i am gonna change this around cause i am just listening to music today.

1. why? - alopecia
2. lil wayne - tha carter iii
3. radiohead - in rainbows
4. fucked up - the chemistry of common life
5. deerhunter - microcastle
6. t.i. - paper trail

1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2. The Killers - Day & Age
3. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
4. Beck - Modern Guilt
5. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
6. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
7. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All
8. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
9. The Roots - Rising Down
10. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

808s sucked compared to Graduation, imo.

All that fucking voice enhancement bullshit

well because the two are not comparable. one is a rap album, one is not.

I didn't like Graduation.

808s is something very different, and I'm glad he made it.

kanye albums ranked, in order:
the college dropout (one of the best rap albums ever, period)
graduation
808s and heartbreak
late registration

all are good though.

yo wasnt in rainbows last year

edit: only ones i've listened to that i really remember and enjoy:

John Zorn - Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark

i'll have to give the full length fleet foxes album another listen; also mildly enjoyed:

Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath

I can't think of anything I thoroughly enjoyed this year. Arghoslent, Hail of Bullets and Vordr's albums all had a good song or two on them though

Disturbed - Indestructible

technically it came out in january. it also has the distinction of being the only album i bought this year.




you would like annihilation time - iii

oh were you going by the physical copy thing

i forgot about that my bad, i guess the online release of the album was sort of like a "leak"

this must be the worst of 2008. too much kanye west.

to be honest 2008 really sucked shit for music

i can't think of one album i really loved

so we're just posting our personal favorites from this year, not nominating for a poll or something, right? cuz if i'm nominating, this is going to change.

anyway...no particular order and i'll probably add to it later:

coldplay - viva la vida (never liked coldplay but i love this album)
vampire weekend - vampire weekend (duh)
ben folds - way to normal (mainly because 'you don't know me' is so fucking awesome)
horse feathers - house with no home

The Black Keys - Attack & Release

Also, Entombed's Left Hand Path came out in 1990 but I vote for that, too.

heavy ass album. if i was in a moshcore band i would certainly steal riffs from it.

new number 1 - portishead - third

no order past mogwai

mogwai - the hawk is howling
sigur ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
the black keys - attack & release
nick cave and the bad seeds - dig lazarus dig
mars volta - bedlam
the roots - rising down
the grouch - show you the world

Vivian Girls - S/T

2008 was a disappointment. Some good songs, but no solid albums.

I think exactly the opposite.

While it is a digital release, it still was a release. I guess in the end it is sort of questionable as

My top from 2008:

1. Made In The Dark by Hot Chip
2. Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) by Cloud Cult

A lot of the albums I listened to this year weren't released in 2008. Albums I listened to in the past year, here, just click past 12 months.

Hot Chip? realllyyy?

My list, in no particular order

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (technically 2007, but it's popping up on some lists)
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Why? - Alopecia

Next year looks to be a lot better.

above poster reads stereogum and can't form opinions of his own.

I've never heard of stereogum.

stereogum's year end list is very similar to what you posted. i'm not saying i disagree or anything

next year is already way better than 2008, b/c of the leaked animal collective. 2008 way great tho, lots of excellent albums out. I'll have to think about the best of though....

You mean on pitchforkmedia's list...most all your choices came from their top albums of 2008 list.

And what's the obsession with Fleet Foxes? Blue Ridge Mountains is the type of song my grandmother would listen to. As for m83, the 80s are over. I will agree however that Crystal Castles had some good tunes on their album (minus the beat stealing controversy).

http://stereogum.com/gummys/2008/best-album.html

frightened rabbit and alopecia are high on this list and bon iver came out in fucking 2007 anyway you idiots.

also m83 is tight, i've never listened to fleet foxes and i hopefully won't ever.

Music is the blood of the sheeple, and CD's are the tools of the damned.

mount eerie - lost wisdom/dawn
the music tapes - music tapes for clouds and tornadoes
grouper - dragging a dead deer up a hill
crystal castles - crystal castles
why? - alopecia

http://www.last.fm/music/Birds+and+Buildin...tam+to+Behemoth

Fleet Foxes grew on me every time I play it.

Listened to Portishead's new album while high as balls and had sex with my girlfriend last night. amazing experience +1

yeah, last year.

m83, fleet foxes, crystal castles, deerhunter just to name a few. those albums came out this year, sugar.

i meant bon iver you faggario.

sure you did. how about quote that part next time. :3

BC13 by brokeNCYDE was easily the best from last year and you're all lying to yourselves if you think otherwise

how could i have forgotten brokenCYDE

Justice - Cross

/thread

that came out in 2007 you retard how are you gonna say /thread