Best Album of 2008

Arcade Fire have taken a slight lead over LCD Soundsystem in 2007, and there's every chance that Radiohead will nick it as well, 2 days left in that poll if you wnat to get voting.

Anyway here's the albums chosen for best album of 2008. This list is made up of ones that have been talked about on here, ones I like and ones off Rate My Music. No critics list yet (for obvious reasons) and there's every chance an album could come out between now and the end of the year that would blow the winner of this poll away. Still we need to get into the knockout groups so here goes with the final Best Of a specific year poll :)

VOTING OPENS ONCE VIDEOS ARE UP

Neon Neon - Raquel - Stainless Style



Metallica - The Day That Never Comes - Death Magnetic



Oasis - Bag It Up - Dig Out Your Soul

Sigur Ros - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust



Coldplay - Viva La Vida - Viva La Vida



Bonnie Prince Billy - I'll Be Glad - Lie Down In The Light

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig - Dig Lazarus Dig



Elbow - Mirrorball - The Seldom Seen Kid



Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire - In Ghost Colours

Couple of really good ones in contention for me this year. Both Coldplay and Oasis released good records this year, Sigur Ros's new one was superb, as was Cut Copy. Damon Albarn's newest creation Monkey was breathtaking, Fleet Foxes, Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, She & Him and Dublin's own One Day International all contributed with sterling efforts as well.

That said Neon Neon takes my vote. Gruff Rhys is pretty much a God on Earth at this stage :)

Kings of Leon were excluded because I've been told their new offering is mediocre at best by the people I know that bought it before anyone asks where they are

Hold Steady Stay Positive
Coldplay
Oasis
Nick Cave
Vampire Weekend

I'll decide between those 5 over the following few days :)

Neon Neon, by a long chalk on the others listed - I'd heard cuts from it last November, and had been gagging for it for ages by the time it finally got released. It does not disappoint - great bit of work, my most regular playing album this Summer.

EDIT: Good call on Vampire Weekend Gustavo - great debut, though not quite in the same league as Stainless Style

3 votes cast and 3 votes for Neon Neon :eek:

I'm always so optimistic that my choice will win at the early stages of these polls :D

Went for Neon Neon, superb stuff. A friend got me into it and hooked straight away. What a superb album. 2nd to Metallica, 3rd to Coldplay. although havent heard Oasis' new one yet.

Seen as the poll is over already:

Other: We Show Up On Radar - Growing A Girl (Instructions On How To Grow A Girl Without Your Wife Finding Out)

A good year for music in my opinion. Outside of stuff included in the poll and mentioned already, The Fall, Tindersticks, HMHB, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Emmylou Harris and Calexico all released good albums.
The best of the year for me would be Songs In A+E- Spiritualized.

I've only bought two albums from 2008, Republic Of Loose and Nas. Neither of them are classics but I'll go with Republic Of Loose anyway.

If only this poll ran til the end of the year, Dre's supposed to release Detox in December...

Boooo to premature polls. Hope a classic is released in the next couple of months. if it is I'll be calling jebus to be sacked

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Boooo to premature polls. Hope a classic is released in the next couple of months. if it is I'll be calling jebus to be sacked

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If a better album is released in the next few months I'll be banning any discussion of it on these forums to cover myself :)

typicals fascist moderator...

Went for Sigur Rós - their best work in my opinion.

Honourable mention to The Breeders with Mountain Battles.

I haven't heard the new Metallica one yet..

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Typo on typical, two week ban :)

Best of 2008
Goin with Glasvegas - Glasvegas

Other honourable mentions:
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
The Courteeners - St Jude
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Feeder - Silent Cry
Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song
Jape - Ritual
REM - Accelerate
Levellers - Songs From The Underground
Weezer - Red Album
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Kings Of Leon - Only By the Night

I'm calling for jebus to be sacked for not listing Hot Chip. Dropped a large bollock there IMO.

Some great albums out this year again. Neon Neon a (pretty distant) third for me, second to Cut Copy and the winner being Other: Hot Chip - Made In The Dark


One Pure Thought


Hold On (not a great version - song only here.)


Wrestlers

Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation

Sigur rós for me,Just about tops Takk in my opinion.