Has 2012 been a good year for music? Well, it’s certainly not been a bad year according to our chart featuring 200 of the best albums to be released this year.
That’s right – a massive 200 albums made the list compiled by the LTW editorial team (John Robb, Phil Newall, Guy Manchester and Sarah Lay). We’ve heard so much great music between us we just couldn’t justify cutting it any shorter!
Two hundred genre-spanning albums all released in 2012 and considered by LTW to be ‘best of class’. We’re not massively into saying X is better than Y because how can you compare a folk album with hardcore rap – not everyone is going to like both so it’s hard to say which is ‘best’. Music is subjective and so is our list. However, we think that these are albums you should definitely hear if you haven’t already.
We’re going to split the countdown, starting tonight with numbers 200 – 150 in our list. What we really want to know though is what have we missed? What would make your Albums of the Year 2012 list?
Albums of the Year 2012 – numbers 200 – 150
200. Sam Willis – Winterval
199. Jim Moray – Skulk
198. Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
197. Damon Albarn – Dr Dee
196. Fairhorns – Doki Doki Run
195. Blind Atlas – Kodiak Bear
194. Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament – The Violence
193. Tender Trap – Ten Songs About Girls
192. Snowblink – Inner Classics
191. The Hysterical Injury – Dead Wolf Situation
190. The Pirate Ship Quintet – Rope for No-Hopers
189. Dubkasm – Brixton Rec Master
188. Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio
187. Ry Cooder – Election Special
186. Sam Lee – Ground of Its Own
185. Karriem Riggins – Alone Together
184. Moritz Van Oswald Trio – French
183. Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian Voices
182. Altered Natives – Tenement Yard Vol.3
181. Brother Ali – Mourning in America
180. Bass Clef – Reeling Skullways
179. November Five – If You’re Satisfied You’re Dead
178. PAWS – Cokefloat!
177. The Peacocks – Don’t Ask
176. Antlered Man – Giftes 1and2
175. Lambchop – Mr M
174. Napalm Death – Utilitarian
173. Guided By Voices – Let’s Go To The Factory
172. Beach House – Bloom
171. Cornershop – Urban Turban
170. Xiu Xiu – Always
169. The Enemy – Streets in the Sky
168. The Cult – Choice of Weapon
167. Joey Ramone – Ya Know
166. 2.54 – 2.54
165. Deathgrips – The Money Store
164. Tribes – Baby
163. Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
162. Gallon Drunk – The Road Gets Darker From Here
161. Flats – Better Living
160. Meshuggah – Koloss
159. Azealia Banks – 1991
158. Gonja Sufi – Mu.ZZ.le
157. Katzenjammer  – A Kiss Before You Go
156. Laibach – Iron Sky
155. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
154. Sun Arraw and M Gengras Meet the Congos – Icon Give Thank and Icon Eye
153. Off! – Off!
152. Ceremony – Zoo
151. Patti Smith – Banga
150. The Secret – Agnus Dei
So there’s our first 50 picks for the year.
How many have you heard? Do you agree that these should be included on an end of year list? Join us on Twitter with the tag #LTW2012, on our Facebook page or leave a comment below.
Numbers 149 – 100 will be counted down tomorrow (Thursday 13 December 2012).
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