The Best Albums of 2012: #50-21

I decided to take a slightly different approach to my year end wrap up for 2012. Instead of the short, capsule style lists I posted last year, I wanted to put a bigger spotlight on my favorite twenty albums of the year. So each of those albums will get a separate write-up, with a brief new introduction, and then the text from my original review done earlier in the year. In the case of a couple of these albums, the holiday season and my inevitable slow down during it caused me to not write a review, so this is also my way to give a few noteworthy albums the full review they deserve. This way I can also embed some videos and tracks in the hopes that whoever comes across these reviews is enticed to check out what I feel were some of 2012's best.

I listened to a ton of music in 2012, so before I get into my twenty favorite, here are the rest of the albums released this year that made my Top 50:

#50: Exitmusic - Passage

#49: Errors - Have Some Faith In Magic

#48: If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest

#47: The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know

#46: Caspian - Waking Season  

#45: Morning Parade - Morning Parade

#44: School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory

#43: Soft Swells - Soft Swells

#42: Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit

#41: Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind Of Fix

#40: Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

#39: Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago

#38: Lymbyc Systym - Symbolyst

#37: The Rocketboys - Build Anyway

#36: Alex Clare - The Lateness Of The Hour

#35: Orbital - Wonky

#34: The Pines - Dark So Gold

#33: Blue Foundation - In My Mind I Am Free

#32: Wintersleep - Hello Hum

#31: Jody Wisternoff - Trails We Blaze

#30: Andy Allo - Superconductor

#29: Pet Shop Boys - Elysium

#28: Paul van Dyk - Evolution

#27: The American Dollar - Awake In The City

#26: VCMG - SSSS

#25: Brae - Another Time And Place

#24: First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar

#23: Lone Wolf - The Lovers

#22: Zulu Winter - Language

#21: Graph Rabbit - Snowblind