2012 was a year in which songs were much more important to me than albums. Traditionally, this has not been the case. I chalk it up to my interest in many young artists who did not have the means to distribute many long-form releases, so rather songs would trickle out one by one. This, and the fact that there were very few completely solid, front-to-back albums released this year. The internet and shorter attention spans are moving the focus further and further away from the album, and even "purists" (? Am I even one?) are drifting away from reliance on the form. Blah blah blah my favorite songs from this year are below.