Celesbians' Top Albums of 2008

Yaaay for the Melissa Ferrick Goodbye Youth mention...I was hoping it would be in the 2008 music list but nope....at least its mentioned somewhere though! wooo

k im done. 

I'm totally echoeing Sarah Bettens on this one :D That Indigo Girls album is awesome :D 

You didn't even take your clothes of, yet you've never looked more naked.

hmm why am I now surprised Sara picked Rearrange Beds???

I LOVE An Horse's album and if a full release hadn't finally come out the EP is amazing enough to be on my top list with the mere 5 tracks!!

Wow I'm really gonna have to take a listen to Ra Ra Riot! cause T&S can't stop talking about it....and now Jen Alva's all over it? Crazy

Also gotta check out Amanda Palmer cause I'm pretty much a loser for not having done that already anyway

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"I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it’s in my heart and in my soul."-Sara Quin

I'm probably leaning towards dubbing Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes) and Third (Portishead) as my top two albums of the year, but definitely had some of these albums on my Best Of list.

I'd certainly put T.I.'s Paper Trail and Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III as my top two hip-hop albums of the year. What really puts Paper Trail on top for me was "Swagger Like Us," which is, by far, my absolute favorite single of the entire year. I mean, Kanye samples M.I.A. and T.I. brings together an all-star line-up of Ye, Weezy and Jay-Z?! So dope. And, yeah, I guess "anything with Rihanna guesting is my kind of jam" (Sara Quin, ftw!).

Kim Stolz totally nailed her analysis of  Tha Carter III. While I wish Wayne would be a little more deliberate in his rhymes, there's little doubt that he's the hottest commodity in music right now and, quite possibly, the greatest rapper alive. 

I probably would've given The Cool Kids' EP more consideration on my Best Of list, but most of those tracks have been circulating for a year or more. 

In a non-hip-hop aside, I've gotta admit, I didn't like Common Reaction nearly as much as everyone else seemed to....I keep wondering what I'm missing. 

"This is my morning tea music. Sometimes I imagine myself stretching or lounging in a beam of sunlight, but generally just stare in horror in my e-mail inbox and swill coffee down my throat."

Oh Sara.

 :) 

Plus, yay for An Horse love!  They're the sweetest band I've ever met! 

i love getting to know knew bands - yeah! and by so many amazing musicians which I adore anyways. I will definitely check out Ra Ra Riot, NNCK, and Jason Webley (when Amanda Palmer says so ...).

Rachel Yamagatas voice is amazing, I love her live version of "Be be your love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i35RTgP1GCo

There are some good female Chinese bands - check them out:

Ourself beside me http://www.myspace.com/ourselfbesideme

Girl Kill Girl http://wiki.rockinchina.com/index.php?title=Girl_Kill_Girl

and these have female members (isn't a female drummer the hottest?!) http://carsickcars.com/

http://www.myspace.cn/guailiguaili

I have to say i'm totally impressed that she likes Glasvegas, I LOVE them, and their album is fantasttic!!

Kudos to Michelle Paradise!!

I can't believe Michelle Paradise likes Glasvegas! I didn't even think anyone in the states has heard of Glasvegas and could even understand what they are saying! I'm from Glasgow and even I get confused about what they say half the time and I speak the way they speak!

I was perusing this list and was thrilled when I came upon the selections of Kelly Harris of Von Iva, as I was hoping that someone would list the terrific debut album of She & Him among their favorites... Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward together are a duo to be reckoned with. Their collaboration is definitely one of the reasons that they made my own list of best albums of the year.

Overall, I enjoyed this list (as I also enjoyed Trish Bendix's music "year in review")... as it allowed me to find some artists that I was not so familiar with.  It's also always quite interesting to read what other artists (be they singers, songwriters, actors, etc.) find interesting.

(Self Appointed) "#1 Bridget McManus Fan"

passion pit and antony and the johnsons chosen by rachael cantu?? LOVE it. three of my favorite artists, actually.

check out passion pit's sleepyhead: http://rightmindleftcoast.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/the-wrap-up/
incredible.

oh, and rachael guesting on limbek's Ohio on Some Steps? brilliant.

