Lazlo's Top 50 Albums of 2008
It's that time of year again, and below is my top 50 albums of 2008.
As with previous years, let me make the following comments before you see my list:
It is hard doing this list, for several reasons:
1. I have changed this list several times in the past week, and looking at it now, there are still changes I could make. My favorite anything tends to change regularly depending on what I'm in the mood for, so ultimately, the list below is a snapshot of what I liked from 2008 at the particular moment that I finalized the list.
2. It's totally subjective. The list below is strictly my opinion, and does my opinion mean more than anyone else's? To some, maybe, to me, I'm just another music fan making a list. I think it would be very cool to have people e-mail me with their own top 50 list of albums for 2008, so I hope some of you do that.
3. My list is only comprised of albums I've actually listened to from beginning to end. Many albums come out each year, and I get to listen to a few thousand albums in a year, so there are likely many good albums I haven't had the chance to listen to.
So take the list below for what it is, my opinion of my favorite albums of the year, at a moment in time, that I've had the opportunity to listen to.
1. Echofission - the straights
2. Switches - lay down the law
3. Spiraling - time travel made easy
4. Tally Hall - marvin's marvelous mechanical museum
5. Joshua Van Ness - DNA
6. KaiserCartel - march forth
7. Nerve Tonic - Nerve Tonic face the galactic undead
8. Second Dan - bringing down Goliath
9. Counting Crows - Saturday nights and Sunday mornings
10. Anthony Fiumano - when strangers say hello
11. Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark
12. R.E.M. - accelerate
13. double-breasted - who will love you?
14. Mazeffect - horseshoes & hand grenades
15. The Winter Sounds - pinebox ep
16. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - rattlin' bones
17. The Polyjesters - kitchen radio
18. Darren Deicide - the Jersey devil is here
19. Paul Sanchez - exit to mystery street
20. Finding Fiction - plastic & change
21. Zigman Bird - balls marie
22. Fairmont - transcendence
23. Jim Boggia - misadventures in stereo
24. The Heshers - ep2008
25. Patti Rothberg - double standards
26. Readymade Breakup - alive on the vine
27. Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - heart palpitations of the rich & famous
28. The Hush Now - The Hush Now
29. Katy Mae - you may already be a winner
30. various artists - blue skies daisy days (Planting Seeds Records / Keep A Breast Foundation CD)
31. Lifeguard Nights - punch sky
32. Melissa Ferrick - goodbye youth
33. The Verve - forth
34. Logs In The Mainstream - the ridiculous and the sublime
35. Deena - somewhere in blue
36. The Silent Years - the globe
37. Sky Cries Mary - small town
38. Val Emmich - little daggers
39. Valient Thorr - immortalizer
40. Mike Pek - 78
41. Beloved Binge - blender theory
42. Golden Animals - free your mind and win a pony
43. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at devil dirt
44. Brett Harris - yesterday's news
45. T Bone Burnett - tooth of crime
46. The Break and Repair Method - milk the bee.
47. The Orb - the dream
48. Portishead - third
49. BoDeans - still
50. Dragonette - galore
Here is the alphabetical list
Anthony Fiumano - when strangers say hello
Beloved Binge - blender theory
BoDeans - still
The Break and Repair Method - milk the bee.
Brett Harris - yesterday's news
Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark
Counting Crows - Saturday nights and Sunday mornings
Darren Deicide - the Jersey devil is here
Deena - somewhere in blue
double-breasted - who will love you?
Dragonette - galore
Echofission - the straights
Fairmont - transcendence
Finding Fiction - plastic & change
Golden Animals - free your mind and win a pony
Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - heart palpitations of the rich & famous
The Heshers - ep2008
The Hush Now - The Hush Now
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at devil dirt
Jim Boggia - misadventures in stereo
Joshua Van Ness - DNA
KaiserCartel - march forth
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - rattlin' bones
Katy Mae - you may already be a winner
Lifeguard Nights - punch sky
Logs In The Mainstream - the ridiculous and the sublime
Mazeffect - horseshoes & hand grenades
Melissa Ferrick - goodbye youth
Mike Pek - 78
Nerve Tonic - Nerve Tonic face the galactic undead
The Orb - the dream
Patti Rothberg - double standards
Paul Sanchez - exit to mystery street
The Polyjesters - kitchen radio
Portishead - third
Readymade Breakup - alive on the vine
R.E.M. - accelerate
Second Dan - bringing down Goliath
The Silent Years - the globe
Sky Cries Mary - small town
Spiraling - time travel made easy
Switches - lay down the law
T Bone Burnett - tooth of crime
Tally Hall - marvin's marvelous mechanical museum
Val Emmich - little daggers
Valient Thorr - immortalizer
various artists - blue skies daisy days (Planting Seeds Records / Keep A Breast Foundation CD)
The Verve - forth
The Winter Sounds - pinebox ep
Zigman Bird - balls marie
It's that time of year again, and below is my top 50 albums of 2008.
