Buy it. Although I had to get it straight from their label. London shops probably better than Amazon / Exeter shops, though.
― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, I'll get it if I see it.
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:35 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― canfan, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i haven't heard that many records this year.
1. Rebirth Brass Band, 25th Anniversary 2. Brian Blade & the Fellowship, Season of Changes 3. Mint Condition, E-Life 4. Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in New Orleans 5. Badu 6. Nik Barscht's Ronin, Holin
― Jordan, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Off the top of my head:
Hold Steady Orchestra Baobab Vampire Weekend Atmosphere Al Green The Roots Jay Reatard Drive-By Truckers
― Hubie Brown, Friday, 25 July 2008 04:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Update:
1. Portishead - Portishead 2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horssing 3. Lindstrom - Where You Go, I Go Too 4. Torche - Meanderthal 5. Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner 6. Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town 7. James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes 8. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual 9. The Roots - Rising Down 10. The Breeders - Mountain Battles
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 25 July 2008 05:06 (sixteen years ago) link
update
1. vampire weekend- s/t 2. the-dream- love/hate 3. los campesions!- hold on now youngster 4. hercules and love affair- s/t 5. cut copy- in ghost colours 6. hot chip- made in the dark 7. lil wayne- tha carter III 8. deerhunter- microcastle 9. lil boosie- da beginning 10. no age- nouns --- 11. abe vigoda- skeleton 12. the hold steady- stay positive 13. studio- yearbook 2 14. lindstrom- where you go i go too 15. rich boy- bigger than the mayor
im listing these last 5 because they'd be entrenched in my top 10 in any of the past few years. as i stated up thread (i think), this has been an extraordinary year for albums esp. indie
― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 July 2008 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Shearwater The Notwist Polar Bear The Do Elbow Portishead Seu Jorge Vampire Weekend Why? Four Tet
― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 25 July 2008 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Rings - Black Habbit Black Pus - Black Pus 4: All Aboard the Magic Pus Fuck Button - Street Horrrsing Spiritualized - Songs in A&E Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel Dan Friel - Ghost Town Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Deerhunter - Microcastle Autechre - Quaristice Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
― Creeztophair, Friday, 25 July 2008 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me The Goslings - Occasion Bauhaus - Go Away White Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner Ufomammut - Idolum Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull Seu Jorge - America Brasil o Disco Sons And Daughters - This Gift Torche - Meanderthal Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 July 2008 09:39 (sixteen years ago) link
While we're reviving the singles thread:
1 Erykah Badu2 Portishead3 Kelley Polar4 Hercules & Love Affair5 Calle 136 Solange7 Nappy Roots8 The-Dream9 Jazmine Sullivan10 Ne-Yo
― Santa Esmeralda (The Reverend), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
1. los campesinos2. the-dream3. deerhunter4. vampire weekend5. t-pain6. young jeezy7. cut copy8. hercules & love affair9. lil boosie10. hot chip
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
in a rough order...everything outside of the top 2 is still v fluid. and there's still ciara and beyonce to come! and i haven't included any mixes! aaagh.
erykah badu - new amerykah part one (4th world war)mariah carey - e=mc2the-dream - love/hateyoung jeezy - the recessionwiley - grime wavejazmine sullivan - fearlesslil' wayne - tha carter iiiluomo - convivialdanity kane - welcome to the dollhouse
the bug - london zoone-yo - year of the gentlemangang gang dance - saint dymphnaanja schneider - beyond the valleysolange - sol-angel and the hadley st dreamslaura marling - alas i cannot swimkanye west - 808s and heartbreakmlle caro & franck garcia - pain disappearsashlee simpson - bittersweet worldkuniyuki takahashi - all these things
ear dis - welcome to floorboogieroots manuva - slime and reasontinchy stryder - cloud 9portishead - thirdakiko kiyama - 7 years
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 October 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Lay it Down- Al GreenOracular Spectacular- MGMTFlying Lotus- Los AngelesThat Lucky Old Sun- Brian WilsonThe Weather Clock- July SkiesGebel Barkal- OmSou- Marcelo CameloThe Way of All Flesh- GojiraOther Channels- The Advisory CircleAttack & Release- Black Keys
― Vision, Friday, 31 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
deerhunter - microcastlesigur ros - meo veopoefinvnqneqnne'oeknk'gfvneqpogne'onthe walkmen - you & meof montreal - skeletal lampingeat skull - sick to deathvampire weekend - st (i know, i'm a gay retard)no age - nounsSM + the jicks - real emo trashthe hold steady - stay positivemarnie stern - this is it...
