The Best 5 albums of 2008

spnkri
spnkri Posts: 137
edited May 2008 in Other Music
Since we are now more than a third of the way through 2008, and a number of great albums have been released already, what are your 5 favorite albums of the year? I'm pretty sure mine are, in order:

1) Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia ( I never thought in a millions years I'd pick this one, but it's really great)
2) Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
3) R.E.M. - Accelerate
4) Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead
5) Portishead - Third
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    at the end of the year, my list will look something like this


    Evil Urges
    Accelerate
    Consolers of the Lonely
    Chinese Democracy
    u2 - Tba
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    i dont think ive actually bought 5 albums that have come out this year. :)

    let me see...
    1. saturnalia - the gutter twins
    2. when the flood comes - the audreys
    3. the age of the understatement - the last shadow puppets

    nope thats just 3. maybe im forgetting someone who knows... im vague at times. :)
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    damn straight youre forgetting someone. hello... radiohead... remember them?

    why yes yes i do. i did buy in rainbows this year in hard copy so thats gotta count, right? too bad... im counting it anyway. :D

    that makes 4.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Evil Urges
    Evil Urges
    Evil Urges
    Evil Urges
    Evil Urges
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • flyinwhole313
    flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    The Black Keys. Attack And Release. PHENOMINAL ALBUM. PHENOMINAL BAND.
    http://www.theblackkeys.com/
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    flyinwhole313 wrote:
    The Black Keys. Attack And Release. PHENOMINAL ALBUM. PHENOMINAL BAND.
    http://www.theblackkeys.com/


    oh fuck!!! i bought attack and release the same time i bought the last shadow puppets. i truly am vague :rolleyes:

    woohoo!!! that makes 5 albums. :D
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    take a good look
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  • Matt83
    Matt83 Posts: 7
    Melvins - Nude With Boots
    Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
    Meshuggah - obZen
    John McLaughlin - Floating Point
    Bill Bruford & Michiel Borstlap - In Two Minds
  • SammyK14
    SammyK14 Posts: 287
    flyinwhole313 wrote:
    The Black Keys. Attack And Release. PHENOMINAL ALBUM. PHENOMINAL BAND.
    http://www.theblackkeys.com/

    amen to that one
    5 years of Jam...

    06: Pittsburgh
    07: Lollapalooza
    08: Bonnaroo, DC
    EV (second row!!!!!!) in DC
    09: Philly 2 & 3
    10: Newark
  • phatucini
    phatucini Posts: 399
    The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
    Portishead - Third
    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
    The Mars Volta - the Bedlam in Goliath
    PJ Harvey - White Chalk
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
    Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
    Seastick Steve - Doghouse Music
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky (released in the UK this year)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • drlovemonkey
    drlovemonkey Posts: 394
    My favorite so far this year is...

    Local H - 12 Angry Months
  • TiaMija
    TiaMija Posts: 597
    R.E.M.=Accelerate
    Raconteurs=Consolers Of The Lonely
    Flat Duo Jets=Two Headed Cow
    DeVotchka=A Mad and Faithful Telling

    pending:
    My Morning Jacket=Evil Urges
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
    Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
    Sigur Ros - Takk/ ()
    Tom Waits - Orphans
    Wintersleep - Untitled
    I think the thread is about albums released in 2008 :)


    Anyway, mine are:

    Autechre - Quaristice
    A Silver Mt Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
    Sun Kil Moon - April
    Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
    Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Just A Little Lovin'- Shelby Lynne
    In Rainbows- Radiohead
    Attack & Release- The Black Keys
    Jim- Jamie Lidell
    Warpaint- The Black Crowes

    And I'm pretty damned sure that Arcade Fire's Neon Bible came out in 2007.
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,136
    mmj
    supergrass
    black keys
    radiohead

    all good and the only new music so far this year
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dharma69 wrote:
    And I'm pretty damned sure that Arcade Fire's Neon Bible came out in 2007.[/color]
    So did In Rainbows.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    NIN - Ghosts
    NIN - the slip
    black francis - svn fngrs

    those are the only ones ive liked that came out this year. unless you count the replacement reissues. than those are 1 thru 4 and 5 is ghosts
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    So did In Rainbows.
    Not for me it didn't. Came out the first Tuesday in January 08.
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • bossman3188
    bossman3188 Posts: 263
    wow, you people listen to some strange music i have never heard of before.

    i think i would only choose 3: radiohead, the raconteurs and jack johnson

    ask again after the summer and im sure i could add o.a.r., coldplay, the verve and the fratellis
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  • Matt Lukin
    Matt Lukin Posts: 647
    Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
    Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
    Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
    A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
    Times New Viking - Rip It Off
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides

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