Friday, November 07, 2008

Shortlist - Albums Of 2008











Obviously, the start of November is way too early handing out final votes for albums of the year, but here’s a shortlist from me thus far. (Listed here in no particular order, surely.)

01. Hello Saferide

More Modern Short Stories from Hello Saferide
02. Anita Lipnicka & John Porter

Goodbye
03. Rachael Yamagata

Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
04. Lambchop

OH (ohio)
05. Marit Larsen

The Chase
06. Bob Dylan

- Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
07. Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy

Is It The Sea?
08. Horse Feathers

House With No Home
09. The Asteroid No 4

- These Flowers Of Ours: A Treasury of Witchcraft and Devilry
10. Hey Rosetta!

- Into Your Lungs (And Around In Your Heart And On Through Your Blood)
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11. Okkervil River

The Stand-Ins
12. Late Of The Pier

Fantasy Black Channel
13. The Lord Dog Bird

The Lord Dog Bird
14. The Great Northwest

- The Widespread Reign of the Great Northwest
15. Calexico

Carried To Dust
16. Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst
17. The Rural Alberta Advantage

Hometowns
18. Organic Stereo

- The Stories Linger In My Mind
19. The Walkmen

You & Me
20. Kleerup

Kleerup
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21. Kathleen Edwards

Asking For Flowers
22. Thea Gilmore

Liejacker
23. Emmylou Harris

All I Intended To Be
24. The Hold Steady

Stay Positive
25. Titus Andronicus

The Airing Of Grievances
26. The Ting Tings

We Started Nothing
27. Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy

Lie Down In The Light
28. Willard Grant Conspiracy

Pilgrim Road
29. Gemma Hayes

The Hollow Of Morning
30. Tokyo Police Club

Elephant Shell
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31. Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes
32. Elbow

The Seldom Seen Kid
33. Tindersticks

The Hungry Saw
34. Taken By Cars

Endings Of A New Kind
35. Hinterland

Pan Pan Medico
36. Balmorhea

River Arms
37. The Big Sleep

Sleep Forever
38. Ida

Lovers Prayer
39. Drive-by Truckers

- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
40. Goldfrapp

The Seventh Tree
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41. The War On Drugs

Wagonwheel Blues
42. Susanna

Flower of Evil
43. Cut Copy

In Ghost Colours


Bon Iver’s "For Emma, Forever Ago" have been re-released this year, but as it figured in my list for 2007, it will not be included even if it is such a good album that it easily could have made any list for the coming five years (at least).

4 comments:

snuskmaster said...

And how many of these albums have been ripped off from Snusk - and how many of them have you actually bought physically?

...would be great to know!

:D

degarden said...

My ambition is to be "in the know"...and to have physical copies of...let’s say the final top ten...

[Every year from now, ’till eternity - which is a fairly vague concept, and very much open to debate I guess!]

John said...

Thanks for showing Hinterland some love. We appreciate the plug.

degarden said...

@John: You’re welcome! [But of course - really it is me who should thank you (for the efforts/music)!]

All the best in your future career.