Without doubt Spotify has allowed me to explore new music like I have never before. Artists whose names I’ve heard briefly mentioned I would check out, and many of those I have then gone on to love and several have made my list.

I didn’t quite make a top 10, so instead I am just going to list the albums that I listened to most during 2012.

Albums of 2012

• Frank Ocean – Channel ORANGE
• Jessie Ware – Devotion
• Swedish House Mafia – Until Now
• Labrinth – Electronic Earth

Notable mentions (and some not released this year but played a lot)

• Annie Mac Presents 2012
• Bonobo – Black Sands Remixed
• SBTRKT – SBTRKT (Released in 2011 but I only recently discovered this)
• Joker – The Vision (Again, released in 2011 but only recently discovered)
• Calvin Harris – 18 Months

Scrobble history

My last.fm profile has everything that i’ve listened to over the last few years. Cheesy or not (even when playing the office Christmas songs all day!) It’s a great way of looking back at things you’ve loved and how your tastes change.

With a concept shamelessly copied from a piece on the radio today, here are the rules:

1. Get MP3 player
2. Shuffle songs
3. Leave a comment with your 7 song shuffle

So, here it goes.

7 Song Shuffle

1. P.Diddy & The Bad Boy Family – Bad Boy For Life
2. Nas – No Idea’s Original
3. Lupe Fiasco – The Map
4. Queens of the Stone Age – Gonna Leave You
5. Kelly Clarkson – Because of You
6. Prodigy – Shoot Down
7. The Jam – That’s Entertainment

If you want to play the game as well, leave a comment.