Metacritic 75 (best rated 2012 new albums)

Info:  «Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs, and formerly, books. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged» (from Wikipedia). Metacritic 75 is a series of playlists collecting all new albums (no reissues, anthologies, live albums) that get a 75+ aggregated score generated by at least 15 reviews. On running years, the playlist is periodically updated and closed on January of the following year. This playlist collects new albums published in 2012.

Source: Metacritic
Date of publication: 2012
Spotify playlist latest update: 17th August 2016
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Full list

Strikethrough albums (12/177) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions (78)
Cate Le Bon - Cyrk (81)
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind Of Fix (77)
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (81)
Chairlift - Something (76)
Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory (83)
Laura Gibson - La Grande (79)
Django Django - Django Django (80)
Hospitality - Hospitality (75)
Errors - Have Some Faith In Magic (76)
The 2 Bears - Be Strong (79)
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (85)
Blondes - Blondes (76)
A Place To Bury Strangers - Onwards To The Wall (EP) (75)
Dr. Dog - Be The Void (75)
The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know (76)
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp (81)
Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral (75)
Ital - Hive Mind (75)
Burial - Kindred (EP) (88)
Heartless Bastards - Arrow (76)
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 2 (83)
John Talabot - Fin (80)
Shearwater - Animal Joy (76)
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa (81)
Frankie Rose - Interstellar (75)
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (81)
Sinéad O'Connor - How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (75)
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror (77)
Tindersticks - The Something Rain (79)
Lambchop - Mr. M (80)
Field Music - Plumb (77)
Grimes - Visions (80)
Dirty Three - Toward The Low Sun (78)
Beath Jeans Houghton - Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose (79)
Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva N A Day (78)
White Rabbits - Milk Famous (75)
Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables (79)
The Men - Open Your Heart (83)
Bowerbirds - The Clearing (77)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (78)
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (80)
Scuba - Personality (75)
Xiu Xiu - Always (78)
Julia Holter - Ekstasis (83)
Spoek Mathambo - Father Creeper (75)
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile (EP) (84)
THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE (75)
Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks (77)
Chromatics - Kill For Love (80)
High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis (85)
Screaming Females - Ugly (83)
Dr. John - Locked Down (86)
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (76)
M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion (75)
Graham Coxon - A+E (76)
Choir Of Young Believers - Rhine Gold (77)
Moonface - Hearthbreaking Bravery (78)
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (79)
Lightships - Electric Cables (78)
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light (81)
Death Grips - The Money Store (81)
Ty Segall - Hair (80)
Actress - R.I.P. (81)
Jack White - Blunderbuss (83)
Torche - Harmonicraft (83)
Lone - Galaxy Garden (77)
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (83)
Lower Dens - Nootropics (80)
Allo Darlin' - Europe (82)
Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game (77)
Off! - Off! (75)
PS I Love You - Death Dreams (78)
Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship (78)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (85)
Beach House - Bloom (78)
El-P - Cancer4Cure (84)
Laurel Halo - Quarantine (80)
The Walkmen - Heaven (80)
Saint Etienne - Words And Music By Saint Etienne (82)
Dexys - One Day I'm Going To Soar (82)
Kelly Hogan - I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (80)
Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground (78)
Liars - WIXIW (81)
Patti Smith - Banga (81)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (83)
Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots A UFO (76)
Usher - Looking 4 Myself (75)
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe (80)
Future Of The Left - The Plot Against Common Sense (81)
Hot Chip - In Our Heads (79)
Peaking Lights - Lucifer (76)
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 (89)
DIIV - Oshin (80)
Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse (83)
Twin Shadow - Confess (76)
Aesop Rock - Skelethon (79)
Mission Of Burma - Unsound (76)
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan (80)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (92)
Nas - Life Is Good (81)
Baroness - Yellow & Green (82)
The Very Best - MTMTMK (75)
Fang Island - Major (78)
Laetitia Sadier - Silencio (75)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (76)
Micachu & The Shapes - Never (76)
Purity Ring - Shrines (76)
Antibalas - Antibalas (78)
Redd Kross - Researching The Blues (81)
Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough? (75)
Shed - The Killer (75)
Bill Fay - Life Is People (86)
Jessie Ware - Devotion (85)
Matthew E. White - Big Inner (85)
Six Organs Of Admittance - Ascent (80)
Ry Cooder - Election Special (77)
Holy Other - Held (75)
Wild Nothing - Nocturne (75)
Swans - The Seer (87)
Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits (77)
Matthew Dear - Beams (78)
Dan Deacon - America (82)
Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge (77)
Bob Mould - Silver Age (80)
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't (76)
Deerhoof - Break Up Song (78)
Cat Power - Sun (78)
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (75)
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil (82)
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant (77)
The xx - Coexist (79)
Calexico - Algiers (76)
Bob Dylan - Tempest (83)
The Sea And Cake - Runner (79)
Menomena - Moms (81)
Corin Tucker Band - Kill My Blues (78)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat + Bone (75)
Holy Other - Held (75)
Woods - Bend Beyond (79)
P!nk - The Truth About Love (77)
Grizzly Bear - Shields (86)
Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky (75)
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber (79)
TOY - TOY (77)
Taken By Trees - Other Worlds (78)
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (86)
Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta (81)
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth (81)
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes (83)
Beth Orton - Sugaring Season (76)
How To Dress Well - Total Loss (77)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (88)
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (88)
METZ - METZ (82)
Ty Segall - Twins (80)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (81)
Martha Wainwright - Come Home To Mama (76)
Mac DeMarco - 2 (81)
Daphni - Jiaolong (76)
... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Lost Songs (79)
Titus Andronicus - Lost Business (78)
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (91)
Taylor Swift - Red (77)
Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man (78)
The Coup - Sorry To Bother You (80)
Cody ChesnuTT - Landing On A Hundred (80)
Tracey Torn - Tinsel And Lights (76)
Neurosis - Honor Found In Decay (81)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill (79)
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems (86)
The Weeknd - Trilogy (79)
Brian Eno - Lux (75)
Crystal Castles - (III) (76)
Deftones - Koi No Yokan (86)
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch (78)

