Monday, January 19, 2009

List Time

Sorry loyal reader, I've been busy catching up on all the sights and sounds of 2008. Also playing with a new PS3 and watching awesomely awesome Blu-Ray. Anyway, it is the time of year that everyone who thinks they have a valid opinion for some reason or another puts out their best of lists. Not being one to upset the apple cart... here... we... go!

Top 50 Albums of the Year




50. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer



49. Fleet Foxes - S/T






48. Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty



47. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul






46. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing


45. R.E.M. - Accelerate







44. The Verve - Forth



43. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs






42. The Killers - Day & Age



41. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive





40. V/A - A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All


39. Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Angels





38. DeVotchka - A Mad & Faithfull Telling



37. The Roots - Rising Down






36. Flight of the Conchords - S/T


35. Islands - Arm's Way







34. Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali


33. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath






32. Hot Chip - Made In the Dark


31. Beck - Modern Guilt






30. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins


29. V/A - Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog






28. School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms


27. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?






26. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

25. Coldplay - Viva La Vida






24. The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed


23. The Music - Strength In Numbers






22. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night


21. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals






20. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak


19. Santogold - S/T







18. Man Man - Rabbit Habbits


17. TV On the Radio - Dear Science







16. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust


15. Pale Young Gentlemen - Black Forest (Tra La La)





14. Portishead - Third



13. Q-Tip - The Renaissance







t11. Glasvegas - S/T



t11. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight






10. Hercules and Love Affair - S/T


9. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It






8. The Republic Tigers - Keep Color



7. Bloc Party - Intimacy






6. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple



5. M83 - Saturday=Youth






4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago



3. Conor Oberst - S/T






2. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular



1. Vampire Weekend - S/T