Best Albums of 2008

[brennser]

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

[vansmack]

I'll get us off on the wrong foot....

Katy Perry - One of the Boys

[Sage 703]

TV on the Radio - Dear Science

[lagas]

Beck - Modern Guilt

[sweetcell]

TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Rolling Stone agrees with you

[bellenseb]

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

[azaghal1981]

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

[brennser]

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

[azaghal1981]

With you on the Vampire Weekend album, too.

[bearman🐻]

Eagles of Death Metal -- Heart On

[azaghal1981]

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

[Relaxer]

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

[azaghal1981]

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.

[mr. pretentious]

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]

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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.