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MICHAEL MCCARTHY'S TOP 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 LIST
02. SANDY LAM: GAIA
Sandy started off her career as a mainstream Chinese pop star and she never really felt right with it. Six years ago she put her career on hold, not wanting to make any more "safely bland" music. After four years of not making music, she finally began work on Gaia, which took two years to complete. I can understand if some of her longtime fans are upset that they waited six years for an album and then it turned out to be nothing like her earlier work. That said, I'm obviously quite happy with her current sound, hence Gaia placing so high on my list. Musically, Gaia mixes a wide array of electro sounds and live instruments for an album where no two songs sound even remotely alike. Much of the album is dark as nightfall -- it begins with monks chanting in a creepy fashion -- but it's also remarkably beautiful, a perfect mix of Bjork and Emilie Simon with just a dash of Massive Attack. "無言歌" ("Speechless Song") is sure to send chills through your spine, while "枯榮" ("Impermanence") is one of the year's most enchanting songs.
01. LAURE SHANG: ODE TO THE DOOM
02. SANDY LAM: GAIA
03. LEO IEIRI: LEO
04. KYARY PAMYU PAMYU: ぱみゅぱみゅレボリューション [Pamyu Pamyu Revolution]
05. TOMMY FEBRUARY6 AND TOMMY HEAVENLY6: FEBRUARY & HEAVENLY
06. GIRLS' GENERATION - GIRLS' GENERATION II ~GIRLS & PEACE~
07. JOLIN TSAI: MUSE
08. KIMBERLY CHEN: KIMBERLY CHEN
09. HITOMI: ∞
10. NEMLINO: 100 ORACION
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