I feel so mainstream after reading this article. Honestly, I’ve only heard of 4 artists off this list, T.I., Lil Wayne, Rachel Yamagata, and Uh Huh Her. I think I’ll be doing some googling when I get home from work tonight! 

I know we aren't celesbians, but I’m curious what your top 5 choices of 2008 are? I added an additional section for songs only simply because I tend to be a picky person. I may or may not like an entire album or I simply just like one song from that genre. 

My Top 5 Albums of 2008:

1) Anberlin – New Surrender

2) Kerli – Love Is Dead

3) Josh Hoge- Everything She Was

4) Idina Menzel – I Stand

5) Joey + Rory – The Life of a Song

My Top 5 Songs of 2008:

1) Snow Patrol – Sunlight through the Flags (# 2of 3 songs hidden in the last track The Lightning Strike)

2) Jason Mraz – A Beautiful Mess

3) Chris Brown – Superhuman

4) Kevin Rudolf – Let It Rock

5) t.A.T.u. – Ne Zhaley (Don’t Be Regretful)

Allthough the Swedes like to brag and say she's Swedish, she's actually from Molde, Norway ;-) Check out her MySpace-page.

Great list, with both old favourites and new hot tips! 2008-albums also worth checking out:

Elbow (a thousand times better than Coldplay, in my honest opinion) - The Seldom Seen Kid

Estelle - Shine (and of course Jazmine Sullivan, as mentioned in the article)

I'm from Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? (fun Swedish indie-pop)

Lykke Li - Youth Novel (another Swede, great mix of vulnerability and catchy beats)

Marit Larsen - The Chase (Norway's absolute favourite singer/songwrite)

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (impressing, yet again)

Jamie Lidell - Jim (fantastic in concert, check him out if you can!)

Lizz Wright - The Orchard (amazing voice, amazing in concert!)

Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain (that voice..those lyrics..'nuff said..)

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (intricate, intriguing and irresistible)

I have to admit I lost a bit of respect for Coldplay and their new Cd after the accusation of copying the Satriani song. And the name of the cd.. don't like it either. Ow well..

Aside from She and Him, Anthony and the Johnsons, Rachel Yamagata and Uh uh her (because of AfterEllen), I didn't know any of those artists! =O

As for my top 3 (2008):

1. In Rainbows (Radiohead)

2. Third (Portishead)

3. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Sigur Rós)

 Sarah Bettens and Sara Quinn, LOVE!!!!!

It's pretty hard for me to chose a favorite song, because I like them all.

You'll have to excuse me... I believe that everything on my list is from 2008, however one never knows for sure if iTunes has all the correct info. on their releases. That being said, here are some of my most listened to items of 2008:

ALBUMS 

ADELE                               19

Flight of the Conchords      Flight of the Conchords

Kings of Leon                     Only By the Night

Vampire Weekend              Vampire Weekend

Amos Lee                          Last Days at the Lodge

Bon Iver                            For Emma, Forever Ago

Jenny Lewis                       Acid Tongue

She & Him                         Volume One 

Joshua Radin                      Simple Times 

Sia                                     Some People Have Real Problems 

SONGS 

American Boy (Feat. Kanye West)       Estelle

Sex on Fire                                         Kings of Leon

Twenty Years                                      Augustana

Birthday                                             The Bird & The Bee

Shine                                                 Anna Nalick

It's Alright                                          Dar Williams

Mercy                                                 Duffy

Little Toy Gun                                     Honeyhoney

16 Days                                              Whiskeytown

Pot Kettle Black                                   Tilly & the Wall

Oxford Comma                                    Vampire Weekend

I'm Good I'm Gone & Little Bit             Lykke Li

If You Stay                                          Heidi Talbot

That's Not My Name                            The Ting Tings 

and even though it appears to be a 2007 song, I've played this song over and over in 2008, so...

This Is The Life                                    Amy MacDonald 

(Self Appointed) "#1 Bridget McManus Fan"