We seem to be posting a lot more lists than actual joined-up writing at the moment – Michael’s just put Uncut’s full Top 75 of 2012 on the website, with links, and is promising our Archive/Reissues chart tomorrow – but, hey, here’s another. Among some other good new arrivals, another strong recommendation for Parquet Courts: check them out here. Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1 Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold (Dull Tools) 2 Atoms For Peace – Amok (XL) 3 Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In The Devil's Time (Double Six) 4 Johnny Marr – The Messenger (Warner Bros) 5 Various Artists – Change The Beat – The Celluloid Records Story 1980-1987 (Republic Of Music) 6 The Beatles – Abbey Road (Apple) 7 Purling Hiss – Water On Mars (Drag City) 8 The Traditional Fools – The Traditional Fools (In The Red) 9 Blue Gene Tyranny – Detours (Unseen Worlds) 10 Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl (Drag City) 11 Woodpigeon – Thumbtacks And Glue (Fierce Panda) 12 The Beatles – Help! (Parlophone) 13 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd) 14 The Red Rippers – Over There… And Over Here (Paradise Of Bachelors) 15 Autechre – Exai (Warp) 16 Fela Kuti – The Best Of The Black President 2 (Knitting Factory) 17 Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang - The Face Of The Earth (Ideologic Organ)