Música do Alabama Shakes é eleita a melhor do ano por revista norte-americana; ouça na Rádio

No embalo das listas de melhores do ano, a Rolling Stone norte-americana também aproveitou para soltar a sua seleção das melhores faixas e discos de 2012 e elegeu seus 50 melhores. Quem ficou em 1º lugar nas músicas foi "Hold On", do Alabama Shakes (foto), banda de rock do sul dos Estados Unidos. Entre os álbuns, o agraciado com a 1ª posição foi Bruce Springsteen, com "Wrecking Balls"

Entre as faixas lembradas aparecem hinos que estouraram ao longo do ano, como o mega hit "Gangnam Style", a adolescente "Glad You Came" e a grudenta "Call Me Maybe".

Nos discos, entre os mais conhecidos no mainstream, figuram Mumford & Sons ("Babel"), Frank Ocean ("Channel Orange") e Fiona Apple ("The Idler Wheel Is Wiser…).

Confira a lista com as melhores faixas de 2012, segundo a Rolling Stone:

1. Alabama Shakes, "Hold On"
2.Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
3. Passion Pit, "Take a Walk"
4. Frank Ocean, "Thinkin Bout You"
5. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "Ramada Inn"
6. Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz, "Mercy"
7. Bruce Springsteen, "Rocky Ground"
8. Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines"
9. Bob Dylan, "Pay in Blood"
10. First Aid Kit, "Emmylou"
11. fun., "Some Nights"
12. Fiona Apple, "Hot Knife"
13. Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait"
14. The Vaccines, "Teenage Icon"
15. Usher, "Climax"
16. Van Halen, "Stay Frosty"
17. Kitty Pryde, "Okay Cupid"
18. The Rolling Stones, "Doom and Gloom"
19. Beach House, "Other People"
20. Leonard Cohen, "Going Home"
21. Donald Fagen, "Weather in My Head"
22. Skrillex feat. Sirah, "Bangarang"
23. Randy Newman, "I"m Dreaming"
24. Japandroids, "The House That Heaven Built"
25. Psy, "Gangnam Style"
26. A$AP Rocky, "Goldie"
27. The Lumineers, "Ho Hey"
28. Grimes, "Oblivion"
29. Grizzly Bear, "Yet Again"
30. The Beach Boys, "That"s Why God Made The Radio"
31. Low Cut Connie, "Boozophilia"
32. Bruce Springsteen, "We Take Care Of Our Own"
33. Miguel, "Adorn"
34. Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
35. Icona Pop, "I Love It"
36. Himanshu, "Womyn"
37. Muse, "Madness"
38. Teen, "Better"
39. Dwight Yoakam, "A Heart Like Mine"
40. Craig Finn, "Rented Room"
41. Danny Brown, "Grown Up"
42. The 2 Bears, "Bear Hug"
43. Tanlines, "All of Me"
44. The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
45. Justin Bieber, "Die in Your Arms"
46. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
47. Superchunk, "This Summer"
48. Deadmau5, "The Veldt"
49. Kacey Musgraves, "Merry Go Round"
50. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"

Melhores álbuns de 2012, segundo a Rolling Stone:

1.Bruce Springsteen – "Wrecking Ball"
2.Frank Ocean – "Channel Orange"
3. Jack White – "Blunderbuss"
4. Bob Dylan – "Tempest"
5. Fiona Apple – "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do"
6. Kendrick Lamar – "good kid, m.A.A.d city"
7. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – "Here"
8. Green Day – "!Uno!"
9. Japandroids – "Celebration Rock"
10. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – "Psychedelic Pill"
11. Mumford & Sons – "Babel"
12. Jimmy Cliff – "Rebirth"
13. Leonard Cohen – "Old Ideas"
14. Best Coast – "The Only Place"
15. Dr. John – "Locked Down"
16. Cat Power – "Sun"
17. John Mayer – "Born and Raised"
18. Nas – "Life is Good"
19. Band of Heroes – "Mirage Rock"
20. Killer Mike – "R.A.P. Music"
21. Cloud Nothings – "Attack on Memory"
22. Bonnie Raitt – "Slipstream"
23. Divine Fits – "A Thing Called Divine Fits"
24. G.O.O.D. Music – "Cruel Summer"
25. Donald Fagen – "Sunken Condos"
26. Django Django – "Django Django"
27. Gary Clark Jr. – "Blak and Blu"
28. Beach House – "Bloom"
29. Dave Matthews Band – "Away From the World"
30. Azealia Banks – "1991"
31. Taylor Swift – "Red"
32. Hospitality – "Hospitality"
33. Grimes – "Visions"
34. Alabama Shakes – "Boys & Girls"
35. Grizzly Bear – "Shields"
36. Bobby Womack – "The Bravest Man in the Universe"
37. Justin Townes Earl – "Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now"
38. Titus Andronicus – "Local Business"
39. Passion Pit – "Gossamer"
40. Escort – "Escort"
41. The Avett Brothers – "The Carpenter"
42. Allo Darlin' – "Europe"
43. fun. – "Some Nights"
44. Garbage – "Not Your Kind of People"
45. Rick Ross – "Rich Forever"
46. Muse – "The 2nd Law"
47. Todd Snider – "Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables"
48. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Oceania"
49. Amadou and Mariam – "Folila"
50. Dirty Projectors – "Swing Lo Magellan"