Top Albums This Year.....So Far

09-27-2008, 09:34 AM

1. Nas - Untitled
2. The Roots - Rising Down
3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold
4. T.I. - Paper Trail
5. Bun B - II Trill
6. Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale (I know most people would not wanna get this because of "Dangerous" but it was good IMO)
7. ColdPlay - Viva La Vida
8. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentlemen
9. Murs - Murs For President (If you haven't heard Murs before, you should, dude is a genius)
10. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

Disapointments :

The Game - L.A.X.
Lil Wayne - C3 ( I admit, I like C2, if C3 was on some C2 kinda ****, It would be top 10 of this year)
Young Jeezy - The Recession (Put On and My President are dope tracks tho)
Ya Boy - The Bay Area Bully

Still Waiting for :

Ludacris - Theatre Of The Mind
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3

***CaptHayfever*** · 09-27-2008, 01:34 PM

Still waiting for:
Y-O-U ~ The Pleaserock Revue
Steve Burns ~ Deep Sea Recovery Efforts

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***The Doctor*** · 09-27-2008, 01:41 PM

Ultra Beatdown ~ Dragonforce.

Panfan · 09-27-2008, 07:57 PM

Good stuff I've heard:
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Flogging Molly - Float
Nas - Untitled
The Roots - Rising Down
Portishead - Third
Beck - Modern Guilt
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Foals - Antidotes
The Black Mages - Darkness & Starlight
Thrice - Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Ayreon - 01011001
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Metallica - Death Magnetic
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Weezer - Red Album

Need to listen:
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Opeth - Watershed
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Sun Kil Moon - April
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
Boris - Smile
The Sword - Gods of the Earth
No Age - Nouns
The Black Crowes - Warpaint
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
The Verve - Forth
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Santogold - Santogold
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple

Disappointments:
Disturbed - Indestructible
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Judas Priest - Nostradamus

Worst:
Katy Perry - One of the Boys
DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown
The Kooks - Konk
Flo Rida - Mail on Sunday
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

09-28-2008, 12:31 PM

1. Nas - Untitled
2. The Roots - Rising Down
3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold
4. T.I. - Paper Trail
5. Bun B - II Trill
6. Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale (I know most people would not wanna get this because of "Dangerous" but it was good IMO)
7. ColdPlay - Viva La Vida
8. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentlemen
9. LL Cool J - Exit 13
10. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

LL came back hard with this one! Reminds me of his old stuff.

Eagle Eye · 09-28-2008, 02:59 PM

I'll buy Paper Trail on Friday

I"m only waiting on one more album (but I'll purchase probably three more):

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son Of Chico Dusty

Other than that:
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
T-Pain - 3 Rings
Untitled Andre 3000 album (supposedly to be released in December, but I doubt that it'll be here come then)

**Galefore** · 09-29-2008, 08:22 PM

TV On the Radio's new album is so far my choice for best album. There's been some mindblowing stuff, so far, and it's hard to narrow it down like that, but this album is going to be hard to top.

09-30-2008, 05:32 PM

Also waiting on :

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son Of Chico Dusty
Eminem - King Mathers
Andre 3000's new album.
Fabolous - Loso's Way

Bomby · 09-30-2008, 05:51 PM

God, I miss having the expendable money I had back in high school. Normally by this time of year I would already have a top 30.

First of all, the disappointments:

As you all know, I was extremely disappointed in Nas's Untitled. It's just not that great.
Viva La Vida was another extreme disappointment which has only further cemented my belief that Coldplay is incapable of releasing a solid LP.
Gnarls Barkley just couldn't repeat the magic with The Odd Couple.
Madvillainy 2 felt like a cheat.
The Verve's new album shouldn't exist.

Second of all, the pleasant surprises:
I doubted Lil' Wayne for many years, but The Carter 3 was entertaining. I prefer the mixtapes, however. And "Phone Home" wins best rap song of the year (as much as I can't stand Cool & Dre).
I never thought that Solange would ever be anything but Beyonce's forgotten little sister. I was wrong.
The reviews of Supergrass's Diamond Hoo Haa had me thinking it would be a disappointment, but it was actually pretty decent.

