Best Albums of the Year!

People will probably think I'm winding them up with this list! But I love what I love


Madonna - Hard Candy
Very few people can put on a show like Madonna, and every new album brings with it a fantastic new tour, which are always a riot. Nowhere near as great as Confessions, but 4 Minutes, Give it 2 Me, Miles Away and The Devil Wouldn't Recognize are all great!


Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
I was skeptical. Folk music, Goldfrapp. But it's breathtaking!


Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
From the moment i saw Magnolia i wanted everything by this lady! Really melancholic vocals, and this album more than makes up for the bizarre move of making a Christmas album.


TempoShark - The Invisible Line
I would never have bought this if it were not for the Imogen Heap duet. So glad I did, because it was really fantastic. Very 80's!


Britney Spears - Circus
Blackout was one of the most under-appreciated Pop albums ever! More fool anyone who ignores it because of the artist behind it. It's been a little over 24 hours since i've had my hands on this. It's no Blackout, but its fantastic all the same. Even The Sunday Times gave this 4 stars!

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago


TV On The Radio - Dear Science...


Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust


The Dodos - Visitor


Deerhunter - Microcastle


Probably could have had Fleet Foxes and Death Cab for Cutie in there too.

NIN - The Slip
Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Electric Six - Flashy
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Kaiser Chiefs - Off with Their Heads
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
Keane - Perfect Symmetry
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
CSS - Donkey
Beck - Modern Guilt
Guillemots - Red
Lykke Li - Youth Novel

Envy / Jesu - Spilt
Envy / Thursday - Spilt
Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
This Town Needs Guns - Animals
Dirge - Demos Vol 1
City & Colour - Bring Me Your Love

Who killed Amanda Palmer? - Amanda Palmer
Pilgrim Road - the Willard Grant Conspiracy
Carried to Dust - Calexico

stuff like that.

Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath



City and Colour - Bring me your love



Howards Alias - Ephiphanic



Frank Turner - Love Ire and song

Merry Christmas, Noobs! wrote:

Neo Cortex wrote:

Craig wrote:

MCN wrote:There's an awful lot of these I haven't even heard of, nor have any inclination of trying out.

Grats.

To be fair his musical taste does somewhat revolve around CD'd that feature Slash...

Or any half-decent guitar solo.

?

Sleigherx wrote:

Didn't Jimmy release this late 2007?

Still what an amazing album! Dizzy and Chase this Light showed that Jimmy are still the kings of slow burning melody. By far the most underated band this decade.

Good call on Attack Attack! I have followed these guys since catching them play with Lostprophets at the Astoria, they are so genuine and love what they are doing. Managed to catch them again at Newcastle academy wednesday just gone and they looked like they were having a ball. Much better then Kids in glass houses who's album just felt like a bunch of singles throwing together (much prefer the rawness of their ep).



Loved this as well. Senses Fail, Life isn't a waiting room.

JKingle All The Way wrote:

Gil-Martin wrote:
Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs.

I forgot about that one! That's going in my list.

I've not bothered with that. Keep forgetting about it.

Mind, I did get Uh on 7" when it was released.

I'm not sure what I think of albums released this year. I'll get back on that one.

GlassjAw wrote:

Sleigherx wrote:

Didn't Jimmy release this late 2007?

Still what an amazing album! Dizzy and Chase this Light showed that Jimmy are still the kings of slow burning melody. By far the most underated band this decade.

Good call on Attack Attack! I have followed these guys since catching them play with Lostprophets at the Astoria, they are so genuine and love what they are doing. Managed to catch them again at Newcastle academy wednesday just gone and they looked like they were having a ball. Much better then Kids in glass houses who's album just felt like a bunch of singles throwing together (much prefer the rawness of their ep).



Loved this as well. Senses Fail, Life isn't a waiting room.

Yeah i loved the new Senses Fail nice to see them change direction much like Bayside.

Lord for £39 by Neil Landstrumm.

