best albums of 2008: 58-49
New Additions:
58 Johnson & Jonson, Johnson & Johnson
57 Okkervil River, The Stand Ins
56 The Kills, Midnight Boom
55 Kurt Vile, Constant Hitmaker
54 2562, Aerial
53 Breathe Owl Breathe, Ghost Glacier EP
52 The Fireman, Electric Arguments
51 Titus Andronicus, The Airing of Grievances
50 Blacklisted, Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God
49 Eliza Carthy, Dreams of Breathing Underwater
Let’s roll through these: Joe and Jayson rep for Johnson & Johnson hard, and Joe loves Okkervil as well. The Kills was a Maris pick, and Kurt Vile is an awesome Alex find. Solid stuff. The last person I thought would make this list is McCartney, so #52 is a deserved surprise. Oh! Blacklisted are a hardcore band from Philly that Joe is into. All in all, a very solid selection of records.
And as a special weekend treat, tomorrow we’ll post everything up to #31. We’ll start the Top 30 on Monday.
And just a reminder of where we’ve been:
88 DJ/rupture, Uproot
87 Benoit Pioulard, Temper
86 Bobby Watson, From the Heart
85 Mr. Scruff, Ninja Tuna
84 Friendly Fires, Friendly Fires
83 The Avett Brothers, The Second Gleam
82 Zomby, Where Were U in ’92?
81 Olof Arnalds, Vio og vio
80 Jenny Scheinman, Jenny Scheinman
79 The Mole, High As the Sky
78 Fredrik, Na Na Ni
77 Juana Molina, Un Dia
76 Various Artists, Nigeria 70
75 twi the humble feather, Music for Spaceships and Forests
74 Rainbow Arabia, The Basta
73 She and Him, Volume One
72 Bang on a Can All-Stars, Music for Airports Live
71 Otis Redding, Live in London & Paris
70 James Blackshaw, Litany of Echoes
69 Ladyhawke, Ladyhawke
68 Black Mountain, In the Future
67 Cut Off Your Hands, Happy As Can Be
66 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel
65 John Ellis, Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow
64 Boduf Songs, How Shadows Chase the Balance
63 Huun-Huur-Tu, Mother Earth! Father Sky!
62 Headlights, Some Racing, Some Stopping
61 Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
60 Simone Dinnerstein, The Berlin Concert
59 Studio, Yearbook 2
That’s Johnson & Jonson–no H in second Jonson.
the kills so deserve more. They made my top ten this year.
oooh… 2562 and Blacklisted are new to me, and sound great. i’ll definitely be checking those out.
Mother Earth! Father Sky!by Huun-Huur-Tu is a great album
I listen to it quite often.
Chosed to download Constant Hitmakerby Kurt Vile this time.
This concept of a one man band and his amp guitar is so cool. A briliiant pick.
tnx yancey
I would have moved Benoit Pioulard, Temper and Kurt Vile down. I like the Kurt Vile album but it moved out of rotation a lot faster than Pioulard. I felt Temper was all over a much better album. The Vile was nice for an autumn drive but Pioulard was actually saying something.
so… no weekend treat, then?
oh the list is updated but i never found time to blog it. i’ll do that, and post our evr playlist, later today.
The Stand-Ins was definitely one of this year’s best. I wasa bit disappointed by it at first, but I realized I needed to get over it not being The Stage names and move on, and once I did I really loved it.
I am considering the Fireman, though. The samples just sound out there.