overall not as strong as 07 was for me
― Kevin Keller, Friday, 31 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
jeezy, nyg'z, erykah, the-dream, ABN, webbie, peven everett, AZ, raheem devaughn, statik selektah,
is everyone counting the gucci mane as last year
anyway im holding a spot open for scarface's new record. i havent listened to that prodigy record yet either. and whats up with a dro record this year.
― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i see killer mike didnt get much traction
― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, 31 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
If people are counting The-Dream, you can probably count Gucci Mane
― Santa Esmeralda (The Reverend), Friday, 31 October 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
gucci mane should've been in my list, i think i deleted a line accidentally
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 October 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Portishead – Third2. TV On The Radio – Dear Science3. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing4. Lindstrøm – Where You Go I Go To5. Torche - Meanderthal6. Made Out Of Babies – The Ruiner7. The Roots – Rising Down8. Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna9. Harvey Milk – Life… The Best Game In Town10. Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 31 October 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
agh, lindstrom was deleted from my list too!!
― lex pretend, Friday, 31 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
This is what I've got at the moment (apologies for the formatting, I pasted this from RYM):
1 Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes (2008) 2 Vampire WeekendVampire Weekend (2008) 3 Thao With The Get Down Stay DownWe Brave Bee Stings and All (2008) 4 Stephen MalkmusReal Emotional Trash (2008) 5 SantogoldSantogold (2008) 6 OpethWatershed (2008) 7 Pete & the PiratesLittle Death (2008) 8 Jenny ScheinmanCrossing the Field (2008) 9 DestroyerTrouble in Dreams (2008) 10 Jenny ScheinmanJenny Scheinman (2008)
If I could include Kevin Ayers Unfairground, which I didn't hear until this year, then that would probably be around #3.
― o. nate, Friday, 31 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
devotchka, july skies, mogil, auburn lull, ruby suns, gareth s brown, moto boy, cocoanut groove, library tapes, lodger, regina, motifs, randomnumber, moscow olympics, rockettothesky, soda fountain rag, sound of arrows ep, stereolab, still corners ep, vapnet
― keythkeyth, Saturday, 1 November 2008 03:21 (fifteen years ago) link
As with my singles, this is extremely, extremely provisional:
1. Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman (Def Jam) 2. Poplife Sucks (N.E.W.S.) 3. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part 1: 4th World War (Motown) 4. Spoon, Daytrotter Session (http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1322/spoon) 5. Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It (Columbia) 6. Hercules and Love Affair (DFA/Mute) 7. Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador) 8. Portishead, Third (Mercury) 9. Lil’ Wayne, Tha Carter III (Cash Money) 10. Flying Lotus, Los Angeles (Warp)
― Matos W.K., Sunday, 2 November 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Second ten: Etran Finatawa, Benga, Dave Aju, Tape, the Hold Steady, Bob Dylan, Gang Gang Dance, caUSE co-MOTION!, Girl Talk, the Muslims.
