Purely out of self-indulgence I thought I would hold a little end-of-year review. Now, it may surprise you, but I bought a lot of LPs in 2012; good, bad, indifferent and classic. I bought a lot of new stuff, filled in gaps, bought stuff because I liked the cover when I saw it in Probe Records and/or tried a classic or two. The results were mixed.
In years to come I have no doubt that the 1537 awards will be held in a plush hotel somewhere in London or Tokyo full of aspiring celebs and media-types, but to get there you have to begin somewhere and so here we all are.
The Top 5 best LPs of 2012 that I bought are:
1. Ufomammut: Oro: Opus Primum
2. Richard Hawley – Standing at Sky’s Edge
3. Fu Manchu – California Crossing Demos
4. Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
5. MFC Chicken – Music For Chicken
The award for ‘LP bought solely for gratuitous chewing gum on boob cover’ goes to:
1. Scorpions – Love Drive
The highly coveted award for Top 3 most disappointing LPs bought in 2012 are:
1. Smoke Fairies – Blood Speaks
2. White Hills – Frying on This Rock
3. Tame Impala – Lonerism (Don’t believe the hype! it’s pants)
The Top 3 old LPs discovered by me this year are:
1. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
2. The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop it
3. Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
Anyone out there agree/disagree? I was thinking about getting Billy Crystal in as presenter next year…
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