I’ve been doing this for a few years now, so this should be no surprise: here’s an editable list of my top albums of 2012. Here’s a quick breakdown of star ratings and whatnot:
The number of stars (out of 5) represents a couple of things: how much I enjoy the album, how much I listen to it, and how good I feel that it is overall. A lot of a total rating for an album goes into how many stars out of 5 each song gets, and then how that averages for the entire album. This makes it more fair, as an album with an amazing song or two obviously won’t beat out an album that is consistently amazing throughout. If something tanked rating wise, just know that it didn’t click well with me for whatever reason; it doesn’t necessarily mean that I hate it with the heat of a thousand suns.
FINALLY, here is the blog post that tells all tales.
Now that the formalities are out of the way, let’s get to the list of the albums, shall we??
Brandi Carlile – Bear Creek- Benjamin Gibbard – Former Lives
- Ke$ha – Warrior
- Adam Lambert – Trespassing
- Marina and The Diamonds – Electra Heart
- Mumford & Sons – Babel
- Of Monsters and Men – My Head Is An Animal
- P!nk – The Truth About Love
- Trampled By Turtles – Stars and Satellites
Casey Abrams – Casey Abrams- Agnes – Veritas
- fun. – Some Nights
- Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss
- Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist
- Maroon 5 – Overexposed
- Jon McLaughlin – Promising Promises
- One Direction – Take Me Home
- Phillip Phillips – The World From The Side of The Moon
- Joshua Radin – Underwater
- Emeli Sande – Our Version Of Events
- Scissor Sisters – Magic Hour
- The Script – #3
- The Shins – Port of Morrow
- Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
- Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
- Taylor Swift – RED
- The Ting Tings – Sounds From Nowheresville
- Usher – Looking 4 Myself
Bat For Lashes – Haunted Man- Madonna – MDNA