― Matos W.K., Sunday, 2 November 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
1. The-Dream - Love/Hate2. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster/We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed3. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt 1: 4th World War4. Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07/Singles 085. Jerusalem and the Starbaskets - The Howling6. Kelley Pollar - I Need You to Hold on While the Sky is Falling 7. Kleerup - s/t8. Mariah Carey - E=MC29. Mahjongg - Kontpab10. Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
― Tape Store, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I should point out that my top five artists were all slated to release two albums this year.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Extremely tentative Top 25 snapshot of this random point in time, including a number of releases (asterisked) that might conceivably make more sense on a reissues ballot, if there is one, and if I made the more-or-less aribitrary decision to put them there:
1 - 10:Jamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song (Mercury)Rose Tattoo – Blood Brothers (Wacken)Ross Johnson – Make It Stop! The Most Of Ross Johnson (Goner)*The Knux – Remind Me In 3 Days… (Interscope)Rick Springfield – Venus In Overdrive (New Door/Universal Music Enterprises)The Tonic Rays – The Tonic Rays (thetonicrays.com ’07)Woodbox Gang – Drunk As Dragons (Alternative Tentacles)Carter’s Chord – Carter’s Chord (Show Dog Nashville)Teacher’s Pet – Teacher’s Pet (Smog Veil)*Prisonshake – Dirty Moons (Scat)
11 - 20Morel – The Death Of The Paperboy (Outsider Music)The Lizards – är-chē-ol’-ō-gy (Hypserspace)Banastre Tarleton Band – Huzzah! Greatest Hits (Green Horse)*(Various) – 1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground (Subliminal Frequencies)*Steinski – What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective (Illegal Art)*New Bloods – The Secret Life (K EP)Girlschool – Legacy (Steamhammer/SPV/Wacken)Trace Adkins – X (EMI)Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours (Goner)Toby Keith – That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy (Show Dog Nashville)
21 - 25Black Diamond Heavies – A Touch Of Someone Else’s Class (Alive)Sonny Rollins – Road Shows Vol. 1 (Doxy)*Final Solutions – Songs By Solutions (Goner EP ’07)Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World (Geffen)Fotheringay – 2 (Fledgling)*
― xhuxk, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― Tape Store, Sunday, November 2, 2008 4:09 PM (1 hour ago)
jerusalem and the starbaskets put out a full-length? i can't find it anywhere. i really like their song "i cannot radiato without you"
― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty close to the tracks list...
1. The Drones - Havilah2. Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner3. Shearwater - Rook4. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid5. Parts and Labor - Receivers6. Wolf Parade - At Mt Zoomer7. Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark8. Hilotrons - Happymatic9. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark10. Jaguar Love - Take Me to the Sea
― Simon H., Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Portishead, The Cure, Badu, Santogold, Mountain Goats
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i ordered mine from their myspace a month or so ago, so they might still have some, and they also seem to have copies here:
http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3379
there's also another LP coming out on great pop supplement early next year
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Sunday, 2 November 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
add au revoir borealis to my list, it is absolutely beautiful.
― keythkeyth, Monday, 3 November 2008 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll talk to jeremy this week...i only have the lp, not a cd.
― Tape Store, Monday, 3 November 2008 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the usual disclaimers apply.
1. Hercules and Love Affair - s/t2. Erykah Badu - the long-ass title of that record3. Ital Tek - Cyclical4. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles5. Luomo - Convivial6. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple7. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today8. TV On the Radio - Dear Science9. Autechre - Quaristice10. The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm
― Mozarella sticks. Think about it. (kenan), Monday, 3 November 2008 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
not that it matters, as i don't/won't vote in the vv poll, but here goes my top 25, not necessarily in order. remember it is only november 2.
erykah badu, nuamerykah vol. 1: fourth world wardub colossus, a town called addisgipsy.cz, reprezentlila downs, shake awaygilfema, gilfema +2lil mama, voice of the young peoplea.r. rahman, jodhaa-akbar soundtrackplastilina mosh, all u need is moshxx teens, welcome to goon islandesperanza spalding, esperanzavarious artists but mainly stew, passing strange soundtrackeddie floyd, eddie loves you soakoya afrobeat, p.d.p.cuong vu, vu-tett.i., paper trailgeorge clinton and the gangsters of love, s/tsolange, sol-angel and the hadley st. dreamstv on the radio, dear sciencegoldfrapp, seventh treekasai all-stars, in the 7th moon...fuck the facts, disgorge mexicoof montreal, skeletal lampinggym class heroes, the quilt
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 3 November 2008 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a lot I haven't heard that I want to hear (not necessarily on the lists above), but these are my favorites so far (a list which has hardly changed since the spring):
Boris - Smile [Japanese version]Nejo & Dalmata - Broke and Famous [realy late 2007]Soneros All Stars, Featuring Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso - La Timba So YoHenry Fiol - De Cachete
Also, Cesar Pedroso has a solo album out which I'm pretty sure will be one of my favorites once I hear the rest (two tracks I haven't heard yet).
