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Joel’s Top 25 Albums of 2008
December 21st, 2008
24. (tie) Metallica, Death Magnetic
24. (tie) Guns ‘n’ Roses, Chinese Democracy
23. Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid
22. Sigur Rós – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
21. Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight
20. Punch Brothers, Punch
19. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
18. Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song
17. Calexico, Carried to Dust
16. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
15. Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life
14. Arthur Russell, Love Is Overtaking Me
13. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
12. Santogold, Santogold
11. Ra Ra Riot, The Rhumb Line
10. Deerhunter, Microcastle
9. Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
8. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
7. White Denim, Exposion
6. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
5. Portishead, Third
4. Shearwater, Rook
And taking the Olympic medals this year …
BRONZE: Fleet Foxes, Sun Giant EP
SILVER: TV on the Radio, Dear Science
GOLD: Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
3 Responses to “Joel’s Top 25 Albums of 2008”
Finally. You turned your comments on so that I can tell you THAT I LOVE THE F TRAIN AND YOU BETTER STOP BAD MOUTHING IT.
Also, thanks for this list. I am gonna check out Fleet Foxes right now.
Common: “Universal Mind Control”
Los Campesinos: “We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed”
The War on Drugs: “Wagonwheel Blues”
You like completely different music than me. Weird, Joel…
But I won’t correct you, because you’re probably right.