MOJO Magazine // Top 50 Albums Of 2008
I consider Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma’ a 2007 release. I love that they excluded Vampire Weekend, one of the most overrated bands of 2008. Fleet Foxes isn’t a bad pick, but I have them ranked somewhere between 11 and 20 on my list. Thoughts?
Good Picks/Bad Rankings: The Black Keys, Elbow, TV On The Radio
Omissions: The Raconteurs, Deerhunter, Deerhoof, Department of Eagles, My Morning Jacket
Head Scratchers: Neil Diamond, Metallica
MOJO TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2008:
50 Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
49 The Neil Cowley Trio – Loud… Louder… Stop
48 AC/DC – Black Ice
47 Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
46 James Hunter – The Hard Way
45 Metallica – Death Magnetic
44 Goldmund – The Malady Of Elegance
43 Aimee Mann – @#%&*! Smilers
42 Juana Molina – Un Día
41 The Fall – Imperial Wax Solvent
40 The Black Keys – Attack & Release
39 Abe Vigoda – Skeleton
38 Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
37 Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego – The Sinking of the Titanic
36 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
35 Our Broken Garden – When Your Blackening Shows
34 Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
33 Kasai Allstars – In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic
32 Seasick Steve – I Started Out With Nothin’ and I Still Got Most of It Left
31 Duffy – Rockferry
30 The Night Marchers – See You in Magic
29 Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals
28 Neon Neon – Stainless Style
27 M83 – Saturdays=Youth
26 Peter Broderick – Home
25 Randy Newman – Harps and Angels
24 Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life
23 Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
22 Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight
21 Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali
20 TV on the Radio – Dear Science
19 Beck – Modern Guilt
18 Pete Molinari – A Virtual Landslide
17 Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
16 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
15 Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves – Roll With You
14 British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
13 Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
12 Don Cavalli – Cryland
11 Portishead – Third
10 Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
9 The Bug – London Zoo
8 The Week That Was – The Week That Was
7 Glasvegas – Glasvegas
6 The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
5 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
4 Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
3 Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
2 The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
1 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
MP3: Fleet Foxes – Quiet Houses
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November 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Brilliant to see Erykah Badu’s fantastic album getting some love.
November 27th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Yes, she’s soul-sister #1. I don’t have her on my list, but I’m still sorting through my albums.
November 28th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Bon Iver came out this year in UK, so I allow it for UK mags but not for US mags.
November 28th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
That’s fair. The album was technically released in ‘08 in the states too. But it’s been kicking around since ‘07.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Did anyone hear the album “Rattlin’ Bones” by Shane Danielson & Kasey Chambers. Aussie married pair (may not have had UK release). My favourite of 2008. Happy listening!
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Where the Black Angels and Of Montreal ?
And what does Duffy here ? but ok for Paul Weller
December 10th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Wait – Metallica is a head-scratcher and Oasis isn’t? While Death Magnetic wasn’t great, it was consistently good, and had a couple of right gems on it. Not in my top ten or owt, but lower in a top 50 sounds perfectly fine for me.
It’s no worse than the Fucked Up album, for one.
Erykah should be top 10. Can’t wait for her next one.
December 11th, 2008 at 7:14 am
It’s a British publication, so it didn’t surprise me that Oasis was included on the list. I’m over Metallica. I do like Erykah’s album.