Stuff I kind of new would suck:
Young Jeezy. Not that I actually made a conscious choice to hear the whole thing, *******s.

Final Verdict:
Everyone and their mother loves Vampire Weekend, and so do I.

09-30-2008, 06:52 PM

Only Jeezy album I like is "Thug Motivation 101".

T.I. came correct on this album, "No Matter What" still stands for best Rap Song Of The Year, for me at least. But Wayne's "Mr. Carter" comes in very close for 1st.

LL Cool J and Bun B also came correct. LL was on some good **** on Exit 13, it wasn't some kind of RnB type of ****.

Eagle Eye · 09-30-2008, 08:55 PM

Have to agree with Bomby, from what I heard of "Sol-Angel" it's amazing.

Sandcastle Disco is my ish.

10-01-2008, 02:58 AM

Haha wow.

Next upcoming Garbage album :

Cam'ron's new album.

I thought this dude was dead or something but from the songs that he's leaked, gonna be garbage like all his other albums.

Vapor · 10-02-2008, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colin Greenwood

Katy Perry - One of the Boys

Wait, she releases albums? I thought people like her just shat music all over the populace.

Panfan · 10-09-2008, 01:06 AM

More stuff I need to check out:
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
T.I. - Paper Trail
Rise Against - Appeal to Reason
Murs - Murs for President
Ben Folds - Way to Normal (Even if I didn't like Folds, I'd have to check it out for Regina Spektor)
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

Upcoming (getting these from Metacritic, don't know how accurate they are):
Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
Queen + Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks (I definitely know that it won't be as good as Queen with Freddie)
The Killers - Day & Age
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak
The Von Bondies - Love, Hate, and then There's You
Franz Ferdinand - n/a
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Massive Attack - Weather Underground
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Pt. 2 (though I think Trent may save that for next year)
Rancid - n/a

Will skip:
Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux
David Archuleta - s/t
T-Pain - Thr33 Ringz
All American Rejects - When the World Comes Down
Nickelback - Dark Horse
50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
AC/DC - Black Ice
Britney Spears - Circus

May consider:
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind
The Cure - Dream 4.13

1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2. Protest the Hero - Fortress
3. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
4. The Black Mages - Darkness and Starlight
5. Portishead - Third
6. Metallica - Death Magnetic
7. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
8. Beck - Modern Guilt
9. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
10. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

**Galefore** · 10-09-2008, 04:01 PM

Top 5:

1: TV on the Radio - Dear Science: This album is amazing. It's completely indescribable; TVotR has taken everything good about their previous releases, and created a beautiful mix of genres that utterly owns. It's a must-hear if you like creativity.
2: Middle 9 - The Sea That Has Become Known: A jazz record that is extremely mathy. Since I'm into Jazz and Math, mixing them (which they didn't do intentionally, but it worked) is like a custom-made superrecord just for my amusement. It caters so hard to my whims, in fact, that I wondered how I hadn't already discovered it.
3: This Town Needs Guns - Animals: Animals is what it's like when you mix structure with chaos. Being equal parts math and indie, they combine great vocals with difficult musical structure, incredible guitar-work, and very technical drumming, while never becoming particularly hard to listen to.
4: Portishead - Third: I don't need to explain this. This is the best Trip-Hop record in years, even if that label is tired and really doesn't even apply here. There is acid jazz, art-rock, smooth darkness, and delicious vocal-work from Beth Gibbons. This is every bit the classic that Dummy was, or at least in my opinion.
5: LITE - Phantasia: Beautiful math rock that pretty much rewards me in a different way every time I hear it. Highly melodic, yet still technical, this is a work of wonder that I think must be heard, not described, to adequately do it justice.

Some honorable mentions:
Feral Children - Second to Last Frontier: Nice, creative indie rock record.
The Dead Science - Villainaire: A very strange record, mostly highlighting the vocalist. He sings in a warbling, almost unbelievable voice that is extremely discomforting, over the top of some very nice post-rock. I like.
Vampire Weekend - s/t: I believe we all know what this is.
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath: And this too.
The Black Mages - Darkness and Starlight: Uematsu never ceases to amaze me, and every other Black Mage is incredibly talented as well. The arrangements here are superior to the previous record, The Skies Aboive, but only slightly; another solid record for geeks who love metal versions of video game songs, like myself.
Islands - Arm's Way: Another good Indie album, although my least favorite record on this list. Still very entyertaining; a few more listens may change my opinion.

