Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Music Stage Edition - Top 20 Albums of 2008

The forum is dedicated to film and tv news but today I'm doing a one-time special countdown of my favorite albums of the year. As a note I do not count Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago and MGMT - Oracular Spectacular as 2008 albums.

20)
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - Not Animal

19)

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping


18)

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

17)

Why? - Alopecia

16)

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

15)

The Cool Kids - Bake Sale EP

14)

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

13)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

12)

Islands - Arm's Way


11)

Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust


10)

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive


9)

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

8)

Deerhunter - Microcastle

7)

T
he Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound


6)

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weeke
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5)

Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line

4)

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

3)

Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

2)

Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins

1)

TV on the Radio - Dear Science


Bring on 2009, and the upcoming album of (next) year, Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

all valid choices (props for the Ra Ra Riot mention) but if you get a chance...you need to look into "Ode to Sunshine" by Delta Spirit.

Absolutely one of my tops for the year and it would definitely fit up there for you