Best Albums of 2008

As Dupek would say, poast yer picks…..(or are we too cool to do that)

I'll get us off on the wrong foot….

Katy Perry - One of the Boys

TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Beck - Modern Guilt

callat703 wrote:
TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Rolling Stone agrees with you

Records I really enjoyed:

Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Gaslight Anthem - '59 Sound
Jennifer O'Connor - Here with You
American Music Club - Golden Age
Los Campesinos - Hold on now Youngster
Felice Brothers

Incredibly overrated albums I'm tired of hearing about:
Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes

Bon Iver is criminally overrated.


My pretty well-cemented top 5:
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Carla Bozulich's Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
Raccoo-oo-oon - Raccoo-oo-oon
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
James Blackshaw - Litany of Echoes

Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't get the Bon Iver record (or the Vampire Weekend for that matter).

I need to think about this more but hands down #1 album of the year for me was

Elbow 'The Seldom Seen Kid'

nothing else even came close

With you on the Vampire Weekend album, too.

Eagles of Death Metal – Heart On

Rest of my top 10 after thinking about it a little more:
Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan
Rusalnaia - Rusalnaia
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08

My top 20 for the year.

1. Sun Kil Moon ? April
2. Bonnie Prince Billy ? Lie Down in the Light
3. Paul Westerberg ? 49:00
4. Metallica ? Death Magnetic
5. Erykah Badu ? New Amerykah Part One
6. Made Out of Babies ? The Ruiner
7. Lindsey Buckingham ? Gift of Screws
8. Titus Andronicus ? The Airing of Grievances
9. Black Elk ? Always a Six Never a Nine
10. Cheap Time ? Cheap Time
11. Harvey Milk ? Life?
12. Times New Viking ? Rip it Off
13. Ladytron ? Velocifero
14. Dr. Dog ? Fate
15. Dodos ? Visitor
16. Magnetic Fields - Distortion
17. Fabulous Diamonds ? Fabulous Diamonds
18. Grand Archives ? S/T
19. Blood on the Wall - Liferz
20.    Gang Gang Dance ? Saint Dymphna

Damn…totally forgot about that Magnetic Fields album. It's definitely in my top 20 somewhere. Finally got around to that Harvey Milk album a few days ago; liked it a lot.

Did you catch Fabulous Diamonds at Snailhook's (former :() house over the summer? They're even better live.

1. The Walkmen - You & Me
2. Oxford Collapse - Bits
3. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
4. Vampire Weekend - s/t
5. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
6. Flight of the Conchords - s/t

Honorable Mention: Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool [reissue]

I'm still using my trusty abacus to count my totals and compile my list, but all i can say is damn you all. My list has grown more indie-centric over the years since I joined this board. It's all your fault.

Impressive…you all are mentioning albums/artist I haven't seen discussed here…(Where's the Que Escuchando thread?)

Others have already been mentioned….
Steve Reynolds - The Carnival Papers
Old 97s - Blame It On Gravity
Nada Surf - Lucky

Yeah, I haven't played MF's Distortion in a couple months, but I was all over that for the first six months of the year. Was kind of surprised to see it tagged as 2008 in iTunes because that feels like so long ago.

I would've loved to see Fab Diamonds in that kind of setting, but alas, I didn't. I really love that album and play it constantly.

Others that didn't make the cut but came damn close:
Parts & Labor ? Receivers
GZA ? Pro Tools
NaS - The N Tape
Santogold ? Santogold
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Meshuggah ? obZen
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Black Mountain ? In the Future
School of Seven Bells ? Alpinisms

based on my Last.fm, I've listened to these the most:

1) Nada Surf - Lucky
2) Fleet Foxes - S/T
3) The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
4) +/- - Xs On Your Eyes
5) The Gutter Twins - Adorata
6) Bon Iver ? For Emma, Forever Ago
7) David Bazan - DVD Bonus Material
8) Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
9) The Cassettes - Countach
10) Nada Surf ? Vinyl Box Set 1994-2008 Bonus Download

Tons of stuff in between, but released from before 2008.  Lots of 2007 still creeping around.  Lots of 1993 creeping around too.

I'm not sure how Bon Iver placed so well.  I only really like the first 2 songs on the album.  Lump Sum is excellent.  I guess I kept giving it 'another chance.'  His clangy over use of the e-bow on acoustic guitars wears thin on me.

Off the top of my head………..

1) Blitzen Trapper - Furr
2) Malkmus/Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
3) Beck - Modern Guilt
4) Pas/cal - We Were Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Laura
5) Vampire Weekend - s/t
6) EofDM - Heart On

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