Ladies and Gentlemen, the time has again come to have a good long look at the music world around us and ask "What albums did we like this year?".

The Deal: Make a list of 5 to 25 original albums released in 2008. Rank determines the points an album gets.

 

The Deadline: Wednesday, December 17th at 4:00pm EST (9:00pm GMT)

 

:dance:

 

 

A note: EPs, split 2007/2008 releases that made the 2007 list, reissues, and live albums do not count. So no In Rainbows, Prospekts March, or Haarp, but Oracular Spectacular is fine since the digital release was not voted for last year.

 

Links:

 

2007 Countdown: here

2006 Countdown: here

 

2007 Discussion: here

2006 Discussion: here

 

Blurbs:

 

Annie - Don't Stop

Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs

The Music - Strength In Numbers

 

A list of albums released this year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_released_in_2008 (Not completely accurate)

 

Lists:

 

1der

2732

ariadnasquire

Azor

Briggins

but a dream

Christa1

Coldplay92

Corey07

DeathAndAllHisFriends

deaths_friend

deeterrocks101

dylan86

eglantine

Famous Old Painter

Fixed

General Smut

Gilda

GreenKnoll

Ilione

improvtom103

Ireentje

iUSED2RULEtheWORLD

JM-SP2

josheox

Kackie

kmm1482

Kon/David Watts

Lore

Marisa

Martin the Warrior

Montreal

mountainloafers

Napoleon

negus

nobodyseditwaseasy08

PlayingCold

psykomyko

RadioMad

RedGirl76

Riku_88

rushofbloodUK

sadace21

*Sarah*

shipoffools

Space Cadet

squareone13

stemot1978

the_gloaming09

The Gutless Wonder

thinker

winigwl

So I'm a couple of weeks early. But I thought since there seem to be quite a few new albums coming out in the next month or two, this would be a good time to get people thinking. You can post your lists-in-progress in this thread. I'll update this post with details as they are decided, and get the big campaign kicked off at the start of October. For anyone unfamiliar with our annual list, check out the 2006 discussion thread. Once again, thanks to Nik for starting it all.

 

:dance:

 

 

And yes, I am well aware that I need to finish the links in the 2007 countdown... :mad:

Coldplays gotta be there obviously

well ill get things rolling. this is my list at the moment

 

1. The Raconteurs -Consolers of the Lonely

2. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

3. The Presets- Apocolypso

4. Sigur Ros- With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly

5. Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

6. Cog- Sharing Space

 

can we put Muse's HAARP?

wait....... in rainbows was officially releaed january 1st.... so is it fair game again?? jk obviously. no time to make a list now but for me nothing is even close to viva.

I can't even remember a tenth of the albums released this year :disappointed:

This'll probably be my final list.

 

01. FANTASY BLACK CHANNEL (Late Of The Pier)

= SUPERABUNDANCE (The Young Knives)

= STRENGTH IN NUMBERS (The Music) (cant decide!!!)

 

04. VIVA LA VIDA (Coldplay)

05. INTIMACY (Bloc Party)

06. BEAUTIFUL MACHINE (Shihad)

07. YOU AND I (Cut Off Your Hands)

08. ANTIDOTES (Foals)

09. REPEAT AFTER ME (The Corrections)

10. OFF WITH THIER HEADS (Kaiser Chiefs)

11. PERFECT SYMMETRY (Keane)

12. VANTAGE POINT (dEUS)

13. BRAIN THRUST MASTERY (We Are Scientists)

14. BEFORE THE WALLS CAME DOWN (Computerclub)

15. MODERN GUILT (Beck)

16. THE LONG NOW (Children Collide)

17. TWENTY ONE (Mystery Jets)

18. DIG OUT YOUR SOUL (Oasis)

19. THE SLIP (Nine Inch Nails)

20. MELODIA (The Vines)

I need to get more albums

more

() Indicates one of my fav picks from each album

 

1 Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends (Strawbery Swing)

2 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid (The Bones Of You)

3 Beck - Modern Guilt (Youthless)

4 Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (The Lightning Strike)

5 The Music - Strength In Numbers [Japanese Edition] (Drugs)

6 The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead (Back To This)

7 James - Hey Ma (72)

8 South - You Are Here (Every Light Has Blown)

9 TV On The Radio - Dear Science (Halfway Home)

10 Tom Baxter - Skybound (Night Like This)

11 REM - Accelerate (Until The Day Is Done)

12 The Week That Was - The Week That Was (The Airplane Line)

13 Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (Details In The Fabric)

14 Nada Surf - Lucky (The Fox)

15 Anathallo - Canopy Glow (Itallo)

16 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (The Turning)

17 Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creations Dark (Purgatory Line)

18 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Time To Pretend)

19 Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things (I Told You I Couldnt Stop)

