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Crazytowel's 2012 Review ⇛ Finished! #1 Single Revealed!
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lol Triumphant, Breathing, and Elephant belong on that list
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Agree with some of those
Hope you check out mine too
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Bom Bom and Triumphant are terrible
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Elephant and Good Time are awful
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Good Time and Whistle
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Bom Bom and Whistle are indeed SH1T.
Good Time on the other hand isn't.
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Sara Bareilles,Newton Faulkner
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I've only heard 1991 out of those EP's.
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Sara Bareilles and Azealia
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10-1 Best EPs
10. Jason Mraz 'Live is a Four Letter Word'
Live EPs very rarely gain much of my attention, and while I've long been a fan of Jason, I can't say I was waiting with bated breath to check this one out. In the end that probably contributed to the reason I enjoyed it so much, the unexpectedness! You can use this EP to visualize how great he would be live, and I enjoy his banter with the crowd just as much as the music.
9. Disclosure 'The Face'
It's not been a bad year for the Disclosure boys at all really, considering the #1 they achieved with 'Latch' on my Hot 100 and their influence in getting Jessie Ware's 'Running' to #1 with their incredible remix. This EP illustrates what super-producers these guys are soon to become. Watch this space!
8. Alpines 'Early Hours'
I first stumbled upon this duo after hearing a remix of the track 'Chances' done by Cyril Hahn (his remixes have been blowing my mind for months now!), and then their name cropped up again on the Sub Focus track 'Tidal Wave'. Naturally I went to see what else they had, and this EP was a pleasant discovery.
7. AlunaGeorge 'You Know You Like It'
These guys aren't all that dissimilar to Alpines actually... except that they seem to be getting a fair bit more attention (including runner-up for the Brits Critic's Choice award for 2013). This EP is three solid tracks, and has been a great complementary listen to their spine tingling single 'Your Drums, Your Love' which recently reached the higher ends of my Hot 100.
6. MS MR 'Candy Bar Creep Show'
Another one of those discoveries I just happened to stumble on recently, and my GOD I hope everyone else stumbles across them soon too! The track 'Bones' got me hooked on them after hearing just a 15 second snippet somewhere, a track which started charting on my Hot 100 a couple of weeks ago (expect to see it riding high early in 2013). A full-length would be lovely now!
5. Tom Odell 'Songs From Another Love'
The outright winner of the Brits Critic's Choice award, we can expect big things from Tom Odell in 2013 (bearing in mind he is following in the footsteps of Adele, Florence + the Machine, Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, and Emeli fricking Sande!). 'Another Love' is one of the most breathtaking tracks I've heard in ages, and the other demo tracks provided leave me chomping at the bit to hear his album when it drops.
4. Katy B 'Danger'
Everyone loves a bit of Katy B. Me especially. Eargasm. She is funky urban rawness personified. This free early Christmas present features non-other than Jessie Ware who has had an incredible 2012, so this EP really was going to do no wrong. 'Aaliyah' channels everything I'd expect from the included trio of artists, and warms us up nicely for the house-burners 'Got Paid' and 'Light as a Feather'. If she's giving this to us for free, what can the album have in store?
3. Charlotte Church 'O N E'
This EP is definitely the biggest surprise of the year to me. Not because it's good, I'm a huge fan of Charlotte and I loved both of her last albums (despite both being worlds apart from each other). If this EP has taught me nothing else about Charlotte, it's that she is adaptable. To go from Classical, to Pop/Rock chick, to singer/songwriter, and now to this alternative/indie starlet is magnificent. Seriously guys, check this out, it will NOT be what you'd expect!
2. Solange 'True'
I had a massive debate with myself as to whether or not I should even include this. It's definitely too good/much to be classed as an EP. I guess we'll just have to hold out and let her show us what she has prepared for us on the coming album. Fangirl excited for it. Literally, yikes! With her last album, Solange proved to me that she got the creative side of the family talent pool, while a nameless sibling may have got a stronger set of pipes, Solange still has a unique and identifiable voice that differentiates her from anyone else in the industry. Her sound is both classic and current simultaneously, and she pulls it off better than anyone else could.
