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my top 50 albums of 2008...

the albums that got me excited and happy last year...




Hercules & Love Affair-
Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)






booka shade the sun & the neon light



Booka Shade-
The Sun & the Neon Light (Get Physical)






m83 saturdays=youth



M83
-
Saturdays=Youth (Mute)









MGMT
-Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)










The Teenagers
-Reality Check (XL Recordings)









The Daysleepers
-
Drowned in a Sea of Sound (Clairecords)









Pelle Carlberg
-The Lilac Time
(Labrador Records)










Grace Jones
-Hurricane (Wall of Sound)









Jonas Reinhardt
-Jonas Reinhardt (Kranky)










Crystal Castles
-Crystal Castles
(Last Gang)









Bloc Party
-Intimacy (Atlantic)










Sigur Ros
-Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (XL Recordings)








The Killers
-Day & Age (Island)










Friendly Fires
-Friendly Fires (XL Recordings)








Ladyhawke
-Ladyhawke (Modular)








Deerhunter
-Microcastle (Kranky)










Gang Gang Dance
-Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)









Toyko Police Club
-Elephant Shell (Saddle Creek)









CSS
-Donkey (Sub Pop)










Kanye West
-808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella Records)









Ten Kens
-Ten Kens (Fatcat Records)









Jack Penate
-Matinee (XL Recordings)










Jeremy Jay
-A Place Where We Could Go (K Records)









Bon Iver
-For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)









The Tough Alliance
-A New Chance (Modular)










Beyonce
-I am...Sasha Fierce (Columbia)









Lindstrom
-Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound)









Portishead
-Third (Mercury)










My Morning Jacket
-Evil Urges (ATO)









The Verve
-Forth (On Your Own Records)










TV on the Radio
-Dear Science (Interscope)










Los Campesinos!-
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Arts & Crafts)









Lightspeed Champion
-Falling Off the Lavender Bridge (Domino)









Last Shadow Puppets
-Age of the Understatement (Domino)








All The Saints
-Fire On Corridor X
(Touch & Go)









Sun Kil Moon
-April (Caldo Verde)










Estelle
-Shine (Atlantic)










Adele
-19 (Columbia)










Bohren & Der Club of Gore
-Dolores (PIAS)










Max Richter
-24 Postcards in Full Color (Fatcat Records)









Santogold
-Santogold (Downtown)










The Lodger
-Life Is Sweet (Slumberland)










The Week That Was
-The Week That Was (Memphis Industries)








For Against
-Shady Side Sunny Side (Words On Music)









Secret Shine
-All of the Stars (Clairecords)









Fleet Foxes
-Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)










Xiu Xiu
-Women as Lovers (Kill Rock Stars)










Sarah June
-This is My Letter to the World (Hand/Eye)









She & Him
-Volume One (Merge)










Okkervil River
-The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)


Posted by Brad Schelden on January 1, 2009 at 12:47pm | Comments (3)

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The Teenagers (2), M83 (2), Hercules & Love Affair (4), Mgmt (1), Booka Shade (2)

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WOw, you know you work at a record store when you can even name 50 albums that came out in the last year. I am envious of your knowledge.

Posted by K-town on January 1, 2009 at 08:25pm

It's great to see all the album artwork lined up that way, interesting... thanks, Brad!

Posted by Rebecca M on January 2, 2009 at 01:00pm

Nice to see someone else recognizing The Week That Was. My favorite album of lat year, after Bon Iver. Add Why? to that list and it would had been better.....

Posted by Ben M on January 5, 2009 at 12:32pm

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