I migliori album internazionali del 2012 – la lista di Zago
Con alle spalle la classifica degli album italiani e la classifica delle canzoni, è arrivato il momento di affrontare quella relativa ai migliori album internazionali dell’anno.Come accaduto in passato, la classifica si basa sui voti ricevuti all’interno della rubrica “Uscite Discografiche“ durante l’anno, selezionando tutti gli album che hanno ricevuto una valutazione superiore a 7-
Con alle spalle la classifica degli album italiani e la classifica delle canzoni, è arrivato il momento di affrontare quella relativa ai migliori album internazionali dell’anno.
Come accaduto in passato, la classifica si basa sui voti ricevuti all’interno della rubrica “Uscite Discografiche“ durante l’anno, selezionando tutti gli album che hanno ricevuto una valutazione superiore a 7- (compreso). Un 2012 caratterizzato da proposte pop che guardano al futuro (Grimes, Purity Ring), dagli anni ’80 (Chromatics), da l’ennesima rivincita del dream-pop su scala sempre maggiore (Beach House), dal ritorno delle chitarre jangle via Captured Tracks (Wild Nothing, DIIV) e da chi dimostra che il rock non è morto (Japandroids, Tame Impala).
Black music decisamente sugli scudi con un Frank Ocean a livelli assoluti, hip hop in grande spolvero sia sul versante classico (Kendrick Lamar) sia sul versante avant (Death Grips) e la continua evoluzione post-r&b ormai al top da un paio d’anni (How To Dress Well). Lato elettronico, molto bene i ritmi primordiali di Andy Stott, la balearica John Talabot e la conferma di Flying Lotus. Senza dimenticare l’art pop in perenne movimento (Alt-J, Efterklang, Dirty Projectors), il cantautorato (Perfume Genius, Fiona Apple) e alcuni dinosauri più in forma che mai (da Cohen agli Swans, passando per Scott Walker). Tutto ciò tralasciando parecchi nomi, che potete trovare qui sotto all’interno della classifica.