***Booyakasha*** · 10-16-2008, 08:42 PM

Alice Cooper--'Along Came A Spider' is the best new album I've heard all year. Yeah, I was surprised, too.

Close second is The Sword--'Gods of the Earth'.

Dizzy · 10-16-2008, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colin Greenwood

Rise Against - Appeal to Reason

So that's the new album? I've been looking under the wrong name all this time.

But, yeah, I do plan to get the new Rise Against album.

Panfan · 12-08-2008, 04:18 PM

After multiple listens of everything, I have made my official list of best of this year.

1. TV on the Radio - Dear Scienec

2. Portishead - Third

3. Deerhunter - Microcastle

4. No Age - Nouns

5. Protest the Hero - Fortress

6. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath

7. Ludacris - Theater of the Mind

8. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

10. T.I. - Paper Trail

Honorable Mentions:
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Foals - Antidotes
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
The Black Mages - Darkness & Starlight
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Beck - Modern Guilt
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
Santogold - Santogold
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Q-Tip - The Renaissance

PowerUp37 · 12-15-2008, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pan-ta Claus

Good stuff I've heard:
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Portishead - Third
Thrice - Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV

Great choices! I'm actually listening to "Moving Mountains" at Pandora. Amazing song! The marketing company I work for is doing a campaign for Energizer and their role in the new Pandora message board. You can check it out at: youcastcorp.com/energizer/pandora. It's a cool place to go for promotions and exclusive content.

Didn't mean to get off track, just stoked about working on this project. My favorite albums of 2008 at this point are (no order):

Opeth- Watershed
Thrice - Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
Terminal Function - Measuring the Abstract
Meshuggah - ObZen
The Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound
Innerpartysystem - Innerpartysystem

Bomby · 12-15-2008, 11:47 AM

Because I have no money, I have decided that the best album of 2005 in 2008 is solidly:

Why? Purple, because ice cream has no bones.

09-27-2008, 09:34 AM	#1
Silly Attention Seeking child Guest Posts: n/a	Top Albums This Year.....So Far 1. Nas - Untitled 2. The Roots - Rising Down 3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sht Gold 4. T.I. - Paper Trail 5. Bun B - II Trill 6. Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale (I know most people would not wanna get this because of "Dangerous" but it was good IMO) 7. ColdPlay - Viva La Vida 8. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentlemen 9. Murs - Murs For President (If you haven't heard Murs before, you should, dude is a genius) 10. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip Disapointments : The Game - L.A.X. Lil Wayne - C3 ( I admit, I like C2, if C3 was on some C2 kinda **, It would be top 10 of this year) Young Jeezy - The Recession (Put On and My President are dope tracks tho) Ya Boy - The Bay Area Bully Still Waiting for : Ludacris - Theatre Of The Mind Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 Last edited by Silly Attention Seeking child; 09-27-2008 at 10:31 AM.*

09-30-2008, 05:51 PM	#9
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	God, I miss having the expendable money I had back in high school. Normally by this time of year I would already have a top 30. First of all, the disappointments: As you all know, I was extremely disappointed in Nas's Untitled. It's just not that great. Viva La Vida was another extreme disappointment which has only further cemented my belief that Coldplay is incapable of releasing a solid LP. Gnarls Barkley just couldn't repeat the magic with The Odd Couple. Madvillainy 2 felt like a cheat. The Verve's new album shouldn't exist. Second of all, the pleasant surprises: I doubted Lil' Wayne for many years, but The Carter 3 was entertaining. I prefer the mixtapes, however. And "Phone Home" wins best rap song of the year (as much as I can't stand Cool & Dre). I never thought that Solange would ever be anything but Beyonce's forgotten little sister. I was wrong. The reviews of Supergrass's Diamond Hoo Haa had me thinking it would be a disappointment, but it was actually pretty decent. Stuff I kind of new would suck: Young Jeezy. Not that I actually made a conscious choice to hear the whole thing, ******s. Final Verdict: Everyone and their mother loves Vampire Weekend, and so do I. Last edited by Bomby; 09-30-2008 at 05:58 PM.*

