2012年の年末企画『iLOUD 2012年お気に入り洋楽アルバム50枚』の、トップ10アルバムをご紹介します。先にも触れましたが、今年度も昨年同様の趣向で、洋楽のオリジナル・アルバムであることを条件に、そしてiLOUDの好みとカラーに正直に、50作品を選んでみました。ちょっと面白いトップ10になったのではないかと思います。いかがでしょうか。
1
MUSE
The 2nd Law
(Warner)
2
Zedd
Clarity
(Interscope)
3
Beach House
Bloom
(Sub Pop/Pachinko)
4
Dirty Projectors
Swing Lo Magellan
(Domino/Hostess)
5
Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
(Def Jam/Universal)
6
Two Door Cinama Club
Beacon
(Kitsune/Traffic)
7
The xx
Coexist
(XL/Hostess)
8
Boys Noize
Out of the Black
(Boysnoize/Beat)
9
Grimes
Visions
(4AD/Hostess)
10
Calvin Harris
18 Months
(Columbia/Sony)
11. Purity Ring – Shrine (4AD/Hostess)
12. Jack White – Blunderbuss (Third Man/Sony)
13. Hot Chip – In Our Heads (Domino/Hostess)
14. Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes (Warp/Beat)
15. Sigur Rós – Valtari (Parlophone/EMI)
16. Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular/Pachinko)
17. Passion Pit – Gossamer (Columbia/Sony)
18. Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp/Beat)
19. Usher – Looking 4 Myself (RCA/Sony)
20. Japandroids – Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl/Yoshimoto R and C)
21. Crystal Castles – (III) (Polydor/Universal)
22. Bloc Party – Four (Hostess)
23. Deadmau5 – > Album Title Goes Here < (Virgin/EMI)
24. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel… (Epic/Sony)
25. Chromatics – Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
26. Squarepusher – Ufabulum (Warp/Beat)
27. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man (Parlophone)
28. Simian Mobile Disco – Unpatterns (Wichita/Hostess)
29. How To Dress Well – Total Loss (Weird World/Hostess)
30. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (Universal)
31. Wild Nothing – Nocturne (Captured Tracks/Yoshimoto R and C)
32. Cat Power – Sun (Matador/Hostess)
33. Memory Tapes – Grace/Confusion (Carpark/Hostess)
34. Linkin Park – Living Things (Warner)
35. alt-J (∆) – An Awesome Wave (Infectious/Hostess)
36. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory (Carpark/Hostess)
37. Kindness – World, You Need A Change Of Mind (Polydor)
38. Para One – Passion (Because/KSR)
39. David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant (4AD/Hostess)
40. Death Grips – The Money Store (Epic)
41. Breakbot – By Your Side (Ed Banger/Warner)
42. Animal Collective – Centipede Hz (Domino/Hostess)
43. MIKA – The Origin Of Love (Island/Universal)
44. Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour (Ambush Reality/Hostess)
45. Best Coast – The Only Place (Mexican Summer/Hostess)
46. Van She – Idea Of Happiness (Modular/Pachinko)
47. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes (4AD/Hostess)
48. FUN. – Some Nights (Atlantic/Warner)
49. The Vaccines – The Vaccines Come Of Age (Sony)
50. Poolside – Pacific Standard Time (Poolside Music)