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J03Y's Year In Review: 2012 (Best Books #5 & #4)
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my Singles getting approved
Best Albums #10 - #6 will be posted in a few hours, be there or be squared
Euphonic 30 #20 - #11 will be posted tomorrow. remember, this is music week!
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Evanescence, 21, & Goodbye Lullaby on your 2011 list
Safe & Sound, Part of Me & Domino
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OMG I LOVE THIS LIST
We Found Love, Domino, Part Of Me, Starships & Glad You Came
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5/10
Cool list, so far.
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THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 #10 - #6
10 'MYLO XYLOTO' COLDPLAY
This is a really good album, almost surreal in a way. It ventures into the pop genre a little bit for an overall truly alternative feel that works. It's one of those albums that when you think of 2012 in, not just popular music, but 2012 music in general, you see this album. It's filled with rare beauties, something Coldplay is very well known for, like 'Paradise' and 'Princess of China.'
Best Tracks:
1. Princess of China (feat. Rihanna)
2. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
3. Paradise
4. Charlie Brown
9 'HERE AND NOW' NICKELBACK
It's good rock, exhibited through tracks 'This Means War' and 'Bottoms Up.' It also shows you an edgier side to this year, without going over the top on this grittier feeling that Nickelback releases. Yet at the same time, they're not above going softer with rock ballads such as 'Lullaby' and 'Don't Ever Let It End.' It's a very balanced rock album, and that's basically why I love it enough to name it a Best of 2012.
Best Tracks:
1. This Means War
2. Lullaby
3. Bottoms Up
4. Don't Ever Let It End
5. When We Stand Together
6. Trying Not To Love You
8 'SOME NIGHTS' FUN
Just one of the best alternative records 2012 had to offer, fun. is the epitome of forever alone confused introverts trying to get by in life, represented through tracks 'All Alone' and 'Some Nights.' At the same time they have a sort of feeling that makes you relate to their words, even if you haven't been in their shoes. As if there's a familiar feeling each song has, and that's what classifies it as 2012 perfection.
Best Tracks:
1. Some Nights
2. All Alone
3. Out on the Town
4. We Are Young(feat. Janelle Monáe)
7 'THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE' P!NK
It's a nice listen, almost like a pleasant pop album but with raw lyrics and emotions. It's a vulnerable record, especially as far as P!nk goes. There's real truth and wit behind every track, classic P!nk at her best. Just listen the title track, '**** Like You,' 'Walk of Shame,' and 'True Love,' and you'' get what I'm saying.
Best Tracks:
1. **** Like You
2. The Truth About Love
3. Try
4. True Love
5. Just Give Me A Reason
6. Walk of Shame
6 'RED' TAYLOR SWIFT
It's a frilly album, yet personal, too. She's being honest about her feelings and taking that honesty and applying it to a style of music where she can communicate a sense of relatability. And she diverges from her fairy tale princess atmosphere to enter the realm of true mainstream pop in a really cool an innovative (as far as Taylor Swift's standards go) style. The best examples of this are 'I Knew You Were Trouble,' 'The Last Time,' and 'Red.'
Best Tracks:
1. I Knew You Were Trouble
2. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody)
3. Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran)
4. Begin Again
5. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
6. 22
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P!nk I like her album
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Nickelback.
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Some Nights is kinda annoying sometimes, but I love and hate it.
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The No. 1's of All Time
2009
2010
2011
ok so, the Top 30 for each previous year has been made, so you can check those out in this update and the next.
also, the OP has gotten some last minute changes and additions to the line-up. next week will Minor Countdowns week, where i countdown the flops of the year! the Top 10 Worst Songs and a new annual thing i wanna do called the "You Tried" Star Awards about significant events in entertainment, counting down by medals Bronze ("I Don't Even Think You Tried" Award), Silver ("There Was An Effort To Make An Effort" Award) and Gold ("You Poor Unfortunate Soul" Award).
Then the Euphonic Decade weeks was changed to Best Songs of All Time.
The Euphonic 30 Year-End chart is determined by a system i made long before i even began a weekly chart. i make 4 Seasonal Charts (private, made to express the songs i liked throughout each four seasons) and one Year-Round Favorites Chart (made as a sort of back-up chart to help certain songs i like that don't have high seasonal points). with these five charts made and points amounted, i put them all together in one big chart to reflect the whole year. here is the current year's accumulation.