20 Hey Rosetta - Into Your Lungs (New Goodbye)

21 Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement (Torch)

22 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (I Will Possess Your Heart)

23 Tracy Chapman - Our Bright Future (Thinking Of You)

24 Sugarland - Love On The Inside (Love)

25 Glasvegas - Glasvegas (Ice Cream Van)

26 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Oliver James)

 

Honorable

 

. The Raconteurs, . The Killers,. Teddy Thompson, . Seth Lakeman, . Mat Kearney, The Dodos, . Kathleen Edwards, . Sheryl Crow, . My Morning Jacket, Sam Phillips, . Bon Iver, . Sun Kil Moon, . Hot Chip, . Weezer, . Metallica, . Vampire Weekend,.

 

 

Disappointed

 

The Verve, Gavin Rossdale, Travis, Nickelback, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, Keane, The Eagles, The Cure, U2 for waiting

I'm starting but its still early and no coffe in body yet so:rolleyes::

 

Verve - Forth

Coldplay - VLVODAAOHF

So far theres only been 3 albums worth their weight for me this year. (bearing in mind ive only got 4 albums this year)

 

Those being Coldplay's Viva La Vida, Feeders Silent Cry and The Last Shadow Puppets.

 

I don't think Forth is in the running, this album is mildly dissapointing.

 

 

I need to get ahold of Accelerate pretty soon tho.

 

I count In Rainbows as 2007.

Don't Stop - Annie

 

Sexy Norwegian electro-pop. It's released in October but I found a leak online. She probably won't get much media attention or radioplay (great if she does!) but it's an excellent album all the same. Funky and fun, it'll make you wanna dance.

 

http://www.myspace.com/anniemusic

[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Stop-Annie/dp/B001E4QLNQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1221225121&sr=8-1]Amazon.co.uk: Don't Stop: Annie: Music[/ame]

if we were to consider In Rainbows as eligible for this year then it would be my number 1

viva la vida, definitely

With respect to albums from 2007 that have persevered throughout 2008.

 

Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin

The National - The Boxer

The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Travis - The Boy With No Name

Miracle Fortress - Five Roses

 

and yeah,

 

rADIOhEAD - iN rainbowS

Top 5

1. Fleet Foxes

2. Brendan Canning

3. City and Colour

4. Elbow

5. MGMT

 

 

City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Jason Collett - Here's To Being Here

Constantines - Kensington Heights

Portishead - Third

Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue

Evangelicals - The Evening Descends

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Brendan Canning - Something For All of Us

Bloc Party - Intimacy

R.E.M. - Accelerate

Made In the Dark - Hot Chip

Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Keane - Perfect Symmetry

Travis - Ode to J. Smith

TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Top 10 Albums Of 2008

 

01 = Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

01 = Bloc Party - Intimacy

01 = The Corrections - Repeat After Me

02. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

03. TV On The Radio - Dear Science

04. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

05. ¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes

06. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery

07. Glasvegas - Glasvegas

08. Dartz - The Sad History Of The Village Of Alnerique

09. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

10. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

^ forgot about Wolf Parade. Will have to give it a few more listens.

G. Love and Special Sauce - Superhero Brother

The John Butler Trio - Grand National

Tristan Prettyman - Hello...x

Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

1. Marillion - Happiness Is The Road

2. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

3. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

4. Metallica - Death Magnetic

5. Beck - Modern Guilt

6. REM - Accelerate

7. The Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound

8. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath

9. The Verve - Forth

10.Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

 

Also, I'm sure when Keane and The Secret Machines' new albums come out, they'll be somewhere on the list. ;)

can we put Muse's HAARP?

No live or compilation albums. Sorry.

 

wait....... in rainbows was officially releaed january 1st.... so is it fair game again?? jk obviously. no time to make a list now but for me nothing is even close to viva.

 

if we were to consider In Rainbows as eligible for this year then it would be my number 1

 

Yeah, because 12165 points, 32 votes 1 first place, and an obliterated 2007 list just isn't enough. :inquisitive::P

 

Sorry guys, the official release date was October 10th 2007, if memory serves me. It's had its kudos. And plenty of them. :smug:

I would exclude Coldplay's album from the running.

 

Also what are your rules on very low-key 2007 releases getting re-released in 2008?

 

for example: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

^ yeah I was wondering about MGMT as well.

 

And I agree with excluding Coldplay......since its a Coldplay forum....

 

But it doesnt' matter to me that much.

I would exclude Coldplay's album from the running.

 

Also what are your rules on very low-key 2007 releases getting re-released in 2008?

 

for example: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

 

 

But Coldplay's album was definatly one of the finest albums we will see this year.

 

If it was the bands second album or debut it would end up a classic. (as these things do)

In the interest of keeping things fair