London 2012 Olympics Playlist

From Stereogum, again:

"British director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) was tasked with picking a playlist for the upcoming Olympic opening ceremony in London, and his 86-track playlist has leaked online, according to The Telegraph. Notable: It’s probably a deliberate choice that members of the Queen’s Jubilee Court — knighted folks like Elton John and Paul McCartney — were left off. Though it hasn’t been officially confirmed, the playlist doesn’t jive with a certain Spice Girl. “We literally flew the flag — and Geri even wore it — around the globe,” Mel C, AKA Sporty Spice, told The Mirror. She’s got a point. Check out (listen to) the full playlist below".

72/86 tracks available.
No Beatles, no Led Zeppelin, no Pink Floyd, as spoti-usual.

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Stereogum's Indie Songs of the Summer 2012

Two months without writing or playlisting anything. Sorry, sometimes real life steals your fantasy life. I don't know if I will find a way to get regular again, here on Spotirama, but today I read this little list on Stereogum and I thought: "uhm, why not?". So it is... a little summer indie playlist: 12 songs, with just one missing (Azealia Banks' Jumanji). Enjoy!

P.S. You can vote your favourite summer song on Stereogum.

 

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Pitchfork Best New Music of 2012 (february update)

Time to open the Pitchfork magic box, again. This playlist is based on Best New Albums section of the US webzine. It only features albums reviewed in 2012 (for 2010 and 2011 playlists, see below). It's a good start. I love Cloud Nothings' Attack on Memory and - by now - we have 100% of albums available on Spotify. The playlist will be monthly updated. Enjoy!

PITCHFORK BEST NEW MUSIC OF 2012
Source: Pitchfork.
Albums available on Spotify: 3/3 (100%)
(links are to Pitchfork reviews)

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (8.6)
Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions (8.4)
John Talabot - fIN (8.5)

Listen on Spotify:
lite (three tracks each album): HTTP, URI (SR0823)
mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI (SR0824)


BEST NEW MUSIC OF 2010
lite (three tracks each album): HTTP, URI (SR0182)
mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI (SR0506)
BEST NEW MUSIC OF 2011
lite (three tracks each album): HTTP, URI (SR0576)
mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI (SR0577)