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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

fine then screw you guys. ;(

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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, 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.

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

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/