As with previous years, let me make the following comments before you see my list:
It is hard doing this list, for several reasons:
1. I have changed this list several times in the past week, and looking at it now, there are still changes I could make. My favorite anything tends to change regularly depending on what I'm in the mood for, so ultimately, the list below is a snapshot of what I liked from 2008 at the particular moment that I finalized the list.
2. It's totally subjective. The list below is strictly my opinion, and does my opinion mean more than anyone else's? To some, maybe, to me, I'm just another music fan making a list. I think it would be very cool to have people e-mail me with their own top 50 list of albums for 2008, so I hope some of you do that.
3. My list is only comprised of albums I've actually listened to from beginning to end. Many albums come out each year, and I get to listen to a few thousand albums in a year, so there are likely many good albums I haven't had the chance to listen to.
So take the list below for what it is, my opinion of my favorite albums of the year, at a moment in time, that I've had the opportunity to listen to.
1. Echofission - the straights
2. Switches - lay down the law
3. Spiraling - time travel made easy
4. Tally Hall - marvin's marvelous mechanical museum
5. Joshua Van Ness - DNA
6. KaiserCartel - march forth
7. Nerve Tonic - Nerve Tonic face the galactic undead
8. Second Dan - bringing down Goliath
9. Counting Crows - Saturday nights and Sunday mornings
10. Anthony Fiumano - when strangers say hello
11. Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark
12. R.E.M. - accelerate
13. double-breasted - who will love you?
14. Mazeffect - horseshoes & hand grenades
15. The Winter Sounds - pinebox ep
16. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - rattlin' bones
17. The Polyjesters - kitchen radio
18. Darren Deicide - the Jersey devil is here
19. Paul Sanchez - exit to mystery street
20. Finding Fiction - plastic & change
21. Zigman Bird - balls marie
22. Fairmont - transcendence
23. Jim Boggia - misadventures in stereo
24. The Heshers - ep2008
25. Patti Rothberg - double standards
26. Readymade Breakup - alive on the vine
27. Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - heart palpitations of the rich & famous
28. The Hush Now - The Hush Now
29. Katy Mae - you may already be a winner
30. various artists - blue skies daisy days (Planting Seeds Records / Keep A Breast Foundation CD)
31. Lifeguard Nights - punch sky
32. Melissa Ferrick - goodbye youth
33. The Verve - forth
34. Logs In The Mainstream - the ridiculous and the sublime
35. Deena - somewhere in blue
36. The Silent Years - the globe
37. Sky Cries Mary - small town
38. Val Emmich - little daggers
39. Valient Thorr - immortalizer
40. Mike Pek - 78
41. Beloved Binge - blender theory
42. Golden Animals - free your mind and win a pony
43. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at devil dirt
44. Brett Harris - yesterday's news
45. T Bone Burnett - tooth of crime
46. The Break and Repair Method - milk the bee.
47. The Orb - the dream
48. Portishead - third
49. BoDeans - still
50. Dragonette - galore
Here is the alphabetical list
Anthony Fiumano - when strangers say hello
Beloved Binge - blender theory
BoDeans - still
The Break and Repair Method - milk the bee.
Brett Harris - yesterday's news
Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark
Counting Crows - Saturday nights and Sunday mornings
Darren Deicide - the Jersey devil is here
Deena - somewhere in blue
double-breasted - who will love you?
Dragonette - galore
Echofission - the straights
Fairmont - transcendence
Finding Fiction - plastic & change
Golden Animals - free your mind and win a pony
Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - heart palpitations of the rich & famous
The Heshers - ep2008
The Hush Now - The Hush Now
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at devil dirt
Jim Boggia - misadventures in stereo
Joshua Van Ness - DNA
KaiserCartel - march forth
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - rattlin' bones
Katy Mae - you may already be a winner
Lifeguard Nights - punch sky
Logs In The Mainstream - the ridiculous and the sublime
Mazeffect - horseshoes & hand grenades
Melissa Ferrick - goodbye youth
Mike Pek - 78
Nerve Tonic - Nerve Tonic face the galactic undead
The Orb - the dream
Patti Rothberg - double standards
Paul Sanchez - exit to mystery street
The Polyjesters - kitchen radio
Portishead - third
Readymade Breakup - alive on the vine
R.E.M. - accelerate
Second Dan - bringing down Goliath
The Silent Years - the globe
Sky Cries Mary - small town
Spiraling - time travel made easy
Switches - lay down the law
T Bone Burnett - tooth of crime
Tally Hall - marvin's marvelous mechanical museum
Val Emmich - little daggers
Valient Thorr - immortalizer
various artists - blue skies daisy days (Planting Seeds Records / Keep A Breast Foundation CD)
The Verve - forth
The Winter Sounds - pinebox ep
Zigman Bird - balls marie