Ok, let’s try this again…

  I can't take credit for this pithy sentiment as it pertains to the beginning of this year. The honor for that goes to Charles Williams, host of "The Other Black Music" and co-host of "The Motherland Influence", but if there was a nail to be hit, that was it! It seems to have been the general consensus, talking to people and reading over the last couple of days, that 2011 left very little to be desired, pretty much across the board. Surely we can do better than 2011! So let's all collectively take a deep breath and try this again, shall we? Alright, huddle up. 2012 on three. One. Two. Three. 2012!!! Song Artist Album   Year That Was Then But This Is Now ABC Beauty Stab   1983 Here Come The Good Times A-House Wide Eyed and Ignorant   1994 68 Guns The Alarm Declaration   1984 The Irish Keep Gate Crashing The Thrills Let's Bottle Bohemia   2004 ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++     The Apple Of My Eye Damien Dempsey Seize The Day   2003 Like Castanets Bishop Allen The Broken String   2007 Memory Lane Elliott Smith From A Basement On The Hill   2004 Once Around The Block Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast   2000 Round and Round Paul Weller Paul Weller   1992 Footprints On Water The BellRays Hard Sweet & Sticky   2008 ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++     Love & Kisses Altered Images Happy Birthday   1981 I Kiss The Flower In Bloom Close Lobsters Foxheads Stalk THis Land   1987 Butterfly Kisses The Depreciation Guild In Her Gentle Jaws   2007 Kiss Me On The Bus The Replacements Tim   1985 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend The Rubinoos Back To The Drawing Board   1979 When You Love Somebody Fruit Bats Mouthfuls   2003 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Up From Below   2009 ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++     Poor Boy Split Enz True Colours   1980 Brand New Friend Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Easy Pieces   1985 Blue Skies For Everyone Bob Schnieder Lonelyland   2001 Underdog Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga   2007 The Last Polka Ben Folds Five Ben Folds Five   1995 Wax and Wire Loch Lomond Night Bats   2009 ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++     Ageless Beauty Stars Set Yourself On Fire   2005 Breather Chapterhouse Whirlpool   1991 Fingerpops Garageland Last Exit To Garageland   1996 Stars Were Exploding Good Luck Into Lake Grify   2008 Atmosphere The Oranges Band The World an Everthing In It   2005 Scale It Back DJ Shadow w/Little Dragon The Less You Know,The Better   2011 Perfect Day Lou Reed Transformer   1972 And I Remember Every Kiss Jens Lekmen Night Falls Over Kortedala   2007