Top 40 2012:
1. Simon Joyner – Ghosts
2. Dodgy – Stand Upright In A Cool Place
3. Grimes – Visions
4. The xx – Coexist
5. Beth Orton – Sugaring Season
6. Catherine Irwin – Little Heater
7. Bob Dylan – Tempest
8. Deep Sea Arcade – Outlands
9. Mrs. Magician – Strange Heaven
10. Dexys – One Day I’m Going To Soar
11. Nick Waterhouse – Time’s All Gone
12. Giant Giant Sand – Tucson
13. The See See – Fountayne Mountain
14. The Distractions – The End Of The Pier
15. Iris DeMent – Sing The Delta
16. Smoke Fairies – Blood Speaks
17. Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing
18. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
19. Lee Fields & The Expressions – Faithful Man
20. TOPS – Tender Opposites
21. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
22. Quakers – Quakers
23. The Moons – Fables Of History
24. Allo Darlin‘ – Europe
25. Chains Of Love – Strange Grey Days
26. By The Sea – By The Sea
27. Woods – Bend Beyond
28. Kid Kopphausen – I
29. The Raveonettes – Observator
30. Literature – Arab Spring
31. Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
32. Dinosaur Jr – I Bet On Sky
33. U.S. Girls – GEM
34. Tindersticks – The Something Rain
35. Shrag – Canines
36. The School – Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything
37. Ben Folds Five – The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind
38. Radar Eyes – Radar Eyes
39. This Many Boyfriends – This Many Boyfriends
40. Friends – Manifest!
An der Spitze das erste Mal seit langer, langer Zeit wieder ein Fünf-Sterner. Dazu zweimal ****1/2 und 19 Mal ****. 2012 war in meinen Ohren ein tolles LP-Jahr.
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