Albums to hear before year-end list frenzy starts last week of November

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In addition to the obvious by Common, B. Fleischmann, Hammers Of Misfortune, Grace Jones, Killers, Little Joy, Luomo, Barbara Morganstern, Q-Tip, Max Tundra, Kanye West and Wilderness, what albums that are out in November/December are recommended for a listen?

Absentee – Victory Shorts (Memphis Industries)
All The Saints – Fire on Corridor X (Touch & Go)
Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali (Because Music UK)
Beyoncé - I Am...Sasha Fierce (Columbia)
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Sunday at Devil Dirt (V2)
Ciara – Fantasy Ride (LaFace)
Common – Universal Mind Control (Geffen)
Arrington De Dionyso – I See Beyond the Black Sun (K)
The End of the World – French Exit (Flameshovel/Pretty Activity)
Fire On Fire – The Orchard (Young God)
B. Fleischmann – Angst Is Not a Weltanschauung! (Morr Music)
Girls Aloud - Out Of Control (Polydor)
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy (Geffen)
Hammers Of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass (Profound Lore)
Hushpuppies – Silence Is Golden (Minty Fresh)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Cross of My Calling (Vagrant/American Recordings)
Johann Johannsson – Fordlandia (4AD)
Grace Jones – Hurricane (Wall Of Sound)
Kid Sister – Dream Date (Downtown)
The Killers – Day & Age (Island)
Little Joy – Little Joy (Rough Trade)
Love Is All – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (What's Your Rupture?)
Luomo – Convivial (Huume)
Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind (Def Jam)
The Magnificents – Year of Explorers (Mush)
Barbara Morgenstern – BM (Monika)
Past Lives – Strange Symmetry (Suicide Squeeze)
The Postmarks – By the Numbers (Unfiltered)
Q-Tip - The Renaissance (Universal/Motown)
Razorlight - Slipway Fires (Universal)
Senor Coconut – Around the World (Nacional)
Travis – Ode to J. Smith (Red Telephone Box/Fontana)
Max Tundra – Parallax Error Beheads You (Domino)
Welcome Wagon (Asthmatic Kitty)
Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak (Roc–a–Fella/Def Jam)
White Denim – Exposion (Transmission Entertainment)
Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto (Domino)
Wilderness – (k)no(w)here (Jagjaguwar)
James Yorkston – When the Haar Rolls In (Domino)

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:01 (seventeen years ago)

Skatebard - Cosmos is perhaps* the best techno/house LP of the year. absolutely fantastic.

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:23 (seventeen years ago)

There's a new Fennesz out soon.

bidfurd, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:30 (seventeen years ago)

T-Pain - Thr33 Ringz
Scarface - Emeritus
Slim - Love's Crazy
Jadakiss - The Last Kiss
Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World
Maroon 5 - Call & Response
50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
The-Dream - Love Vs. Money
Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
Ace Hood - Gutta

The stic.man from the hilarious 'Dead Prez' albums (some dude), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:34 (seventeen years ago)

Fastnbulbous, have a browse through this list:

2008 Additions
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/djmartian/2008_additions

Albums added to my 2008 Albums tracking list after October 1st 2008 in addition order.

djmartian, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:35 (seventeen years ago)

Thanks. So what do you like personally?

Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:50 (seventeen years ago)

Autodrone - Strike A Match
Clairecords

Autodrone
http://www.myspace.com/autodrone

comparisions to Lush and Throwing Muses circa Real Ramona - uptempo energetic noise pop

detailed review
http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=8984

djmartian, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:57 (seventeen years ago)

another comparison to Autodrone - The Organ

djmartian, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 21:59 (seventeen years ago)

The Fall. Imperial wax solvent.

Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)

Dave Aju - Open Wide.
Seriously local record stores, get on that shit!

Their time's limited, hard rocks, too (mehlt), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 23:56 (seventeen years ago)

still unable to get into the Dave Aju despite every url ending with blogspot.com saying it was the best techno album of the year. get on that Skatebard album pronto!

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 23:58 (seventeen years ago)

les tres bien ensemble

keythkeyth, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 01:48 (seventeen years ago)

the rebel - northern rock bears weird vegetable

ian, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 02:40 (seventeen years ago)

GROUPER - Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill

z "R" s (Z S), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 02:44 (seventeen years ago)

Flipron - Gravity Calling
Matthew Herbert Big Band - There's Me and There's You
Wax Stag - Wax Stag

I thought that the Campbell/Lanegan, Travis and James Yorkston albums were released some time ago, as far back as May for the Campbell/Lanegan album.

Billy Dods, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)

Nortt - Galgenfrist

Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

Oops, disregard my suggestion. By the thread title I thought we were looking for overlooked records.

z "R" s (Z S), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

Manual - Confluence (the track on his myspace is utterly enveloping and gorgeous)

Paul in Santa Cruz, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

windsurf- coastlines

myspace password secretary (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

didn't The (International) Noise Conspiracy brake up like five years ago?

Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 04:25 (seventeen years ago)

Should have added this when I mentioned Manual above:
http://www.myspace.com/jonasmunk

Paul in Santa Cruz, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 04:59 (seventeen years ago)

Efdemin- Carry on- pretend we are not in the room

Vision, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 23:41 (seventeen years ago)

Helios - Caesura
Johan Agebjorn - Mossebo

That James Yorkston I thought had been out a while? I have it anyway (and bought it from a store :)

Treblekicker, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 23:44 (seventeen years ago)


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