Blog: What are your top 10 records of 2008?
Decider hopes our list of favorite albums conveys how cool we are
Sun Kil Moon
Making a list of your favorite music is not a pastime for the faint of heart, especially if you plan on making the list public. It’s basically an invitation for every random dude cruising the Internet to accuse you of (1) being an elitist hipster douchebag who’s showing off by picking a bunch of bands nobody has heard of, or (2) being an ill-informed hipster douchebag who’s selection of bands is laughably obvious. You usually hear both kinds of comments about the same list.
No matter. My favorite part about the end of the year is reading and writing best-of lists. It’s a great excuse to talk about all the cool stuff you got the chance to discover and enjoy in the past 12 months. So, in the spirit of discovery, I asked some Milwaukee media bigshots and fat cats to share their choices for the best music of 2008 alongside my picks. Share your own favorites in our comments section and call us out on any questionable choices.
Everybody ready in the peanut gallery? On your marks, get set, “you people suck!” We'll start with my list:
1. Sun Kil Moon, April
2. Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation's Dark
3. The Felice Brothers, The Felice Brothers
4. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
5. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
6. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
7. Mudcrutch, Mudcrutch
8. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
9. Jay Reatard, Singles '06-'07/Matador Singles '08
10. Lupe Fiasco, The Cool
Evan Rytlewski, Shepherd Express
1. Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter III
2. Los Campesinos!, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
3. Kanye West, 808s And Heartbreak
4. The New Year, The New Year
5. Dead Confederate, Wrecking Ball
6. Okkervil River, The Stand Ins
7. Al Green, Lay it Down
8. Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
9. Frank Black, Svn Fngrs
10. Lykke Li, Youth Novels
Bobby Tanzilo, OnMilwaukee.com
1. Radiohead, In Rainbows
2. Colin Meloy, Sings Live!
3. The Kooks, Konk
4. MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
5. Paul Weller,22 Dreams
6. Perturbazione, Pianissimo Fortissimo
7. Subsonica, L'eclissi
8. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
9. Yelle, Pop-Up
10. Josh Rouse, Country Mouse City House
Ryan Matteson, Muzzle Of Bees
1. Blitzen Trapper, Furr
2. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
3. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
4. Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight
5. David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
6. The Walkmen, You & Me
7. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
8. Dr. Dog, Fate
9. Langhorne Slim, Langhorne Slim
10. Horse Feathers, House With No Name
Adam Lovinus, Fan-Belt (in no particular order)
1. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
2. TV on the Radio, Dear Science
3. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
4. Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago
5. Sigur Rós, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
6. Medeski Martin & Wood, Radiolarians
7. Nine Inch Nails, Ghosts I-IV
8. The Black Keys, Attack & Release
9. David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
10. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah, Part I: 4th World War
So, we showed you ours. Now show us yours. What did Decider readers love hearing this year?
