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).
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4 comments:
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
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!]
Thanks for showing Hinterland some love. We appreciate the plug.
@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.
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