 Hey guys! Each year, the JFH staff like to choose their favorite albums of the year and post them for all to read, and we know everyone's thoughts and opinions differ, so we - once again - want to give you, the reader, the opportunity to share YOUR top 10 albums in the Christian market of 2012!
So, please feel free to post a top 10 album list of 2012 in a format similar to below. I'll post my 2012 album picks as an example...
- Wait for the Siren, Project 86
- The Peace of Wild Things, Paper Route
- Vital, Anberlin
- Cold Hard Want, House of Heroes
- O God Save Us All, Disciple
- New Horizons, Flyleaf
- Lost in Transition, Sixpence None the Richer
- The Quiet Life, Anchor & Braille
- Resuscitate, Remedy Drive
- The End Is Where We Begin, Thousand Foot Krutch
Thanks for sharing! We look forward to reading your picks of 2012 -- and happy new year!
~ John DiBiase
Comments
1. Sean said...
I gotta say...
1. Vital - Anberlin
2. Cold Hard Want - House of Heroes
3. Give Us Rest - David Crowder*Band
...and that's all. Apparently I haven't listened to any other records from this year.
3. Stan said...
2012 was a great year for music! Here's my top 10 with one runner-up:
R-U. Heart - Audrey Assad
10. The Struggle - Tenth Avenue North
9. Blue Mountain - Brandon Heath
8. O God Save Us All - Disciple
7. Gravity - Lecrae
6. Thousand Foot Krutch - The End is Where We Begin
5. Cold Hard Want - House of Heroes
4. Mean What You Say - Sent By Ravens
3. Light for the Lost Boy - Andrew Peterson
2. Lights of Distant Cities - Bebo Norman
1. Vital - Anberlin
5. Ben said...
1. Wait For The Siren - Project 86
2. Phoenix - The Classic Crime
3. One Wing - The Chariot
4. Cold Hard Want - House of Heroes
5. Cancer - Showbread
6. Lost Weekend - Write This Down
7. Ten Stories - mewithoutYou
8. True Defiance - Demon Hunter
9. Murdered Love - POD
10.Excellent - Propaganda
7. Matthew said...
1. Cancer, by Showbread
2. Ten Stories, by mewithoutYou
3. Vital, by Anberlin
4. Wait For The Siren, by Project 86
5. Cold Hard Want, by House Of Heroes
6. The Peace Of Wild Things, by Paper Route
7. The Quiet Life, by Anchor & Braille
8. Phoenix, by The Classic Crime
9. Matt & Toby, by Matt & Toby
10.Payola, by Ruth
9. Brandon said...
1.Cold Hard Want-House of Heroes
2.Lex Hives- The Hives (mainstream)
3.Eye on It- tobyMac
4.10 Stories- mewithoutYou
5.On the Run-Children 18:3
6.Fighter-Manafest
7.For the Glory- the O.C Supertones
8.Now-Fireflight/Finding our Way- Hyland
9.The Upside of Down-Chris August
10.Cancer-Showbread
11. Kevin said...
1. O God Save Us All - Disciple
2. The End Is Where We Begin - TFK
3. Wait for the Siren - Project 86
4. Gravity - Lecrae
5. Murdered Love - P.O.D.
6. Believer - Kutless
7. Game Changer - The Protest
8. Beneath the Scars - 12 Stones
9. New Horizons - Flyleaf
10. Now - Firefight
13. Kenneth said...
1-5.Ten Stories, mewithoutYou
6-8.Keep Quiet, SONS
9.For The Glory, O.C. Supertones
10.The Longing, All Sons and Daughters
(Wasn't really intrested this year.)
15. foxrock66 said...
Tough. Here goes, in no particular order
Anchor and Braille - The Quiet Life
Anberlin - Vital
Flyleaf - New Horizons
Project 86 - Wait For The Siren
TFK - The End Is Where We Begin
Heath McNease - The Weight Of Glory
Matt And Toby
Showbread - Cancer
August Burns Red - Sleddin Hill
17. AntonioKeith said...
1. Cornerstone- Hillsong Live
2. The Struggle- Tenth Avenue North
3. Cold Hard Want- House of Heroes
4.Crave- For King & Country
5. The End Is Where We Begin- Thousand Foot Krutch
6. Clear The Stage- Jimmy Needham
7. Realign- Samestate
8. Believer- Kutless
9. Give Us Rest- David Crowder Band
10. Everything In Color- Ben Cantelon
19. Travis Huffman said...
1. Lost Weekend - Write This Down
2. O God Save Us All - Disciple
3. The End Is Where We Begin - TFK
4. True Defiance - Demon Hunter
5. New Horizons - Flyleaf
6. Sleddin' Hill - August Burns Red
7. Wait For The Siren - Project 86
8. One Wing - The Chariot
9. Beneath The Scars - 12 Stones
10. No Direction - The Wedding
No doubt that Lost Weekend was my top album of 2012. I was lucky to find it a few weeks early in stock at my local Life Way. I bought it pretty much because I thought it'd be cool to have before it was released, but it ended up being my summer soundtrack, playing constantly in my car and on my iPod. I didn't expect it to top Disciple, but it really did in my opinion.
6,7 and 8 are pretty much interchangeable.
