The Best Albums of 2012 (10-1)

10. The Stone Coyotes - Wild Bird Flying
Family affair!
9. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Rare consensus of almost all list makers!
8. The Jim Jones Revue - The Savage Heart
The only top 10 album from England
7. Dan Stuart - Deliverance of Marlowe Billings
Ex Green on Red comeback!
6. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Mature Work!
5. Andrew Combs - Worried Man
Future of Country!
4. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
Better than his ex group!
3. Iris DeMent - Sing the Delta
That's alright Ma'!
2. The White Buffalo - Once Upon a Time in the West
Rough diamond!
1. Dexys - One Day I'm Going to Soar
Worth waiting 27 years!

The Best Albums of 2012 (20-11)

20. Natural Child - Hard in Heaven
It should've been ranked higher!
19. Malcolm Holcombe - Down The River
He deserves this!
18. Sean Rowe - The Salesman and the Shark
Rare baritone in rock!
17. Bob Dylan - Tempest
Still going strong!
16. Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
Operetic voice!
15. South Memphis String Band - Old Times There...
Charlie Parr Annual Award!
14. Ben Sollee - Half Made Man
Maybe too high!
13. Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs - Sunday Run Me Over
Like! Like! Like!
12. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Wreck and Ruin
Spreading love all around!
11. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Real rhythm and blues!

The Best Albums of 2012 (30-21)

30. Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh - The Barn Birds
This album mysteriously disappeared from Bandcamp, but is still on my list
29. The Oh Hellos - Through the Deep, Dark Valley
Texan siblings made one of the best debuts of the year
28. Grant-Lee Phillips - Walking in the Green Corn
Maestro is back!
27. Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
Freak Folk princess makes your blood rush!
26. The Walkmen - Heaven
If you can stand unusual voice of Hamilton Leithauser you'll enjoy this one!
25. Tift Merritt - Traveling Alone
The best female artist country album of the year
24. Giant Giant Sand - Tuscon
Howe Gelb is on another peak of his career!
23. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
St.Louis Elegy is one of my favourite songs of the year
22. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
Better of this year's two albums
21. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Chanteuse!

The Best Albums of 2012 (40 - 31)

40. Langhorne Slim - The Way We Move
Fine honky tonk piano here and there!
39. Otis Gibbs - Harder Than Hammered Hell
Another raspy voice and silky songwriting
38. Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
Sabor a mi is enough to secure his place on the list
37. Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Finally out of reach of father's giant shadow!
36. Calexico - Algiers
American ambient music visits Africa
35. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
British Garage (Enlightened Amateurism)
34. Jack White - Blunderbuss
White turns blue from red
33. The Trishas - High, Wide & Lonesome
Tear - jerker of the year!
32. The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
Out of gigantic Dylan's shadow
31. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
John Darnielle pays more and more attention to production and less and less to the quality of songs but still he is good enough to be 31.

The Best Albums of 2012 (50 - 41)

50. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
That youngster is part of the New Sensitivity movement!
49. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
J Mascis with his guitar
48. Ry Cooder - Election Special
His playing overshadows even this ugly subject
47. Anais Mitchell - Young Man in America
Authoress!
46. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Authoress!
45. Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair
Hipster's Garage
44. Jon Dee Graham - Garage Sale!
Song of the year - Unaffraid
43. Bill O'Sullivan - Phillip's Head
Grunge singer/songwriter is younger than his voice!
42. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden
Like when you drink cold water from the source
41. Chelle Rose - Ghost of Browder Holler
Even cowgirls get the blues