{"id":1871,"date":"2013-01-07T01:13:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T09:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:31:49","slug":"rankstravaganza-my-15-favorite-albums-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2013\/01\/rankstravaganza-my-15-favorite-albums-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Rankstravaganza: My 15 favorite albums of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"collage<\/a>Late, late, late. Here we are, one week into 2013, and I’m still posting postmortems on the music of 2012. And I used to be so good at meeting deadlines.<\/p>\n

I’m sharing this anyway, because I think the albums on this list are deserving of more recognition, wherever they can get it. The No. 1 album, in particular, didn’t get nearly enough love form critics, despite the fact that the band was also featured at the top of both my mid-year<\/a> and year-end lists of best songs. In fact, once again, there’s not that much difference between the bands featured on My 30 Favorite Tracks of 2012<\/a> and this list. What can I say? My favorite albums contain my favorite songs. Go figure.<\/p>\n

Still to come: I might publish a list of my favorite tracks by Bay Area musicians of 2012. It should be up by 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Half<\/a>15. Half Poison, Half Pure, <\/em>Matt Jones & The Reconstruction<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

For fans of … Michigan chamber folk, bonfires, Great Lakes Myth Society, six-song albums with one bonus live track and one joke track, sawing cellos and martial drums<\/p>\n