JOHN BOMMARITO'S Best of 2012
The annual list, compiled in the usual way -
mathematically. Each album gets a
possible score of 10X the number of songs on the release (i.e. 12 songs,
possible 120 points). Then each song is
rated on a 1-10 scale and math places them from top to bottom on the list. As usual, a few side categories this year
such as Covers Album (including ones that may have included a few originals,
but the covers were dominant) best of collection (since usually all the songs
have been released before in one form or another), Christmas (again, usually
full of covers), Various Artists (contains previously released songs, but
perhaps in a different version and not necessarily one artist throughout the
disc), EP (7 songs or less) and live release.
If you have a list, feel free to send it to
me.
(if a specific version is mentioned
in parentheses, you can assume it has additional tracks over the standard
release)
BEST
CD EP’S (7 SONGS OR LESS)
1- MATT
NATHANSON -LEFT & RIGHT VOL 2
2-INGRID MICHAELSON
-LIVE FROM LAUREL
CANYON
3-AMOS LEE
-AS THE CROW FLIES
4-MILOW-BORN
IN THE EIGHTEES
5-OLIVIA
MILLERSCHIN -PLANTED
5-IMAGINE
DRAGONS-CONTINUTED SILENCE EP
5-MARC
SCIBILIA-EP
5-PETER- MULVEY
CHASER
BEST COVERS ALBUMS
1-SEAL-SOUL
2
2-DREW
HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS-THROUGH THE NIGHT: LIVE AT THE STUDIO
3-DUNCAN SHEIK
-COVERS 80S REMIXED
4-THE PIANO
GUYS-THE PIANO GUYS (BARNES & NOBLE EDITION)
5- PETER
MULVEY -THE GOOD STUFF
5-PAUL MCCARTNEY
-KISSES ON THE BOTTOM (TARGET DELUXE EDITION)
BEST LIVE ALBUMS
1-U2-U22
2- NEWTON FAULKNER -LIVE 10/3/2013 GLASGOW
3-LOREENA MCKENNITT-TROUBADOURS
ON THE RHINE
4-COLDPLAY-LIVE
2012
5-CHANTAL
KREVIAZUK -IN THIS LIFE
5-SADE-BRING
ME HOME
BEST CHRISTMAS CD
1-DEVOE,
JENNIE-POST CARDS FROM THE ROAD
2-MARX,
RICHARD-CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (TARGET EDITION)
3-CAILLAT,
COLBIE-CHRISTMAS IN THE SAND (TARGET DELUXE EDITION)
4-VARIOUS-A
VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS-25 YEARS (BEST BUY EDITION)
5-PAUL,
ELLIS-CITY OF SILVER
TOP CDS OF 2011
1-BRANDI CARLILE
-BEAR CREEK
2-MUMFORD
& SONS-BABEL
3-FUN.-SOME
NIGHTS
4-NEWTON FAULKNER
-WRITE IT ON YOUR SKIN (DELUXE EDITION)
5- DREW
NELSON -TILT A WHIRL
6-INGRID MICHAELSON
-HUMAN AGAIN (BARNES & NOBLE EDITION)
7- JON
MCLAUGHLIN -PROMISING PROMISES (BEST BUY EDITION)
8-BRENDAN JAMES
-HOPE IN TRANSITION
9- JOHN
MAYER -BORN AND RAISED
10-SCARS ON
45-SCARS ON 45 (AMAZON EXCLUSIVE VERSION)
11-TYRONE WELLS-WHERE
WE MEET
12- THE
FRAY -SCARS & STORIES (TARGET VERSION)
12-KEANE-STRANGELAND
(DELUXE EDITION)
14-JUKEBOX
THE GHOST-SAFE TRAVELS
15-AVETT
BROTHERS-THE CARPENTER (TARGET EDITION)
16-TRISTAN PRETTYMAN
-CEDAR & GOLD
17-LINDSAY
LOU & THE FLATBELLYS-RELEASE YOUR SHROUDS
17- ED
SHEERAN -PLUS -
19- EMILE SANDE-OUR
VERSION OF EVENTS
20- JOE PUG
-THE GREAT DESPISER
21-COUNTING
CROWS-UNDERWATER SUNSHINE (OR WHAT WE DID ON OUR SUMMER VACATION)
21-ALAN DOYLE
-BOY ON BRIDGE
21-GRAFFITI6-COLOURS
21- ARI
HEST -THE FIRE PLAYS
21-JD MCPHERSON