Best electronic album this year, when it comes to the sheer bassy bassiness of it anyway, it's got the appeal for nerdy idm fans with all the attention to detail, but then the slack jawed raver could get groovy to this any day of the week too, i'll upload it inna bit.

The only good album I've listened to this year is Death Magnetic, but I haven't listened to that much truth be told.

The Verve's comeback was disapppointing, as was Bloc Party's. Not a good year for albums.

GlassjAw wrote:Much better then Kids in glass houses who's album just felt like a bunch of singles throwing together (much prefer the rawness of their ep).

By rawness, what you actually mean is there's nothing on Smart Casual that comes close to touching the greatness of Telenova. And Historia, come to think of it.

You are right though - Smart Casual does suffer a bit from potential-single-syndrome, but it's a ace little 40 minute blast of unashamed fun. Which always goes down smooth with me.

Attack Attack's album is great stuff though, there's certainly a bit more substance to it than other albums of it's ilk

In this order my favourite albums are:

Luciano- Fabric 41
Ricardo Villalobos- Vasco
Kings of Leon- Only by the night
Paul Kalkbrenner- Berling Calling
Dinky- May be later
Cat power- Juke box
The Wombats- The Wombats Proudly Present a Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation
Pendulum- In Silico
Loco Dice- 7 Dunham Place
Deadmau5- Random Album Title

Oh and I listened to that Meshuggah and all I can say is that was the biggest load of shite I have ever had the displeasure of torturing my ears with. If you really want to listen to noise why not just buy the complete back catalogue of Merzbow and become a deaf recluse who cant stand to be in the sun for more than 5 minutes.

tiny tom wrote:Electric Six - Flashy

Yeah, someone else! I was sure I didn't dream that album.

o/

Also, delighted with the amount of replies mentioning The Slip. It's a really solid album, and considering it's free, inexcusable not to own if you like that kind of thing. Discipline is my favourite song of the year.

Abs wrote:Lord for £39 by Neil Landstrumm.

Best electronic album this year, when it comes to the sheer bassy bassiness of it anyway, it's got the appeal for nerdy idm fans with all the attention to detail, but then the slack jawed raver could get groovy to this any day of the week too, i'll upload it inna bit.

Not heard that one yet. Getting it....now.

Btw, I had The Gasman's 'Superlife' as one of my contenders, so if anything, it shows that 2008 has been a beaut for Planet Mu releases.

From the ones i've heard in the OP, pretty much in that order. Not many of them that i have heard, i also tend to buy albums from years passed.

PPinaPearTree wrote:Because I just put all my albums in an order!

1. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
2. We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery
3. Bloc Party – Intimacy
4. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
5. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
6. Hot Chip – Made in the Dark
7. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
8. Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
9. Metallica – Death Magnetic
10. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
11. Last of the Shadow Puppets – Age of the Understatement
12. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
13. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
14. Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
15. Portishead – Third
16. Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords
17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig
18. REM – Accelerate
19. Pendulum – In Silico
20. Feeder – Silent Cry
21. Killers – Day & Age
22. Glasvegas – Glasvegas

Now you go!

So everything in the charts then?

Sleigherx wrote:

GlassjAw wrote:

Sleigherx wrote:

Didn't Jimmy release this late 2007?

Still what an amazing album! Dizzy and Chase this Light showed that Jimmy are still the kings of slow burning melody. By far the most underated band this decade.

Good call on Attack Attack! I have followed these guys since catching them play with Lostprophets at the Astoria, they are so genuine and love what they are doing. Managed to catch them again at Newcastle academy wednesday just gone and they looked like they were having a ball. Much better then Kids in glass houses who's album just felt like a bunch of singles throwing together (much prefer the rawness of their ep).



Loved this as well. Senses Fail, Life isn't a waiting room.

Yeah i loved the new Senses Fail nice to see them change direction much like Bayside.

I'd read that the lastest Senses Fail CD was pretty similar to the last one tho...dammit I need to pick it up tho