And the best album of 2008 is still........

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  • Roeghmann
    Roeghmann Posts: 969
    Metallica: Death Magnetic
    but there are contenders:
    KOL - only by the night
    Gutter Twins - saturnalia
    Coldplay: Viva la vida...
    Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters and Caddilac blood
    PJ - Bonaroo (bootleg)
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    I'd have to say Metallica - Death Magnetic, not necessarily because it was the best, but because it was the most surprising. I don't think anyone was expecting it to be such a good album.

    Someone mentoined Oracular Spectacular - MGMT. I agree it's a great album but it was released in 2007. :)
    I pledge to you a government that will not only work well, but wisely, its ability to act tempered by prudence, and its willingness to do good, balanced by the knowledge that government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
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  • For me it's still...

    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

    closely followed by

    KOL - Only By the Night
    Sigur Ros - Running Naked is Really Fun
    '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.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Patriarch Blues - Victor Krummenacher
    (A great collection of blues and poetry from the guy who brought you 'Cock Crows at Sunrise' and 'Nocturne')

    http://www.victorkrummenacher.com

    Lunatic Soul = Mariutz Duda
    (The front man from Polish band Riverside first solo album which includes epic Arabian backdrops and African Tribal Drums).

    http://www.riverside.art.pl
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun - W.H. Auden
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Born Ruffians - Red Yellow Blue
    Cat Power - Juke Box
    Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
    Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
    The Dears - Missiles
    Sam Roberts - Love at the End of the World
    Stars - Sad Robots EP
    TV on the Radio - Dear Science
    The Violet Archers - Sunshine at Night
    The Walkmen - You & Me
    Cock Fight.
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    nada surf ~ lucky
    tv on the radio ~ dear science
    heather nova ~ the jasmine flower


    and still got cardinology to come :cool:
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • My top 40 (out of the 100 albums I have from this year):

    Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
    The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
    The Black Keys - Attack & Release
    Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngsters
    Liam Finn - I’ll Be Lightning
    Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
    Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
    MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
    Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
    The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
    What Made Milwaukee Famous - What Doesn’t Kill Us
    Sun Kil Moon - April
    TV on the Radio - Dear Science
    Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
    Death Vessel - Nothing is Precious Enough for Us
    Madrugada - Madrugada
    My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
    Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
    Flogging Molly - Float
    Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
    Albert Hammond Jr. - Como te Llama
    She & Him - Volume One
    Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers
    The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
    Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
    Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
    Okkervil River - The Stand-ins
    Bloc Party - Intimacy
    Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
    Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
    The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
    Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
    JayMay - Autumn Fallin’
    Less Than Jake - GVL FLA
    Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
    The Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
    Peter Bjorn and John - Seaside Rock
    Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Will Happen Will Happen Today
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
  • phatucini
    phatucini Posts: 399
    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    nope...still oasis- Dig Out Your Soul :D
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    the Conor Oberst record is fantastic however I am going with Krallice.
  • sourdough
    sourdough Posts: 579
    Liam Finn-I'll be Lightning. I'm seriously obsessed with this hobbit.
  • TVOTR Dear Science

    MMJ Evil Urges
    the Minions
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Pearl Jam - Hartford - 6/27/08 :D
    I love to turn you on
  • Mohab
    Mohab Posts: 310
    Mudhoney The Lucky Ones
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Mohab wrote:
    Mudhoney The Lucky Ones

    Totally forgot about that one. Maybe Ill pick it up
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • Bremerton
    Bremerton Posts: 279
    Santogold
  • Mohab wrote:
    Mudhoney The Lucky Ones


    You're right, this is one of this year's best. Always been a fan of Mudhoney,
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun - W.H. Auden
  • Totally forgot about that one. Maybe Ill pick it up



    You should investigate this one. However, everything they released is exceptionally good. Very similar to Pearl Jam, they never disappoint.
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun - W.H. Auden
  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Todd76 wrote:
    Top 10 as of today

    Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
    Brendan Canning - BSS Presents: Something For All Of Us
    Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
    Final Fantasy - Plays To Please & Spectrum 14th Century
    Islands - Arms Way
    Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
    Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
    TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
    The Walkmen - You & Me
    Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

    a couple new additions to my list

    Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes (GREAT!!!!!)
    The Dears - Missiles
    Cranes - s/t
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,290
    Portishead's Third