21. Sam said...
1. O.C. Supertones - For The Glory (because it's so great to see them back!)
2. Tobymac - Eye On It
3. House Of Heroes - Cold Hard Want
4. TFK - The End Is Where We Begin
5. Project 86 - Wait For The Siren
6. Manafest - Fighter
7. Anberlin - Vital
8. Britt Nicole - Gold
9. David Crowder Band - Give Us Rest
10. Thrift Store Jesus - Heath McNease
23. Caleb said...
1. House of Heroes - Cold Hard Want
2. As I Lay Dying - Awakened
3. Wolves at the Gates - Captors
4. Anberlin - Vital
5. Lecrae - Gravity
6. The Overseer - We Search, We Dig
7. August Burns Red - Sleddin' Hill
8. Children 18:3 - On the Run
9. Flyleaf - New Horizons
10. Sent By Ravens - Mean What You Say
25. Dr. Ambiguous said...
Gotta say, Christian music was kinda disappointing this year (mainstream metal however had a really good year). Anyway:
1. Antiseptic Bloodbath - Tourniquet
Others I liked, but wouldn't be Top 10 if we included mainstream music:
2. Cancer - Showbread
3. Cold Hard Want - House of Heroes
The Chariot's One Wing looks pretty good too, but I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet.
Is JFH still going to do a reader's poll this year?
27. Gabe said...
My top seven albums of the year:
1. The End is Where We Being - Thousand Foot Krutch / Gravity - Lecrae (TIE)
3. Church Clothes - Lecrae
4. Give Us Rest - The David Crowder*Band
5. Excellent - Propaganda
6. The Struggle - Tenth Avenue North
7. O God Save Us All - Disciple
29. Julia said...
1. Thousand Foot Krutch - The End Is Where We Begin
2. Flyleaf - New Horizons
3. Disciple - O God Save Us All
4. Fireflight - Now
5. Britt Nicole - Gold
6. House of Heroes - Cold Hard Want
7. tobyMac - Eye On It
8. Demon Hunter - True Defiance
9. Lecrae - Gravity
10. Anberlin - Vital
31. Benjamin said...
1. Captors - Wolves at the Gate
2. Vital - Anberlin
3. The End is Where We Begin - Thousand Foot Krutch
4. Sleddin' Hill - August Burns Red
5. True Defiance - Demon Hunter
6. New Horizons - Flyleaf
7. O God Save Us All - Disciple
8. Eye On It - Tobymac
9. Immortal - For Today
10. Gravity - Lecrae
33. Matt said...
1. HOH - Cold Hard Want
2. - 10. I can't decide. Some variation of what everyone else said. But it doesn't really matter. Nothing came close to Cold Hard Want IMO ;)
35. James said...
1.) Wait for the Siren-Project 86
2.) True Defiance- Demon Hunter
3.) Vital- Anberlin
4.) O God Save Us All- Disciple
5.) The End Is Where We Begin- Thousand Foot Krutch
6.) World We View- Nine Lashes
7.) Eye On It- TobyMac
8.) New Horizons- Flyleaf
9.) The Greater Cause- John Schlitt
10.) Believer- Kutless
37. Kev said...
Arranged by the # of tracks on the album that I liked enough to put into my ipod
1. Project 86 - Wait for the Siren (13 tracks)
2. Becoming the Archetype - I AM (9 tracks)
3. August Burns Red - Sleddin Hill (9 tracks)
4. For Today - Immortal (6 tracks)
5. Wolves at the Gate - Captors (5 tracks)
6. Love and Death - Chemicals EP (5 tracks)
7. Fireflight - Now (4 tracks)
8. See the Light - Tepid (4 tracks)
9tie. As I Lay Dying - Awaken (3 tracks)
War of Ages - Return to Life (3 tracks)
KJ-52 - Dangerous (3 tracks)
POD - Murdered Love (3 tracks)
Andy Hunter - Glow (2 Lg tracks)
39. Grace said...
1. Flyleaf - New Horizons
2. Fireflight - Now
3. Remedy Drive - Resuscitate
4. Anberlin - Vital
5. O God Save Us All - Disciple
6. World We View - Nine Lashes
7. Tenth Avenue North - The Struggle
8. Thousand Foot Krutch - The End Is Where We Begin
9. Britt Nicole - Gold
10. Sent By Ravens - Mean What We Say
41. Dylan said...
10. Eyes of Eli - Self Titled
9. Sent By Ravens - Mean What You Say
8. To Speak of Wolves - Find Your Worth...
7. My Heart To Fear - Into The Maelstrom
6. Thousand Foot Krutch - The End Is....
5. Write This Down - Lost Weekend
4. Demon Hunter - True Defiance
3. For Today - Immortal
2. As I Lay Dying - Awakened
1. Wolves At The Gate - Captors (my AOTY)
43. Pauli said...
1. Write This Down - Lost Weekend
2. Anberlin - Vital
3. Thousand Foot Krutch - The End Is Where We Begin
4. Demon Hunter - True Defiance
5. Paper Route - The Peace Of Wild Things
6. Flyleaf - New Horizons
7. For King & Country - Crave
8. August Burns Red - Sleddin' Hill
9. P.O.D. - Murdered Love
10. Matt & Toby - Matt Toby
45. Raquel said...
1. The Peace of Wild Things - Paper Route
...and that's pretty much the only album from this year that needs to be mentioned (:
47. Tyler said...
1- The End is Where We Begin, TFK
2- No Direction, The Wedding
3- Cold Hard want, House Of Heroes
4- Pheonix, The Classic Crime
5- Sleddin Hill, August Burns Red
6- World We View, Nine Lashes
7- Children 18:3, On the Run
8- Vital, Anberlin
9- Captors, Wolves at the Gate
10- Sublime Currency, Abandoned Pools
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2. James said...
1. Now- Fireflight
2. Believer- Kutless
3. Captors- Wolves at the Gate
4. Scarlet White- Scarlet White
5. The End Is Where We Begin- Thousand Foot Krutch
6. New Horizons- Flyleaf
7. Vital- Anberlin
8. Stand- Relentless Flood
9. Fearless- Group1 Crew
10. Redemption- Before Their Eyes
12/30/2012