10-09-2008, 01:06 AM	#14
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,250 Times in 1,338 Posts Blog Entries: 15	More stuff I need to check out: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul T.I. - Paper Trail Rise Against - Appeal to Reason Murs - Murs for President Ben Folds - Way to Normal (Even if I didn't like Folds, I'd have to check it out for Regina Spektor) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie Upcoming (getting these from Metacritic, don't know how accurate they are): Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads Queen + Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks (I definitely know that it won't be as good as Queen with Freddie) The Killers - Day & Age Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak The Von Bondies - Love, Hate, and then There's You Franz Ferdinand - n/a Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Massive Attack - Weather Underground Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Pt. 2 (though I think Trent may save that for next year) Rancid - n/a Will skip: Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux David Archuleta - s/t T-Pain - Thr33 Ringz All American Rejects - When the World Comes Down Nickelback - Dark Horse 50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct AC/DC - Black Ice Britney Spears - Circus May consider: Ludacris - Theater of the Mind The Cure - Dream 4.13 1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science 2. Protest the Hero - Fortress 3. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath 4. The Black Mages - Darkness and Starlight 5. Portishead - Third 6. Metallica - Death Magnetic 7. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 8. Beck - Modern Guilt 9. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs 10. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend Last edited by Panfan; 10-09-2008 at 10:05 AM.

10-16-2008, 08:42 PM	#16
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Alice Cooper--'Along Came A Spider' is the best new album I've heard all year. Yeah, I was surprised, too. Close second is The Sword--'Gods of the Earth'. Last edited by Booyakasha; 10-16-2008 at 08:53 PM.

09-27-2008, 01:34 PM	#2
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09-27-2008, 01:41 PM	#3
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09-27-2008, 07:57 PM	#4
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,250 Times in 1,338 Posts Blog Entries: 15	Good stuff I've heard: Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath Protest the Hero - Fortress Nine Inch Nails - The Slip Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV Flogging Molly - Float Nas - Untitled The Roots - Rising Down Portishead - Third Beck - Modern Guilt Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend Foals - Antidotes The Black Mages - Darkness & Starlight Thrice - Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness Ayreon - 01011001 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Metallica - Death Magnetic R.E.M. - Accelerate Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs Weezer - Red Album Need to listen: TV on the Radio - Dear Science Opeth - Watershed Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid Sun Kil Moon - April Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix The Black Keys - Attack and Release Boris - Smile The Sword - Gods of the Earth No Age - Nouns The Black Crowes - Warpaint Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling The Verve - Forth Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun Santogold - Santogold Kings of Leon - Only By the Night Bloc Party - Intimacy Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple Disappointments: Disturbed - Indestructible The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Judas Priest - Nostradamus Worst: Katy Perry - One of the Boys DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown The Kooks - Konk Flo Rida - Mail on Sunday Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

09-28-2008, 12:31 PM	#5
Silly Attention Seeking child Guest Posts: n/a	1. Nas - Untitled 2. The Roots - Rising Down 3. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold 4. T.I. - Paper Trail 5. Bun B - II Trill 6. Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale (I know most people would not wanna get this because of "Dangerous" but it was good IMO) 7. ColdPlay - Viva La Vida 8. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentlemen 9. LL Cool J - Exit 13 10. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip LL came back hard with this one! Reminds me of his old stuff.

09-28-2008, 02:59 PM	#6
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	I'll buy Paper Trail on Friday I"m only waiting on one more album (but I'll purchase probably three more): Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son Of Chico Dusty Other than that: Ludacris - Theater of the Mind T-Pain - 3 Rings Untitled Andre 3000 album (supposedly to be released in December, but I doubt that it'll be here come then)

09-29-2008, 08:22 PM	#7
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	TV On the Radio's new album is so far my choice for best album. There's been some mindblowing stuff, so far, and it's hard to narrow it down like that, but this album is going to be hard to top.

