Top 20 CDs of 2012

It's here! The best CDs of 2012! The top albums of the year here at ObviousPop. 2012 was again a weak or spotty year in music for me. Fortunately there were serious standouts for the top 10. Fun., The Producers and Bryan Scary helped save this year, along with releases from David Byrne, Abandoned Pools and Mike Doughty. The Top 12 songs of the year podcast will be coming soon!

 So without further delay, here is my ObviousPop Top 20 CD’s of 2012:

1. Producers – Made In Basing Street

2. Fun. – Some Nights

3. Pugwash – The Olympus Sound

4. David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant

5. Bryan Scary – Daffy's Elixir

6. Abandoned Pools – Sublime Currency

7. Django Django – Django Django

8. The Candle Thieves – Balloons

9. Mike Doughty – The Flip Is Another Honey

10. The Honeymoon Stallions – Moonlighting

11. Field Music – Plumb

12. Shiny Toy Guns – III

13. King Charles – Loveblood

14. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

15. Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal

16. Passion Pit – Gossamer

17. The Pinker Tones – Life In Stereo

18. Terry Scott Taylor – Return To The Neverhood

19. Ben Folds Five – The Sound of the Life of the Mind

20. Jukebox The Ghost – Safe Travels

Honorable Mentions (Classic Comebacks):
Joe Walsh – Analog Man
Trevor Rabin – Jacaranda
Jeff Lynne – Long Wave
Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth

Best Concert: Fun. - The Myth, Maplewood, MN

Comments

[Fathermosh]

Nice list! I was actually surprised to find out how much in agreement we were. But shouldn't you call it "The Top 20 Albums Guaranteed to feature Quirky Keyboards?" 8-) That would fit perfectly with the 2013 re-branding of the show as "Obviously Quirky Keyboards!"