THE EUPHONIC 30 OF 2012 #20 - #11
20 'I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END' LUKE BRYAN
Tailgates & Tanlines | Peak: 2
19 'BURN IT DOWN' LINKIN PARK
Living Things | Peak: 2
18 'WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL' ONE DIRECTION
Up All Night | Peak: 3
17 'WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER' TAYLOR SWIFT
Red | Peak: 1 (x1)
16 'PAYPHONE' MAROON 5 FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA
Overexposed | Peak: 5
15 'GOOD FEELING' FLO RIDA
Wild Ones | Peak: 2
14 'PRINCESS OF CHINA' COLDPLAY FEAT. RIHANNA
Mylo Xyloto | Peak: 2
13 'BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS)' P!NK
The Truth About Love | Peak: 3
12 'WE ARE YOUNG' FUN FEAT. JANELLE MONÁE
Some Nights | Peak: 2
11 'WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER)' KELLY CLARKSON
Stronger | Peak: 1 (x6)
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LP, Pink, 1D, fun, Kelly.
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Burn it down is amazing! and Blow Me too
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Love the songs on the list except #20
Mylo Xyloto, Some Nights, TABL, (**** Liek You is #1 ) , Red
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3/5 albums
fun.,Pink,Taylor
8/10 songs
WANEGBT,Payphone,WAY
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P!nk & Coldplay for albums.
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Great set. Can't wait until the top 10 to be revealed.
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THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 #5 - #1
5 'LIVING THINGS' LINKIN PARK
It's upbeat, yet it's also deep. It cuts into your feelings deeply, starting from its first track, 'Lost In The Echo.' Introduced by a fair and just lead single, it works as a classic Linkin Park album, and a classic album in general. It turns a simple mainstream rock album into something worth value, the best way to integrate the rock genre in a mainstream oriented musical society.
Best Tracks:
1. Burn It Down
2. Roads Untraveled
3. Lost In The Echo
4. Skin To Bone
5. In My Remains
6. Castle of Glass
4 'HALCYON' ELLIE GOULDING
It's a dynamic album, amazing lyrics and vocally brilliant. One of the best representations of pop albums at their best this year. I also like Ellie's use of dubstep in 'Figure 8,' and her rhythm in 'Only You' and 'Anything Could Happen.'
Best Tracks:
1. Figure 8
2. Hanging On
3. Only You
4. Anything Could Happen
3 'TALK THAT TALK' RIHANNA
R&B's best album offered, and delivered was a compilation of excellent songwriting and songs just to jam to (i.e. 'Where Have You Been' and 'Farewell'). Rihanna may not have outdone herself, but she definitely set a high bar for any R&B album to follow up with.
Best Tracks:
1. Where Have You Been
2. Drunk on Love
3. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
4. Farewell
5. You Da One
6. We All Want Love
2 'TAKE CARE' DRAKE
There's something qualitative presented in each song. It really is one of the few hip hop albums I'll actually give a listen. 'Take Care' and 'Marvin's Room' just bring out so much emotion in his words, though at the same time the album still has typical rap songs so it's not completely a whole different style.
Best Tracks:
1. Take Care (feat. Rihanna)
2. Marvin's Room
3. The Motto (feat. Lil Wayne)
4. Headlines
5. Make Me Proud (feat. Nicki Minaj)
6. We'll Be Fine
1 'MAKING MIRRORS' GOTYE
Simply: the best album, since a while. It flows beautifully and written phenomenally. 'Smoke and Mirrors' and 'Somebody That I Used To Know' just have this catchiness factor, while also being lyrically deep and moving. And you're willing to go back and listen to the songs as well, really what's not to love about this album?
Best Tracks:
1. Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
2. Smoke and Mirrors
3. Easy Way Out
4. Eyes Wide Open
5. State of the Art
6. In Your Light
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Ellie and LP.
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Living Things was great Rihanna
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AGREE with your favorites of each albums
and I love all these albums as well
we have similar tastes
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who's ready for the Top 10 Singles of 2012?
give an educated guess as to what the top spot will be.
in the meantime, here are the top spots for the past three years:
2009: 'Poker Face' by Lady Gaga
2010: 'Teenage Dream' by Katy Perry
2011: 'The Edge Of Glory' by Lady Gaga
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