followed immediately by an obama avatar...its a goocher.

no age? more like snow (patrol) age!

can you get anymore shitty than that?

More like NO TALENT!!!

Listen to "Remember When" ,"I Got Mine" and "Psychotic Girl". If you don't hear Doors influence there, go see a physician about your hearing problem.

my band's better

no my band is....

no one's heard my band that's how good they are.

oh.

have you heard any Black Keys albums prior to this one?

anyone who still likes no age, please turn in their "elite music" passes at the door. Your licenses have been revoked.

Excellent. I didn't think this would make it after we passed 50 or so. Didn't realize so many people voted for it.

ROB GORDON OTFM

TL;DR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

did you post a list?

not that i like No Age, but just curious what you actually DO like

“My love for this band only kicked in over the last month or so.

O me of little faith.” - Slackmo

#33.




Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
(1730 Points, 24 Votes, Two #1 Votes)

US Chart Position: #109

UK Chart Position: #5

Charting Singles: n/a

SOMB Says: “I’ll be the corpse in your bathtub”
"They're pacing Piccadilly in packs again"
“I've been working on a cocktail called Grounds for Divorce"

No one blows off the front doors of a song quite like Elbow. They want to be your sledghammer, the light, the heat emminating with every glorious chorus.
Though Guy Garvey's life may be in a rut, he still thinks of what to say, which connection he should cut. He's feeling part of the scenery (frosty and bright, perfect weather to fly)...he walks right out of the machinery (tower crane driver, there's not so far to go)...his heart going "boom, boom, boom", cause "holy cow, he loves your eyes".....
...so grab your things he's going to take you home...then again, you just might have to wait, cause he's got an audience with the pope, and he's saving the world at 8. - Elemeno P.T.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Albums Lists: “Leaders of the Free World” (#84 of 2005)

Ranked Highest By: Northern Voice, RabbiSchmoiley (#1)

Also Ranked By: Sam (#2), Dread, Elemeno P.T., souviaki (#3), Mitchell (#5)

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Terrible post.

Indie rock is not the world.

of course i posted a list.

my names already come up a couple times on this countdown and i've posted plenty this whole countdown about what albums "should be higher imo" and which are terrible.

unfortunately you just came in now like the dude who shows up to the game at halftime w/ a foam dome on their head and asking "which team is the chicago bear"

sit down, little boy, the grown ups are watching the countdown!

Solace - what was your #1 album of 2008?

trippy...

guess i've just missed them then.

Squirts, hot logs, indie cock, all I care about.

Paul, I just PM'd you my blurb. It's garbage.

Oh, I knew there'd be a couple. I guessed 10 of the 38.

4 will probably be up today.

hah, weird

otfm imo

Well, you do have a Killers avatar......

Speak English, plz!!!

Keeping them segregated?

anyway my top 5 of the year were

hold steady- to live and die in memphis
portishead - always a bridesmaid, never a bride
grizzly bear - dude wheres my country?
hercules & love affair - s/t
Dr. Pepper - The life and trials of Phillip T. Barnum

6. The Beatles - Love

“What a nice surprise this album was.” - Heretix

#32.




David Bryne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
(1782 Points, 25 Votes, One #1 Vote)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: n/a

SOMB Says: And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here in the SOMB top 40?

After getting my big suit dry cleaned, I figured I might as well give that Eno guy a call again. He was in the middle of producing some bitches named Coldplay or Coldsore or something so he could only e-mail me some tracks. I was a little mad at first but then I realized it didn't matter and that my name was going to be on the fucking marquee. So I wrote some pop songs for the first time in a while and those blogs picked up on it and everyone liked it. What a relief, I was about to call up the Arcade Fire and see if they wanted to make an album, but since people liked this one...

MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?
- David Byrne

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Albums Lists:

Ranked Highest By: Asher Ford (#1)

Also Ranked By: 54cermak, Jim DeRogatis (#2), without_opinion, Campaigner (#3), simulated stereo (#5)

Amazon Link

i could've blurbed that.

Kevin Barnes did a better job with his guest blurb last year, but this one is good stuff, too.

david burns and (listen to) brian eno of talking heads fame team up and form a fabulous goof troop of scrumptious musical delights. guest starring dennis rodman on the wacky sax!

