When I began this listing crazy around the end of November/beginning of December I planned to do posts about each particular album/ep/song that I loved this year. Unfortunately the real world is more important than the blog. Below are my choices for favorite albums of the year.
40. Diamond Rings – Special Affections
39. Mark Ronson – Record Collection
38. Frankie Rose & the Outs – Frankie Rose & the Outs
37. Weekend – Sports
36. School of Sevens Bells – Disconnect from Desire
35. El Guincho – Pop Negro
34. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
33. Born Ruffians – Say It
32. ceo – magic
31. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
30. Wavves – King of the Beach
29. Best Coast – Crazy for You
28. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
27. The Walkmen – Lisbon
26. Perfume Genius – Learning
25. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
24. Klaxons – Surfing the Void
23. MGMT – Congratulations
22. Jonsi – Go
21. The Drums – The Drums
20. Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
19. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
18. Gayngs – Relayted
17. Magic Kids – Memphis
16. The Morning Benders – Big Echo
15. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
14. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles II
13. Owen Pallett – Heartland
12. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
11. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
10. Twin Shadow – Forget
09. Toro y Moi – Causers of This
08. Sleigh Bells – Treats
07. Sufjan Stevens – Age of Adz
06. The National – High Violet
05. Vampire Weekend – Contra
04. Caribou – Swim
03. Beach House – Teen Dream
02. The Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
01. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Gorillaz – Rhinestone Eyes [Alt]
Twin Shadow – When We’re Dancing [Alt]
The Drums – Submarine [Alt]
Best Coast – When I’m With You [Alt]
Surfer Blood – Swim [Alt]