Year-End 2012

 

Welcome to my end of 2012 charts! Another year in music has gone by and if you ask me this year has been the strongest year for about five or six years; hopefully next year will see the end of the generic RnB Dance ruling the charts (though in fairness, it has had it's moments). I'll be counting down my Top 20 Albums of the Year, My Top Ten Most Hated singles of the year and finally my Top 100 Songs of the Year

Edited December 16, 201212 yr by justinthomas92

Albums: 20-16

 

20. Christina Aguilera - Lotus

 

Poor Xtina, she just can't seem to catch a break these days (Moves Like Jagger wasn't exactly all about her what is it?), and whilst I can see some reasons why she would flop (lack of promotion, bad attitude exct...) but I really didn't think it would do as badly as it did. Oh well, she can at least salvage something as this is a good album filled with some great tracks which, in my opinion, demonstrate why we love Xtina so much (or did once upon a time).

 

19. Leona Lewis - Glassheart

 

Another artist who has sadly fallen from grace this year (though to a much lesser extent) is Leona Lewis. I've never cared all that much for Leona; I think she's an amazing singer and she's done some OK songs so why did I buy this album and end up loving it? Truth is, I didn't it was bought for me as a joke by my Uni room mates but I actually found myself really enjoying this album. I can't compare it to "Spirit" or "Echo" as I haven't bought either and only heard the singles from them but this has been a real find for me

 

 

18. Lawson - Chapman Square

 

No can say I never appreciate the under dog. In a world where One Direction have taken over the world, and where The Wanted and JLS continue to perform strongly this talented bunch seem to have been some what ignored. A shame, the first three singles from this impressed me so I happily bought this when it came out and do not regret a second

 

 

17. Gotye - Making Mirrors

 

Chart wise he may not have proved it but there is certainly more to Gotye than "Somebody That I Used to Know" (though admittedly it is my favourite song on the album :unsure:). Other favourites include In Your Light and Easy Way Out, sad he'll be remembered as a one hit wonder as their are plenty more potential hits on here

 

16. Green Day - !Dos!

 

As a mega Green Day loon I was so excited to hear they were putting out three albums in quick succession; though admittedly now all three have been released I feel empty again but I can't complain too much. Three albums in three months would make you think there'd be a lot of filler but as far as I'm concerned the trilogy has been their best work since American Idiot

 

 

 

15. Kelly Clarkson - Greatest Hits: Chapter One

 

OK, maybe this is cheating a bit as it's a greatest hits album not a studio album but it's Kelly Clarkson and she's my favourite artist of all-time so I could hardly ignore this. Featuring some of my favourite all-time songs as well as two fantastic new ones (Catch My Breath and People Like Us) THIS has been none stop played for the past two weeks. I love Kelly

 

 

14. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

 

This was my third favourite album of 2011 and the only one of those three to maintain a Top 20 position this year (Adele's at #21 weirdly enough and Ed's down in the 30's now), mainly because I've just never stopped listening to this gorgeous creation all year round

 

 

13. The Script - #3

 

The Script, despite their unpopularity on here, are my favourite band of this decade so far. #3 isn't a patch on their debut but I do think it's better than Science & Faith (which I did love). Hall of Fame's there with the worst song they've done but personally I think Six Degrees of Separation is up there with their best

 

 

12. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss

 

I'm a sucker for a good old pop album and the minute I found Call Me Maybe I was looking forward to an album release from Carly and she certainly did not dissapoint with this offering. It's not the deepest album in the world and she's no Mariah or Whitney vocally but it's a damn good collection of pop songs and I've never been one not to indulge in that

 

 

11. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg

 

He might have come across as a bit arrogant post-Leona victory but he's definitely released one of the best albums of the year! Looking forward to the future for this boy, very real songs and he's very talented. The sky is the limit here as far as I'm concerned

 

 

This is also very good, looking forward to the rest!

10. Taylor Swift - Red

 

Definitely her best album to date and I've been with her since Fearless. I do appreciate she seems to have abandoned her country sound for a bit of mainstream pop but I don't care - it's one of the best albums of the year and has sent my Taylor looning off the scale, particularly I Knew You Were Trouble, 22, All Too Well and Begin Again. :heart:

 

9. The Killers - Battleborn

 

Best group of the 00's are back and I couldn't be happier. Battleborn is no Sam's Town (my personal favourite of theirs) or Hot Fuss but it's a lot better than Day & Age which I didn't like all that much to be honest. Welcome back Brandon and co! :cheer:

 

8. Marina & The Diamonds - Electra Heart

I learnt many things in 2012: Don't trust 70's TV Icons, Korean people can dance and that 'The Diamonds' aren't a backing band just the name Marina gives to her fans. Electra Heart is her best work yet, and I was obsessed with The Family Jewels back in 2010, long may it continue!