Every year I make a list of my favorite albums from that year. And every year I post it on my myspace blog and no one seems to care. So now I share my list with you, beloved readers of Rolling Scone, in hopes that maybe one of you will care enough to enter into a heated debate with me about one of my selections and its placement. You could even share a list of your own with me, and I will tell you how wrong you are. After all, making lists isn't about enjoying music, it's about being right. So without further ado I now present to you my 100 favorite albums of 2008.
100. District Line - Bob Mould
99. Working Man’s Café - Ray Davies
98. Modern Guilt - Beck
97. Lay It Down - Al Green
96. Do You Like Rock Music? - British Sea Power
95. Golden Delicious - Mike Doughty
94. Momofuku - Elvis Costello
93. Mercy…Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy - Ours
92. It Is Time For A Love Revolution - Lenny Kravitz
91. Warpaint - Black Crowes
90. Field Manual - Chris Walla
89. The Stand Ins - Okkervil River
88. Happy In Galoshes - Scott Weiland
87. A Piece of What You Need - Teddy Thompson
86. Exit Strategy of the Soul - Ron Sexsmith
85. Robert Pollard Is Off To Business - Robert Pollard
84. Caught In the Trees - Damien Jurado
83. Now or Heaven - The Broken West
82. Sunshine Lies - Matthew Sweet
81. Forth - The Verve
80. Recovery - Loudan Wainwright III
79. Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails - The Baseball Project
78. Detours - Sheryl Crow
77. The Sucker Punch Show - Lovedrug
76. Real Animal - Alejandro Escovedo
75. Seeing Things - Jakob Dylan
74. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
73. Slick Dogs and Ponies - Louis XIV
72. Acid Tongue - Jenny Lewis
71. Fire Songs - The Watson Twins
70. Weezer (Red Album) - Weezer
69. Flock - Bell X1
68. Brain Thrust Mastery - We Are Scientists
67. Ode To J. Smith - Travis
66. Brighter Than Creation’s Dark - Drive-By Truckers
65. Electric Arguments - The Fireman
64. Giving Up the Ghost - Jackie Greene
63. Into the Sun - Candlebox
62. Songs In A & E - Spiritualized
61. Addicted To Company (Part 1) - Paddy Casey
60. We Have Cause To Be Uneasy - Wild Sweet Orange
59. Gossip In the Grain - Ray LaMontagne
58. In the Future - Black Mountain
57. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
56. Secret Machines - Secret Machines
55. Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
54. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
53. Jukebox - Cat Power
52. Como Te Llama? - Albert Hammond Jr.
51. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
50. In the Ever - Mason Jennings
49. Volume One - She & Him
48. Real Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus & Jicks
47. Off With Their Heads - Kaiser Chiefs
46. Here We Stand - The Fratellis
45. Raise the Dead - Phantom Planet
44. Everthing That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne and Brian Eno
43. Break Up the Concrete - The Pretenders
42. Low vs Diamond - Low vs Diamond
41. 4:13 Dream - The Cure
40. Temporary People - Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts
39. Hope for the Hopeless - Brett Dennen
38. Narrow Stairs - Deathcab For Cutie
37. Connor Oberst - Connor Oberst
36. Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt - Augustana
35. Pull the Pin - Stereophonics
34. A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol
33. Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart - Rachael Yamagata
32. Asking For Flowers - Kathleen Edwards
31. For My Friends - Blind Melon
30. Grand Archives - Grand Archives
29. Day & Age - The Killers
28. Oceans Will Rise - The Stills
27. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
26. Attack & Release - The Black Keys
25. Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings - Counting Crows
24. Heart On - Eagles of Death Metal
23. Here’s To Being Here - Jason Collett
22. Perfect Symmetry - Keane
21. The Virgins - The Virgins
20. Parallel Player - Sloan
19. Fate - Dr. Dog
18. Felice Brothers - Felice Brothers
17. Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
16. Freedom Wind - The Explorers Club
15. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay
14. Saturnalia - Gutter Twins
13. A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea - Tyler Ramsey
12. Blame It On Gravity - Old 97’s
11. Mermaids - Slow Runner
10. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
9. Cardinology - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
8. Animal!/Not Animal - Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
7. Diamond Hoo Ha - Supergrass
6. Konk - The Kooks
5. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
4. Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
3. Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
2. Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
1. Lucky - Nada Surf
3 comments:
how many albums did you buy and listen to total? i want to know if beck is actually the third WORST album of 2008.
No...its not. In fact, there are many albums that i liked that didn't even make the top 100. I listened to over 150 albums (a minimum of 3 times each) and on top of that i didn't even bother listening to things that i obviously wouldn't like such as the Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus.
jason, you are a true music fan. i bow to your prowess.
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