My Top Albums of 2008

Let me preface the list by saying that this is the first time I've ever attempted to rank my top albums of the year. I also decided not to write anything about any of the albums and include an .mp3 instead. So I'll let the music describe itself, plus I honestly don't have time for all that writing.

1) Torche - Meanderthal

Healer

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2) Paint it Black - New Lexicon

The Ledge

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3) Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader

Casual Discussion in a Dome Between Two Temples

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4) Lemuria - Get Better

Mechanical

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5) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Crimewave

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6) M83 - Saturdays = Youth

Skin of the Night

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7) Helms Alee - Night Terror

A Weirding Away

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8) Blacklisted - Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God

I Am Weighing Me Down

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9) Good Luck - Into Lake Griffy

Public Radio

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10) Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear

Eat Dinner, Bury The Dog, And Run

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11) Night Marchers - See You in Magic

Closed for Inventory

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12) Young Widows - Old Wounds

Old Skin

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13) Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

Where Do You Run To

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14) Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lions Skull

Rise to Glory

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15) Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward

The Kelly Affair

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16) Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life

Twice Born

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17) Monotonix - Body Language

Summers and Autumns

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18) Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You

They are too punk for any mp3s online for this album. Go to their MYSPACE.

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19) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1

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20) Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08

See Saw

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21) Able Baker Fox - Voices

Brand New Moses

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22) Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Sequestered in Memphis

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And the stuff that I liked but didn't listen to quite enough to rank:

Portishead - Thirds

Plastic

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These Arms are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove

Woolen Heirs

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Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

The Tears and Music of Love

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No Age - Nouns

Teen Creeps

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Iron Lung - Sexless//No Sex

Also too punk for the internet. Check their MYSPACE for songs.

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Akimbo - Jersey Shores

Great White Bull

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Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Gobbledigook

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And my favorite 7"s (and a short 12") that came out:

Shook Ones / End of a Year split

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Narrows -S/T

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Bookburner - S/T

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Black Breath - Razor to Oblivion

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Thursday / Envy Split 12"

For fun: My top 15 artists of 2008 according to my LAST.FM page:

- Coliseum
- Paint it Black
- Crystal Castles
- Torche
- End of a Year
- Algernon Cadwallader
- Lifetime
- My Morning Jacket
- Lemuria
- My Bloody Valentine
- Ceremony
- Radiohead
- Shook Ones
- Anamanaguchi
- Sonic Youth