So we're halfway through 2008; what are your top 10 albums of this year, so far?

Thanks to J0hn for informing me that Tata Young has a new album out. Listening to it now...

Don't think anyone's mentioned Danity Kane, Van Hunt, or Taio Cruz. Like them in descending order and only the first one will probably be on my top ten list. (Van Hunt's album was shelved so probably doesn't count.)

Oh, and Britta Persson's album Kill Hollywood Me is good.

INDIAN JEWELRY!!!

That record just hit me and I think it will end up being in my top ten this year.

Captain Lorax should give a try to the new Sparks album too.

Otherwise good work, guys, since my last post in this thread a lot of unheard and interesting albums have been mentioned, so perhaps in a few weeks my Top 10 for the year would look totally different.

NOZE

Did the Wooden Shjips put out an album in 2008? I liked their EP from last year.

Can't believe I forgot to put the new Panic at the Disco on my list!

wooden shjips released a singles/e.p. comp called 'volume 1'

http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4296

i forgot my fav record of the year...old performance obv but first time it's been released!

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18+ minute Eight Miles High is crazzzzzy

srsly if you wanna bro down and get nice with your posse with some brews on the deck ^^this is the joint

yeah is that one with clarence white? is it better than Untitled? part of me thinks that i have enough live byrds from that era, but then part of me thinks that is a dumb thing to think.

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more country '08:

Greta Gaines, Whiskey Thoughts
Jeff Bates, Jeff Bates
Rebecca Lynn Howard, No Rules
Chris Knight, Hearts of Stone
Maria Muldaur, Yes We Can!

posting a few reissues over there there

yeah is that one with clarence white? is it better than Untitled? part of me thinks that i have enough live byrds from that era, but then part of me thinks that is a dumb thing to think.

-- tylerw, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 7:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

yep it's w/c white on guitar...he's a monster on this.

i don't actually know untitled....and i've not heard any boots or stuff from that era, but this is pretty damn amazing imo.

Dodos
Panda Bear
El Guincho
No Age

that's pretty much all the new releases I've bought this year

1)Yoshi Wada - “The Appointed Cloud” and “Lament For The Rise And Fall Of The Elephantine Crocodile”
2)Pandi Pran Nath – “Raga Cycle, Palace Theater, Paris 1972”
3)Eliane Radigue - “Chry-Ptus”
4)Gas - “Nah Und Fern”
5)Terry Riley “The Last Camel In Paris”
6)Vajra “Live”
7)Hercules & Love Affair - “Hercules & Love Affair”
8)Evangelista “Hello, Voyager”
9)Charlemagne Palestine “The Apocalypse Will Blossom”
10) Andrew Chalk & Daisuke Suzuki “The Days After”

xpost Panda Bear was last year, didn't you see the PFORK TOP 10 BEST ALBUM LIST? hahahaha

oh man I forgot about that Evangelista album, must hear ASAP.

i'm going to add david lynch's polish night music and scarlett johannson's anywhere i lay my head. :)

As of today, Miley Cyrus' Breakout.

pas/cal album has arrived, there was way too much going on in the first listen to comprehend but I assume it will be number one soon.

yayyyyy

wait, 'too much going on'?!??!?!? i always thought the album would be simple but fantastic indie pop

the sword
neon neon
phantom planet
wolf parade
no age
hot chip
the cool kids

i'd like to include black mountain, cut copy and clinic but i dont know those albums well enough yet.

it is not simple. it is indie pop. there are loads of voices from all over the place, tempo changes, stops, starts, it is understandable why it took them so long. 'dearest bernard living' is my favorite thus far. i was worried about the cherry suite since caz didn't write two of the songs but it's great. i do prefer the acoustic version of 'citizens army uniform', i think, new one is kinda rockin.

I feel like no one has heard the new Phantom Planet or else a few other people would have included it here.

I've heard that new Phantom Planet, but I think only half of the album merits attention. Its far too hit or miss for me, but I will admit to liking it a lot more than I expected to.

tbqh it was one of the worst albums i listened to this year!

sorry, bsj

I'm not scraping anywhere near ten obvious candidates yet :/
I wonder if I'll even have a list 6 months from now at this rate...

but man that Evangelista album, that's gotta be in there at least top 3. Another vote please!

Listened to that Shearwater album based on this thread but it's more Radiohead than Talk Talk. :(

No it isn't. It's not as Talk Talk as a lot of people say though, but the only bit even slightly redolent of Radiohead is the opening two chords of The Snow Leopard.

The guys voice reminds me of Radiohead. Bearing in mind that I never listen to Radiohead. I don't see ANY resemblance to Talk Talk. I've only listened once, on the way to work. I will listen again on the way home.

And I don't want any comments about fidelity.

Cos he sings in a high register? That's very lazy listening, dude.

He's far more operatic than Yorke; more like Anthony Hegarty.

Nah he's not like Antony.

I zoned out listening to this on the tube and when my brain started working agin it was like who ios this Thom Yorke type motherfucker I'm hearing?

Have you heard the new Polar Bear, Nick? (Or Marcello?)

There's a new Polar Bear???!!! No I haven't, is it in shops???

Out on Monday in Tin Angel records (what happened to Babel Label?). I will most assuredly be ordering this hurriedly.

I had no idea either till I saw it reviewed in The Guardian today.

I've stuck Held On The Tips Of Fingers on now. God I LOVE Polar Bear. More so than Acoustic Ladyland, maybe.

No love for Clark's 'Turning Dragon'?

He's far more operatic than Yorke; more like Anthony Hegarty.

saw 'em live in March, dude sounded like a karaoke Freddy Mercury. really really really bad.

upon further listening turns out the Pas/Cal album is not so good.

hi dere i can be list dork too : )

1 bruno pronsato - why can't we be more like us?
2 animal collective - water curses
3 zeigeist - the jade motel
4 v/a mixed by marcus nasty - deja vu fm february 28
5 booka shade - the sun and the neon light
6 mara trax - it got me funk
7 disfear - live the storm
8 flying lotus - los angeles
9 lil' mama - vyp: voice of the young people
10 v/a - step up 2 the streets

I have the Polar Bear.

But is it good?

Only on my first (distracted) listen, so difficult to say. There's certainly no obvious shark-jumping. It's long (14 tracks, 70ish minutes), and there are more electronics and more deployment of varied instrumentation, but still essentially bass, drums, double brass. The sleeve states "all electronics were played live". If you've heard Dim Lit then the move from that to Held On The Tips Of Fingers seems to be mirrored here too; still jazz, but a little bit further on again. One track's got quite a droning, eastern vibe to it. I'm enjoying it.

Should I buy it tonight? It's yr call. Yes or no answer.

Buy it. Although I had to get it straight from their label. London shops probably better than Amazon / Exeter shops, though.

OK, I'll get it if I see it.

In no particular order

1. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah part one (4th world war)
2. Gnarls Barkley - The odd Couple
3. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
4. Al Green--Lay It Down
5. Vampire Weekend
6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
7. Fleet Foxes – s/t
8. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
9. Portishead – Third
10. Sigur Ros--Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust