My 49 Favourite Albums of 2012
In hindsight, I won’t look back on 2012 as being a good year due to some personal issues but in terms of music, it’s been a pretty good year. I got into ambient music a lot more and immersed myself in modern jazz. That made compiling this list a lot trickier than I had anticipated. At first, I was going to do an ordered list but after looking at the god awful monstrosities from the likes of Rolling Stone and Complex, I decided to just give a choice of my favourite 49. No order, just my favourites. At the end of the day, you like what you like and this will be a showcase of my personal preferences. I’ll leave that as a “disclaimer” just in case you question any of the entries.
Anyway, without any further ado, here is the list!
- 36 – Hypersona
- Adedeji – Ajo
- Amerigo Gazaway of Gummy Soul – Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde
- Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – Dice Game
- Apollo Brown & OC – Trophies
- Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
- Black Swan – AETERNA
- Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers…
- Bluesteady Triptik – Journeying
- Cody ChesnuTT – Landing On A Hundred
- Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate
- Clear Soul Forces - Detroit Revolution(s)
- Divine ScienZe – Dope ScienZe LP
- ERIMAJ – Conflict Of A Man
- Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society
- Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
- Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
- Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- Gangrene – Vodka & Ayahuasca
- Gary Clark Jr. – Blak and Blu
- Georgia Anne Muldrow – Seeds
- Gizmo – Red Balloon
- Gregory Porter – Be Good
- Grizzly Bear – Shields
- Homeboy Sandman – First Of A Living Breed
- J Dilla – Rebirth Of Detroit
- Jessie Ware – Devotion
- JJ DOOM – Key To The Kuffs
- Jonti – Sine & Moon
- Kariem Riggins – Alone Together
- Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
- King I Divine – Cloud 127
- Knxwledge – Hexual Sealings Vol. 2
- Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
- Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
- Mina Leon – Running Red Lights
- Nas – Life Is Good
- Nefarious! – The Dream Theory
- Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
- Oddisee – People Hear What They See
- Oh No – Ohnomite
- Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around The Corner
- Raycord – Ruban Ruban
- Robert Glasper – Black Radio
- Suhnraw – 4U
- Tall Black Guy – Brazilian Chronicles
- Thelonious Martin – MCMXCII
- Vanilla – Soft Focus
- Verandah-Maureen – Twenty5
(This was delayed due to my Macbook packing up on New Year’s Eve. Sod’s Law and all that.)