Impy's Annual Best-of-the-Year Point Distribution Tally Nonsense - Please Participate

[thatsnotmypuppy]

Hmmm, I didn't buy a great deal this year..

But from what I did...

Take That - The Circus
You Am I - Dilettantes
Alanis Morissette - Flavours Of Entaglement
Enrique Iglesias - Greatest Hits (I know - but Bailamos man! Ace!)
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
REM - Accelerate
Sigur Ros - squiggle pop Icelandic bjork (whatever the latest one was called)
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Beyonce - I Am (NOT the 'Sasha Fierce' shit though - strictly CD1)
ACDC - Black Ice

I think I liked a lot more 'singles' over albums. I did like Gavin De Graw's latest as well as Taylor Swift. I 'like' Pink's new album, but dont 'love' it. I wanted to love the new NKOTB cd but frankly it was arse. I just dont get Kings Of Leon - yeah yeah they ar eok - but great? No.

2009 is looking good - new Dixie Chicks! YES! As well as new Darren Hayes, Barenaked Ladies and Bjork...

 

[Bono's shades]

1. R.E.M. - Accelerate
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!
3. The Racounteurs - Consolers of the Lonely


That's about it for me.

 

[lazarus]

They're great, but unfortunately A Mouthful is a 2007 release.

Not according to Wikipedia (and several other sources).

 

[DrTeeth]

That's odd, my copy has 2007 on the back but maybe that's just when it's licensed and stuff.

 

[bono_212]

1) The Killers - Day & Age
2) Sun Kil Moon - April
3) M83 - Saturdays = Youth
4) Cut/Copy - In Ghost Colours
5) Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
6) Keane - Perfect Symmetry
7) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8) Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid
9) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
10) Starflyer - Dial M


Didn't quite make it:
Shearwater - Rook
Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer x 100

I think that's it

 

[I'm Ready]

Is Bon Iver's album considered a 2008 release?

I thought it was released in 2007? If not, it would probably be in my top 5 for this year.

 

[u2popmofo]

Is Bon Iver's album considered a 2008 release?

I thought it was released in 2007? If not, it would probably be in my top 5 for this year.

The record was almost not released, and was originally intended as a group of demos to be sent out to labels and potentially rerecorded. But after getting very encouraging reactions from a number his friends, Vernon decided to release the songs himself in their present state. After significant positive reception, helped by word of mouth and its popularity throughout the blogosphere, Vernon decided to sign to the indie label Jagjaguwar which subsequently gave the album a proper release in February 2008.

 

[DignityPassesBy]

The Killers - Day & Age
The Presets - Apocalypso
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

 

[lazarus]

1. Los Campesinos: Hold on Now, Youngster!
2. SM/Jicks: Real Emotional Trash
3. Los Campesinos: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (not released here yet, but I've had it for several months)
4. The Raveonettes: Lust Lust Lust (released in U.S. 2/08)
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
6. Okkervil River: The Stand-Ins
7. My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
8. Bauhaus: Go Away White
9. Van Morrison: Keep It Simple
10. French Kicks: Swimming
11. Vampire Weekend: S/T
12. The Dø: A Mouthful
13. Neon Neon: Stainless Style
14. Islands, Arm's Way
15. She & Him: Vol. 1
16. R.E.M.: Accelerate
17. The Breeders: Mountain Battles
18. Man Man, Rabbit Habits


* Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs
Ultimately, better than everything else I listed above, but as a collection of outtakes, I can't include it in good conscience. Maybe the most enjoyable thing Dylan's released in almost 20 years, the period of time it actually covers.

* Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
Can't include this with all the original material, but one of the year's more entertaining listens. Still, not much more than a nostalgia trip.

 

[corianderstem]

I suck at ranking stuff, so here's a list of my favorite albums from 2008:

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Coldplay - Viva La Vida etc etc etc
Duffy - Rockferry
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Lady GaGa - The Fame
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Ray Lamontagne - Gossip In the Grain
Santogold - Santogold
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'
Sigur Ros - Med Sud etc etc etc
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
TV On the Radio - Dear Science
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
REM - Accelerate (I waffled on this one a bit this year, but it's a good solid effort and a relief to have them somewhat back to form)

 

[No spoken words]

I'm not ranking anything, mostly because Scumbo probably would rank.

Some 2008 albums I enjoyed:

Third (Insane people made this record)
The Seldom Seen Kid (Friend of Ours is gorgeous)
In Rainbows
Evil Urges
Accelerate
Hold on Now Youngster! (Talk about a grower)
The Stand Ins
We are Beautiful, we are doomed

I'll go through some people's lists later and check out some of the stuff I did not listen to. Fleet Foxes is on that list, we'll see what else gets added. Threads like these are great, at least for me.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

In Rainbows SO didn't come out in 2008.

