How do I characterize the year in music that was 2012? The
year's release slate was happily loaded with a slew of returning favorites –Madonna,
The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Matchbox Twenty, Kylie Minoque, Garbage, No Doubt,
The Cranberries, Scissor Sisters, and Aimee Mann. There were sophomore efforts
from Mumford & Sons and Ellie Goulding, and a promising crop of new female
artists (mostly hailing from across the pond) like Rebecca Ferguson, Emeli Sandé,
Amelia Lily, and Paloma Faith. So, without further comment to allow the music to speak for itself, my annual list of favorite singles of 2012 (an even dozen in honor of the year that was):
12 – “Free” / Graffiti6
11 – “White Light” / George Michael
10 – “Your Body” / Christina Aquilera
9 – “Stronger” / Kelly Clarkson
8 – “Chasing the Sun” / The Wanted
7 – “Anything Could Happen” / Ellie Goulding
6 – “Skyfall” / Adele
5 – “You Bring Me Joy” / Amelia Lily
4 – “Move in the Right Direction” / Gossip
3 – “Backtrack” / Rebecca Ferguson
2 – “Leaving” / Pet Shop Boys
1 – “Timebomb” / Kylie Minogue
Tomorrow: Which albums made my cut as 2012's finest?
Vince Liaguno is the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of UNSPEAKABLE HORROR: FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE CLOSET (Dark Scribe Press 2008), an anthology of queer horror fiction, which he co-edited with Chad Helder, its sequel UNSPEAKABLE HORROR 2: ABOMINATIONS OF DESIRE (Evil Jester Press, 2017), and BUTCHER KNIVES & BODY COUNTS, a collection of essays on the formula, frights, and fun of the slasher film. Most recently, he edited OTHER TERRORS: AN INCLUSIVE ANTHOLOGY (William Morrow Paperbacks, 2022), an HWA anthology of short fiction that he co-edited with Rena Mason. That collection has received widespread critical acclaim, including starred reviews from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BOOKLIST, and KIRKUS.
His debut novel, 2006’s THE LITERARY SIX, was a tribute to the slasher films of the 80’s and won an Independent Publisher Award (IPPY) for Horror and was named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards.
He currently lives in the beautiful "Mitten State" of Michigan. He is a member—and former Secretary—of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC).
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