Top 5 Albums Of 2008

Don't think I'm too early with this, not expecting anything of worth to come out round about Chrimbo.

I think it's been an ace year for albums. I could easily have picked 10 while last year I'd have struggled to pick a Top 3. So off we go....

1. Los Campesinos!
   'Hold On Now Youngsters'

2. Friendly Fires
   'Friendly Fires'

3. The Teenagers
   'Reality Check'

4. Los Campesinos!
   'We Are Beuatiful, We Are Doomed' (last band to realease 2 albums in 8 months????)

5. Glasvegas
   'Glasvegas'

Ladytron Sons and Daughters Nada Surf The Hold Steady The Verve

Honourable mentions:

TV On The Radio REM MGMT The Whip Hot Chip

No 'honourable mentions' please. Dead easy. Post your Top 5 then stop. If I'd wanted a Top 10 or a list of honourable mentions I would've called this thread;

'Top 10 Albums of 2008 Or Your Top 5 Albums Of 2008 And Any Other Ones You Thought Were Good '

El Jarvo wrote: Can I do a top 4 cos I can't even think of a top 5?

NO. you heard the man. "Top 5 Albums Of 2008".

MAKE SOMETHING UP IF NECESSARY.

Didn't Ladytron have a record out this year?

If so I vote:

1 - Technique Remastered 2 - Lowlife remastered 3 - Movement remastered 4 - Power Corruption and Lies. Remastered 5 - Ladytron

Edit: And my most favourite of all was X Marks Destination

Can't put them in an order, but here goes:

The Music - Strength in Numbers Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires Ladytron - Velicifero TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Not much different from other people's choices I guess. I'm not going to be the first to mention Elbow either.

I. James, Hey Ma.

II. OceanLab, Sirens of the Sea.

III. Bomb the Bass, Future Chaos.

IV. Portishead, Third.

V. Dunno... we still have a month and a half to go, don't we?

bloodynora wrote:

El Jarvo wrote: Can I do a top 4 cos I can't even think of a top 5?

NO. you heard the man. "Top 5 Albums Of 2008".

MAKE SOMETHING UP IF NECESSARY.

.....and no posts from silly women either please. We all know the fairer sex know shit about music anyway.

gasp! just for that i'm not going to bother with 3-5. yeah, that's right.

fleet foxes goldfrapp

bloodynora wrote:

fleet foxes goldfrapp

I rest my case.

bloodynora wrote: gasp! just for that i'm not going to bother with 3-5. yeah, that's right.

fleet foxes goldfrapp

Shouldn't you be watching Little Dorritt?

i HATE this forum.

it's so cliquey and everyone picks on me.

I'll get back to this thread mid-next month. 'Nuff said.

Trans-Intellingence Express wrote: I'll get back to this thread mid-next month. 'Nuff said.

Well thanks for sharing that with us.

1 Cut Copy 2 Los Campesinos 3 Portishead 4 808 state reissues 5 Swing out Sister or ABC new ones (sorry!!)

System 7 - Phoenix The Orb - The Dream The Whip - X Marks Destination Neon Neon - Stainless Style Bomb The Bass - Future Chaos

(and two of those might I might have put on last year's list, as I might have picked up the Japanese releases - I can't remember)...

Mostly a rubbish year for albums... :)

Not a lot in 2008

Cut copy Oasis (pretty good)

It was a good year. I did a top 30

1.Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself into 2.Nine Inch Nails - The Slip 3.The Whip - X Marks Destination 4.Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours 5.We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Maestry 6.Los Campesinos! - Hold On Your Youngster 7.The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath 8.Ladytron - Volicifero 9.The Presets - Apocalypso 10.MGTM - Oracular Spectacular 11.British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? 12.The Cure - 4:13 Dream 13.NEON NEON - Stainless Style 14.Bloc Party - Intimacy 15.PJ Harvey - White Chalk 16.Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul 17.R.E.M. - Accelerate 18.Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 19.Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 20.Louis XIV - Slicks Dogs And Ponies 21.CSS - Donkey 22.Black Kids - Partie Traumatic 23.M83 - Saturdays = Youth 24.Brazilian Girls - New York City 25.My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges 26.Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
27.Portishead - Third 28.The Verve - Forth 29.The Teenagers - Homecoming 30.Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads

and the worst album was Coldplay - Viva la vida loca

getting back to the idea of a concise top five....

NEON NEON Stainless Style NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Dig Lazarus Dig GLASVEGAS Glasvegas PENDULUM In silico THE LANCASHIRE HOT POTS Pot Sounds

the last one is not a foodie wind up, they're kind of a novelty folk act, made/makes me smile at the moment, fav download was He's Turned Emo by the Lancs Hotpots which has a pop at simply red and fallout boy in the same verse, again it made me laugh. possible future what was I thinkin etc, but that happened with Northside too.... hey ho

Black Ice - AC/DC Motorizer - Motorhead Poisoned Apple - Venemous Concept Running Wild - Airbourne Folklore and Superstition - Black Stone Cherry

So looking over everyone's list, seems to confirm this was shite year for music:(

Uncle Liam wrote:

Trans-Intellingence Express wrote: I'll get back to this thread mid-next month. 'Nuff said.

Well thanks for sharing that with us.

No problem. I haven't made my mind up yet. ;)

Nope, not having Kings Of Leon this year.They should have just stopped and retired/split after 'Fans' last year.They'll never top that.

Have We Are Scientists brought out an album this year? That single where the 2 blokes are arguing over the girl and the dog in the flat in the video is possibly my single of the year.

oh hnag on, what about Vampire Weekend? I've liked a couple of their songs this year.And apparently their album is ace.So i'll go for that one.Although i haven't heard it in full.And Portishead's album simply for the fact Beth sings about being taken away by white horses.Which is great on a bitterly cold and snowy April day.

1. Keane - Perfect Symmetry

A big disappointment from their first two albums (though I've only given this one Saturday night listen so far).

2. Cut///Copy - In Ghost Colours

Some great songs on this album, including Hearts On Fire.

3. Billy Bragg - Mr Love & Justice

The protest song O' Freedom is an outstanding piece of music.

4. Jaytech - Everything Is OK

An interesting electronic album.

I haven't bought the latest Pendulum album, but that would had probably have been the fifth.

I don't usually buy many albums, but am looking forward to a superb year in 2009, with Simple Minds, U2 and Depeche Mode all schedueled to release albums next year.

1. Death Magnetic - Metallica

2. The Slip - Nine Inch Nails

3. Accelerate - REM

4. Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis

5. For My Friends - Blind Melon

honourable mention:

Black Ice - AC/DC