I gotta say… almost all of the albums from 11-18 were in my top 10 at one point or another during the year:
11. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
12. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
13. Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble – Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble
14. The Absent Arch – Keep Calm and Carry On
15. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
16. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig
17. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down In The Light
18. Glen Campbell – Meet Glen Campbell
19. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
20. Langhorne Slim – Diamonds & Gold
21. Johnny Flynn – A Larum
22. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
23. M83 – Saturdays = Youth
24. The Walkmen – You & Me
25. Horse Feathers – A House With No Name
26. The Futureheads – This Is Not the World
27. Dr. Dog – Fate
28. Drive By Truckers – Brighter than Creation’s Dark
29. Why? – Alopecia
I’ll be writing more in depth about my favorite 10 albums of 2008 Tomorrow & Friday.
Wow, Glasvegas dropped all the way to 15 for you? I think it just proves that this was a great year in music, with very solid, consistent releases from a lot of good bands. And I know it must have torn you up not to have the Gaslight Anthem in your Top 10, so I'm curious what made the cut. Good picks Kyle.
yeah… i'll be honest. while i do love that record, way more than I'd ever expected to due to the hype, it's far from flawless. there's 2 or 3 songs on it i don't care for. as far as debut albums go, it's easily top 2-3 this year though, no question about that, and i'm super stoked for their Varsity show.
TGA definitely were the heatseeker of the last 2 months of the year for me, no question about that. had I started listening to it back in June when my friends kept telling me to check it out (aka: i was kinda busy + lazy
), i'm sure it'd have ended up in the top 10 for sure.
how you kids keep up with all the new music i'll never know
being able to listen to music for 8 hours a day kind of helps, i realize that