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DiS Users' Albums of 2012: Results

medulla [Edit] [Delete] 31 replies 11:04 January 4th, 2013

There were 398 albums voted for by 278 of you this year! Some incredibly close calls for the top spot, but it was won by a margin of 12 points in the end. This year certainly wins the award for the greatest number of tied albums!

So here you go: as voted for by you, the DiS users' top 50 albums of 2012...

=46. Twin Shadow - Confess
=46. The Men - Open Your Heart
=46. Orbital - Wonky
=46. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
=46. Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
=45. Tall Ships - Everything Touching
=45. Lotus Plaza - Spooky at a Distance
=43. Laurel Halo - Quarantine
=43. Aesop Rock - Skelethon
=41. Goat - World Music
=41. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure

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=39. Shearwater - Animal Joy
=39. Metz - Metz
38. How to Dress Well - Total Loss
37. Tame Impala - Lonerism
36. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
=33. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
=33. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
=33. Burial - Kindred
32. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
31. DIIV - Oshin

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=28. John Talabot - ƒIN
=28. Actress - R.I.P.
=28. Efterklang - Piramida
27. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
26. Tindersticks - The Something Rain
=24. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
=24. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
=21. Purity Ring - Shrines
=21. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
=21. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

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=19. Poliça - Give You the Ghost
=19. Death Grips - The Money Store
18. The Walkmen - Heaven
17. Future of the Left - The Plot Against Common Sense
16. Grimes - Visions
=13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
=13. Errors - Have Some Faith in Magic
=13. Beach House - Bloom
=11. Django Django - Django Django
=11. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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10. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
9. The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know
=6. Sharon van Etten - Tramp
=6. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d City
=6. Grizzly Bear - Shields
5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
4. Liars - WIXIW
3. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
2. Swans - The Seer
1. Chromatics - Kill for Love

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TOP WORK MEDULLA <3

pichaelmarker | 4 Jan '13, 11:10 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker, Vian, Rev_Kramer, vamos, wewerewerewolvesonce, DanielKelly, colossalhorse, bornin69, rainmaker, wonton, andyvine, deadonthestairs, orangejuice, Dan_S, justanothersheeldz, littlebirds, sweetverbs, Splendidmcawesome, GoatmeatMF, jontosh2001, cronenberg, TheWza, sean, Icarus-Smicarus, SCROTUM, d-dontshoot, marckee, Antelope, DrShades, sunstroke_house, avl06, Christophales, HumanDog, jack_on_fire, Sloame_Ocean, furio, kostenurky, codpieceface, seedler, shakerwors, BMS1, OvertakenByTractors, umlaut_ampersand, Lo-Pan, Dusty_Nothing, gamecat, the-breacher, CasimirPulaski, El_Goodo, Yvash, booey, ohgood, ditch_easter, riverlodge, aazerbeezee, shadster, Pale-eyedBadger, oceanRain, funkycow, twentynine, flackcaptain, _TheBeautifulOnes_, aharps, cryoncamera, Severed799, anal_schwarzenegger, inside-outside, noise_annoys, hotsoftlight, bokonon, rich-t, and deadwrong this'd this
I arrived late to the (actual) party but that Japandroids record is way too much fun

pleased to see it so high.

Earlier in the year I would've expected Grimes to be top 10 minimum and I wasn't aware of the love for The Twilight Sad's latest.

Probably the best list i've seen this year (ayethanguzverymuch) but maybe that reflects the fact that most of my 'research' this year has been done pretty much exclusively through DiS boards rather than more traditional routes.

pichaelmarker | 4 Jan '13, 11:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah I only just got Japandroids last week
  
  and it would have been top 5 for me i think
  
  andyvine @pichaelmarker | 4 Jan '13, 12:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
that is a cracking top ten

well done everyone!

Vian | 4 Jan '13, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great work Medulla - I know everyone really appreciates this

Hammer15 | 4 Jan '13, 11:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Chromatics :)

DanielKelly | 4 Jan '13, 11:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

orangejuice this'd this
Glad to see Deftones approaching top 10.

Great album, and excluded on far too many lists this year.

aactv | 4 Jan '13, 11:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^This
  
  +The Walkmen.
  
  cronenberg @aactv | 4 Jan '13, 12:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pleased that 4 of my 5 are top 50

feels like I belong

wonton | 4 Jan '13, 12:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

rainmaker this'd this
I didn't vote in this as I think the only album up there I actually listened to was Japandroids,

but I look forward to checking some of these out.

hip_young_gunslinger | 4 Jan '13, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Don't bother.
  
  They're all shit and it's unbelievable that anyone on an *allegedly* alternative website would vote for them, especially those higher up the list.
  
