Top Albums of 2008
December 3rd, 2008
Here are my top albums of 2008. Fleet Foxes ran away with the album of year. Their self-titled debut is a beautiful mix of Beach Boy harmonies and roots folk in the vein of My Morning Jacket. Give this album a listen, it is truly a spiritual experience.
- Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
- Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
- MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
- Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
- Beck - Modern Guilt
- The Whigs - Mission Control
- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
- Lykke Li - Youth Novels
- Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
- Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
- Liam Finn - I’ll Be Lightning
- The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
- Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
- Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
- My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
What are your top albums of 2008?
Tags: Beck, Bon Iver, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Kings of Leon, Liam Finn, Lykke Li, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Okkervil River, Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Adams, sigur rós, The Raconteurs, The Whigs
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
Dear Science - TV ON THE RADIO???????
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
In no particuliar order -
MGMT
TV On The Radio
Raconteurs
My Morning Jacket
….ahhhhh, and that’s about it for me. I need to listen to more current music apparently. It seems most of my my favorite records of 2008 were released in 2007. Can I retroactively name Coconut Records my favorite album of 2007 and 2008?????
I’m going to give Fleet Foxes a listen to though.
Thanks for the list Brad Matthew. I say good day.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
At one point this year these were all “number 1’s” to me:
1. Q-Tip “The Renaissance” (co-produced by Kurt Rosenwinkel)
1. Flying Lotus “Los Angeles”
1. Cut Copy “In Ghost Colours”
1. MGMT “Oracular Spectacular”
1. James Pants ” Welcome”
1. Cadence Weapon “Afterparty Babies”
1. Samiyam “Rap Beats Vol. 1″
1. TV on the Radio “Dear Science”
1. Tobacco “Fucked up Friends”
1. The Sea and Cake “Car Alarm”
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
My top 5 is something like:
1. Shearwater - Rook
2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
3. No Age - Nouns
4. The Walkmen - You & Me
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle
and I just never quite got a handle on what makes Bon Iver so special. Good live act, but the album doesn’t do much for me. To each their own, though!
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
It was between Deerhunter and Fleet Foxes for the #1 spot for me
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
How come it says this is your top 10, but there are 15?
December 4th, 2008 at 12:01 am
1. The Black Butchers featuring Slabadenko AM - Doody Supreme
December 11th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
You covered all my faves except Charlie Deets, Hot Chip, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, and Ting Tings (not including the metal stuff).
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:13 am
[...] sold out show at The Vic last Thursday in Chicago. His album For Emma, Forever Ago made my top album list for the year, as well as many others and has garnered Mr. Vernon some well deserved press. His backing band [...]
January 14th, 2009 at 4:00 am
[...] of weeks. I was a little late to get hip to them and would have definitely put this album on my list for 2008. They have a neo-classic rock sound that I am a total sucker for. I am really looking forward to [...]