09-30-2008, 05:32 PM	#8
Silly Attention Seeking child Guest Posts: n/a	Also waiting on : Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son Of Chico Dusty Eminem - King Mathers Andre 3000's new album. Fabolous - Loso's Way

09-30-2008, 06:52 PM	#10
Silly Attention Seeking child Guest Posts: n/a	Only Jeezy album I like is "Thug Motivation 101". T.I. came correct on this album, "No Matter What" still stands for best Rap Song Of The Year, for me at least. But Wayne's "Mr. Carter" comes in very close for 1st. LL Cool J and Bun B also came correct. LL was on some good ** on Exit 13, it wasn't some kind of RnB type of **.

09-30-2008, 08:55 PM	#11
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	Have to agree with Bomby, from what I heard of "Sol-Angel" it's amazing. Sandcastle Disco is my ish.

10-01-2008, 02:58 AM	#12
Silly Attention Seeking child Guest Posts: n/a	Haha wow. Next upcoming Garbage album : Cam'ron's new album. I thought this dude was dead or something but from the songs that he's leaked, gonna be garbage like all his other albums.

10-09-2008, 04:01 PM	#15
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Top 5: 1: TV on the Radio - Dear Science: This album is amazing. It's completely indescribable; TVotR has taken everything good about their previous releases, and created a beautiful mix of genres that utterly owns. It's a must-hear if you like creativity. 2: Middle 9 - *The Sea That Has Become Known: A jazz record that is extremely* mathy. Since I'm into Jazz and Math, mixing them (which they didn't do intentionally, but it worked) is like a custom-made superrecord just for my amusement. It caters so hard to my whims, in fact, that I wondered how I hadn't already discovered it. 3: This Town Needs Guns - Animals: Animals is what it's like when you mix structure with chaos. Being equal parts math and indie, they combine great vocals with difficult musical structure, incredible guitar-work, and very technical drumming, while never becoming particularly hard to listen to. 4: Portishead - *Third: I don't need to explain this. This is the best Trip-Hop record in years, even if that label is tired and really doesn't even apply here. There is acid jazz, art-rock, smooth darkness, and delicious vocal-work from Beth Gibbons. This is every bit the classic that Dummy was, or at least in my opinion. 5: LITE* - Phantasia: Beautiful math rock that pretty much rewards me in a different way every time I hear it. Highly melodic, yet still technical, this is a work of wonder that I think must be heard, not described, to adequately do it justice. Some honorable mentions: Feral Children - Second to Last Frontier: Nice, creative indie rock record. The Dead Science - Villainaire: A very strange record, mostly highlighting the vocalist. He sings in a warbling, almost unbelievable voice that is extremely discomforting, over the top of some very nice post-rock. I like. Vampire Weekend - s/t: I believe we all know what this is. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath: And this too. The Black Mages - Darkness and Starlight: Uematsu never ceases to amaze me, and every other Black Mage is incredibly talented as well. The arrangements here are superior to the previous record, The Skies Aboive, but only slightly; another solid record for geeks who love metal versions of video game songs, like myself. Islands - Arm's Way: Another good Indie album, although my least favorite record on this list. Still very entyertaining; a few more listens may change my opinion.

12-08-2008, 04:18 PM	#18
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,250 Times in 1,338 Posts Blog Entries: 15	After multiple listens of everything, I have made my official list of best of this year. 1. TV on the Radio - Dear Scienec 2. Portishead - Third 3. Deerhunter - Microcastle 4. No Age - Nouns 5. Protest the Hero - Fortress 6. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath 7. Ludacris - Theater of the Mind 8. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely 9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 10. T.I. - Paper Trail Honorable Mentions: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into Foals - Antidotes Deerhoof - Offend Maggie The Black Mages - Darkness & Starlight Metallica - Death Magnetic Coldplay - Viva la Vida Beck - Modern Guilt Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords Santogold - Santogold The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement Q-Tip - The Renaissance

12-15-2008, 11:47 AM	#20
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Because I have no money, I have decided that the best album of 2005 in 2008 is solidly: Why? Purple, because ice cream has no bones.