Lost Music Saloon: Jan. 14, 2013: Fave Albums of 2012 Countdown!

Mon, Jan 14, 2013

Lost Music SaloonLost Music Saloon: Jan. 14, 2013: Fave Albums of 2012 Countdown!

Welcome to the "Best Albums of 2012" edition of the Lost Music Saloon! One of my fave shows of the year to bring your way, I'll do a formal countdown of my Top 10 Albums later in the show, but will start out with some faves from albums ##11-20; some "big name commercial" artists; and a couple of songs from fave soundtracks and reissued/archival music of 2012.

Click on 'read more' below to see both tonight's playlist AND all of my year-end lists.

Enjoy!

Lost Music Saloon: PLAYLIST: Jan. 14, 2013: Fave Albums of 2012 Countdown!

Some "Big Name Commercial" Faves:

Bob Dylan: Duquesne Whistle: Tempest

Bruce Springsteen: American Land: Wrecking Ball

Beach Boys: That's Why God Made the Radio: That's Why God Made the Radio

Willie Nelson: Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Hero

Songs From Albums #11–20:

Alejandro Escovedo: Headstrong Crazy Fools: Big Station

Iris Dement: Go On Anead and Go Home: Sing the Delta

Avett Brothers: Live and Die: The Carpenter

Old Crow Medicine Show: Levi: Carry Me Back

Best Soundtracks/Archival/Anthologies of 2012:

Rodriguez: Sugar Man: Searching For Sugar Man

Billy Marlowe: Never Figured You For Gone: Show Me the Steps

The Saloon's Top 10 Albums of 2012:

#10 Shovels and Rope: "Birmingham" and "Keeper": O' Be Joyful

#9 Trampled By Turtles: "Midnight On the Interstate" and "Walt Whitman": Stars and Satellites

#8 Giant Giant Sand: "Wind Blown Waltz" and ""We Don't Play Tonight": Tucson

#7 Allo Darlin': "Capricornia" and "The Letter": Europe

#6 Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound: "Smokin' the Boys" and "My Friend the Devil": Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound

#5 First Aid Kit: "Emmylou" and "The Lion's Roar": The Lion's Roar

#4 Jack White: "Blunderbuss" and "Missing Pieces": Blunderbuss

#3 Chris Knight: "Jack Loved Jessie": Little Victories

#2 The Deadfields: "Blood On My Guitar Strings": Dance in the Sun

#1 The Great Unknowns: "Homefront": Homefront

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Fave 20 Albums of 2012:
(1) The Great Unknowns: Homefront
(2) Deadfields: Dance In The Sun
(3) Chris Knight: Little Victories
(4) Jack White: Blunderbuss
(5) First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar
(6) Audra Mae & the Almighty Sounds: Audra Mae & the Almighty Sounds
(7) Allo Darlin': Europe
(8) Giant Giant Sand: Tucson
(9) Trampled By Turtles: Stars and Satellites
(10) Shovels & Rope: O' Be Joyful
Patterson Hood: Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance
The Gaslight Anthem: Handwritten
Iris DeMent: Sing the Delta
Paul Kelly: Spring and Fall
Van Morrison: Born To Sing – No Plan B
Bob Dylan: Tempest
Old Crow Medicine Show: Carry Me Back
Avett Brothers: The Carpenter
Beachwood Sparks: The Tarnished Gold
Alejandro Escovedo: Big Station

Ten Hon. Mentions (no order):
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale: Buddy & Jim
Steve Forbert: Over With You
Mumford and Sons: Babel (Deluxe)
Redd Kross: Researching the Blues
Ed Pettersen: I Curse the River of Time
Lucero: Women + Work
Kelly Hogan: I Like To Keep Myself in Pain
The Tallest Man On Earth: There's No Leaving Now
The Wallflowers: Glad All Over
The Parlor Soldiers: When the Dust Settles

Top Ten 2012 Tributes/Anthologies/Soundtracks/Archival/Reissues:

(1) Rodriguez: Searching For Sugar Man (Soundtrack/Anthology)

(2) Billy Marlowe: Show Me the Steps (Archival)
(3) Dave Alvin: Eleven Eleven (Expanded Reissue)
(4) The Flatlanders: The Odessa Files (Archival)
(5) Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan (Tribute)
(6) Paul Simon: Graceland 25th Anniv'y (Expanded Reissue)
(7) We Walk The Line: A Celebration Of The Music of Johnny Cash (Tribute)
(8) Great Big Sea: XX (Anthology)
(9) Jamey Johnson: Living For a Song – A Tribute to Hank Cochran (Tribute)
(10) Taj Mahal: The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 (Anthology/Archival)

Top Twenty 2012 "Big Name/Commercial" Albums (no order):
Bob Dylan: Tempest
Van Morrison: Born To Sing – No Plan B
Willie Nelson: Heroes
Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball (Deluxe)
The Beach Boys: That's Why God Made the Radio
Little Feat: Rooster Rag
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
Heart: Fanatic
Joe Walsh: Analog Man
Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill
Mark Knopfler: Privateering
Dr. John: Locked Down
John Hiatt: Mystic Pinball
Lyle Lovett: Release Me
New Riders of the Purple Sage: 17 Pine Avenue
Dwight Yoakam: 3 Pears
Bonnie Raitt: Slipstream
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)
Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr: Kin