WPTS’s TOP ALBUMS OF 2012
As the end of 2012 draws near, bloggers, journalists, and music lovers alike all sit down and figure out their favorite music from 2012. We at WPTS are no different: here we present our 30 favorite albums of the year, ranked by a combination of factors, including airplay and the expert opinions of our music director and his team of genre directors. In addition to the list, we’ve also made a Spotify playlist of sample songs from these 30 albums. So sit down, plug some headphones in, and look back on the year in music:
WPTS TOP 30 OF 2012
30 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Centipede Hz (Domino)
29 PURITY RING Shrines (4AD)
28 FERGUS & GERONIMO Funky Was The State of Affairs (Hardly Art)
27 SWANS The Seer (Young God)
26 TAKEN BY TREES Other Worlds (Secretly Canadian)
25 JAPANDROIDS Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
24 MICACHU AND THE SHAPES Never (Rough Trade)
23 THE WALKMEN Heaven (Fat Possum)
22 DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT Love This Giant (4AD)
21 DINOSAUR JR. I Bet On Sky (Jagjaguwar)
20 DAN DEACON America (Domino)
19 MATTHEW DEAR Beams (Ghostly)
18 FIONA APPLE The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than… (Epic)
17 CRYSTAL CASTLES (III) (Fiction)
16 CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack On Memory (Carpark)
15 NAYTRONIX Dirty Glow (Plug Research)
Naytronix- In The Summer
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14 BAT FOR LASHES The Haunted Man (EMI)
Bat For Lashes- Rest Your Head
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13 GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (Constellation)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- We Drift Like Worried Fire
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12 BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Cobra Juicy (Rad Cult)
Black Moth Super Rainbow- Windshield Smasher
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11 DIRTY PROJECTORS Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
Dirty Projectors- About To Die
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10 METZ Metz (Sub Pop)
METZ- Headache
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9 GRIMES Visions (4AD)
Grimes- Genesis
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8 BEACH HOUSE Bloom (Sub Pop)
Beach House- Lazuli
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7 DEATH GRIPS The Money Store (Epic)
Death Grips- Hacker
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6 FRANK OCEAN Channel Orange (Def Jam)
Frank Ocean- Pyramids
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5 GRIZZLY BEAR Shields (Warp)
Grizzly Bear- Sleeping Ute
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4 LOWER DENS Nootropics (Ribbon Music)
Lower Dens- Brains
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3 KENDRICK LAMAR good kid, m.A.A.d city (Interscope)
Kendrick Lamar- Backseat Freestyle
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2 FLYING LOTUS Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)
Flying Lotus- Putty Boy Strut
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1 TAME IMPALA Lonerism (Modular)
Tame Impala- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
So these are our picks! You can enjoy songs from every album on the Spotify playlist!
You can also read our reasons behind the top 5 in this week’s edition of The Pitt News, available in print around campus and online.
