Thursday, January 01, 2009

[Pitchfork]:The Top 50 Albums Of 2008


[Pitchfork]:The Top 50 Albums Of 2008

01 Fleet Foxes:"Sun Giant EP" / "Fleet Foxes"
02 Portishead - "Third"

03 No Age:"Nouns"

04 Cut Copy:"In Ghost Colours"

05 Deerhunter:"Microcastle" / "Weird Era Cont."

06 TV on the Radio:"Dear Science"

07 Vampire Weekend:"Vampire Weekend"

08 M83:"Saturdays=Youth"

09 Hercules and Love Affair:"Hercules and Love Affair"

10 DJ/rupture:"Uproot"


11 Lil Wayne:"Tha Carter III"

12 Lindstrøm:"Where You Go I Go Too"

13 Erykah Badu:"New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)"

14 Air France:"No Way Down"

15 Crystal Castles:"Crystal Castles"

16 Vivian Girls:"Vivian Girls"

17 Fucked Up:"The Chemistry of Common Life"

18 The Mae Shi:"HLLLYH"

19 The Walkmen:"You & Me"

20 Fuck Buttons:"Street Horrrsing"


21 Kanye West:"808s and Heartbreak"

22 Santogold:"Santogold"

23 Hot Chip:"Made in the Dark"

24 Gang Gang Dance:"Saint Dymphna"

25 Titus Andronicus:"The Airing of Grievances"

26 Atlas Sound:"Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel"

27 Max Tundra:"Parallax Error Beheads You"

28 Flying Lotus:"Los Angeles"

29 The Hold Steady:"Stay Positive"
30 Los Campesinos!:"Hold on Now, Youngster..."


31 Fennesz:"Black Sea"

32 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds:"Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!"

33 Frightened Rabbit:"Midnight Organ Fight"

34 Arthur Russell:"Love Is Overtaking Me"

35 Girl Talk:"Feed the Animals"

36 Wale:"The Mixtape About Nothing"

37 Grouper:"Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill"

38 The Bug:"London Zoo"

39 Times New Viking:"Rip It Off"

40 The Very Best:"Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best"


41 David Byrne and Brian Eno:"Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"

42 Bonnie "Prince" Billy:"Lie Down in the Light"

43 Shearwater:"Rook"

44 Marnie Stern:"This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That"

45 Lykke Li:"Youth Novels"

46 Beach House:"Devotion"

47 The Tallest Man on Earth:"Shallow Grave"

48 High Places:"High Places"

49 Crystal Stilts:"Alight of Night"

50 Ponytail:"Ice Cream Spiritual"

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[Mojo] TOP 50 Of 2008


[Mojo] TOP 50 Of 2008

01 Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes"

02 The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age Of The Understatement
"
03 Paul Weller - "22 Dreams
"
04 Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"
05 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
"
06 The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive"
07 Glasvegas - "Glasvegas"

08 The Week That Was - "The Week That Was"
09 The Bug - "London Zoo"

10 Neil Diamond - "Home Before Dark"


11 Portishead - "Third"

12 Don Cavalli - Cryland

13 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

14 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

15 Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You

16 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

17 Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

18 Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide

19 Beck - Modern Guilt

20 TV on the Radio - Dear Science

21 Amadou & Mariam - "Welcome to Mali"
22 Mercury Rev - "Snowflake Midnight"

23 Elbow - "The Seldom Seen Kid"

24 Fucked Up - "The Chemistry of Common Life"
25 Randy Newman - "Harps and Angels"

26 Peter Broderick - "Home"

27 M83 - "Saturdays=Youth"

28 Neon Neon - "Stainless Style"

29 Yeasayer - "All Hour Cymbals"

30 The Night Marchers - "See You in Magic
"

31 Duffy - "Rockferry
"
32 Seasick Steve - "I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left
"
33 Kasai Allstars - "In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic"
34 Fuck Buttons - "Street Horrrsing
"
35 Our Broken Garden - "When Your Blackening Shows"

36 MGMT - "Oracular Spectacular"

37 Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - "The Sinking of the Titanic
"
38 Goldfrapp - "Seventh Tree"
39 Abe Vigoda - "Skeleton"