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I just got Dungen 4, which will probably bump something off my list above.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Right now I'm feeling like:
The-Dream - Love/HateLuomo - ConvivialGang Gang Dance - Saint DymphnaAir France - No Way Down EPV/A: Wighnomy Brothers - MetawuffmischfelgeYoung Jeezy - The RecessionLindstrom - Where You Go I Go TooShy Child - Noise Won't StopV/A: Fred Deakin - Presents Nu-BalearicaEl Guincho - Allegranza
The albums I haven't heard that I suspect are most likely to smash this list are Taylor Swift and Ne-Yo. School of Seven Bells is just on the outside and might end up overtaking stuff in the lower stretches, too.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
good list. i forgot guincho
― deej, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
100% agree on dream and jeezy. whats that nu-balearica comp about?
― deej, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a bit of a 'NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL NU-BALEARIC' cash-in - lots of stuff like Reverso 68, Aeroplane, A Mountain of One, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje etc. etc.
Predictable and objectively rather samey at times (subjectively this stuff is catnip for me so I don't really notice), but there's an astonishingly high number of amazing tracks. In some ways it's more of a chance to collectively big-up a whole bunch of stuff I loved last year than a life-changing statement in and of itself.
The best track I hadn't heard before is Wallis Bird's "Counting To Sleep (Reverso 68 Remix)" (and the best track I HAD heard is probably Reverso 68's "Piece Together Part 2" - god I love them).
Re El Guincho - I'm kind of hoping it falls outside of my top ten by the end of the year. I love it but I'd be even happier if it was, say, only the thirteenth best album I had in 2008.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Let's see. Not sure it's ten yet and in no particular order but...
No Age - NounsQuiet Village - Silent MovieLindstrom - Where you go I go tooMelchior Productions - No Disco FutureDeerhunter - MicrocastleWalkmen - You and MeAir France - No Way DownThe Breeders - Mountain BattlesHigh Places - High Places
― Treblekicker, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Prisonshake – Dirty Moons (Scat)
You just made my day Chuck. I had no idea they had a new one.
― steampig67, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago2. Erykah Badu-New Amerkyah, Pt. 1: 4th World War3. Antony & The Johnsons-Another World EP4. Tape-Luminarium5. Portishead-Third6. Hercules And Love Affair-S/T7. Bird Show-Untitled8. Four Tet-Ringer9. Autechre-Quaristice10.Lucky Dragons-Dream Island Laughing Language
― Craig D., Wednesday, 5 November 2008 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't even know if I could make a top 10 out of things I heard this year, but...
people need to quit sleeping on the bug CD
I couldn't get into a mountain of one until the other day when I had a massive hangover and it was the only thing in the pile that made any sense. how is it not on any of these lists? also liked:
landed - how little will it take?naked on the vague - blood pressure sessionsteeth mountainsome of that destroyer album
things I need to spend more time with: endless boogie, prurient
things I still haven't heard: the ex & getatchew mekurya, indian jewelry, made in mexico, usaisamonster, growing, no age, cut copy
things I tried to listen to but stopped because it felt like homework: marnie stern, ponytail, portishead, times new viking, guns n roses, vampire weekend
― Edward III, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
If it makes you feel any better it is actually the 2nd top album on metacritic:
http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2008.shtml
― Moka, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
As of today...although I feel like I'm forgetting something
1 Erykah Badu2 Solange3 The Foreign Exchange4 Portishead5 The-Dream6 Robin Thicke7 Kelley Polar8 Nappy Roots9 Calle 1310 Hercules & Love Affair11 The Bug12 Matmos13 Vampire Weekend14 T.I.15 Labelle16 Lil Wayne17 Ne-Yo18 T-Pain19 Sebastien Tellier20 Jazmine Sullivan21 J*Davey22 TV on the Radio23 Lupe Fiasco24 Lindstrom25 Janet Jackson
― I took my geoduck to Puyallup (The Reverend), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Made Out of Babies – The Ruiner2. Secret Chiefs 3 – Xaphan: Book of Angels3. Asva – What You Don’t Know is Frontier4. Meshuggah – obZen5. Harvey Milk – Life...the Best Game in Town6. Mike Patton – A Perfect Place7. Marnie Stern – This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That 8. DeSalvo – Mood Poisoner9. Melvins – Nude with Boots10. Koenjihyakkei – Hundred Sights of Koenji
― m the g, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I forgot Santogold, which would be about #20 or so.
― I took my geoduck to Puyallup (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 06:41 (fifteen years ago) link