Since Jamie weighed in, here's my top 25 list again, this time in an easy-to-read list so that they can be compared.
25. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
24. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
23. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
22. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
21. Women - Women
20. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
19. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
18. Sun Kil Moon - April
17. Shearwater - Rook
16. The Dodos - Visiter
15. Esau Mwmamwaya and Radioclit are The Very Best
14. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (in retrospect, this probably should be higher).
13. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
12. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
11. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
10. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
9. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
8. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
7. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
6. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
5. The Walkmen - You & Me
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. Portishead - Third (isn't it ironic that this is #3???)
2. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
1. Beach House - Devotion
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disclosure about my listening habits last year.
ReplyDeleteI didn't listen to:
lykke li
grouper
hold steady (also unwilling to give them a chance)
department of eagles
radioclit?
frightened rabbit
Also I would just like to note that WHY? ALOPECIA blows. I don't know which is the name of the band and which is the album and that fact that I am confused by this makes me hate that guy more.
Another Note:
ReplyDeleteMy list is about the albums I most obsessively listened to, whether I think they were the "best" of 2008 or not. For example, Kings of Leon did not make one of the top 25 best albums of last year. Certainly I think the Shearwater album is better crafted musically, dynamically, lyrically, etc. I just never got into it. So in that sense my list is not a best of; instead it shows you my raw listening habits.