40 The Black Keys - "Attack & Release"


41 The Fall - "Imperial Wax Solvent"

42 Juana Molina - "Un Día"

43 Aimee Mann - "@#%&*! Smilers"
44 Goldmund - "The Malady Of Elegance"

45 Metallica - "Death Magnetic"

46 James Hunter - "The Hard Way"

47 Flying Lotus - "Los Angeles"

48 AC/DC - "Black Ice"

49 The Neil Cowley Trio - "Loud... Louder... Stop"
50 Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul
"

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[Q]:The 50 Best Albums of 2008


[Q]:The 50 Best Albums of 2008

01 KINGS OF LEON - "ONLY BY THE NIGHT"

02 FLEET FOXES - "FLEET FOXES"

03 Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
04 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - "VAMPIRE WEEKEND"

05 GLASVEGAS - "GLASVEGAS"

06 DUFFY - "ROCKFERRY"
07 TV ON THE RADIO - "DEAR SCIENCE"

08 ELBOW - "THE SELDOM SEEN KID"

09 THE RACONTEURS - "CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY"

10 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - "DIG!!! LAZARUS DIG!!!"


11 SIGUR ROS - "MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDALUST"
 
12 KEANE - "PERFECT SYMMETRY"
13 MGMT - "ORACULAR SPECTACULAR"

14 KAISER CHIEFS - "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS"

15 LIL WAYNE - "THA CARTER III"

16 HOT CHIP - "MADE IN THE DARK"

17 ADELE - "19"

18 BRITISH SEA POWER - "DO YOU LIKE ROCK MUSIC?"

19 GOLDFRAPP - "SEVENTH TREE"

20 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - "THE ’59 SOUND"

21 RAZORLIGHT - "SLIPWAY FIRES"

22 THE KILLERS - "DAY & AGE"

23 BECK - "MODERN GUILT"

24 THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - "THE AGE OF THE UNDERSTATEMENT"
25 METALLICA - "DEATH MAGNETIC"

26 CONOR OBERST - "CONOR OBERST"

27 NEIL DIAMOND - "HOME BEFORE DARK"

28 PAUL WELLER - "22 DREAMS"

29 AC/DC - "BLACK ICE"
30 Portishead - "Third"


31 BLACK MOUNTAIN - "IN THE FUTURE"
32 Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul
"
33 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - "HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR"

34 BON IVER - "FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO"

35 THE HOLD STEADY - "STAY POSITIVE"

36 R.E.M. - "ACCELERATE"

37 LYKKE LI - "YOUTH NOVELS"

38 JOHN MELLENCAMP - "LIFE DEATH LOVE & FREEDOM"

39 SANTOGOLD - "SANTOGOLD"

40 MY MORNING JACKET - "EVIL URGES"

41 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - "GIFT OF SCREWS"

42 LIAM FINN - "I’LL BE LIGHTNING"

43 JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN - "TO SURVIVE"

44 BLACK KIDS - "PARTIE TRAUMATIC"

45 JACK JOHNSON - "SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC"

46 THE VERVE - "FORTH"

47 RANDY NEWMAN - "HARPS AND ANGELS"

48 JENNY LEWIS - "ACID TONGUE"

49 EMMYLOU HARRIS - "ALL I INTENDED TO BE"

50 DIDO - "SAFE TRIP HOME"

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[Uncut] 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008


[Uncut] 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008

01 Portishead - "Third"

02 Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes"
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3 TV On The Radio - "Dear Science"
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4 Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"
0
5 Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend
"
06 Elbow - "The Seldom Seen Kid
"
07 Neon Neon - "Stainless Style
"
08 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
"
09 Kings Of Leon - "Only By The Night
"
10 Paul Weller - "22 Dreams
"


11 Drive-by Truckers - "Brighter Than Creation's Dark
"
12 The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive"

13 James Blackshaw - "Litany of Echoes
"
14 Randy Newman - "Harps and Angels"

15 Hot Chip - "Made In The Dark"

16 Wild Beasts - "Limbo, Panto
"
17 Goldfrapp - "Seventh Tree"

18 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Real Emotional Trash
"
19 Shearwater - "Rook
"
20 My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"


