Favorite albums of 2008?

[Acapelli]

well, the year's almost over, and by now i'd imagine some of you have listened to enough '08 albums to make a list, so post them

me
1. The Bug - London Zoo
2. The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Graves
3. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
4. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
5. Jamie Lidell - Jim
6. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Got Too
7. Boris - Smile (Japanese Version)
8. Gentleman Jesse And His Men - Gentleman Jesse And His Men
9. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
10. TV On The Radio - Dear Science,
11. Morgan Geist - Double Night Time
12. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
13. Weezer - The Red Album
14. Quiet Village - Silent Movie
15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

other stuff i liked: Hot Chip - Made In The Dark, Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams, Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III, M83 - Saturdays = Youth, Girl Talk - Feed The Animals, Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And..., Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances, Re-Up Gang - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3, Rich Boy - Bigger Than The Mayor Mixtape, Diplo And Santogold - Top Ranking, Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling, Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing, Cloetta Paris - Secret Eyes, British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?, Abigail Washburn - Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet, Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite

[Milky Joe]

stuff I've liked lots:

Beach House - Devotion
Big Blood - The Grove
Dan Melchior und das Menace - Christmas for the Crows
Deerhunter - Microcastles
Dr. Dog - Fate
Elf Power - In a Cave
Hilotrons - Happymatic
The Music Tapes - Music Tapes For Clouds and Tornadoes
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
Thomas Function - Celebration
Valet - Naked Acid
Vampire Weekend - s/t
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

[Raiders]

I don't think I've actually listened to a 2008 album all the way through.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I don't think I've actually listened to a 2008 album all the way through.

This is probably the correct answer.

[EyesWideOpen]

GZA/Genius: Pro Tools
Weezer: The Red Album
Does it Offend You, Yeah: You Have No Idea What Your Getting Yourself Into

[Ezee E]

Gza's is pretty good.

Everything else has one good song, and the rest remain mediocre. Perhaps iTunes and the MP3 killed the album.

[D_Davis]

This is probably the correct answer.

Are you suggesting there is nothing worth listening to this year, or just that you don't listen to new music?

Any year that gives me a new record from Eno, Byrne, Budd and Lanois is a damn good year for music.



So far...

1. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
2. The La's - The La's (Deluxe version)
3. Harold Budd and Clive Wright - A Song for Lost Blossoms
4. Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments
5. Daniel Lanois - Here is What is
6. Far Flung - A Wound in Eternity
7. Sun Kil Moon - April
8. Meat Beat Manifesto - Autoimmune
9. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
10. Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - Self Titled

In the running to make it on the top 10:

The Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Q-Tip - Renascence

Honorable Mentions:

The Verve - Fourth
Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow


Biggest Disappointments:

Mercury Rev and The Secret Machines both managed to put out terrible albums - without even a single song I like.

[transmogrifier]

Dig!! Lazurus, Dig!! is #1 by a landslide.

[Derek]

Dig!! Lazurus, Dig!! is #1 by a landslide.

This is incorrect. It's a really good album, but it's not even the best 2008 album among the three bands I saw him in concert with. "Hold On To Yourself" is one of the absolute best songs of the year, however. Absolutely wicked, that one is.

I won't show my hand at this point since I'm planning to do the "best of" countdown like last year. As of yet, nothing has blown me away like my #1's of the past two years, but there are still a ton of great albums out there.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I don't listen to nearly enough new music. I will say that Dear Science is great fun.

[transmogrifier]

This is incorrect. It's a really good album, but it's not even the best 2008 album among the three bands I saw him in concert with. "Hold On To Yourself" is one of the absolute best songs of the year, however. Absolutely wicked, that one is.

I won't show my hand at this point since I'm planning to do the "best of" countdown like last year. As of yet, nothing has blown me away like my #1's of the past two years, but there are still a ton of great albums out there.

[Boner M]

I've liked these very much:

Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Birchville Cat Motel - Gunpowder Temple of Heaven
The Dead C - Secret Earth
Fabulous Diamonds - s/t
The Drones - Havilah
The Bug - London Zoo
The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves
Gang Gang Dance - St. Dymphna
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Portishead - Third
James Blackshaw - Litany of Echoes
Times New Viking - Rip it off
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind...
Philip Jeck - Sand

[chrisnu]

I don't think I've actually listened to a 2008 album all the way through.

Third?

[Boner M]

You should also check out the Grouper and James Blackshaw records, Raiders.

[Derek]

Listen to more albums.

[transmogrifier]

Listen to more albums.

Why bother when I have a slab of perfection at my fingertips already? I'm a busy man.

[Winston*]

Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! is an awesome album. Best thing the Bad Seeds have done in 10 years at least.

[Winston*]

Also really like Silver Jews, Jicks, Sun Kil Moon, Portishead and Tallest Man on Earth albums. Haven't listened to that much 2008 music.

[Acapelli]

i should really listen to that grouper album

[Benny Profane]

The Black Keys -- Attack and Release
Ryan Adams -- Cardinology
Amos Lee -- Last Days at the Lodge
Beck -- Modern Guilt
Radiohead -- In Rainbows (technically '08)

[Lasse]

L.O.C. - Melankolia / Xxx Couture
- Hvorfor Vil Du Ikk
- #%!@ Mig Nu
- Fellatio

UFO Yepha - Kig Mig I Øjnene
- Løb For Dit Liv
- Still Og Rolig Knald På
- Kom Nu!

Majors - Majors
- Suckers Never Play Me (free download at www.majors.dk)
- Suckers Never Play Me (Remix)
- City Hall Cipher

[Spaceman Spiff]

Nick Cave is a better writer than he is a musician. There, I said it.

[D_Davis]

Nick Cave is a better writer than he is a musician. There, I said it.

He's known more as a singer/songwriter than a musician, so what are you trying to say?

[Acapelli]

i'm also pretty sure kanye's album is gonna be near the top of my list

[Derek]

He's known more as a singer/songwriter than a musician, so what are you trying to say?

I'm guessing he's also including his screenwriting.