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[Paul]

I haven't started tabbing any of the lists yet, so if you need to make corrections for now you can do it in the actual post. I'll post again in these threads when I actually start copying over the lists and at that point albums can only be swapped in replacing other albums and you'll have to notify me by either putting a new post in this thread or sending me a PM. Once I start tabbing, I'm not going to go back through the entire thread to double check any changes.

[M_Rots]

If I understand the rules properly, I think three of my favorite releases can't even be submitted in this list. Oh well. Whatever. Nevermind.

Let me know what the other three are and I can double get the eligibility. If they had any release in 2008 and didn't make our top 100 list last year, they should be eligible.

really, Paul, it's Ok - they fit somewhere in all these lists. Just not this one.

[Heretix]

Could change, but top 10 is pretty solid. Breaks my heart to have Of Montreal and Ryan Adams have new releases and not make my list: 50. Black Kids – Partie Traumatic 49. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound 48. Protest The Hero - Fortress 47. The Killers - Day & Age 46. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell 45. Nachtmystium – Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 44. The Stills – Oceans Will Rise 43. Times New Viking – Rip Off 42. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip 41. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night 40. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer 39. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue 38. The Cure – 4:13 Dream 37. Beck – Modern Guilt 36. Black Mountain – In The Future 35. The Verve – Forth 34. Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night 33. Opeth – Watershed 32. Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws 31. Autechre - Quaristice 30. Boris – Smile 29. Disfear – Live The Storm 28. Glasvegas - Glasvegas 27. Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Greviances 26. Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning – Something For All Of Us 25. Portishead - Third 24. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing 23. Cat Power – Jukebox 22. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs 21. Harvey Milk – Life... The Best Game In Town 20. Duffy – Rockferry 19. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend 18. The Fireman – Electric Arguments 17. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music? 16. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges 15. R.E.M. – Accelerate 14. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 13. Magnetic Fields – Distortion 12. Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak 11. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends 10. The Bug – London Zoo 9. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant EP 8. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III 7. TV On The Radio – Dear Science 6. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair 5. Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel 4. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours 3. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst 2. M83 – Saturdays=Youth 1. Deerhunter – Microcastle

[Mitchell]

Shouldn't Sun Giant EP be considered a separate release? Nice diverse lists overnight.

[frankie say relax]

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
3. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5. Nothing People - Anonymous
6. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
7. Shearwater - Rook
8. Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
9. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
10. Lindstrom - Where You Go, I Go Too

11. TV On The Radio - Dear Science,
12. Dungen - 4
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
14. The Week That Was - The Week That Was
15. Sigur Ros - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
16. Fennesz - Black Sea
17. Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
18. +/- - Xs On Your Eyes
19. I'm Not A Gun - Mirror
20. Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball

21. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
22. Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
23. Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
24. Deerhunter - Microcastle
25. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
26. Robert Forster - The Evangelist
27. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
28. Lucksmiths - First Frost
29. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
30. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

[demoncleaner]

1. Portishead - Third 2. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music 3. The Walkmen - You & Me 4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 5. Metronomy - Nights Out 6. TV On the Radio - Dear Science 7. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia 8. Suicide Note - Empty Rooms 9. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie 10. Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight

[SonicAlligator]

Could change, but top 10 is pretty solid. Breaks my heart to have Of Montreal and Ryan Adams have new releases and not make my list:

50. Black Kids – Partie Traumatic
49. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
48. Protest The Hero - Fortress
47. The Killers - Day & Age
46. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
45. Nachtmystium – Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1
44. The Stills – Oceans Will Rise
43. Times New Viking – Rip Off
42. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
41. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
40. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
39. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
38. The Cure – 4:13 Dream
37. Beck – Modern Guilt
36. Black Mountain – In The Future
35. The Verve – Forth
34. Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night
33. Opeth – Watershed
32. Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws
31. Autechre - Quaristice
30. Boris – Smile
29. Disfear – Live The Storm
28. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
27. Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Greviances
26. Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning – Something For All Of Us
25. Portishead - Third
24. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
23. Cat Power – Jukebox
22. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
21. Harvey Milk – Life... The Best Game In Town
20. Duffy – Rockferry
19. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
18. The Fireman – Electric Arguments
17. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
16. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
15. R.E.M. – Accelerate
14. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
13. Magnetic Fields – Distortion
12. Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak
11. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
10. The Bug – London Zoo
9. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant EP
8. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
7. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
6. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
5. Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
4. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
3. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
2. M83 – Saturdays=Youth
1. Deerhunter – Microcastle

Heretix, I dig your list. Surprised to see Conor Oberst up so high. I didn't expect to see him around these lists this year. Good selections, though.

[RadioHitchcock]

Surprised to see Conor Oberst up so high.

Oberst figures to be pretty high on my list as well, as always. Good album.
Liked Oberst better than Cassadaga Nights. "Sausalito" is where it's at.

