Local Business Picks: Favorite Albums of 2012

Our final installment of Favorite Albums of 2012 brings you choice cuts from some of our favorite Madison business friends.

Maura Dillon, Majestic Theatre
Marketing

10. Burial Kindred
9. Kendrick Lamar Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
8. Jessie Ware Devotion
7. Azealia Banks 1991
6. Grizzly Bear Shields
5. Flying Lotus Visions
4. Daphni Jiaolong
3. Matthew Dear Beams
2. Tame Impala Lonerism
1. Frank Ocean Channel Orange

Renee Frank, Frank Productions
Marketing

10. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals The Lion The Beast The Beat
9. Mac Miller Macadelic
8. Band of Horses Mirage Rock
7. The Avett Brothers The Carpenter
6. Zac Brown Band Uncaged
5. Shinedown Amaryllis
4. Three Days Grace Transit of Venus
3. Muse The 2nd Law
2. The Black Keys El Camino
1. Eric Church Chief

Peter Gentry, One Barrel Brewing Company
Owner/Proprietor/Brew Master

10. Flo Rida Wild Ones
“The song ‘Wild Ones’ is about me.”
9. Nicki Minaj Pink Friday
“How can people not see the thinly-veiled sexual reference in her name?!”
8. The Darkness Hot Cakes
“Good album. Mostly because I love the first couple of albums they put out.”
7. Grizzly Bear Shields
“If I had a band it would be called Grizzly Bear.”
6. Sleigh Bells Ring of Terror
“Thanks to Spotify for bringing me this one.”
5. Rihanna Unapologetic
“I would take Rihanna out on a date.”
4. Passion Pit Gossamer
“This space intentionally left blank.”
3. The Avett Brothers The Carpenter
“This is probably on everyone’s so it’s on mine too.”
2. Snoop Lion Reincarnated
“I’ve never actually listened to this album. I just love the idea of it.”
1. fun. Some Nights
“If not the best album of the year, certainly the most…fun?”

Mitchell George, Redamte
Director

Foreverinmotion Sunrise
fun. Some Nights
Gavin Jones The Fountain
The Lumineers The Lumineers
Jon McLaughlin Promising Promises
Kiernan McMullan Two Years
Mumford and Sons Babel
PHOX Friendship
Tenth Avenue North The Struggle
Tyrone Wells Where We Meet

Matt Gerding, Majestic Theatre
Co-Owner

10. Surgeons in Heat Midnight at Bellvue
9. Nas Life is Good
8. Kathleen Edwards Voyageur
7. Jack White Blunderbuss
6. The Lumineers The Lumineers
5. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls
4. J.D. McPherson Signs and Signifiers
3. Shovels and Rope O’ Be Joyful
2. Green Day Tre’
1. Delta Spirit Delta Spirit

Tom Klein, Majestic Theatre
Marketing

10. Anberlin Vital
9. Further Seems Forever Penny Black
8. Bad Veins The Mess We’ve Made
7. Neon Trees Picture Show
6. Imagine Dragons Night Visions
5. The Heavy The Glorius Dead
4. Kiernan McMullan Two Years
3. Japandroids Celebration Rock
2. Gaslight Anthem Handwritten
1. The Killers Battle Born

Scott Leslie, Majestic Theatre
Co-Owner

10. fun. Some Nights
“Great pop songs still matter.”
9. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls
8. Hospitality Hospitality
“They kind of stayed under the radar, but I thought this record was fantastic.”
7. Walk the Moon Walk the Moon
“I think they are bound for great things!”
6. Imagine Dragons Night Visions
5. The Heavy The Glorius Dead
“Rare that a sophomore release is as good if not better…”
4. Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal
“First time I heard it, it felt like a record that had been on repeat in my car for days. Timeless.”
3. The Lumineers The Lumineers
“Fantastic start to finish.”
2. Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball
“Still The Boss.”
1. Japandroids Celebration Rock
“All killer, no filler.”

Staff, Ian’s Pizza
Submitted by Adam May, Marketing Director

10. The Darkness Hot Cakes
9. Crystal Castles III
8. Passion Pit Gossamer
7. Jack White Blunderbuss
6. Mumford & Sons Babel
5. Less Than Jake Greetings & Salutations
4. Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor II
3. The xx Coexist
2. Bloc Party Four
1. B.o.B. Strange Clouds

Corey Quade, Erbert & Gerbert’s
Owner/General Manager

10. Bob Dylan Tempest
9. Ben Folds Five The Sound of the Life of the Mind
8. Silversun Pickups Neck of the Woods
7. The Fray Scars and Stories
6. The Shins Port of Morrow
5. Jack White Blunderbuss
4. Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor II
3. The Killers Battle Born
2. The Wallflowers Glad All Over
1. Mumford & Sons Babel

Peter Truby
Local Celebrity and Co-Host of the 2nd Annual Annyong! An Arrested Development TV Party on December 29

10. Japandroids Celebration Rock
9. Royal Headache Royal Headache
8. Grizzly Bear Shields
7. Schoolboy Q Habits & Contradictions
6. Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan
5. Tame Impala Lonerism
4. Purity Ring Shrines
3. Kendrick Lamar Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
2. Chad Valley Equatorial Ultravox
1. Father John Misty Fear Fun

Runners Up:
Alt-J An Awesome Wave
Beach House Bloom
El-P Cancer 4 Cure
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
John Talabot Fin