  DanielKelly @hip_young_gunslinger | 4 Jan '13, 12:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Allegedly
    
    wonton @DanielKelly | 4 Jan '13, 12:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    thewarn this'd this
I own 31 of those

I am well DiS.

But only one of those would have been in my top 5 - How to Dress Well - Total Loss, which would be my Number One.

Maybe Cloud Nothings as well actually. Had I ever got round to making an EOYL. I think my brain wanted a bit of an easy ride this year.

398 albums voted for by 278 people doesn't sound like very many. Using very bad stats, that's only about 1 unique album per person. Not surprised it was such a close call really, but 12 points seems like a lot given the context.

What was the range of scores, from 50 to 1?

this is such a boring post.

GoatmeatMF | 4 Jan '13, 12:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I've heard 30 (don't own many)
  
  And Total Loss was my number 1.
  
  So I don't find your post boring at all.
  
  wonton @GoatmeatMF | 4 Jan '13, 13:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- There was a difference of 104 points between #1 and #50.
  
  medulla @GoatmeatMF | 5 Jan '13, 02:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Also, fewer people voted this year, I think.
    
    I'm sure it was 400-and-something when I did it last year.
    
    Still, it's nice to see this - Chromatics had it by a MILE early on in the game, then Liars, Japandroids and Swans all really caught up. Quite the points war between Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar, too.
    
    medulla @medulla | 5 Jan '13, 05:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
amazing work Medulla

and kinda incredible to see how closely the readership and the staff (approximated by me to try to reflect the community) echo each other. http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4422326

sean | 4 Jan '13, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- With an added dose of Japandroids love
  
  You don't want it too close though, that's Pitchfork territory.
  
  wonton @sean | 4 Jan '13, 13:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Heard 27

But voted for The Seer out of the top 5 (and the top 50 come to think of it). Gratifying mix of indie points and not being a total contrary bellwhiff.

Steved | 4 Jan '13, 13:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
yay DIIV...

...probably my favorite record of the last few years.

cheers Medulla.

you guys really need to listen to that ROYAL HEADACHE LP tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDVM0yq7W8

sunstroke_house | 4 Jan '13, 13:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Okay

10. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory [8/10]
9. The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know [8/10]
=6. Sharon van Etten - Tramp [6/10]
=6. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d City [9/10]
=6. Grizzly Bear - Shields [5/10]
5. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange [8/10]
4. Liars - WIXIW [7/10]
3. Japandroids - Celebration Rock [3/10]
2. Swans - The Seer [9/10]
1. Chromatics - Kill for Love [7/10]

I thank you

Yesiamaduck | 4 Jan '13, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- come on that Japandroids album is too fun for a 5
  
  agree with most of the rest, except I'd knock a few off Chromatics
  
  Christophales @Yesiamaduck | 4 Jan '13, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - or a 3, even
    
    Christophales @Christophales | 4 Jan '13, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
As per each year

I'm too out of kilter to say that I listened to or liked any of the top 20.

Unlike previous years my album of the year made it into the top 50.

kostenurky | 4 Jan '13, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
cheers man

you're a sexy hero

codpieceface | 4 Jan '13, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Yeah I think I got Orbital onto the list (if my votes were counted)!

and I think I like about 7 of those albums.

OvertakenByTractors | 4 Jan '13, 16:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Heard 45.
  
  OvertakenByTractors @OvertakenByTractors | 4 Jan '13, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
....and that's why I love Drowned in Sound

You're all wonderful, don't ever change.

El_Goodo | 4 Jan '13, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Gonna get a load of these

at a shop

ohgood | 4 Jan '13, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
Still loving this, drunk.

so it must be a winner.

pichaelmarker | 5 Jan '13, 02:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great to see Channel Orange up where you'd expect it to be.

LOLpop | 5 Jan '13, 02:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

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TOP WORK MEDULLA <3

I arrived late to the (actual) party but that Japandroids record is way too much fun

Yeah I only just got Japandroids last week

that is a cracking top ten

Great work Medulla - I know everyone really appreciates this

Chromatics :)

Glad to see Deftones approaching top 10.

^This

Pleased that 4 of my 5 are top 50

I didn't vote in this as I think the only album up there I actually listened to was Japandroids,

Don't bother.

Allegedly

I own 31 of those

I've heard 30 (don't own many)

There was a difference of 104 points between #1 and #50.

Also, fewer people voted this year, I think.

amazing work Medulla

With an added dose of Japandroids love

Heard 27

yay DIIV...

Okay

come on that Japandroids album is too fun for a 5

or a 3, even

As per each year

cheers man

Yeah I think I got Orbital onto the list (if my votes were counted)!

Heard 45.

....and that's why I love Drowned in Sound

Gonna get a load of these

Still loving this, drunk.

Great to see Channel Orange up where you'd expect it to be.

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