/nit-picking

 

[u2popmofo]

3. Los Campesinos: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (not released here yet, but I've had it for several months)

It was released 2 weeks ago actually

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

In Rainbows SO didn't come out in 2008.

/nit-picking

technically it was released digitally in October of 2007 and on Jan 1, 2008 on CD...

 

[u2popmofo]

technically it was released digitally in October of 2007 and on Jan 1, 2008 on CD...

I got my "deluxe disc box" in December, so technically it could be argued that it was released on CD in 2007 as well.

In other words, don't listen to anything Elfa says.

 

[No spoken words]

technically it was released digitally in October of 2007 and on Jan 1, 2008 on CD...

Why do you hate British people?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I hate all people, see the Elbow thread...

Speaking of Elbow; Seldom Seen Kid is my numero uno for this year...

 

[BoMac]

In other words, don't listen to anything Elfa says.

 

[Popmartijn]

Deus- 'Vantage Point'

I saw them yesterday in concert and they were again . Maybe not as magical as on the last Lowlands festival, where I was really mesmerised, but there were quite a few magical moments.

As for my list, as usual I bought a shitload of CDs this year, but not that many released in 2008. I'll probably buy some other greats in the coming few weeks or maybe somewhere next year (Duffy? Adele? Costello? Dylan?).

My top whatever of this year will probably look somewhat like this:
1. Voicst - A Tale Of Two Devils ( )
2. Gem - New
3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
4. dEUS - Vantage Point
5. Gram - Four-Letter Word
6. Claw Boys Claw - Pajama Day

Yep, most of the new albums I bought this year were Dutch. And quite excellent too!

And I think I just discovered one of the contenders of Album of 2009: Roosbeef with Ze Willen Wel Je Hond Aaien Maar Niet Met Je Praten, again a Dutch record (some weird singer-songwriter stuff with a very peculiar sounding singer). Apparently that one is either up for release on 15 December (doubt it) or somewhere in January.

 

[corianderstem]

In Rainbows SO didn't come out in 2008.

/nit-picking

The back of my CD case says 2008, so that's good enough for me.

 

[Irishteen]

technically it was released digitally in October of 2007 and on Jan 1, 2008 on CD...

Technically the CD release was on December the 28th in Ireland or December 31st in the UK and worldwide. America isn't the world people!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

America isn't the world people!

is that a CONFIRMED fact?

 

[corianderstem]

Like we're supposed to know the release dates of all albums in countries not our own?

 

[Irishteen]

is that a CONFIRMED fact?

Morrissey wrote a song about it, I'm taking his word

Like we're supposed to know the release dates of all albums in countries not our own?

Well it was digitally released worldwide in 2007 too...and then the deluxe edition in December...and then a CD release in the majority of the world in 2007 but...I guess we can still say it's a 2008 release, for the Americans without the internet anyway

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

besides, that album was so good it deserves to be counted for both years imo...

 

[Irishteen]

besides, that album was so good it deserves to be counted for both years imo...

Why couldn't we just use this argument first?

 

[No spoken words]

This is a night an album for americaaaaaaaaans!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Why couldn't we just use this argument first?

I wanted to get all technical and shit

 

[corianderstem]

I guess we can still say it's a 2008 release, for the Americans without the internet anyway

That's me. I don't have internet access.

 

[Anu]

So, I am not ready to rank 'em jus' yet, BUT, I am on the radio tonight with my end-of-semester show.

This is a playlist for set one (songs not albums), the most likely candidates for the top 20:

Set one 8pm
MGMT - Weekend Wars
Black Mountain - Queens Will Play
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Vampire Weekend - Campus
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Bon Iver - For Emma
The Raconteurs - You Dont Understand Me
R.E.M. - Until The Day Is Done
Plants and Animals - New Kind Of Love
Elbow - One Day Like This
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
My Morning Jacket - Librarian
My Morning Jacket - Smokin from Shootin
Billy Bragg - O Freedom
Tea Leaf Green - Dont Curse at the Night
Dr. Dog - The Rabbit, The Bat The Reindeer
Frightened Rabbit - Good Arms vs. Bad Arms
Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned
Tom Gäbel - Conceptual Paths
Tom Gäbel - Random Hearts
Okkervil River - Singer Songwriter
The Gaslight Anthem - Miles Davis The Cool
Kings of Leon - Revelry
TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey World (Dont Give Up Version)