THis album is great for the whole family so don't hesitate to start planning your vacation now to your stereo as you pop in Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Trust me, it's on the house!

“
'Everyone is saying 'new Beck leak' this and 'new Beck leak' that, but no one is saying worship this and Jericho that.'” - UselessRocker

#31.




Beck - Modern Guilt
(1788 Points, 36 Votes)

US Chart Position[/b]: #4

UK Chart Position: #9

Charting Singles: "Gamma Ray" (#19 Modern Rock)

SOMB Says: "Modern Guilt" shows Beck the aging hipster in full-on panic mode. Lyrically, he's dealing with hurricanes, melting ice caps, letter bombs, houses on fire, bones being beaten against a wall, Japanese girls throwing themselves into volcanoes, an angry god of crimson and iron, and warheads stacked in the kitchen. "I'm tired of evil," he sings on Volcano.

But this is Beck we are dealing with. Mr. I'm a Loser Baby. Little Miss Two Turn Tables and a Microphone. He's got a lot of heavy shit on his mind, but it's not going to keep him from gettin' down with his fears. No way. He gets Danger Mouse to lend him some beats and loops and we're off to Funkytown, even if it's only to dance in a fallout shelter. - qwerty

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Albums Lists: “Sea Change” (#3 of 2002), “Guero” (#27 of 2005), “The Information” (#30 of 2006)

Ranked Highest By: Very Metal, tager, Insane (#2)

Also Ranked By: theremin (#3)

Amazon Link

Beck.

XFD at this fuckin list



You can tell this one wants to be a rock critic!

Evangelista

Sound Opinions Mesage Board

Should be higher, IMO.

i will never understand the love for Modern Guilt.

sure it's slighty better than Guero or The Information, but that's not saying much.

SLAP NUTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Please! This goes without saying!

“Look for it in the 'Now Playing: The Stoned Edition' in the weeks to come.” - Vivian Darkbloom

#30.




Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow
(1816 Points, 24 Votes, One #1 Vote)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: n/a

SOMB Says: The time is 7:45pm on New Years Day and I’m sitting at my desk feeling pretty delicate from the night before, trying to muster an ounce of creativity to write this blurb. It’s OK though, since I have The Black Dog – Radio Scarecrow to nurse me through this rather uncomfortable period in my otherwise hugely enjoyable week.

I guess Radio Scarecrow is quite bleak when you assess the album as a whole. It’s all very stripped down, all very minimal. I’m sometimes like “hmm… this really isn’t what I want to listen to right now” when on some of the more glitchy/harsher tracks. But invariably what happens next is that The Black Dog introduces an otherworldly bass line or a synth melody which could make even the most hardened music atheist shed a tear. Completely transcendent life affirming shit, right there.

I was in airport the other day queuing at security and I was listening to this album (amazing headphone album btw). I could see on the screens that my plane was already boarding and would be leaving in 30 mins, yet the queue still seemed pretty long. People were cutting ahead of me, couples were arguing, children were running around unsupervised etc. I’m sure most of you are familiar with this situation. Yet, amidst all this I was pretty damn relaxed. After all, in a couple of hour’s time I would be back in my flat and in a days time I would be celebrating new years with some damn good friends. Pretty sure that in this situation, Radio Scarecrow acted as a sort of catalyst for my brain to have such happy and calming thoughts. It was just one of those musical moments we music listeners tend to have from time to time. One of those moments where you realise the sheer genius of the sound going into your ears.

So, whilst on the surface Radio Scarecrow might appear to be quite a dark and gloomy piece of electronic music, once you start to appreciate the subtleties which are absolutely ridden within this record, joy and happiness will eventually ensue.

Great album. - James D

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Albums Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: helmet52 (#1)

Also Ranked By: st. park, insert_name_here (#2), Bruegel, Rajexico (#3), Vivian Darkbloom (#4), BGwaves (#5)

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i like the record... just not anything remotely close to one of the better things i heard this year i guess. surprises me how high Brent has it.

edit: first one of the top 40 i've not heard

Black Dog = AMAZING album.

The best in the top 40 so far.

One of the best albums of the year. I'll probably be listening to this still in 10 years.

...and this year the SOMB Lifetime Achievement award goes to........

Nice to see he's only slowly dropping in popularity.

From the Guardian's piece on Elbow winning the Mercury.