best of OHEIGHT

[Phyllis]

it's that time of year again. okay well it might be a tad early, but everything is early this year so whatever. and i doubt that any new awesome albums are going to come out in the next 29 days. so let's post our favorite albums of the year.

just to clarify i listed it artist first then album title.

my pick for number 1 (and really this is my pick because i doubt anyone will agree):

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

i saw this guy live a couple days before my birthday in october. IT WAS AMAZZZING. the album rocks. the live show rocks. the end.

other albums i am in love with/addicted to:

Crystal Castles - S/T
CSS - Donkey
Foals - Antidotes
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Tilly and the Wall - O

[Phyllis]

fine then screw you guys. ;(

[mere1975]

My best of '08:
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Other things I got and liked:
Dropkick Murphys - the Meanest of Times (2007 release, but I just got it this year)
Yael Naim - New Soul is kind of a sweet song that sticks in my head
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (sue me)
Cobra Starship - Guilty Pleasure (sue me)
T.I. - Live Your Life (sue me)
Adele (didn't get her whole record but I like to sing along to her)
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

I can't really play this game because I haven't been into records lately.

- Mere "but I can't wait to listen to more of 'This American Life' d/ls and 'Too Fat to Fish' by Artie Lange" 1975

[ChrisLovesYou]

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

these are the only three new albums i have heard in the past year, swear to K, except for these hot releases:




fuck korea forever

[katie]

i haven't responded cause i'm still thinking about it. i'll get back to you when we get back from mexico, i.e. sunday.

[eebs]

I'm still at the thinking stage too, but there are a couple of songs that have had a lot of rewindability this year:



we are scientists - after hours



the evangelicals - bellawood

[Phyllis]

i haven't responded cause i'm still thinking about it. i'll get back to you when we get back from mexico, i.e. sunday.

oOOOOooh. have fun in mexico.

[aquaphase]

oOOOOooh. I hope you get the shits.

[mere1975]

oOOOOooh. I foresee Roach doing a Mexican Hat Dance in a very inappropriate way.

[mr_j]

phyllis, wouldn't your graduation from High School be the best of OHEIGHT?

[Dalya]

Tied for first:
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
and
Sigur Ros - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
and
Man Man - Rabbit Habits

Also great:
Mucca Pazza - Plays Well Together
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight

[James]

In no particular order:

Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Get Well Soon - Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Juana Molina - Un Dia
Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Calexico - Carried To Dust
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (yes, I came around)
Sloan - Parallel Play
Joe Jackson - Rain
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight

[Phyllis]

phyllis, wouldn't your graduation from High School be the best of OHEIGHT?

last time i checked that wasn't an album. what a square.

also i would like to add mgmt to my list as well. i didn't count it at first because i thought it was an '07 release. but i stand corrected.

[Sybil]

Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
Gary Louris - Vagabonds
Mark Olson & Gary Louris - Ready for the Flood
(the last one isn't out in the US till '09, but it's out in Europe now, and I have "acquired" a copy so I'm gonna count it)

Jackson Browne - Time the Conqueror

That's all that's caught my fancy enough to come immediately to mind.

Sy "waiting for the Jayhawks reunion album" bil

[eebs]

Ok so now it's o9, my top 10 favourite discs of last year were:



1.White Denim - Workout Holiday
2. Foxboro Hottubs - Stop Drop and Roll!
3. Stupids - Feel the Suck EP
4. Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
5. Status Quo - 40 Years of Hits
6. Ooga Boogas - Romance and Adventure
7. Burning Brides - Anhedonia
8. Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
9. British Sea Power - Do you like Rock Music?
10. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Now to check out the Girl Talk album - they're doing a Radiohead style "pay what you like" here - http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/