THE 10 BEST RECORDS OF 2012 PLUS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Here are the 10 best records I heard in 2012.  For more detailed reviews of them, search my blog as I’ve written about all of them in 2012. I’ll just say again I LOVE YOU IT’S COOL is such a great record – mysterious danceable fun – exquisitely produced.

1. Bear in Heaven  - I Love You It’s Cool
2. Ultravox - Brilliant
3. The Sunchymes – Let Your Free Flag Fly
4. Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
5. Weird Dreams – Choreography
6. Bob Mould – Silver Age
7. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
8. Violens- True
9. Maximo Park – The National Health
10. Candle Thieves – Balloons

Here are some honorable mentions....Also reviewed by me on my blog throughout 2012.

The Vaccines – Comes of Age

Twin Shadow – Confess

The Straylings – Entertainment on Foreign Grounds

The Corner Laughers – Poppy Seeds

Tindersticks – The Something Rain

Christian Bookshop – Christian Bookshop

John Cale – Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood

The Sugarettes – Destroyers of Worlds

Marriages - Kitsune

The Crookes – Hold Fast

Slink – Desert Gem