Looking back at my several-days-old 2008 AOTY list, I screwed up. A bunch of really good albums failed to place on my list. Not because I didn’t like them as much, but because I forgot about them. Lame.
So, without further ado:
2008 Albums that Should Have Been on My List
(presented in alphabetical order)
- Anathallo – Canopy Glow
- Beach House – Devotion
- Bodies of Water – A Certain Feeling
- David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
- Damien Jurado – Caught in the Trees
- Hot Chip – Made in the Dark
- Islands – Arm’s Way
- Music Go Music – Reach Out / Light of Love EPs
- The Presets -Â Apocalypso
- Ratatat – LP3
Albums I Heard in 2008 That Were Not Released in 2008 but Which I loved Nonetheless
(presented in alphabetical order)
- Andrew Bird -Â Armchair Apocrypha
- Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
- Caribou – Andorra
- Castanets – In the Vines
- Dirty Projectors – Rise Above
- Ellul – Ellul
- His Name is Alive – Detrola
- My Morning Jacket – Z
- Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
- Panda Bear – Person Pitch
- Subtle – For Hero: For Fool
- Chris Schlarb – Twilight & Ghost Stories
- The Tough Alliance – New Waves / A New Chance
2008 Albums I Didn’t Hear Which Might’ve Been On My List, Had I Heard Them
(presented in alphabetical order)
- Foals – Antidote
- Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
- Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
- Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
- Hercules & Love Affair -Â Hercules & Love Affair
- Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
- Neon Neon – Stainless Style
- The Notwist – The Devil, You + Me
- Marnie Stern -Â This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
I know, I know. No links to streams? No. Not right now. Too much work for a lunchtime post.
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