Album of the Year 2012: The Countdown Begins!

The next generation of music reviewers are up and running!

And here we go, the albums that have been cast out in the first stage. Granted there are some cracking albums in here (obviously higher up) but the real heavy hitters are yet to come…

Keep an eye out!

Pos.	Artist	Album	Grade
93	Frank Ocean	Channel Orange	25
92	Nik Kershaw	Ei8ht	32
91	Violence	Misinterpretations, Lies and Revelations	35
90	Paul Weller	Sonik Kicks	37
89	Everclear	Invisible Stars	38
88	Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti	Mature Themes	42
87	Steve Hackett	Genesis Revisited II	42
86	Timo Rautiainen	Kunnes Kuolema Meidat Erottas	43
85	Chappo	Moonwater	43
84	Emilie Autumn	Fight Like a Girl	45
83	Father John Misty	Fear Fun	45
82	Craig Finn	Clear Heart Full Eyes	46
81	Alanis Morissette	Havoc and Bright Lights	48
80	Skrillex	Bangarang	48
79	Deftones	Koi No Yokan	50
78	Prodigy	H.N.I.C. 3	50
77	The Mystery Jets	Radlands	51
76	Islands	A Sleep and A Forgetting	51
75	Bruce Springsteen	Wrecking Ball	52
74	Goran Bregovic	Champagne for Gypsies	52
73	The Fear Factory	The Industrialist	52
72	Grinspoon	Black Rabbits	52
71	Sleigh Bells	Reign of Terror	52
70	Dirty Projectors	About to Die	53
69	Feeder	Generation Freakshow	55
68	Mystery Jets	Radlands	56
67	Diary of Dreams	The Anatomy of Silence	57
66	The View	Cheeky for a Reason	57
65	The Walkmen	Heaven	59
64	Beach House	Bloom	60
63	The Black Seeds	Dust and Dirt	60
62	The Verbrilli Sound	Caliph	60
61	Tame Impala	Lonerism	60
60	Radiohead	King of Limbs – Live from the Basement	61
59	Lecrae	Gravity	62
58	The Shins	Port of Morrow	63
57	Fucked Up	Year of the Tiger	63
56	Rhye	The Fall	64
55	Ani DiFranco	Which Side are you on	64
54	Grimes	Visions	65
53	Dave Matthews Band	Away From the World	65
52	DJ Kentaro	Contrast	65
51	Crystal Castles	III	65
50	Flying Lotus	Until the Quiet Comes	67
49	Beth Orton	Sugaring Season	68
48	Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	71
47	Yuichiro Fujimoto	Speaks Melodies	71
46	The Smashing Pumpkins	Oceania	72
45	Cloud Nothings	Attack on Memory	72
44	Jens Lekman	I know what love isn’t	73
43	Django Django	Django Django	75
42	Dinosaur Jr.	I Bet on Sky	75
41	Dot Hacker	Inhibition	75
40	The XX	Coexist	75
39	Leonard Cohen	Old Ideas	76
38	Cat Power	Sun	76
37	Degiheugi	Dancing Chords and Fireflies	76
36	Tindersticks	The Something Rain	76
35	Jonsi	We Bought a Zoo	76
34	Jack White	Blunderbuss	76
33	Damien Jurado	Maraqopa	77
32	Band of Skulls	Sweet Sour	78
31	Eyvind Kang	The Narrow Garden	79
30	Sync24	Comfortable Void	80
29	Maximo Park	The National Health	80
28	CallmeKat	Where the River Turns Black	80
27	Peter Van Hoesen	Perceiver	81
26	Solar Fields	Until We Meet the Sky	81
25	Sleep Party People	We Were Drifting on a Sad Song	81
24	Portico Quartet	self titled	82
23	The Helio Sequence	Negotiations	82
22	CallmeKat	When Owls are Out	82
21	The Maccabees	Given to the Wild	82

And yes, for those still reading, I have placed at least two magazines’ album of the year, Channel Orange, by Frank Ocean at number 93, aka bottom of the pile. No, I’m not trying to be radical, it’s just that it’s shit!

Forget culling when there are stats to be had!

There is much culling going on just now, as I attempt to prepare myself for my own top 40 tracks of all time but today it all took a break, as a friend sent me program that took details from my Last.fm profile and turned them into a nice shiny stat chart!

There are many stats to be had (and yes, I got a bit involved in them all) and I thought those interested enough to come here might just be interested to know just who have been my top ten most played artists since I set up Last.fm in February 2008.

Then here you go:

1. Eels: 843 plays
2. The God Machine: 792 plays
3. My Brightest Diamond: 758 plays
4. Michael Giacchino: 603 plays
5. Depeche Mode: 542 plays
6. New Order: 538 plays
7. Portishead: 536 plays
8. Andrew Bird: 484 plays
9. Maximo Park: 423 plays
10. Saul Williams: 421 plays

Shocked? I was…at a couple.