179 Rob St. John – Weald
178 Lorn – Ask the Dust
177 Sigh – In Somniphobia
176 Flats – Better Living
175 Future Of The Left – The Plot Against Common Sense
174 Loma Prieta – I.V
173 Crippled Black Phoenix – (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
172 Whirr Pipe Dreams
171 The Invisible – Rispah
170 Pig Destroyer – Book Burner
169 Gazpacho – March of Ghosts
168 Errors – Have some Faith in Magic
167 Dordeduh – Dar De Duh
166 Colour Haze – She Said
165 Katatonia – Dead End Kings
164 Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
163 Nina Kraviz – Nina Kraviz
162 Beth Jeans Houghton – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
161 Xiu Xiu – Always
160 Blondes – Blondes
159 Trust – TRST
158 MeWithoutYou – Ten Stories
157 Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine
156 The Jezabels – Prisoner (2011)
155 The Evens – King Of Kings
154 Lee Ranaldo – Between the Times and the Tides
153 Actress – R.I.P.
152 Zammuto – Zammuto
151 M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion
150 Graham Coxon – A+E
149 ASAP Rocky – LiveLoveA (2011)
148 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Here
147 Saint Etienne – Words And Music
146 Moonface – With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
145 Sigur Rós – Valtari
144 Hot Chip – In Our Heads
143 Cooly G – Playin Me
142 Aesop Rock – Skelethon
141 Mono – For My Parents
140 TEEN – In Limbo
139 Vessel – Order of Noise
138 Nas – Life Is Goog
137 Beth Orton – Sugaring Season
136 Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber
135 Get Well Soon – The Scarlet Beast o’ Seven Heads
134 Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II
133 Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
132 Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who
131 Egyptian Hip Hop – Good Don’t Sleep
130 The Raveonettes – Observator
129 Metz – Metz
128 Kaki King – Glow
127 Cody ChesnuTT – Landing on a Hundred
126 Brian Eno – Lux
125 Collarbones – Die Young
124 Twin Shadow – Confess
123 Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe
122 Dan Deacon – America
121 First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
120 Pop. 1280 – The Horror
119 Django Django – Django Django
118 Keaton Henson – Dear
117 Father John Misty – Fear Fun
116 Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
115 Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
114 Breton Other People’s Problems
113 Les Discretes – Ariettes Oubliées…
112 Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil
111 Enslaved – RIITIIR
110 Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar
109 Radical Face- The Family Tree: The Roots (2011)
108 Islet – Illuminated People
107 Pepe Deluxè – Queen of the Wave
106 Anaïs Mitchell – Young Man in America
105 Scuba – Personality
104 Frankie Rose – Interstellar
103 Of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks
102 Mirrorring – Foreign Body
101 My Best Fiend – In Ghostlike Fading
100 Unsane – Wreck
99 Plan B – Ill Manors
98 Dry The River – Shallow Bed
97 THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE
96 CryBaby – CryBaby
95 Jack White – Blunderbuss
94 Tenhi – Saivo (2011)
93 The Caretaker – Patience (After Sebald)
92 Clams Casino – Instrumentals 2
91 Gojira – L’enfant sauvage
90 EL-P – Cancer 4 Cure
89 Niki & The Dove – Instinct
88 Big K.R.I.T. – 4eva N a Day
87 Gravenhurst – The Ghost in Daylight
86 Mount Eerie – Clear Moon
85 Roc Marciano – Reloaded
84 Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
83 Friends – Manifest!
82 Baroness – Yellow & Green
81 Jessie Ware – Devotion
80 LV – Sebenza
79 Bill Fay – Life Is People
78 Woodpecker Wooliams – The Bird School of Being Human
77 The Fresh and Onlys – Long Slow Dance
76 High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
75 Daughn Gibson – All Hell
74 Balthazar – Rats
73 Goat – World Music
72 Mac DeMarco – 2
71 Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien
70 Trail Of Dead – Lost Songs
69 Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action at a Distance
68 Lower Dens – Nootropics
67 Neil Young & The Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
66 Anathema – Weather Systems
65 Glass Animals – Leaflings EP
64 Beat Culture – Tokyo Dreamer
63 Lindstrøm – Smalhans
62 Raime – Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
61 Starred – Prison To Prison EP
60 Naomi Punk – The Feeling
59 Alcest – Les Voyages De l’âme
58 Dead Can Dance – Anastasis
57 Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
56 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
55 The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence (2011)
54 Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
53 Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
52 John Talabot – ƒin
51 Dr.John – Locked Down
50 Tall Ships – Everything Touching
49 Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
48 BADBADNOTGOOD – BBNG2
47 Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse
46 The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now
45 Efterklang – Piramida
44 Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
43 The Men – Open Your Heart
42 Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
41 Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
40 Tindersticks – The Something Rain
39 Julia Holter – Ekstasis
38 Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
37 Liars – WIXIW
36 A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship
35 iamamiwhoami – Kin
34 Holy Other – Held
33 Halls – Ark
32 Holly Herndon – Movement
31 The Soft Moon – Zeros
30 Flume – Flume
29 Vladislav Delay – Kuopio
28 TOY – TOY
27 Cloud Nothings – Attack On Nothing
26 How To Dress Well – Total Loss
25 DIIV – Oshin
24 Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
23 Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
22 Grizzly Bear – Shields
21 Matt Elliott – The Broken Man
20 Deftones – Koi No Yokan
19 Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
18 Death Grips – The Money Store
17 Swans – The Seer
16 the xx – Coexist
15 Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes
14 Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
13 Japandroids – Celebration Rock
12 Wild Nothing – Nocturne
11 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
10 Purity Ring – Shrines
9 Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
8 Beach House – Bloom
7 Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
6 Grimes – Visions
5 Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
4 Tame Impala – Lonerism
3 Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
2 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
1 Chromatics – Kill For Love