n10. Emeralds<\/strong> – Just To Feel Anything
\n11. Shackleton<\/strong> – The Drawbar Organ\/Music for the Quiet Hour
\n12. Memory Tapes<\/strong> – Grace\/Confusion
\n13. Mi Ami<\/strong> – Decade
\n14. Peaking Lights<\/strong> – Lucifer
\n15. The xx<\/strong> – Coexist
\n16. Swans<\/strong> – The Seer
\n17. Dan Deacon<\/strong> – America
\n18. Animal Collective<\/strong> – Centipede Hz
\n19. Teeel<\/strong> – University Heights
\n20. Skeleton Lipstick<\/strong> – Glows Then Melts
\n21. Merchandise<\/strong> – Children of Desire
\n22. Ariel Pink\u2019s Haunted Graffiti<\/strong> – Mature Themes
\n23. Grizzly Bear<\/strong> – Shields
\n24. Andy Stott<\/strong> – Luxury Problems
\n25. Om<\/strong> – Advaitic Songs
\n26. oOoOO<\/strong> – Our Loving Is Hurting Us
\n27. Dead Can Dance<\/strong> – Anastasis
\n28. Panabrite<\/strong> – The Baroque Album
\n29. Chromatics<\/strong> – Kill For Love
\n30. Nite Jewel<\/strong> – One Second of Love
\n31. Soil Creep<\/strong> – Small Death
\n32. jj<\/strong> – High Summer
\n33. Purity Ring<\/strong> – Shrines
\n34. Alexander Tucker<\/strong> – Third Mouth
\n35. Cold Specks<\/strong> – I Predict A Graceful Explusion
\n36. Holy Other<\/strong> – Held
\n37. Lorn<\/strong> – Ask The Dust
\n38. Yeasayer<\/strong> – Fragrant World
\n39. Dirty Projectors<\/strong> – Swing Lo Magellan
\n40. How to Dress Well<\/strong> – Total Loss
\n41. Raime<\/strong> – Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
\n42. Bat for Lashes<\/strong> – The Haunted Man
\n43. Fiona Apple<\/strong> – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
\n44. Jessie Ware<\/strong> – Devotion
\n45. Grimes<\/strong> – Visions
\n46. Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin<\/strong> – Instrumental Tourist
\n47. Cat Power<\/strong> – Sun
\n48. Scott Walker<\/strong> – Bish Bosch
\n49. Demdike Stare<\/strong> – Elemental
\n50. X-TG<\/strong> – Desertshore\/The Final Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year was more difficult than in year past and it hurt me to leave out a lot of great albums. With that being said here\u2019s my personal favorite albums of 2012. 1. Beach House – Bloom 2. A Place to Bury Strangers – Worship 3. Goat – World Music 4. 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