Top Albums of 2008
I’m a day late, but here are my top albums from 2008:
- Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (hip-hop / mix)
- Diplo/Santogold - Top Ranking (hip-hop / mix)
- Shugo Tokumaru - Exit: Quirky japanese rock that is hard to explain (rock)
- Metaform - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Required for fans of DJ Shadow circa ‘96 (instrumental hip-hop)
- Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (electronic/rock)
- Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (rock)
- DJ /rupture - Uproot (hip-hop/world/mix)
- The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale (hip-hop)
- Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (folk/rock)
- Portishead - Third (electronic/trip-hop)
It’s hard to pick just 10, so here’s 10-20 in unranked alphabetical order:
- Beck - Modern Guilt (rock)
- Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (folk / rock)
- Department of Eagles - In Ear Park (folk / rock)
- Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (instrumental hip-hop)
- Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (electronic / disco)
- Horse Feathers - House with no name (folk / rock)
- Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (rock)
- Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line (rock)
- TV on the Radio - Dear Science (rock)
- The Virgins - The Virgins (rock)
As expected, a few changes from the mid-year list.
