Victoria's Best of 2012 | Top 100 Albums | Top 5 revealed - Page 10

collin

Brandy, Xtina, Carly and Karmin's albums are all amazing

backtoback

Calvin, Christina & The Script are my favorites

MP2K

Brandy so low.

Two-Eleven, Kiss, 18months

Tomahawk Technique

I'm upset with Sean.

Delta

18 Months is good although it has nothing new.

jomarr

Two Eleven & Born & Raised too low

I heard Dos! is great! Let me give it a listen.

#3 mehhhh. It's a mehh album. Definitely their weakest.

D/X

Missing the write ups.

Carly and Calvin.

jbstatic23

Owl City. Xtina and Carly

SebaMonster

Brandy

Jeiboy

Some of my most fave albums are here! 2/11 , Lotus

sumthintoxic82

5/10

Two Eleven was actually REALLY good

Lotus was better than expected... Just a Fool being the top song

DOS!!! One of My favs from the year...

Scorpio

Lotus & Hello

Way too low tho

LionH3art

Think all those albums have too high scores (except Brandy), but I like from all of them a few songs...

Victoria

Let's go into the top 70 of my countdown. This time write ups are back.

Highlights of the album. as always. are bolded. The best tracks on the albums are in red.

70. Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire
Score: 75.77/100

Girl on Fire – Track by Track

"This vocal cord is on FIYAH / this throat is on FIYAH / this larynx is on FIYAH" - this quote from the title track describes perfectly the album. Screaming, screeching and off key singing - that's what you'll find on the album. Alicia's vocals are pretty bad. The songwriting on it, sans One Thing (courtesy of Frank Ocean) is not good at all. The only reason this album made into the top 70 is probably because I used to be a huge fan of the home wrecker Alicia. And what kind of Hunger Games inspired album title?

69. Alexandra Burke – Heartbreak on Hold
Score: 75.83/100

Heartbreak on Hold – Track by Track

I still don't know what happened with the real Alexandra Burke - the one that had one of the most flawless vocals on the world, the one that won the X Factor, the one that dueted with Beysus herself. It seems that Alex lost herself among those ugly generic beats and the Auto-tune, and all of that probably happened because she wanted desperately to be relevant.

Too bad for her it did not work at all. The only track that really stands out in a good way is the last track - the beautiful ballad "What Money Can't Buy".

68. Ne-Yo – R.E.D.
Score:76.15/100

R.E.D. – Track by Track

I never expected Ne-Yo to have some kind of amazing album and R.E.D. is just another proof. It has too many filler tracks and even the singles sounds not amazing. I think he should stick up to writing, not for Beysus, though. I'm sure the song he did with God won't make the cut again, just like with 4.

67. Mumford & Sons – Babel
Score: 76.25/100

Babel – Track by Track

Overrated mess. It was clearly made only for the US market. No one outside of it will like the album - it's mediocre at its best. That speaks a lot for itself.

66. Alex Clare – The Lateness of the Hour
Score: 76.67/100

The Lateness of the Hour – Track by Track

I know I'm kind of late with this album - it was released in most parts of the world in 2011 but the reason why I included it is because of the flawless "Too Close", of course. The rest of the tracks can't compare with it at all. Some of them are very bad - "When Doves Cry", is an example of that - you just can't make a Prince cover and combine with dubstep. What kind of failed logic?

65. Ed Sheeran – +
Score: 77.08/100

+ – Track by Track

At first listen I really disliked this album. At that time I found it really boring. But as time passed, it slowly began to grow on me just like fine wine. As a whole the album is not that bad, especially coming from an UK singer.

64. Green Day – ¡Tré!
Score: 77.50/100

¡Tré!– Track by Track

The third (and last) part of Green Day's trilogy albums comes @ #64. The second part - ¡Dos! was placed @ #73 just yesterday. The first part - ¡Uno! is still in my list and y'all probably won't find it soon here.

¡Tré! combines very well the light, pop sound of ¡Uno! with the more hard, rock sound of ¡Dos!.

63. Rick Ross – God Forgives. I Don’t
Score: 75.38/100

God Forgives, I Don’t – Track by Track

To be honest the only reason I listened to this album is the André 3000-assisted flawless masterpiece that is called "Sixteen". The problem with Rick is that he can't make a great track on his own. All of the highlights/standouts of the albums have a featured artist. His solo track are very boring.

62. Various Artists – Think Like a Man (Music from & Inspired By the Film)
Score: 77.92/100

Think Like a Man – Track by Track

Think Like a Man was a great movie but the soundtrack is even better. It features some of R&B and Hip-Hop's biggest and most promising stars - Jennifer Hudson, John Legend Ne-Yo, Future, Bey's background singer Kelly Rowland (not Tenitra), and some not that big stars - Miscarried Baby Hilson, for example. The OST is a fine combination of some old R&B throwback jams and amazing R&B meets Hip-Hop collaborations.

61. DJ Fresh – Nextlevelism
Score: 78.33/100

Nextlevelism – Track by Track

DJ Fresh might be the UK version of David Guetta but Daniel Stein ***** on Guetta in every possible way. Despite not collaborating with big stars, Daniel still managed to make an amazing Dance album. The Rita Ora-assisted "Hot Right Now" is the track that made me check who this guy was and I was not disappointed with him at all.

That's all for today. And thanks for the comments, guys. Much appreciated.

Michael

Alex Clare

I disagree about When Doves Cry, it's amazing!

SupremeGoddess

Alicia and Alexandra

I don't like that Alicia drag

LionH3art

Green Day

Scorpio

Girl On Fire + Heartbreak On Hold

AshleeSimpsonFan

The Lateness of the Hour

Alex Clare is really good

Achilles.

I see we have the same favorite from + and Lateness of the Hour

Nikko

Girl on Fire

It's still amazing that you heard 100 albums and rated all of them.