Rolling Stone's Top 50 albums of 2012..how many do you own?

Andre Marc · Dec 13, 2012

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2012-20121205

Me:

#1,3,7,10,11,19,27,29,35,49.

Shaffer · Dec 14, 2012

Me:

#1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28, 32, 34, 36, 37, 41.

... about to preview a few of the others on the list.

jazdoc · Dec 14, 2012

#2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 23, 26, 27, 28, 49, 50

NorthStar · Dec 14, 2012

---- 1 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 12 - 13 - 17 - 22 - 26 - 29 - 37 - 44

Andre Marc · Dec 14, 2012

Shaffer said:
Me:

#1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28, 32, 34, 36, 37, 41.

... about to preview a few of the others on the list.

Nice...good picks!

Andre Marc · Dec 14, 2012

jazdoc said:
#2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 23, 26, 27, 28, 49, 50

Good choices jazzdoc...

Andre Marc · Dec 14, 2012

NorthStar said:
---- 1 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 12 - 13 - 17 - 22 - 26 - 29 - 37 - 44

Nice..interesting to note that Stereophile slammed Wrecking Ball as "leaden".

Shaffer · Dec 14, 2012

I showed the list to a few folks in their 20s. They had none of the records. Here we are, a bunch a middle-aged geezers, and we're the ones with the new music: Encouraging and depressing at the same time.

Andre Marc · Dec 14, 2012

Shaffer said:
I showed the list to a few folks in their 20s. They had none of the records. Here we are, a bunch a middle-aged geezers, and we're the ones with the new music: Encouraging and depressing at the same time.

It is rather sad because young people do not see music as something to "own"..it is just out there in the ether or on some portable device in a compressed format.

At the LA/OC audiophile gala, Tim De Paravicini gave a talk exactly about this...kids see music as just a bunch of files on a drive...disposable.

FrantzM · Dec 14, 2012

Andre Marc said:
It is rather sad because young people do not see music as something to "own"..it is just out there in the ether or on some portable device in a compressed format.

At the LA/OC audiophile gala, Tim De Paravicini gave a talk exactly about this...kids see music as just a bunch of files on a drive...disposable.

I don't know what to make of this either ... Sign of the times/ More msic available than we have the time to own? Low quality?

I am not lamenting the fact that is on the drive truly or even in the cloud ... I do like to own myself . I use Spotify and Pandora to explore and if I like, I buy, rip and put on my Hard Drives and in the Cloud these days ...

I am sorry to say I only own #2 I will try to listen to the others on ..Spotify or Pandora if available there

As for compression 320 is more than acceptable in many cases ... Heresy to many here but I bet it would fool more than one ...

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Shaffer · Dec 14, 2012

FrantzM said:
I am not lamenting the fact that is on the drive truly or even in the cloud ... I do like to own myself . I use Spotify and Pandora to explore and if I like, I buy, rip and put on my Hard Drives and in the Cloud these days ...

I am sorry to say I only own #2 I will try to listen to the others on ..Spotify or Pandora if available there

To me, Spotify is a gift from the heavens. I can take almost any record, like what I see on this forum, check it out and then buy it, if I choose. It's fantastic! ATM, I'm going through the Hot Platters thread, playing the albums I haven't heard and adding some to my cart on Amazon. I can't even cont how many titles I've been exposed to solely by clicking on the related artists tab. This technology definitively has its place.

Listening to John Fahey on Spotify right now.

Andre Marc · Dec 14, 2012

Shaffer said:
To me, Spotify is a gift from the heavens. I can take almost any record, like what I see on this forum, check it out and then buy it, if I choose. It's fantastic! ATM, I'm going through the Hot Platters thread, playing the albums I haven't heard and adding some to my cart on Amazon. I can't even cont how many titles I've been exposed to solely by clicking on the related artists tab. This technology definitively has its place.

Listening to John Fahey on Spotify right now.

Agree on Spotify. I first heard the Glen Hansard record there, then bought the 24/96 download from HDtracks.

jap · Dec 14, 2012

Just #25, but I own half the albums on this list:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/best-jazz-albums-2012

FrantzM · Dec 14, 2012

Shaffer said:
To me, Spotify is a gift from the heavens. I can take almost any record, like what I see on this forum, check it out and then buy it, if I choose. It's fantastic! ATM, I'm going through the Hot Platters thread, playing the albums I haven't heard and adding some to my cart on Amazon. I can't even cont how many titles I've been exposed to solely by clicking on the related artists tab. This technology definitively has its place.

Listening to John Fahey on Spotify right now.

+1 ...

I will as a matter of fact listen to this list if the albums are available on Spotify or Pandora and get those that I like enough ...
So much music so little time...

Andre Marc · Dec 14, 2012

jap said:
Just #25, but I own half the albums on this list:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/best-jazz-albums-2012

great list. i don't own any of these..but the Dave Douglas and Ravi Coltrane are on my shopping list.

NorthStar · Dec 14, 2012

Andre Marc said:
Nice..interesting to note that Stereophile slammed Wrecking Ball as "leaden".

---- I got The Boss's last 'album' because I got all The Boss's stuff, his entire career. :b
But it is certainly not among my favorites.

NorthStar · Dec 14, 2012

Andre Marc said:
It is rather sad because young people do not see music as something to "own"..it is just out there in the ether or on some portable device in a compressed format.

At the LA/OC audiophile gala, Tim De Paravicini gave a talk exactly about this...kids see music as just a bunch of files on a drive...disposable.

---- This is a true reality, perhaps not for all 100% of the world population, but certainly very valid for many, in the year 2013.

But I don't feel that it is sad though; it is just what it is.

jazdoc · Dec 14, 2012

Great website: http://www.albumoftheyear.org/

I use the Jazziz 'best of' to fill in the blanks of jazz that I missed during the year.

NorthStar · Dec 14, 2012

jap said:
Just #25, but I own half the albums on this list:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/best-jazz-albums-2012

---- 40% here but further explorations for another thread. :b

* Rolling Stones ain't into Jazz. ...In this particular case here.

Shaffer · Dec 15, 2012

jap said:
Just #25, but I own half the albums on this list:

http://www.stereophile.com/content/best-jazz-albums-2012

<blush> I have none. Any recommendations for an unadventurous Jazz fan?

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