I decided to share ten albums that I discovered this year.
‘Discovered’ can mean either that 2012 was when I first heard an album or that 2012 was when I decided I liked it.
The order’s not as strict as it looks. (I could do with a system of ‘-ish’ lists that falls somewhere between the uniform equality of bullets and the rigid hierarchy of numbers.)
I won’t bother you with descriptions of them or with unhelpful personal responses to them; I’ll leave you to discover them for yourself, should you be so inclined.
Top ten albums that I discovered in 2012
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Who Needs Who- Dark Dark Dark
- 2012
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I A Moon- North Sea Radio Orchestra
- 2011
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Living With Ants
- Mechanical Bride
- 2011
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The Law of Large Numbers
- Emma Pollock
- 2010
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Grown Unknown- Lia Ices
- 2010
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The Sad Machinery of Spring- Tin Hat
- 2007
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An Awesome Wave- Alt-J
- 2012
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Loveblood- King Charles
- 2012
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All the Wars- The Pineapple Thief
- 2012
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The Year of Hibernation- Youth Lagoon
- 2011
Note: Although the links are to Spotify, the dates are taken from last.fm because I don’t trust Spotify’s chronology. (I’ve no reason to trust last.fm’s either, save that I’ve not yet noticed any glaring errors with it.)
I think the system “that falls somewhere between the uniform equality of bullets and the rigid hierarchy of numbers” is known as A Pile.
Pete Ashton