The Best Albums of 2008
TV on the Radio make a strong showing on our staff lists
It's that time of year again where we reflect on the past twelve months--on the mornings we woke up and didn't know where we had slept the night before, the numerous / nameless sexual partners, and the endless cycle of drug abuse and rehab. Oh, and all those fantastic albums that were released. We gave you a similar list in 2007, but 2008 is the first year where Heave has been around from start to finish. In a way, then, the following staff picks for the Best Albums of 2008 form a collective rite of passage, like a musical Bar Mitzvah. Yes, that's probably the best way to think about it.
Enjoy!
Alyssa Vincent:
1. TV on the
Radio—“Dear Science”
2. The Kills—“Midnight Boom”
3. She & Him—“Volume One”
4. Mates of State—“Re-Arrange Us”
5. Bon Iver—“For Emma, Forever Ago”
6. Conor Oberst—“Conor Oberst”
7. Tilly and the Wall—“Album 3”
8. Girl Talk—“Feed the Animals”
9. Vampire Weekend—“Vampire Weekend”
10. Death Cab for Cutie—“Narrow Stairs”
Lisa White:
1. The Kills—“Midnight Boom”
2. Death Cab for Cutie—“Narrow Stairs”
3. Girl Talk—“Feed the Animals”
4. Hot Chip—“Made in the Dark”
5. Department of Eagles—“In Ear Park”
6. Bon Iver—“For Emma, Forever Ago”
7. Wolf Parade—“At Mount Zoomer”
8. Phantom Planet—“Raise the Dead”
9. Ra Ra Riot—“The
Rhumb Line”
10. The Raveonettes—“Lust Lust Lust”
Amy Dittmeier:
1. Sigur Rós—“Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust”
2. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals—“Cardinology”
3. Cloud Cult—“Feel Good Ghosts (Tea Partying Through Tornadoes)”
4. Parlor Mob—“And You Were the Crow”
5. Nine Inch Nails—“The Slip”
6. Flight of the Conchords—“Flight of the Conchords”
7. Girl Talk—“Feed the Animals”
8. The Kooks—“Konk”
9. Does it Offend You, Yeah?—“You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into”
10. Black Kids—“Partie Traumatic”
Wes Soltis:
1. TV on the Radio—“Dear Science”
2. MGMT—“Oracular Spectacular”
3. The Hold Steady—“Stay Positive”
4. School of Seven Bells—“Alpinisms”
5. Fleet Foxes—“Fleet
Foxes”
6. Bon Iver—“For Emma, Forever Ago”
7. The Gay Blades—“Ghosts”
8. Wolf Parade—“At Mount Zoomer”
9. Late of the Pier—“Fantasy Black Channel”
10. The Cool Kids—“The Bake Sale”
Cory Roop:
1. Smoking Popes—“Stay Down”
2. The Gay Blades—“Ghosts”
3. Death Cab for Cutie—“Narrow Stairs”
4. Lightspeed Champion—“Falling Off the Lavender Bridge”
5. Nada Surf—“Lucky”
6. Girl Talk—“Feed the Animals”
7. Coldplay—“Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends”
8. Bayside—“Shudder”
9. Anberlin—“New Surrender”
10. Playradioplay!—“Texas”
Ryan Peters:
1. TV on the Radio—“Dear Science,”
2. Elbow—“The Seldom Seen Kid”
3. Sigur Rós—“Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust”
4. Bon Iver—“For Emma, Forever Ago”
5. The Hold Steady—“Stay Positive”
6. Coldplay—“Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends”
7. The Walkmen—“You & Me”
8. The Dears—“Missiles”
9. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals—“Cardinology”
10. Okkervil River—“The Stand Ins”
Mark Steffen:
1. TV on the Radio – “Dear Science,”
2. Brian Eno/David Byrne – “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”
3. Conor Oberst – “Conor Oberst”
4. Girl Talk – “Feed the Animals”
5. No Age – “Nouns”
6. Black Keys – “Attack & Release”
7. The Hold Steady – “Stay Positive”
8. Lil Wayne – “Tha Carter III”
9. Deerhoof – “Offend Maggie”
10. Wolf Parade –“At Mount Zoomer”
Ben Wadington:
1. Vampire Weekend—“Vampire Weekend”
2. Animal Collective—“Water Curses EP”
3. M83—“Saturdays=Youth”
4. Hot Chip—“Made in the Dark”
5. Larsen & Furious Jane—“Zen Sucker”
6. Ratatat—“LP3”
7. Foals—“Antidotes”
8. Department of Eagles—“In Ear Park”
9. Santogold—“Santogold”
10. Fuck Buttons—“Street Horrrsing”
Joe Roth:
Posted by Ryan Peters on Dec 29, 2008 @ 12:00 am