It has been another bountiful year of releases in the all encompassing world of americana music and as happens at the tail end of the year many of us love to undergo the sometimes painful process of compiling end of year lists. Below we’ve listed our favourite  albums of 2012. Hopefully there are a few records that you won’t have heard and some others that you will no doubt be familiar with. I’d love to hear your favourite albums of the year so please leave your comments here on the blog or over at our Facebook Page.

1. Lambchop | Mr. M
2. Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Psychedelic Pill

3. Damien Jurado | Maraqopa

4. Justin Townes Earle | Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now

5. Iris DeMent | Sing the Delta

6. James Thomson | James Thomson

7. Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Americana

8. Grand Salvo | Slay Me In My Sleep

9. Shovels & Rope | O’ Be Joyful

10. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit | Live From Alabama

11. Bob Dylan | Tempest

12. M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion

13. Patterson Hood | Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

14. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson | Wreck & Ruin

15. Andrew Combs | Worried Man

16. Bernie Griffen & The Grifters | Everything So Far

17. Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams | Sad But True – The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Volume 1

18. John Fullbright | Jericho

19. Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Big Moon Ritual

20. Henry Wagons | Expecting Company

Compilations:

Various | Country Funk 1969 – 1975 (Light In The Attic)

Various | Country Soul Sisters – Women In Country Music 1952 – 78 (Soul Jazz)

EPs:

The Falls | Hollywood

Davey Craddock & The Spectacles | Going Home