1. Maya Jane Coles 'Easier To Hide'
I know that next to no one knows about Maya yet. Unless you're a fan of house music, you'd have no reason to (even though she has remixed for some well known names like Florence + the Machine, Lianne La Havas, and Little Dragon). To summarize, she is the undisputed Queen of deep house. She is the Madonna, the Britney, the Janis Joplin, the ADELE! Her sound is hypnotizing and filthy in all the right ways, and sounds best turned up to maximum volume. Maya taught me a new-found respect for minimalism. I'd love to say that everyone should check this EP out, because it is brilliant, but chances are you probably wouldn't feel the same way I do. It's more than a genre.
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Epic!
specially Diplo, Ms Mr & Dangerous Muse's EPs
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I've only listened to Liquorice from Azealia's.
What a shame.
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Jason Mraz
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1991- Azealia Banks..
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Solange really delivered a flawless EP. Glad you included it.
Change the title, too.
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Jason
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Holy Danger EP and Solange's True OMG
Aluna George is soo good to be honest! OMG
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So who missed out?...
Singles 201-350
201 Christina Aguilera - Your Body
202 Noisettes - That Girl
203 Naughty Boy - Wonder (Feat. Emeli Sandé)
204 Lupe Fiasco - Bitch Bad
205 Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles
206 Fat Joe - Another Round (Remix) (Feat. Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Kirko Bangz)
207 Little Mix - DNA
208 Nelly Furtado - Parking Lot
209 Swedish House Mafia & Knife Party - Antidote
210 Usher - Numb
211 Vince Kidd - Sick Love (Feat. Lady Leshurr)
212 Walk The Moon - Anna Sun
213 Lawson - When She Was Mine
214 Conor Maynard - Can't Say No
215 Gym Class Heroes - The Fighter (Feat. Ryan Tedder)
216 Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again (Feat. Pitbull)
217 Calvin Harris - Let's Go (Feat. Ne-Yo)
218 One Direction - Little Things
219 Liam Bailey - Please Love Me
220 Christopher - Nothing In Common
221 Redlight - Get Out My Head
222 The Wanted - Warzone
223 One Direction - One Thing
224 Gym Class Heroes - Ass Back Home (Feat. Neon Hitch)
225 Diamond Rings - I'm Just Me
226 Heather Nova - Higher Ground
227 The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling
228 The xx - Chained
229 Of Monsters And Men - Mountain Sound
230 Jamie Hartman - Girlwise
231 Little Boots - Headphones
232 Joe Jonas - All This Time
233 Labrinth - This Time
234 Melanie Fiona - This Time (Feat. J. Cole)
235 MNDR - #1 In Heaven
236 Newton Faulkner - Write it On Your Skin
237 JLS - Proud
238 Maroon 5 - One More Night
239 Rita Ora - How We Do (Party)
240 Tyson - After You're Gone
241 Katy Perry - Part Of Me
242 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
243 Jessie J - Laserlight (Feat. David Guetta)
244 Little Boots - Every Night I Say A Prayer
245 Rita Ora - R.I.P. (Feat. Tinie Tempah)
246 Nero - Reaching Out
247 Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.)
