Pete's Log: 2012 music

Entry #1757, (Music)
(posted when I was 34 years old.)

So 2012 was a pretty epic year for me in terms of music purchases. I spent 479.13 euro on 882 songs, averaging 54 cents a song. The music I bought in 2012 makes up almost 20% of my entire music collection. So pretty epic. Amazon was definitely an enabler, given how easy they've made it to buy mp3s, and they got 424.85 euro. I included the full list below, but based on play count, my top 5 albums of 2012 are:

  1. Downtown Struts - Victoria!
  2. Vacation Bible School - Ruined The Scene
  3. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
  4. Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  5. Showcase Showdown - Permanent Stains

Of course, only one of those albums (Victoria!) was actually released in 2012. On The Impossible Past by The Menzingers could have topped that list if I had bought it earlier in the year. Instead, it's in the running to be my top album of 2013.

Date purchased Source Type Artist Title Price Tracks Price per track
09.01.12 Amazon Album Korpiklaani Karkelo 9,94 € 12 0,83 €
09.01.12 Amazon Album Boney M. The Greatest Hits 9,89 € 18 0,55 €
28.01.12 Amazon Album Wir Sind Helden Von Hier An Blind 5,99 € 13 0,46 €
28.01.12 Amazon Single Men Without Hats The Safety Dance 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
07.02.12 Amazon Compilation Various Artists Unter Schafen Records Label Sampler 0,00 € 22 0,00 €
08.02.12 bandcamp Album SO SO MODERN Crude Futures 7,91 € 9 0,88 €
10.02.12 Amazon Album The BossHoss Internashville Urban Hymns 5,99 € 16 0,37 €
14.02.12 Amazon Album Classics of Love Classics of Love 7,99 € 13 0,61 €
17.02.12 Amazon Album Descendents Milo Goes To College 9,89 € 15 0,66 €
22.02.12 Amazon Single Big Audio Dynamite II The Globe 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
28.02.12 thebrokedowns.com Albums The Brokedowns Entire Discography 9,24 € 52 0,18 €
28.02.12 Amazon Album The Brokedowns Species Bender 9,89 € 13 0,76 €
04.03.12 Amazon Album Fun Lovin' Criminals Bag Of Hits 4,35 € 15 0,29 €
05.03.12 Amazon Album RUN-DMC It's Like This &mdash The Best Of 7,49 € 36 0,21 €
14.03.12 Amazon Album Bouncing Souls How I Spent My Summer Vacation 9,99 € 13 0,77 €
31.03.12 Amazon Soundtrack Various Artists O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack 5,99 € 19 0,32 €
03.04.12 Amazon Album Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb 9,89 € 12 0,82 €
03.04.12 Amazon Album The Adicts Songs of Praise 7,99 € 16 0,50 €
16.04.12 Amazon Album Incubus Make Yourself 6,97 € 13 0,54 €
20.04.12 Amazon Album Jack White Blunderbuss 5,00 € 13 0,38 €
24.04.12 Amazon Album New Order The Best Of New Order 9,99 € 16 0,62 €
27.04.12 Amazon Album Silo The Huskie Sons of Columbus 9,89 € 12 0,82 €
27.04.12 Amazon Album Vacation Bible School Ruined The Scene 9,89 € 13 0,76 €
29.04.12 Amazon Album Dead Kennedys Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death 9,89 € 17 0,58 €
25.05.12 Amazon Album Counting Crows August & Everything After 9,89 € 11 0,90 €
25.05.12 Amazon Album The Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill 9,89 € 13 0,76 €
25.05.12 Amazon Album The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan 9,99 € 13 0,77 €
25.05.12 Amazon Single Velvet Acid Christ Slut 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
25.05.12 Amazon Album Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 12,99 € 28 0,46 €
25.05.12 Amazon Album Nine Inch Nails The Fragile 5,99 € 23 0,26 €
25.05.12 Amazon Album Massive Attack Mezzanine 9,89 € 11 0,90 €
30.05.12 Amazon Album Toys That Kill Fambly 42 9,89 € 15 0,66 €
30.05.12 Amazon Album Bouncing Souls The Gold Record 9,99 € 12 0,83 €
20.06.12 Jeff Rosenstock Album Bomb The Music Industry! To Leave Or Die In Long Island 4,08 € 8 0,51 €
20.06.12 Amazon Album Pixies Surfer Rosa 9,99 € 13 0,77 €
20.06.12 Amazon Album Showcase Showdown Permanent Stains 9,89 € 18 0,55 €
30.06.12 bandcamp Album melodysheep Remixes for the Soul 8,15 € 11 0,74 €
21.07.12 Amazon Album Bad Religion Against The Grain 9,99 € 17 0,59 €
21.07.12 Amazon Album Toys That Kill Shanked 9,89 € 17 0,58 €
21.07.12 Amazon Album Face To Face Laugh Now, Laugh Later 9,89 € 11 0,90 €
21.07.12 Amazon Album Shonen Knife Pop Tune 8,30 € 10 0,83 €
31.07.12 Amazon CD Album Tripping Daisy I Am An Elastic Firecracker 6,95 € 12 0,58 €
31.07.12 Amazon CD Album X Los Angeles/Wild Gift 12,50 € 22 0,57 €
02.08.12 Amazon Album Hans Söllner Oiwei I 9,89 € 13 0,76 €
02.08.12 Amazon Album Hans Söllner Viet Nam 9,89 € 14 0,71 €
02.08.12 Amazon Album Showcase Showdown Appetite of Kings 9,89 € 16 0,62 €
25.08.12 Amazon Album Motion City Soundtrack I Am The Movie 7,99 € 14 0,57 €
25.08.12 Amazon Album Streetlight Manifesto Somewhere In The Between 9,89 € 10 0,99 €
31.08.12 Amazon Album Bouncing Souls Comet 9,89 € 10 0,99 €
31.08.12 Amazon Album Sham 69 If The Kids Are United: The Best Of 7,99 € 15 0,53 €
03.09.12 Concert Albums Downtown Struts Victoria! 10,00 € 10 1,00 €
11.09.12 Amazon Single Psy Gangnam Style 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
20.11.12 Amazon Single Toto Africa 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
03.12.12 Amazon Album Fugazi In On The Kill Taker 9,89 € 12 0,82 €
03.12.12 Amazon Album The Queers Munki Brain 9,89 € 13 0,76 €
03.12.12 Amazon Album The Varsity Weirdos Can't Go Home 9,89 € 12 0,82 €
03.11.12 Concert Compilation Various Artists Sound of Munich Now 2012 5,00 € 20 0,25 €
05.11.12 Munich Punk Shop Compilation Various Artists IN MÜNCHEN NIX LOS! - A Munich Punk/HC Statement 9,90 € 60 0,17 €
21.12.12 Amazon Single Bob Dylan The Man In Me 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
21.12.12 Amazon Single Gipsy Kings Hotel California (Spanish Mix) 0,99 € 1 0,99 €
30.12.12 Amazon Album The Menzingers On The Impossible Past 9,99 € 13 0,77 €