I listened to it a few times and thought it was pretty spectacular. Though, my line for what I expect from them may be a bit lower than most seeing as I've never really been a HUGE fan. It's not that I don't like them, I just haven't taken the time to really dive into their music.

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Final list

1. Susanne Sundfør – “The Silicone Veil”
2. Beach House – “Bloom”
3. Dirty Projectors – “Swing Lo Magellan”
4. First Aid Kit – “The Lion’s Roar”
5. Lost In the Trees – “A Church that Fits our Needs”
6. Grizzly Bear – “Shields”
7. Port St. Willow – “Holiday”
8. Anaïs Mitchell – “Young Man in America”
9. Sharon Van Etten – “Tramp”
10. The Black Keys – “El Camino”

Not 100% set in stone but if I were to throw up an AOTY 2012 list currently it would look like this

1. Kendrick Lemar - Good Kid Mad City
2. Death Grips - The Money Store
3. El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
4. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
5. The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
6. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
7. Jens Lekman -I Know What Love Isn't
8. BadBadNotGood - BBNG2
9. The Saddest Landscape - After The Lights
10. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory

El Camino was released in Dec. 2011. One of my top 10 from 2011 tho.

Now you have room to add Bob Dylan's Tempest to your list. :)

Sorry, the list was from a forum where 2012 was counted december through december :p: Father John Misty - Fear Fun would be nr. 10

God I love that album so much. Most unappreciated gem of 2012

I think it's highly inconsistent. There are 3-4 really great songs, 3-4 really awful songs, and the rest are mediocre. It's too bad because I really want to like it more (and I do enjoy it more than any Fleet Foxes stuff). Maybe he'll pull off a more solid one next time.

Which songs are good, which are awful? I happen to love each track.

This is what I put in my RYM review:

The good:
Nancy From Now On ****
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings *****
O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me ****
This Is Sally Hatchet ****

The bad:
Writing a Novel *
Well, You Can Do It Without Me *
Now I'm Learning to Love the War **
Tee Pees 1-12 *
Everyman Needs a Companion **

The "just nice enough":
Funtimes in Babylon ***
Misty's Nightmares 1 & 2 ***
Only Son of the Ladiesman **

Some of the songs could move from the bad category to the "just good enough" category if not for the awful lyrics.

To each his own I suppose, I happen to love each track. They're playing at Bonnaroo this year. I'm super stoked.