248 Miike Snow - Paddling Out
249 Niki & The Dove - DJ, Ease My Mind
250 Trey Songz - Simply Amazing
251 One Direction - Live Like We're Young
252 Tulisa - Sight of You
253 Ren Harvieu - Through The Night
254 Scissor Sisters - Only The Horses
255 Jennifer Hudson - Think Like A Man (Feat. Rick Ross & Ne-Yo)
256 Darren Hayes - Stupid Mistake
257 The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders
258 Katy Perry - Wide Awake
259 Delta Goodrem - Wish You Were Here
260 Ren Harvieu - Open Up Your Arms
261 Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart
262 Jakwob - Electrify (Feat. Jetta)
263 Everything Everything - Cough Cough
264 Newton Faulkner - Clouds
265 B.o.B - So Good
266 Alt-J - Something Good
267 Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
268 Jack White - Love Interuption
269 The Kills - The Last Goodbye
270 The Temper Trap - Need Your Love
271 Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
272 Stooshe - Betty Woz Gone
273 Regina Spektor - All The Rowboats
274 Nerina Pallot - All Bets Are Off
275 Garbage - Big Bright World
276 Foster The People - Color On The Walls (Don't Stop)
277 Katie Melua - Better Than A Dream
278 Ladyhawke - Sunday Drive
279 M83 - Reunion
280 James Morrison - One Life
281 Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
282 The Band Perry - If I Die Young
283 Robbie Williams - Different
284 Keane - Silenced By The Night
285 Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
286 Calvin Harris - We'll Be Coming Back (Feat. Example)
287 Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (Feat. Big Sean)
288 Bastile - Flaws
289 OneRepublic - Feel Again
290 Jessie J - Domino
291 Ke$ha - Die Young
292 DJ Fresh - The Feeling (Feat. Ravaughn)
293 Django Django - Default
294 Sam Sparro - Happiness
295 Kris Allen - The Vision Of Love
296 Kimbra - Cameo Lover
297 Jack White - Freedom At 21
298 First Aid Kit - Emmylou
299 Esperanza Spalding - Black Gold (Feat. Algebra Blessett)
300 The Temper Trap - Trembling Hands
301 Trey Songz - Heart Attack
302 The Ting Tings - Hang It Up
303 Miike Snow - Devil's Work
304 Lawson - Taking Over Me
305 Jess Mills - Pixelated People
306 James Arthur - Impossible
307 Utah Saints vs Drumsound & Bassline Smith - What Can You Do For Me?
308 Nero - Must Be The Feeling
309 Lawson - Standing in the Dark
310 Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Pictures
311 Will Young - Losing Myself
312 Guy Sebastian - Don't Worry Be Happy
313 Melanie Amaro - Don't Fail Me Now
314 Keane - Sovereign Light Café
315 James Morrison - Slave To The Music
316 Maroon 5 - Payphone (Feat. Wiz Khalifa)
317 Train - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
318 Sam Sparro - I Wish I Never Met You
319 Devlin - Watchtower (Feat. Ed Sheeran)
320 Brandy - Put It Down (Feat. Chris Brown)
321 Ne-Yo - Forever Now
322 The Sound Of Arrows - Conquest
323 Washington - Holy Moses
324 Delta Goodrem - Dancing With A Broken Heart
325 Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump
326 Ben Montague - Deep End
327 Ciara - Sorry
328 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath
329 Niki & The Dove - Tomorrow
330 The Wanted - Chasing The Sun
331 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Dream On
332 Sub Focus - Out The Blue (Feat. Alice Gold)
333 Wretch 32 - Hush Little Baby (Feat. Ed Sheeran)
334 Tulisa - Young
335 Pitbull - International Love (Feat. Chris Brown)
336 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me
337 NERVO - We're All No One (Feat. Afrojack & Steve Aoki)
338 Charlie Simpson - Farmer And His Gun
339 Kimbra - Good Intent
340 Matt Cardle - Amazing
341 Madonna - Turn Up the Radio
342 Noah & the Whale - Give It All Back
343 Labrinth - Express Yourself
344 Lil' Wayne - Mirrors (Feat. Bruno Mars)
345 First Aid Kit - Wolf
346 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young Wild & Free (Feat. Bruno Mars)
347 Snow Patrol - New York
348 Labrinth - Treatment
349 Evanescence - My Heart Is Broken
350 Carrie Underwood - Good Girl
Albums 101-235
101 Justin Bieber - Believe
102 Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour
103 Monica - New Life
104 Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
105 Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
106 Plan B - iLL Manors
107 Patti Smith - Banga
108 Lawson - Chapman Square
109 Dark Dark Dark - Who Needs Who
110 Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society
111 Keane - Strangeland
112 Civil Twilight - Holy Weather
