(This is my final list for the year. Slight revisions, yes, but I wanted to wait until all the albums I was anticipating this year had been released before applying the finishing touches. In other words, I was waiting for 808s & Heartbreak and Day & Age to blow me away. Neither did, although 808s is a fucking good album.)

 

01. Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns / Bloc Party - Intimacy / The Corrections - Repeat After Me (I just can't seem to separate these three, try as I might)

02. TV On The Radio - Dear Science

03. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends / Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

04. ¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes (might have been outright AOTY if not for the hiatus)

05. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery

06. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

07. Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

08. Glasvegas - Glasvegas

09. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

10. Keane - Perfect Symmetry

 

Space Cadet, please edit your first post to link to this list, please.

Ive not heard of iRussia or We Are Scientists. How would you describe them? Who else might they sound like or be influenced by?

 

Thanks Jeff

I can understand how you haven't heard of ¡Forward, Russia!, but WE ARE SCIENTISTS!? :o

 

They're fairly well known in the U.S., I think.

 

MySpace links for each:

 

http://www.myspace.com/forwardrussia (unfortunately on hiatus, as I mentioned in my last post :()

 

http://www.myspace.com/wearescientists

Well, you're a pleasant poster, Justin! xD

 

haha i'm sorry. i just really didn't lke that one. my ohter posts are more happy!

with respect id extend the deadline to cover christmas.

 

I for one wont get to try out R.E.M, Keane or The Killers till then.

I can understand how you haven't heard of ¡Forward, Russia!, but WE ARE SCIENTISTS!? :o

 

They're fairly well known in the U.S., I think.

 

MySpace links for each:

 

http://www.myspace.com/forwardrussia (unfortunately on hiatus, as I mentioned in my last post :()

 

http://www.myspace.com/wearescientists

Thank You! Im going to seek them both out. LORDY, Ive bought a lot of albums this year... Im glad the gas prices have been going down. As for We Are Scientists, maybe Ive seen the name on here before but I dont think Ive ever heard them. The radio were I live is littered with the likes of Taylor Swift and rap, pop and waaaaaaaaay too much country.

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

2. Ode to J. Smith - Travis

3. Accelerate - R.E.M.

4. Intimacy - Bloc Party

5. A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol

6. Perfect Simmetry - Keane

7. Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie

8. Day and Age - The Killers

9. Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis

10. Lucky - Nada Surf

11. Off With Their Heads - Kaiser Chiefs

12. Modern Guilt - Beck

Listen to Hey Rosetta! and vote for them!

 

 

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I've just discovered how amazing the new LOTP record is, which means I have to edit my list again. Gah.

Thanks for the lastest batch of lists, guys. Sorry it took so long, but they've now been added/updated. I'll add the alternate thread's lists soon.

 

As always, get in touch if there's a problem or you've been left off the front page.

MY FINAL LIST

 

1.The Racontuers - Consolers of the Lonely

2. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

3. The Presets - Apocolypso

4. Sigur Ros - Me Su í Eyrum Vi Spilum Endalaust

5. Cog - Sharing Space

6. Birds of Tokyo - Universes

7. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim

8. The Killers - Day & Age

9. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and all His Friends

10. Children Collide - The Long Now

 

overall its been an average year in music. no where near as good as 07 or for that matter 06 but on par with the years before that.

TV on the Radio will be rising on my list.

And the Evangelicals album too.

I revised my list, dont think I'll need to update it again. I've done a Martin and put 3 albums at #1, that ok?

Due to school getting in the way of life (:tongue:) I'm officially extending the deadline to Wednesday, December 17th, at 4pm EST (9pm GMT).

 

with respect id extend the deadline to cover christmas.

 

I for one wont get to try out R.E.M, Keane or The Killers till then.

 

Totally get where you're coming from, but Christmas break is the only time I have to compile the lists. It took me about 5 days last year, and school is kicking my ass at the moment.

^ ditto about ass kickage by school.

 

But I'm done soon!

I revised my list, dont think I'll need to update it again. I've done a Martin and put 3 albums at #1, that ok?

Uh... you can have 3 symbolic ones, but whichever #1 comes first will get the most points, no matter what number you put in front of it.

 

^Hooray for done soon.

Uh... you can have 3 symbolic ones, but whichever #1 comes first will get the most points, no matter what number you put in front of it.

 

^Hooray for done soon.

 

Now that you've said that, I'm probably going to change it 10 times from now. :laugh3:

 

And I've skipped #2 and #3 so the other two #1s can count as that.

Another blurb added to my list. :)

should In Rainbows count as a 2008 album, or would it be a 2007 album, because i'm undecided if i should leave it off my 2008 list

For this countdown it is being considered a 2007 album.

For this countdown it is being considered a 2007 album.

 

ok...

 

what about MGMT's Oracular Spectacular? It had a digital download in 2007, but was released i guess officially in 2008

That one I believe we are allowing for the countdown since most people didn't listen to it until 2008. Which was not the case with In Rainbows. I think Mo said somewhere when the cutt off date is from 2007 albums.

ok...

 

what about MGMT's Oracular Spectacular? It had a digital download in 2007, but was released i guess officially in 2008

With split releases like that it depends on the votes.

 

In Rainbows won last year. Oracular Spectacular didn't get a single vote. You do the math.

IN NO ORDER:

 

Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends- Coldplay

Prospekt's March- Coldplay

Join With Us- The Feeling

Slipway Fires- Razorlight

A Hundred Million Suns- Snow Patrol

The Script- The Script

Day And Age- The Killers

Songs For You, Truths For Me- James Morrison

Perfect Symmetry- Keane

Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes

Partie Traumatic- Black Kids

Oracular Spectacular- MGMT

Cage The Elephant- Cage The Elephant

St. Jude- The Courteeners

Here We Stand- The Fratellis

Searching For The How's And Why's- Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

Off With Their Heads- Kaiser Chiefs

Konk- The Kooks

The Age Of The Understatement- The Last Shadow Puppets

Minutes to Midnight- Linkin Park

Pretty Odd- Panic At The Disco

Dig Out Your Soul- Oasis

Emergency- The Pigeon Detectives

Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

We Started Nothing- The Ting Tings

ok i get it

 

for my list it'll be:

 

1. Oracular Spectacular-MGMT

2. Modern Guilt-Beck

3. Electronic Arguments-The Fireman

4. Water Curses EP-Animal Collective

5. Flight of the Conchords-Flight of the Conchords

6. Fate-Dr. Dog

7. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust-Sigur Ros

8. Viva La Vida-Coldplay

9. Fleet Foxes-Fleet Foxes

10. Dig Out Your Soul-Oasis

11. Third-Portishead

I'll try my hands at this...

 

1) Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay

2) Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust - Sigur Rós

3) Modern Guilt - Beck

4) Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie

5) Only By The Night - Kings of Leon

6) Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow

7) A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol