The Top Albums of 2008
2008 was a fun year full of a lot of After, a lot of late nights and going through a lot of records again we have officially picked our albums of the year. We will be updating this post with more lists from the rest of the staff and more comments on the albums over the coming
John Siwicki’s 2008 Top:
1. Lykke Li – Youth Novels
2. Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends
3. Foals – Antidotes
5. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
6. Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night
7. School of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
8. Why? – Alopecia
9. Tv On The Radio – Dear Science
10. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
11. Hearts of Palm UK – For Life
12. Metaform – Standing On The shoulders of Giants
13. Spiritualized – Songs in A&E
14. M83 – Saturdays-Youths
15. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
16. Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
17. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colors
18. She & Him, Volume 1
19. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
20. Kaki King – Dreaming Of Revenge
Souzan Michael Top 10 of 2008
1. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
2. Wild Sweet Orange – We Have Cause To Be Uneasy
3. City and Colour – Bring Me Your Love
4. The Kooks – Konk
5. The Submarines – Honeysuckle Weeks
6. The Dears – Missiles
7. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
8. Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
9. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
10. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Mark Williams’ 2008 top 10:
1. Johnny Flynn – A Larum
2. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Angles
3. Late of the Pier – Fantasy Black Channel
4. Beck – Modern Guilt
5. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
6. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
7. The Dears – Missiles
8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig!
9. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
10. Santogold – Santogold
Viraj Mohindra’s top albums of 2008
1. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
2. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music
3. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Cardinology
4. A Place To Bury Strangers – A Place to Bury Strangers
5. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
6. Drever, McCusker & Woomble – Before the Ruin
7. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
8. The Corrections – Repeat After Me
9. Jihae – Elvis is Not Dead
10. South – You Are Here
Juliet Robertson’s top albums of 2008
1.Think Positive-The Hold Steady
2.Dig Lazarus Dig!! – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
3. Rockferry – Duffy
4. Independents Day CD
5. Santogold – Santogold
6. Seeing Double – Duncan Lloyd (Maximo Park)
7. And Winter Came – Enya
8. Off With Their Heads -Kaiser Chiefs
9. 100 Million Suns- Snow Patrol
10. Livin’ It – Mutlu
