Following on from yesterday's Top 75 new albums of 2012 post, here's our Top 30 compilations, reissues and box sets of 2012, with links to the original reviews where possible. Have a great Christmas and New Year, folks! 30 THE BEAT I Just Can't Stop It EDSEL 29 BILLY BRAGG & WILCO Merma...
Following on from yesterday’s Top 75 new albums of 2012 post, here’s our Top 30 compilations, reissues and box sets of 2012, with links to the original reviews where possible.
Have a great Christmas and New Year, folks!
30 THE BEAT
I Just Can’t Stop It
EDSEL
Mermaid Avenue
NONESUCH
28 SIMPLE MINDS
5 x 5
EMI
27 MICHAEL CHAPMAN
Rainmaker
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Make It Your Sound Make It Your Scene: Vanguard Records & The 1960s Musical Revolution
ACE
25 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Country Funk 1969-1975
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
24 DR FEELGOOD
All Through The City (With Wilko 1974-1977)
EMI
23 SENSATIONS’ FIX
Music Is Painting In The Air
RVNG INTL
22 ALEX CHILTON
Free Again: The 1970 Sessions
ACE
21 DAVID BOWIE
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
EMI
20 PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY
Ram
CONCORD
19 PALACE MUSIC
Viva Last Blues
DOMINO
18 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-84
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES
17 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Drive OST
SONY CLASSICAL
16 AR KANE
Complete Singles Collection
ONE LITTLE INDIAN
15 TERRY RILEY
A Rainbow In Curved Air
ESOTERIC
14 REM
Document
EMI
13 RIDE
Going Blank Again
RIDE MUSIC
A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis
SALVO
11 T.REX
Electric Warrior: Deluxe Edition
A&M
10 THE KINKS
The Kinks At The BBC
UNIVERSAL
Graceland
SONY
The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982
VIRGIN
A House Safe For Tigers
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Song Cycle
BELLA UNION
5 STEVE MILLER BAND
Number 5
EDSEL
4 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
The Velvet Underground & Nico
UNIVERSAL
3 BLUR
21
PARLOPHONE
Loveless
SONY
1 CAN
The Lost Tapes
MUTE