Year End Lists From Notable Sources

[real talk]

We had this discussion in another thread - it was only released in Sweden and the American version was different and released in the U.S. this year.

But I don't know if that makes it a DQ for 2008 lists - I left it off mine initially but saw it on somebody else's. Also I think it was 2007 not 2005.

[bigc1]

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2008

[bmack86]

We had this discussion in another thread - it was only released in Sweden and the American version was different and released in the U.S. this year.

But I don't know if that makes it a DQ for 2008 lists - I left it off mine initially but saw it on somebody else's. Also I think it was 2007 not 2005.

Grey area. I feel ya.

[wmgaretjax]

You hate female pop r&b.

I like Janet Jackson and Miami Sound Machine

[real talk]

Robyn is so god damned crispy you're just stuck in the past.

[wmgaretjax]

Robyn is so god damned crispy you're just stuck in the past.

I should listen to it again. It just felt so flat the first time I listened to it... I will try again.

[BlackSwan]

I got to see Robyn's acoustic performance last spring at the W Hotel... she really does have a beautiful voice and is super soft spoken in person. the fact that she did a song with The Knife and a Teddybears cover gives her major bonus points.

[wmgaretjax]

Another (really) shitty list:

50 Dido - Safe Trip Home
49 Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
48 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
47 Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
46 The Verve - Forth
45 MISSING
44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
43 Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws
40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
39 Santogold - Santogold
38 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom
37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
36 R.E.M. - Accelerate
35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
33 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
31 Black Mountain - In The Future
30 Portishead - Third
29 AC/DC - Black Ice
28 Paul Weller - Dreams
27 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
26 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
25 Metallica - Death Magnetic
24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
23 Beck - Modern Guilt
22 The Killers - Day & Age
21 Razorlight - Slipway Fires
20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
17 Adele - 19
16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
13 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry
11 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
10 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
09 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
08 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
07 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
06 Duffy - Rockferry
05 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
03 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
02 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
01 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

[rage patton]

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2008

Interesting list.

[BlackSwan]

Another (really) shitty list:

that looks like it could be NME...

[wmgaretjax]

that looks like it could be NME...

Sorry, that was Q.

[BlackSwan]

Sorry, that was Q.

well at least I got the UK part right.

[Backwater]

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2008

Wow, there's lots of metal in that list. At least they really liked Third, but a live album at #1? Really?

[bleep]

Filter - Top 10:
1. MGMT, Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)
2. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
3. Dr. Dog, Fate (Park the Van)
4. TV On The Radio, Dear Science (Interscope)
5. Foals, Antidotes (Sub Pop)
6. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
7. She and Him, Volume One (Merge)
8. M83, Saturdays = Youth (Mute U.S)
9. Cut Copy, In Ghost Colors (Modular/Interscope)
10 The Dears, Missiles (Dangerbird)

Uncut - Top 20:
1. Third - Portishead
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. Dear Science - TV On The Radio
4. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
6. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
7. Stainless Style – Neon Neon
8. Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
9. Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
10 22 Dreams - Paul Weller
11. Brighter Than Creation's Dark - Drive-by Truckers
12. Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
13. Litany of Echoes - James Blackshaw
14. Harps and Angels - Randy Newman
15. Made In The Dark - Hot Chip
16. Limbo, Panto - Wild Beasts
17. Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp
18. Real Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus
19. Rook - Shearwater
20. Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket

[bleep]

i don't care for Fleet Foxes; but, the more i see this band topping the lists, the more dislike i foster. just being honest here.

