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Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:43 am
by Phigure
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1704
01. Voices from the Lake - Voices from the Lake
02. Actress - RIP
03. John Talabot - fIN
04. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
05. Daphni - Jiaolong
06. Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hour
07. Vessel - Order of Noise
08. Shed - The Killer
09. Robert Hood - Motor: Nighttime World 3
10. Barker & Baumecker - Transsektoral
11. Jam City - Classical Curves
12. Grimes - Visions
13. Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994 - 1996
14. Recondite - On Acid
15. Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
16. Chromatics - Kill for Love
17. Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy
18. Smallpeople - Salty Days
19. Laurel Halo - Quarantine
20. Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
thoughts? quite a few i haven't listened to yet that i'm really feeling (voices from the lake is reaally nice)
grimes gtfo though
also RIP really deserved #1
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:46 am
by Forum
Shed and Shackleton are the only artists there there i care about and both those albums were disappointing
Phigure wrote:
grimes gtfo though
Actress was a poor mans sheet one wannabe
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:47 am
by wub
YAgree with most of that list (that I've heard), would suggest the Kiyoko - Sea Of Trees should be on the list as well, but overall not bad as far as the epicentre of Hipstechno can manage.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:48 am
by Johnlenham
John Talabot is high on alot of these lists. Might have to listen to it again in abit.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:14 pm
by joeki
Quite a few similarities with my own List. Didn't include Voices from the lake because it is technically a mix.
http://latenightendings.wordpress.com/2 ... year-2012/
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:39 pm
by collige
Predictable is the only word that comes to mind
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:19 pm
by Devry_Kaneda
Classical Curves was as boring as they come. Strawberries was the only track that I bumped repeatedly.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:12 pm
by ultraspatial
collige wrote:Predictable is the only word that comes to mind
this
I completely gave up on checking RA for anything after that review of KU:PALM
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:16 pm
by Devry_Kaneda
tbf I thought KU:PALM was pretty mediocre outside of a few standouts.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:18 pm
by AxeD
These people know.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:21 pm
by Shum
collige wrote:Predictable is the only word that comes to mind
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:39 pm
by kidshuffle
i guess there is a reason i dont read RA
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:46 pm
by knell
collige wrote:Predictable is the only word that comes to mind
"arbitrary" was the word for me
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:16 pm
by ultraspatial
Devry[Kaneda] wrote:tbf I thought KU:PALM was pretty mediocre outside of a few standouts.
I loathe the vocal tunes, but the rest of the album is pure fiyah
Anyway, even if you don't like it, it's nowhere near as bad as they made it up to be imo.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:27 pm
by Devry_Kaneda
^fair enough. shape charge is a percy.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:34 pm
by fractal
Phigure wrote:
grimes really deserved #1
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:43 pm
by garethom
Was 2012 the year of the disappointing album?
Loads of artists on that list I really rate, and no albums that I ever want to listen to again.
Probably only Clubroot and The xx that I was really looking forward to that delivered.
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:50 pm
by Genevieve
'R.I.P.' was pretty good but a huge let down after 'Splazsh'
Overal boring list
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:13 pm
by ultraspatial
garethom wrote:Was 2012 the year of the disappointing album?
That's what I was thinking, but there were loads of good albums. It's just that the ones I was most looking forward to were total disappointments for me (Mala in Cuba and Shackleton's).
Hyperdub were on a roll with albums this year (Terror Danjah, Scratcha DVA and Cooly G's were all great; even the LV and Laurel Halo ones, which I didn't like at first, grew a bit on me). Same goes for Keysound with Keepers Of The Light and Dasaflex. And the Ruff Sqwad comp if that counts.
Then there's Geiom, Brackles, J:Kenzo, Photek, Data, Commix, Enei, DRS, Jon Convex... + other alright ones
Re: Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:20 pm
by garethom
ultraspatial wrote:garethom wrote:Was 2012 the year of the disappointing album?
That's what I was thinking, but there were loads of good albums. It's just that the ones I was most looking forward to were total disappointments for me (Mala in Cuba and Shackleton's).
Hyperdub were on a roll with albums this year (Terror Danjah, Scratcha DVA and Cooly G's were all great; even the LV and Laurel Halo ones, which I didn't like at first, grew a bit on me). Same goes for Keysound with Keepers Of The Light and Dasaflex. And the Ruff Sqwad comp if that counts.
Then there's Geiom, Brackles, J:Kenzo, Photek, Data, Commix, Enei, DRS, Jon Convex... + other alright ones
That's my point. Yeah there were plenty of good albums, but from all the people that I was expecting amazing things from, everything was a dud.