the top 10 songs and albums of 2012

Quite a good year for music, all things considered. As usual with these countdowns, any act can only appear in either the albums or songs list, not both.

Top 10 Songs of 2012

1. Usher - Climax
2. Muse - Madness
3. M.I.A. - Bad Girls
4. Bloc Party - Kettling
5. High Contrast - The Road Goes On Forever (One Minute To Midnight Extended Mix)
6. Kindness - House
7. Odd Future - Forest Green
8. Plan B - ill Manors
9. Porter Robinson  - Language
10. Palma Violets - Best of Friends

Listen to the Top 10 Songs as a Spotify playlist. It's 30% unbearably sexy, 70% party anthems.


Top 10 Albums of 2012

1. Chromatics - Kill for Love
2. Richard Hawley - Standing On The Sky's Edge
3. Kendrick Lemar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
4. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
5. John Talabot - fin
6. The Very Best - MTMTMK
7. Angel Haze - Reservations
8. The 2 Bears - Be Strong
9. Yppah - Eighty One
10. School of Seven Bells - Ghostory

Listen to the Top 10 Albums as a 10 track Spotify playlist. It's an equally sexy, but mostly more relaxed listen.

You may also look back over the album countdowns from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, and the single countdowns from 2011, 2010,2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, if you're having a peerlessly sedate evening. x