[SonicAlligator]

Surprised to see Conor Oberst up so high.

Oberst figures to be pretty high on my list as well, as always. Good album.
Liked Oberst better than Cassadaga Nights. "Sausalito" is where it's at.

Agreed. I was very underwhelmed with Cassadega. In regards to Oberst, I enjoyed it but, for some reason, forgot about it shortly after. I really got into Lifted and I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. I'll revisit this album soon.

[w. josh]

I'm almost sure this is complete, at least...

1. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
2. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
3. Why? - Alopecia
4. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
5. Sun Kil Moon - April
6. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
7. The Constantines - Kensington Heights
8. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
9. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
11. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
12. No Age - Nouns
13. Harvey Milk - Life...The Best Game In Town
14. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
15. Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light
16. Paul Westerberg - 49:00
17. Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball
18. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
19. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
20. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
21. The Walkmen - You and Me
22. The Whigs - Mission Control
23. Dr. Dog - Fate
24. R.E.M. - Accelerate
25. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
26. Portishead - Third
27. Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel - Dual Hawks
28. Futureheads - This Is Not The World
29. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
30. The Broken West - Now Or Heaven
31. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
32. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
33. The Roots - Rising Down
34. Night Marchers - See You In Magic
35. Sloan - Parallel Play
36. The Dodos - Visiter
37. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
38. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
39. Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious
40. Black Keys - Attack and Release

[solace]

^^ great list!

[August West]

"Shouldn't Sun Giant EP be considered a separate release?" I'm including them as one entry on my list as well. They leaked together and they fit on one disc, while at the same time retaining cohesiveness. I can't possibly separate them into two entries.

[Rob Gordon]

As usual, trying hard to avoid reading lists so as to not sway my picks.

[taste the waste]

As usual, trying hard to avoid reading lists so as to not sway my picks.

Wouldn't your boarding be better spent avoiding this thread then?

[The Luscious Phil]

"Shouldn't Sun Giant EP be considered a separate release?"

I'm including them as one entry on my list as well. They leaked together and they fit on one disc, while at the same time retaining cohesiveness.

Well, they didn't leak together. "Sun Giant" was around well before "Fleet Foxes."

But even if they did, what does it matter? How does a record's leak change it's physical release? They were released as two totally different releases. Different release dates.

[Ned Braden]

As usual, trying hard to avoid reading lists so as to not sway my picks.

Wouldn't your boarding be better spent avoiding this thread then?

I like reading the lists to remind me of things I still need to check out. On the negative side, shit's overwhelming. On the plus, whole lotta awesome out there to be heard.

[undo]

Wow. I spent maybe 3 minutes typing my list and I forgot a TON of stuff. Mainly

Deerhoof, Why?, and Deathconsciousness

So add them to the end.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

I haven't started tabbing any of the lists yet, so if you need to make corrections for now you can do it in the actual post.

[Heretix]

"Shouldn't Sun Giant EP be considered a separate release?"

I'm including them as one entry on my list as well. They leaked together and they fit on one disc, while at the same time retaining cohesiveness.

Well, they didn't leak together. "Sun Giant" was around well before "Fleet Foxes."

But even if they did, what does it matter? How does a record's leak change it's physical release? They were released as two totally different releases. Different release dates.

The S/T leaked at the same time. People on atease were looking for Sun Giant EP and inadvertently found the LP (which was then called Ragged Wood) in the process. It's true they had different releases, yes, but many of us heard them at the same time and even if you didn't, how are you supposed to separate them? They sound like logical extensions of each other. What was the deal with Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey here last year (when I wasn't really active here)?

[MattDrufke]

And we'll call this OFFICIAL:
(EDIT: Also, I'll blurb if you want me to, Paul)


1. Frightened Rabbit- The Midnight Organ Fight
2. Girl Talk- Feed The Animals
3. Rhymefest- Man In The Mirror
4. Tokyo Police Club- Elephant Shell
5. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
6. Tim Fite- Fair Ain't Fair
7. Jenny Lewis- Acid Tongue
8. Conor Oberst- Conor Oberst
9. TV On The Radio- Dear Science,
10. Los Campensinos- Hold On Now, Youngster..
11. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
12. Beck- Modern Guilt
13. Weezer- The Red Album
14. Flight Of The Conchords- Flight Of The Conchords
15. Santogold- Santogold
16. R.E.M.- Accelerate
17. The Mae Shi- Hillyh
18. Portishead- Third
19. She & Him- Volume 1
20. Local H- Twelve Angry Months
21. The Last Shadow Puppets- The Age Of The Understatement
22. Jamie Lidell- Jim
23. Sons & Daughters- This Gift
24. The Black Keys- Attack And Release
25. Albert Hammond, Jr.- Como Te Llama
26. Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer
27. Okkervil River- The Stand-Ins
28. Deerhunter- Microcastle
29. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
30. The Roots- Rising Down