To be honest, I haven't bought that many CDs this year, so I can't even put forward a top 10. I was disappointed by the new AC/DC album, which has some cracking songs, but loses me in the middle (I actually fell asleep the first time I was listening to it. How bad is that, for an Acca Dacca album??!). I thought Chinese Democracy as an album was much better, but certainly nothing like G'n'R's older stuff, so couldn't be an album of the year. The only other 2008 albums I think I bought were MGMT and the Black Kids. I bought a bunch of CD's when I was in Quebec, but they're not necessarily all 2008... So, then 2008 was a year of rediscovering great albums from my past that I so missed having around, after unpacking my CD's in Sept. So here's my list of my top rediscovered albums (in chronological order). Mostly Aussie & Canadian stuff that I've long loved and so missed listening to!!
1. 1927- ...ish (1988)(AUS) 2. Diesel- Hepfidelity (1992)(AUS) 3. Vanessa Paradis- Vanessa Paradis (1992)(FR) 3. Our Lady Peace- Naveed (1994)(CAN) 5. The Badloves- Get On Board (1994)(AUS) 6. Bush- all of their albums (bar Deconstructed)(UK) 7. The Mavis's- Venus Returning (1996)(AUS) 8. Daniel Belanger- Quatre Saisons Dans Le Desordre (1996)(CAN) 9. Our Lady Peace- Clumsy (1997)(CAN) 10. De Palmas- Les Lois de la Nature (1997)(FR) 11. Regurgitator- Unit (1997)(AUS) 12. You Am I- #4 Record (1998)(AUS) 13. Spiderbait- Grandslam (1999)(AUS) 14. I Mother Earth- Blue Green Orange (1999)(CAN) 15. Limp Bizkit- Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)(US) 16. The Living End- Roll On (2000)(AUS) 17. Skunkhour- The Go (2001)(AUS) 18. Motorace- Shoot This (2002)(AUS)
James, are you sure you've got the TV on the Radio album? It's superb and your indifference troubles me.
However, thank you for the list. I would say MGMT was the best last year, followed by a top 4 made up of Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, TV on the Radio and one from Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Kings of Leon, but I need to listen to them a bit more.
To be honest, I haven't bought that many CDs this year, so I can't even put forward a top 10. I was disappointed by the new AC/DC album, which has some cracking songs, but loses me in the middle (I actually fell asleep the first time I was listening to it. How bad is that, for an Acca Dacca album??!). I thought Chinese Democracy as an album was much better, but certainly nothing like G'n'R's older stuff, so couldn't be an album of the year. The only other 2008 albums I think I bought were MGMT and the Black Kids. I bought a bunch of CD's when I was in Quebec, but they're not necessarily all 2008...
ReplyDeleteSo, then 2008 was a year of rediscovering great albums from my past that I so missed having around, after unpacking my CD's in Sept. So here's my list of my top rediscovered albums (in chronological order). Mostly Aussie & Canadian stuff that I've long loved and so missed listening to!!
1. 1927- ...ish (1988)(AUS)
2. Diesel- Hepfidelity (1992)(AUS)
3. Vanessa Paradis- Vanessa Paradis (1992)(FR)
3. Our Lady Peace- Naveed (1994)(CAN)
5. The Badloves- Get On Board (1994)(AUS)
6. Bush- all of their albums (bar Deconstructed)(UK)
7. The Mavis's- Venus Returning (1996)(AUS)
8. Daniel Belanger- Quatre Saisons Dans Le Desordre (1996)(CAN)
9. Our Lady Peace- Clumsy (1997)(CAN)
10. De Palmas- Les Lois de la Nature (1997)(FR)
11. Regurgitator- Unit (1997)(AUS)
12. You Am I- #4 Record (1998)(AUS)
13. Spiderbait- Grandslam (1999)(AUS)
14. I Mother Earth- Blue Green Orange (1999)(CAN)
15. Limp Bizkit- Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)(US)
16. The Living End- Roll On (2000)(AUS)
17. Skunkhour- The Go (2001)(AUS)
18. Motorace- Shoot This (2002)(AUS)
James, are you sure you've got the TV on the Radio album? It's superb and your indifference troubles me.
ReplyDeleteHowever, thank you for the list. I would say MGMT was the best last year, followed by a top 4 made up of Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, TV on the Radio and one from Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Kings of Leon, but I need to listen to them a bit more.