21 Howlin Rain - "Magnificent Fiend
"
22 The Raconteurs - "Consolers of The Lonely
"
23 Black Mountain - "In The Future
"
24 Glasvegas - "Glasvegas"

25 Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue"

26 Lucinda Williams - "Little Honey
"
27 MGMT - "Orcular Spectacular"

28 The Felice Brothers - "The Felice Brothers"

29 Robert Foster - "The Evangelist"

30 Gnarls Barkley - "The Odd Couple"


31 White Denim - "Workout Holiday
"
32 Flight of The Conchords - "Flight of The Conchords"

33 Sigur Rós - "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust"

34 Fuck Buttons - "Street Horrrsing
"
35 Toumani Diabate - "The Mande Variations
"
36 Earth - "The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
"
37 Lambchop - "OH(Ohio)"

38 Endless Boogie - "Focus Level
"
39 Beck - "Modern Guilt
"
40 That Week That Was - "That Week That Was
"

41 James Yorkston - "When The Haar Rolls In
"
42 Metallica - "Death Magnetic"

43 Joan As Police Woman - "To Survive
"
44 REM - "Accelerate"

45 The Fall - "Imperial Wax Solvent"

46 Pete Greenwood - "Sirens
"
47 Sic Alps - "USEZ"

48 David Byrne & Brian Eno - "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"
49 Brian Wilson - "That Lucky Old Sun"

50 Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight


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[Spin]:The 40 Best Albums of 2008


[Spin]:The 40 Best Albums of 2008

01 TV On The Radio - "Dear Science"
02 Lil Wayne - "Tha Carter III"
03 Portishead - "Third"

04 Fucked Up - "The Chemistry Of Common Life"
05 Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes"
06 Santogold - "Santogold"
07 Deerhunter - "Microcastle"
08 Hot Chip - "Made In The Dark"
09 Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
10 MGMT - "Oracular Spectacular"


11 Elbow - "The Seldom Seen Kid"
12 Erykah Badu - "New Amerykah Pt. 1: 4th World War"
13 No Age - "Nouns"
14 Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend"
15 Beck - "Modern Guilt"
16 My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"
17 The Roots - "Rising Down"
18 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!"
19 Okkervil River - "The Stand Ins"
20 Gnarls Barkley - "The Odd Couple"

21 Kings Of Leon - "Only By The Night"
22 Black Kids - "Partie Traumatic"
23 Kate Nash - "Made Of Bricks"
24 Duffy - "Rockferry"
25 Death Cab For Cutie - "Narrow Stairs"
26 R.E.M. - "Accelerate"
27 The Streets - "Everything Is Borrowed"
28 Metallica - "Death Magnetic"
29 Nas & DJ Green Lantern - "The Nigger Tape"
30 Lucinda Williams - "Little Honey"

31 Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"
32 The Gutter Twins - "Saturnalia"
33 El Guincho - "Alegranza"
34 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - "Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson"
35 The Raconteurs - "Consolers Of The Lonely"
36 Lykke Li - "Youth Novels"
37 Wolf Parade - "At Mount Zoomer"
38 Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul
"
39 Guns N' Roses - "Chinese Democracy"
40 Chairlift - "Does You Inspire You"

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[NME]:TOP 50 Albums Of 2008


[NME]:TOP 50 Albums Of 2008

01 MGMT - "Oracular Spectacular
"
02 TV On The Radio - "Dear Science
" 
03 Glasvegas - "Glasvegas"
 
04 Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend"
 
05 Foals - "Antidotes"
 
06 Metronomy - "Nights Out
" 
07 Santogold - "Santogold"
 
08 Mystery Jets - "Twenty One"
 
09 Kings Of Leon - "Only By The Night
" 
10 Friendly Fires - "Friendly Fires"


11 Neon Neon - "Stainless Style"
 
12 Crystal Castles - "Crystal Castles"
 
13 Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes
" 
14 Laura Marling - "Alas, I Cannot Swim"
 
15 Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age of Understatement"
 
16 Ladyhawke - "Ladyhawke"
 
17 Elbow - "The Seldom Seen Kid"
 
18 Late Of The Pier - "Fantasy Black Channel"
 
19 Fucked Up - "The Chemistry of Common Life"
 
20 Spiritualized - "Songs in A and E"
 

21 Lightspeed Champion - "Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
" 
22 Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul
"
23 Scarlett Johansson - "Anywhere I Lay My Head"
 