[SoulDischarge]

Notable or not, the top rated albums so far according to Metacritic

1 Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam 2008 93
2 London Zoo by The Bug 2008 90
3 Fed by Plush 2008 89
4 For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver 2008 89
5 Dear Science, by TV On The Radio 2008 88
6 Exit by Shugo Tokumaru 2008 88
7 Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes 2008 87
8 Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 2008 87
9 Robyn by Robyn 2008 86
10 Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair 2008 86
11 What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective by Steinski 2008 86
12 Fortress by Protest The Hero 2008 86
13 Rook by Shearwater 2008 85
14 Life...The Best Game In Town by Harvey Milk 2008 85
15 Third by Portishead 2008 85
16 In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic by Kasai Allstars 2008 85
17 Stay Positive by The Hold Steady 2008 85
18 Laulu Laakson Kukista by Paavoharju 2008 85
19 Harps And Angels by Randy Newman 2008 85
20 Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up 2008 84
21 Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes by The Music Tapes 2008 84
22 Sycamore Meadows by Butch Walker 2008 84
23 The Renaissance by Q-Tip 2008 84
24 A Piece Of What You Need by Teddy Thompson 2008 84
25 Don't Do Anything by Sam Phillips 2008 84
26 One Kind Favor by B.B. King 2008 83
27 Real Animal by Alejandro Escovedo 2008 83
28 Brighter Than Creation's Dark by Drive-By Truckers 2008 83
29 The Visiter by The Dodos 2008 83
30 Love On The Inside by Sugarland 2008 83

[wmgaretjax]

The only problem with that is that any albums released between now and the end of year get fucked over by that being posted here early...

[SoulDischarge]

It takes only a few moments to copy and paste. Not to mention that that's already an inherent flaw in the thread being made this early anyway.

[wmgaretjax]

Not to mention that that's already an inherent flaw in the thread being made this early anyway.

Yes, because there are pop albums coming out this year that major publications have not received advances for....

The issue with metacritic is they generally don't post an album up until the release date, where some of these other lists have albums on them that have not been released yet.

[SoulDischarge]

Regardless, it'll be interesting to see what changes over the course of a month.

[wmgaretjax]

Regardless, it'll be interesting to see what changes over the course of a month.

probably not much. sorry, I'm sick and ornery.

[thestripe]

Just about everyone one of these list had Bon Iver on it. I think this is personal. The notable sources are taking jabs a Jared.

[wmgaretjax]

fuckers...

[pancakespancakes]

Metaciritc always has strange ones at the top, rarely are they epic "album of the year" types, save for maybe Stankonia... that Uncut list is pretty good though, I like it. Glad to be seeing Third make the rounds, I hope to see it more.

i don't care for Fleet Foxes; but, the more i see this band topping the lists, the more dislike i foster.

Well you could have pretty easily predicted it would be on so many, it got hardly any less-than-stellar reviews...

[wmgaretjax]

Mojo
50 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
49 The Neil Cowley Trio - Loud... Louder... Stop
48 AC/DC - Black Ice
47 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
46 James Hunter - The Hard Way
45 Metallica - Death Magnetic
44 Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance
43 Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
42 Juana Molina - Un Día
41 The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
40 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
39 Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
38 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
37 Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic
36 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
35 Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows
34 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
33 Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic
32 Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left
31 Duffy - Rockferry
30 The Night Marchers - See You in Magic
29 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
28 Neon Neon - Stainless Style
27 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
26 Peter Broderick - Home
25 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
24 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
23 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
22 Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
21 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
20 TV on the Radio - Dear Science
19 Beck - Modern Guilt
18 Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide
17 Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
16 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
15 Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You
14 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
13 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
12 Don Cavalli - Cryland
11 Portishead - Third
10 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
9 The Bug - London Zoo
8 The Week That Was - The Week That Was
7 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
6 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
5 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
2 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
1 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

[thestripe]

Again with the Bon Iver. Again with the no Deerhunter.


The amount of times Bon Iver has been listed on the above lists, gives the 2008 release argument validity.

[wmgaretjax]

bah! there hasn't been an interesting list yet! shhhh the blasphemy.

[pancakespancakes]

The amount of times Bon Iver has been listed on the above lists, gives the 2008 release argument validity.

I WIN I WIN!

[wmgaretjax]

I WIN I WIN!

a million wrong people can't change reality... but this certainly makes me look like the outsider...

[stephen22]

No Portishead, TVOTR at #50, and Shampire Weekend on the list at all, especially at #3? Epic fail of a list.

Finally, someone (boourns) with some sense!!!