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The number-crunching, logarithms, late-night sessions and controversy is finally over and now the time has come to announce the album that wins the 28th Annual Neumie for 2012!! Below is a top ten countdown selected from the nominees ending with the winner!!  Wow!!  It came down to rating each song from the top two to determine the winner! There is another historic first in the Neumie winner this year.
I have rated each album (1 to 5 'n's!)


10) The King Is Dead.............................The Decemberists (Year of Release: 2011)  qq
Essential Tracks: Calamity Song, All Arise, Down By The Water, Don't Carry It All
 10  

9) Transcendental Blues..........................................Steve Earle (Year of Release: 2000)   ww
Essential Tracks: Steve's Last Ramble, Another Town, Transcendental Blues, When I Fall
9

8) !DOS!..................................Green Day (Year of Release: 2012)  ee
Essential Tracks: See You Tonight, Stop When The Red Lights Flash, Lazy Bones, Baby Eyes
8
7) The Carpenter........................The Avett Brothers (Year of Release: 2012) tt
Essential Tracks: I Never Knew You, Geraldine, Down With The Shine, Paul Newman vs The Demons
7
6) Sixty-Six Steps.....................Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon (Year of Release: 2005) tt
Essential Tracks: Living In The Country, Rings, Balloon, Cherry County
6
5) Tempest........................Bob Dylan (Year of Release: 2012) ll
Essential Tracks: Pay In Blood, Duchesne Whistle, Soon After Midnight, Narrow Way
5

4) Underwater Sunshine......................Counting Crows (Year of Release: 2012) cc
Essential Tracks: Return of the Grievous Angel, Meet On The Ledge, Hospital, You Ain't Going Nowhere
4

3) !UNO!.........................................Green Day (Year of Release: 2012)  hh
Essential Tracks: Carpe Diem, Nuclear Family, Angel Blue, Oh Love
3

2) Wrecking Ball.....................................Bruce Springsteen (Year of Release: 2012) iiiiii
Essential Tracks: We Take Care Of Our Own, Land Of Hope And Dreams, Shackled & Drawn, Death To My Hometown
2



1) Bear Creek...........................Brandi Carlile (Year of Release: 2012) (NEUMIE WINNER!) yyyyy
Essential Tracks: I'll Still Be There, In The Morrow, That Wasn't Me, 100
This is the FIRST TIME an artist has won in back-to-back years! A dynasty!
1


Other entrants, 2012:
Rose and Charcoal.....................Marisa Monte vv
Boomer's Story........................Ry Cooder bb
Traffic In Paradise...............................Rickie Lee Jones vv
Sam's Town...........................The Killers jj
Our Endless Numbered Days......................................Iron & Wine vv
Degeneration Street..............................The Dears vv
Watch The Throne................................Jay Z & Kanye West vv
Songs From The West Coast....................Elton John yy
Waiting In The Well........................Octoberman vv
There's No Leaving Now.........................The Tallest Man On Earth ik
California 37............Train ik
The 1890s................Various vv