Best Music of 2008
There sure were a lot of great albums released in 2008. Several of my favorite artist put out some of their best music ever, and they are the ones at the top of this list of the top 25 albums of 2008:
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
- Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
- Jim White – Transnormal Skiperoo
- The Duke Spirit – Neptune
- Devotchka – A Mad and Faithful Telling
- Sons and Daughters – This Gift
- Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Cipher
- Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
- Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
- Tricky - Knowle West Boy
- Saul Williams – The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
- Jakob Dylan – Seeing Things
- The Moondoggies – Don’t be a Stranger
- Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers
- The Kills – Midnight Boom
- The Black Keys - Attack and Release
- Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
- Mudhoney – The Lucky Ones
- Wussy – Left for Dead
- The Pretenders – Break up the Concrete
- The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band -The Whole Fam Damnily
- R.E.M. – Accelerate
- Flogging Molly – Float
- Hank III – Damn Right Rebel Proud
- Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols
I’ve surfed around and looked at lists put out by Mojo Magazine, Uncut Magazine, Paste Magazine, and NPR. What I found is that people seem to prefer softer, soulful sounds this year. My list has a lot of entries that buck that trend. That’s probably because this year, for me anyway, was an intensely nerve racking year. During the very long primary season and general election, I found myself mostly listening to music that matched my high level of nervous agitation throughout the whole process.
Anyway, there are a few polls out there where you can still cast your votes for best albums of 2008. I’d start with the KEXP Top 90.3 poll because it closes tomorrow.
And Mojo Magazine.
If I find any more open polls, I will add them.