113 The Tallest Man On Earth - Theres No Leaving Now
114 Niki & The Dove - Instinct
115 Garbage - Not Your Kind Of People
116 The Pines - Dark So Gold
117 Crystal Castles - III
118 Robbie Williams - Take The Crown
119 Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns
120 Miguel Campbell - Back In Flight School
121 Kyla La Grange - Ashes
122 Big Boi - Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors
123 Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
124 Guy Sebastian - Armageddon
125 Brandy - Two Eleven
126 The Vaccines - Come of Age
127 Chris Brown - Fortune
128 Ke$ha - Warrior
129 Vicci Martinez - Vicci
130 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble
131 Conor Maynard - Contrast
132 Alexandra Burke - Heartbreak On Hold
133 Labrinth - Electric Earth
134 WZRD - WZRD
135 Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains - E Volo Love
136 Twin Shadow - Confess
137 Gossip - A Joyful Noise
138 Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
139 Regina Spektor - What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
140 Jack White - Blunderbuss
141 Heartless Bastards - Arrow
142 Chiddy Bang - Breakfast
143 Miike Snow - Happy To You
144 Passion Pit - Gossamer
145 Joshua Radin - Underwater
146 Christopher - Colours
147 Netsky - 2
148 Tilly And The Wall - Heavy Mood
149 The Band Perry - The Band Perry
150 School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory
151 The 2 Bears - Be Strong
152 The Ting Tings - Sounds From Nowheresville
153 Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
154 Django Django - Django Django
155 The Big Pink - Future This
156 The Maccabees - Given To The Wild
157 Daughn Gibson - All Hell
158 Chris And Thomas - Into The Sun
159 Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
160 Nas - Life Is Good
161 Rumer - Boys Don't Cry
162 Grimes - Visions
163 Polica - Give You The Ghost
164 Bloc Party - Four
165 Jordan Moser - Sleeping Bag
166 Amy Macdonald - Life in a Beautiful Light
167 Macy Gray - Covered
168 Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
169 Juan Zelada - High Ceilings & Collarbones
170 Winterpills - All My Lovely Goners
171 Ezra Furman - The Year Of No Returning
172 Sleigh Bells - Reign Of Terror
173 Keaton Henson - Dear
174 Heavenly Beat - Talent
175 The Wake - A Light Far Out
176 M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
177 Ron Pope - Atlanta
178 Beach House - Bloom
179 Walk The Moon - Walk The Moon
180 Sam Lee - Ground Of Its Own
181 Wild Nothing - Nocturne
182 Tracey Thorn - Tinsel And Lights
183 The Lumineers - The Lumineers
184 Keyshia Cole - Woman To Woman
185 Stealing Sheep - Into The Diamond Sun
186 Delta Goodrem - Child of the Universe
187 Ne-Yo - R.E.D
188 Matt Cardle - The Fire
189 Phillip Phillips - World From The Side of the Moon
190 Ben Taylor - Listening
191 Agnes - Veritas
192 Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge
193 Dragonette - Bodyparts
194 Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
195 Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time
196 Tulisa - The Female Boss
197 Julia Stone - By The Horns
198 Hoobastank - Fight Or Flight
199 Owl City - The Midsummer Station
200 Daniel Powter - Turn On the Lights
201 Gravenhurst - The Ghost In Daylight
202 Our Lady Peace - Curve
203 Linkin Park - Living Things
204 Deadmau5 - Album Title Goes Here
205 Susanne Sundfør - The Silicone Veil
206 The Rasmus - The Rasmus
207 Islands - A Sleep And A Forgetting
208 Boy Friend - Egyptian Wrinkle
209 Green Day - ¡Tré!
210 Green Day - ¡Uno!
211 Melanie C - Stages
212 Martha Wainwright - Come Home To Mama
213 The Unthanks - Diversions Vol 3: Songs from the Shipyards
214 Green Day - ¡Dos!
215 Rosie And Me - Arrow Of My Ways
216 The Missing Season - The Last Summer
217 The Wave Pictures - Long Black Cars
218 Wymond Miles - Under The Pale Moon
219 Chicane - Thousand Mile Stare
220 DIIV - Oshin
221 Dwele – Greater Than One
222 R. Kelly - Write Me Back
223 Mystery Jets - Radlands
224 Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship
225 High Safari - Skylight
226 The Koolaid Electric Company - Random Noises And Organised Sounds
227 Hot Chip - In Our Heads
228 T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head
229 Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't
230 Bears - Greater Lakes
231 Soft Swells - Soft Swells
232 Joe McElderry - Here's What I Believe
233 Ronan Keating - Fires
234 Far East Movement - Dirty Bass
235 Flo Rida - Wild Ones
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