24 Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago
" 
25 Portishead - "Third"

26 The Verve - "The Forth"
 
27 Hercules And Love Affair - "Hercules And Love Affair"
 
28 British Sea Power - "Do You Like Rock Music?"
 
29 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
" 
30 Hot Chip - "Made In The Dark
" 

31 Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
32 Mogwai - "The Hawk Is howling"
 
33 Deerhunter - "Microcastle / Weird Era Cont."
 
34 Los Campesinos! - "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed"
 
35 Cass Mccombs - "Dropping The Writ
" 
36 Frightened Rabbit - "The Midnight Organ Fight"
 
37 Primal Scream - "Beautiful Future"
 
38 Beck - "Modern Guilt"
 
39 Chairlift - "Does You Inspire You"
 
40 The Kills - "Midnight Boom"
 

41 These New Puritans - "Beat Pyramid
" 
42 School of Seven Bells - "Alpinisms"
 
43 Black Kids - "Partie Traumatic"
 
44 Lykke Li - "Youth Novels"
 
45 Black Keys - "The Attack & Release"
 
46 Blood Red Shoes - "Box Of Secrets"
 
47 The Gaslight Anthem - "The '59 Sound
" 
48 Ida Maria - "Fortress Round My Heart"
 
49 Bloc Party - "Intimacy"
 
50 Heartbreak - "Lies"

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[RollingStone]:The 50 Best Albums of 2008


[RollingStone]:The 50 Best Albums of 2008

01. TV on the Radio: "Dear Science"
02. Bob Dylan: "Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg Series Vol. 8"
03. Lil Wayne: "Tha Carter III"
04. My Morning Jacket: "Evil Urges"
05. John Mellencamp: "Life, Death, Love and Freedom"
06. Santogold: "Santogold"
07. Coldplay: "Viva la Vida"
08. Beck: "Modern Guilt"
09. Metallica: "Death Magnetic"
10. Vampire Weekend: "Vampire Weekend"


11. Fleet Foxes: "Fleet Foxes
"
12. Guns n' Roses: "Chinese Democracy"

13. Blitzen Trapper: "Furr
"
14. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: "Cardinology
"
15. The Black Keys: "Attack & Release"

16. Randy Newman: "Harps and Angels"

17. B.B. King: "One Kind Favor
"
18. Lucinda Williams: "Little Honey"

19. Erykah Badu: "New Amerykah: Part 1
(4th World War)
"
20. Kings of Leon: "Only by the Night
"

21. Kaiser Chiefs: "Off With Their Heads"

22. Jackson Browne: "Time the Conquerer"

23. Conor Oberst: "Conor Oberst
"
24. Girl Talk: "Feed the Animals"

25. The Magnetic Fields: "Distortion"

26. Mudcrutch: "Mudcrutch
"
27. Brian Wilson: "That Lucky Old Sun"

28. The Knux: "Remind Me in Three Days...
"
29. Bon Iver: "For Emma, Forever Ago"


30. Duffy: "Rockferry
"
31. MGMT: "Oracular Spectacular"

32. Jamey Johnson: "The Lonesome Song
"
33. Ne-Yo: "Year of the Gentleman
"
34. Stephen Malkmus: "Real Emotional Trash
"
35. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: "Dig,Lazarus, Dig!!!
"
36. The Hold Steady: "Stay Positive
"
37. Nine Inch Nails: "The Slip
"
38. Ra Ra Riot: "The Rhumb Line"

39. Taylor Swift: "Fearless
"
40. Jonas Brothers: "A Little Bit Longer"


41. AC/DC: "Black Ice
"
42. David Byrne and Brian Eno: "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"

43. Nas: "Untitled
"
44. The Raconteurs: "Consolers of the Lonely
"
45. Be Your Own Pet: "Get Awkward"

46. The Academy Is...: "Fast Times at Barrington High"
47. Of Montreal: "Skeletal Lamping"

48. Raphael Saadiq: "The Way I See It"

49. Hot Chip: "Made in the Dark"

50. No Age: "Nouns"

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