Halfway through 2012, here are some of my favourite albums and singles of the year so far.
Albums:
- Not Your Kind of People – Garbage
- MDNA – Madonna
- Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen
- The Idler Wheel… – Fiona Apple
- Old Ideas – Leonard Cohen
- Mid Air – Paul Buchanan
- Give You The Ghost – POLICA
- Out of the Game – Rufus Wainwright
- Oceania – Smashing Pumpkins
- Tramp – Sharon Van EttenĀ
- Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North – The Magnetic North
- 2:54 – 2:54
- Other People’s Problem’s – Breton
Singles:
- Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
- iLL Manors – Plan B
- Melancholy Sky – Goldfrapp
- Born to Die – Lana del Rey
- Next to Me – Emeli Sande
- Ekki mukk – Sigur Ros
- Simple Song – The Shins
- Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
- Safe and Sound – Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars
- Disparate Youth – Santigold
- Home Run – Misha B
- Guardian – Alanis Morissette