Favourite music album of 2008

[adycav]

I was a little disappointed with KoL's 'Only By The Night' - some dcent tracks but a fair bit of filler imho. I prefer last year's 'Because Of The Times'.

Anyway, I digress.

Favourite album ths year is Stay Positive by The Hold Steady, with honourable mentions for The Stand Ins (Okkervil River), Dig Lazarus Dig (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), Do You Like Rock Music? (British Sea Power) and The Seldom Seen Kid (Elbow).

If I were the sort of chap to downlaod music via torrent sites, I might have found Chinese Democracy a little messy and overblown.

[S7Paul]

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Honourable mentions to:

Airbourne - Runnin' Wild

Black Stone Cherry - Folklore & Superstition

Biggest disappointment (and maybe a bit controversial): AC/DC - Black Ice. Sorry, I really have persevered with it, but there really are only 2 or 3 decent, memorable tracks on it; most of it is pretty unremarkable. Maybe the biggest problem is that the Airbourne album simply blows Black Ice out of the water - out 'AC/DCing' AC/DC by some margin.

[okgo]

Id go with MGMT actually great group

Favourite song of the year has been Sex on fire though.

[Dick Dastardly]

My favourite is Ashes Divide - Keep Telling Myself it's Alright. The solo album from the guitar tech for Tool and guitarist and singer of A Perfect Circle.

Others I really like:

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
Filter - Anthems for the Damned
Slaves to Gravity - Scatter the Crow

Disappointments:

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Lenny Kravitz - Love Revolution
Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust

[andy_s]

Another vote for Elbow - seldom seen kid

[Hunky Dory]

Mattygooner said:

Elbow
Kings of Leon

+8..or 9 not sure now.

+ er.... another 1 for both. I'm so unoriginal
Nothing else this year comes close.

[gbbird]

not been much this year for me. The ones that stick out are -

Death Magnetic - Metallica
Twilight of the Thundergod (Amon Amarth)
Avenged 7fold S/T (was that this year??)
Saints of Los Angeles by Motley Crue

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[castrolcraig]

oasis, dig out your soul.

hounorhable mentions to the verve, kings of leon, coldplay.

[Marvindodgers]

Have to go with MGMT - Oracular Spectacular for album of the year.

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire for single of the year.

[Baby Huey]

For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver, if you like Nick Drake you will love this minimal masterpiece.

[Colonial]

Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
The Presets - Apocalypso is also very much up there for me.

[Pelo]

Shihad - Beautiful Machine
Opeth - Watershed

I like Death Magnetic but it just seems to be missing something special. Plus it is hard to listen to in its entirety due to the complete lack of dynamics. I have quieter Slayer albums!

[RobM77]

Perfect Symmetry by Keane - just fantastic.

However... Strangely (for me) I still haven't got the new Metallica or Guns and Roses albums...

[anonymous-user]

favourite: I was a Cub Scout - I want you to know that there is always hope.
biggest disappointment: Metallica - dreary magnetic

[minimatt1967]

Choice of Several,

Death Magnaetic- Metallica

Testament -The Formation of Damnation

I reserve the right to add to this as I haven't listened to the following:

Guns n Roses- Chines Democracy

Trivium - Shogun

AC/DC- Back Ice

Don't get enough listening time now music is all but banned at work

[ratbane]

Paul Weller - 22 Dreams.

[yellowbentines]

Glasvegas - although I have a feeling you might need to be from Glasgow or at the very least Scottish to 'get it'.

[Bradders23]

adycav said:

Do You Like Rock Music? (British Sea Power)

That. MGMT 2nd.

Only by the Night track 1-4 and 9-11 are excellent. 5-8 are incredibly dull and ruin the album.

[Alfahorn]

Mc Lovin said:

smutbag said:

Kings of Leon - Only by the night

+1

++1

Outstanding album, will feature in classic album lists in the future.

[V8mate]

Alfahorn said:

Mc Lovin said:

smutbag said:

Kings of Leon - Only by the night

+1

++1

Outstanding album, will feature in classic album lists in the future.

Really? It's a good album, but it's nothing new musically. I think the MGMT album really pushes sound on; especially good heard through headphones.