It was a good year for music; not great, but pretty good. In past years, certain albums were obvious choices for year end lists, but this year, because there were no Person Pitch or Funeral-type records released, it was much more difficult to compile a list. I had an easy time deciding on my 50 favourite albums, but was faced with a daunting task trying to figure out which of these would make my top 20 and what order they would be ranked. The whole process took me probably over a month, and my rankings changed drastically a number of times throughout the process. I can say that, after all of this 'work' I'm pretty happy with the final results, yet, I'm sure in a few weeks my opinion on all of these records will have changed once again. Anyways, enough about my neurotic obsession with ranking music and on with the list. We've decided to do it a little differently than the other 2008 lists so far. Instead of just listing off our favourite 20 albums, we are going to first give you our 20-11 picks today, and then count down our top 10 albums a day at a time with a detailed explanation about why we love each album in our top 10. Okay enough talking, here are my favourite albums of 2008:
She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke
Hardly Art - 07/08/08
Rook
Matador - 06/03/08
18. Grouper
Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill
Type - 06/10/08
In Ear Park
4AD - 10/7/08
16. TV on the Radio
Dear Science
4AD/Interscope - 09/23/08
15. Gang Gang Dance
Saint Dymphna
The Social Registry - 10/20/08
14. No Age
Nouns
Sub Pop - 05/06/08
13. Invincible
Shapeshifters
Emergence Music - 06/17/08
12. Lil' Wayne
Tha Carter III
Cash Money/Universal - 06/10/08
11. Beach House
Devotion
Car Park - 02/26/08
Album #10 of 2008 will be up tomorrow, until then feel free to comment on the list so far.
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