-SIGNS & SIGNIFIERS
21- JASON
MRAZ -LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
21- JOSH
RITTER -BRIGHT'S PASSAGE/FIVE ANGELS
21-MINDY SMITH
-MINDY SMITH
21- BEN
TAYLOR -LISTENING
30-SOUNDTRACK-ONCE-ORIGINAL
BROADWAY RECORDING
30-PROCLAIMERS-LIKE
COMEDY (SCOTLAND
32-CAROLE KING
-THE LEGENDARY DEMOS
32- ZZ WARD
-TIL THE CASKET DROPS
34-JILL
JACK -SUNFLOWER GIRL
34-GREG LASWELL
- LANDLINE
36- SERENA
RYDER -HARMONY
37-MATCHBOX
20-NORTH (TARGET EDITION)
38-BARENAKED
LADIES-STOP US
38- GREG
LASWELL -LANDLINE (I TUNES EDITION)
38-THIRD
DAY-MIRACLE-
41-JOSHUA JAMES
-FROM THE TOP OF WILLAMETTE
MOUNTAIN
41-LOW
ANTHEM-WHAT THE CROW BRINGS
43- ADAM COHEN
-LIKE A MAN
43- ROSIE THOMAS
-WITH LOVE
43- DAR WILLIAMS
-IN THE TIME OF GODS
46-A SILENT
FILM-SAND AND SNOW
47-HOOBASTANK-FIGHT
OR FLIGHT (BEST BUY EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
47- PHILLIP
PHILLIPS -THE WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON (TARGET EDITION)
49-DELTA
RAE-CARRY THE FIRE
50-TRAIN-CALIFORNIA
50-WALK THE
MOON-WALK THE MOON
50-CHIEFTANS-VOICE
OF AGES
53-SOUL
ASYLUM-DELAYED REACTION (BEST BUY EDITION)
54-GRETCHEN
PETERS -HELLO CRUEL WORLD
54- JETTY RAE
-DROWNING IN GRAIN
56-IMAGINE
DRAGONS-NIGHT VISIONS (BEST BUY EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
57-RAYLAND BAXTER
-FEATHERS AND FISH HOOKS
57-DALA-BEST
DAY
57-GREEN
DAY-UNO!-
57-ALANIS MORISSETTE
-HAVOC & BRIGHT LIGHTS (TARGET EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
57-RODRIGO
Y GABRIELA FEAT C.U.B.A.-AREA 52-
62-KILLERS-BATTLE
63-ANTJE DUVEKOT
-NEW SIBERIA
63-GLEN HANSARD
-RHYTHM AND REPOSE
63-MICHAEL KIWANUKA
-HOME AGAIN
63- DAVE MCGRAW
& MANDY FER-SEED OF A PINE
63-WALLFLOWERS-GLAD
ALL OVER
68-CLARENSAU-UNTIL
OUR LUNGS GIVE
68-OLLLAM-THE
OLLLAM
70-JIMMY LAFAVE
-DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE
71-SARA BAREILLES
-ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME
71-BEN
FOLDS FIVE-THE SOUND OF THE LIFE OF THE MIND
71- ERIC HUTCHINSON
-MOVING UP LIVING DOWN
71-JOE JACKSON
-THE DUKE
71-MATTHEW PERRYMAN
JONES -LAND OF THE LIVING
71- LYNN MILES
-BLACK FLOWERS VOL. 3
71-SINEAD O'CONNOR
-HOW ABOUT I BE ME (AND YOU BE YOU)?
71- LUCIO RUBINO
-LUCIO RUBINO
71-CURTIS STIGERS
-LET'S GO OUT TONIGHT
80-CALLAGHAN-LIFE
IN FULL COLOUR
80-HEATHER NOVA
-300 DAYS AT SEA
80- JOSHUA RADIN
UNDERWATER
83-JERRY DOUGLAS -TRAVELER
83-LUMINEERS-THE
LUMINEERS
85-JIMMY FALLON
-BLOW YOUR PANTS OFF
86-CARSIE BLANTON
-IDIOT HEART
86- LYLE LOVETT
RELEASE ME
86-VAN MORRISON
-BORN TO SING: NO PLAN B
86-RAGBIRDS-TRAVELIN'
MACHINE
86-JOSH RITTER
-BRINGING IN THE DARLINGS
86-STEEL
WHEELS-LAY DOWN LAY LOW
86- GRACE WEBER
-HOPE & HEART BONUS TRACKS
93-GRACE POTTER
& THE NOCTURNALS-THE LION THE BEAST THE BEAT (BEST BUY SUPER DELUXE
EDITION)
94- TRACE BUNDY
-ELEPHANT KING
94- ROSE COUSINS
-WE HAVE MADE A SPARK
94-BRIAN JARVIS
-BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN
94-LUCY KAPLANSKY
-REUNION -
94- DAVE MATTHEWS
BAND-AWAY FROM THE WORLD
94-MEIKO-THE
BRIGHT SIDE
94-TWO DOOR
CINEMA CLUB-BEACON-
