• Brendan
• On 12/12/2012
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Most agree that 2012 has been one of the best years over the past decade, full of old and new artists, obscure ones and… well more obscure ones.

If you’ve followed our fellow MUF writers, you’ll more than likely have a taste for what they enjoy, but if you don’t already, here are our writer’s picks for their top 10 albums of 2012.  From all of their contributions to MUF this year, whether it be interviews, show reviews or even a weekly run-down of what’s really buzzing… much work went into narrowing down these picks.  So much so that a few couldn’t decide which ones to include and which ones to toss.  Tis’ a maddening process.  The lists below will be accompanied by each person’s top 10 songs of 2012 within the following days.

We will release our top albums as well as our top 100 songs of 2012 next week so stay tuned.

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• Staff Picks: Best Albums of 2012

• Emily’s Picks
  1. The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

   

  2. Daughter – The Wild Youth EP

   

  3. The Lighthouse and the Whaler – This Is An Adventure
  4. Japandroids – Celebration Rock

   

  5. Chromatics – Kill For Love

   

  6. Torches – Heads Full of Rust

   

  7. Breton – Other People’s Problems

   

  8. Purity Ring – Shrines

   

  9. Theme Park – Wax EP

   

  10. Wintersleep – Hello Hum

• Phil’s Picks
  1. Dr. Dog – Be the Void

   

  2. Aesop Rock – Skelethon

   

  3. Young Magic – Melt

   

  4. Tame Impala – Lonerism

   

  5. Grizzly Bear – Shields

   

  6. Purity Ring – Shrines

   

  7. The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now

   

  8. Woods – Bend Beyond

   

  9. Polica – Give You the Ghost

   

  10. Andrew Bird – Hands of Glory

• Mariane’s Picks
  1. Imagine Dragons – Night Visions

   

  2. The Avett Brothers – The Carpenter

   

  3. Ellie Goulding – Halcyon

   

  4. Allen Stone – Allen Stone

   

  5. Passion Pit – Gossamer

   

  6. Milo Greene – Milo Greene

   

  7. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls

   

  8. Delilah – From the Roots Up

   

  9. Shovels & Rope – O’ Be Joyful

   

  10. Jakwob – The Prize

  
  

• Cynthia’s Picks
  1. The Shins – Port of Morrow

   

  2. The Lumineers –  The Lumineers

   

  3. The Wallflowers – Glad All Over

   

  4. Brandi Carlile – Bear Creek

   

  5. Graffiti6 – Colours

   

  6. The Walkmen – Heaven

   

  7. Avett Brothers – The Carpenter

   

  8. Keane – Strangeland

   

  9. The Pines – Dark So Gold

   

  10. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

   

• Michele’s Picks
  1. Anais Mitchell – Young Man in America

   

  2. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel

   

  3. The Mynabirds – Generals

   

  4. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

   

  5. Patrick Watson – Adventures in Your Own Backyard

   

  6. Damien Jurado – Maraquopa

   

  7. Good Old War – Come Back As Rain

   

  8. Cold Specks – I Predict a Graceful Expulsion

   

  9. The Lumineers – Self-titled

   

  10. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar