The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2012

The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2012

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50.

Wintersleep - Hello Hum
June 12, 2012
Critic Score
75
4 reviews

49.

September 24, 2012
Critic Score
75
1 review

48.

August 21, 2012
Critic Score
82
22 reviews

Indeed, throughout Life Is People Fay’s voice, enriched by time, suggests that it has come through much yet never descends into polemic.

46.

WHY? - Mumps, etc.
October 9, 2012
Critic Score
70
15 reviews

44.

October 30, 2012
Critic Score
63
12 reviews

43.

July 10, 2012
Critic Score
80
44 reviews

Aimed equally at the head and the heart, and hitting a near-bull’s eye in both categories.

42.

October 15, 2012
Critic Score
77
44 reviews

40.

October 2, 2012
Critic Score
72
11 reviews

38.

October 16, 2012
Critic Score
83
33 reviews

On Allelujah!… we get a Godspeed reinvigorated, imbued with their best spirit, the spirit of the rag-tag collective, not equipped (or willing) to meet on the terms of their oppressors, but determined to persist nonetheless.

37.

August 28, 2012
Critic Score
79
28 reviews

34.

October 5, 2012
Critic Score
86
35 reviews

Sonic exploration is the name of the game on this album, making it a real treat with headphones.

33.

October 2, 2012
Critic Score
83
34 reviews

32.

June 5, 2012
Critic Score
81
33 reviews

31.

September 18, 2012
Critic Score
79
38 reviews

There’s more than enough here to interest the brain, the feet, and most things in between.

30.

July 24, 2012
Critic Score
78
35 reviews
What separates this from the pack though, is that this psycho little workout is delivered with a uniformity of sound, a clarity of intent and a bushel of bold choruses to match the sexualised trauma of Megan James’ bold, bright and brilliant lyrics.

29.

May 15, 2012
Critic Score
77
40 reviews

27.

Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love
February 14, 2012
Critic Score
69
10 reviews

25.

January 24, 2012
Critic Score
75
25 reviews

24.

October 23, 2012
Critic Score
71
16 reviews

23.

October 16, 2012
Critic Score
72
21 reviews

22.

September 11, 2012
Critic Score
76
39 reviews

Love This Giant may have started life as a one-off experiment, but we can only hope that it is one that the two main protaganists choose to develop further in the future.

21.

January 31, 2012
Critic Score
80
21 reviews

20.

January 17, 2012
Critic Score
74
21 reviews

19.

September 10, 2012
Critic Score
76
21 reviews
Immerse yourself in the razor-wire tension of kraut-tinged instrumental ‘Drifting Deeper’ and imagine how good they could be with a few more hooks, a bit more chaos and a lot more reckless abandon. That’s the buzz they should be aiming for.

17.

February 7, 2012
Critic Score
81
34 reviews

It’s to Van Etten’s credit that with Tramp she navigates the narrow corridor between the banal and the cliché-ridden; producing something worth listening to on the well-worn subject of falling in and out of love.

14.

Halls - Ark
October 15, 2012
Critic Score
71
9 reviews

11.

February 14, 2012
Critic Score
82
24 reviews

9.

El Perro Del Mar - Pale Fire
November 13, 2012
Critic Score
64
15 reviews

8.

Echo Lake - Wild Peace
June 26, 2012
Critic Score
77
8 reviews

5.

July 10, 2012
Critic Score
91
42 reviews

Every song breathes like an individual fragment of Ocean’s personality and past, coaxed and caressed into life by his stunning voice and considered songwriting.

4.

May 14, 2012
Critic Score
75
22 reviews

3.

June 26, 2012
Critic Score
77
23 reviews

2.

September 4, 2012
Critic Score
75
29 reviews

Is I Know What Love Isn’t Jens Lekman’s great masterwork, his Blood on the Tracks? On the evidence of how far he’s progressed across three records, there’s an intelligent, ever-developing artist who will continue to learn, improve and adapt so I’d be prepared to hold out for what comes next before making such a call.

1.

August 20, 2012
Critic Score
81
35 reviews

Devotion is such a strong début from such a promising talent that offers qualities and sounds we all forgot we liked.

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