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Magazines starting to do their Best Albums of 2008 lists

charliepanayi [Edit] [Delete] 47 replies 13:53 November 25th, 2008

Q have put Kings Of Leon at No. 1 (kind of expected I guess)
Mojo have Fleet Foxes as their No. 1 (ditto, wouldn't be surprised to see Uncut do the same)

I think Fleet Foxes are going to be cropping up in a lot of top 10s.

The point of this post...er....anyone else seen these lists or any others yet? Thoughts?

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I've seen Paste and Spin's lists but they're both terrible. Paste had She & Him at number 1 and Dear Science at 50, and Spin's wasn't much better IIRC.

Servo | 25 Nov '08, 13:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
it's been a slow year if fleet foxes are topping these lists

too_black_too_strong | 25 Nov '08, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ps glasvegas will be number one on the nme list surely?
  
  too_black_too_strong @too_black_too_strong | 25 Nov '08, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Judging by the rule
    
    of 3 singles in the previous year's poll I'd have gone for Foals last December but Glasvegas seems the better bet now.
    
    MitchellStirling @too_black_too_strong | 25 Nov '08, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I think
    
    Kings of Leon might make No.1 on the NME list too - what did they give it when they reviewed it?
    
    charliepanayi @too_black_too_strong | 25 Nov '08, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - 7/10
      
      http://www.nme.com/reviews/kings-of-leon/9911
      
      MitchellStirling @charliepanayi | 25 Nov '08, 14:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
are these magazines out?

haribo7989 | 25 Nov '08, 14:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yes, I have wasted
  
  £3.90 on Q already today.
  
  MitchellStirling @haribo7989 | 25 Nov '08, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - fantastic
    
    i get them free at work
    
    haribo7989 @MitchellStirling | 25 Nov '08, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Are Q for real?

I'm not even anti-Kings of Leon but it's easily their worst album by a long way.

goldenstreams | 25 Nov '08, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Q would only ever give it to-
  
  Kings Of Leon
  Killers
  Razorlight
  Oasis
  Coldplay
  The Verve
  
  I'd say KOL deserve it the most from that list in 2008.
  
  David_R @goldenstreams | 25 Nov '08, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - thought it might have been coldplay
    
    too_black_too_strong @David_R | 25 Nov '08, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Q gave x&y FIVE STARS
      
      and the title of CLASSIC ALBUM
      
      too_black_too_strong @too_black_too_strong | 25 Nov '08, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm so bored of lists already

we all know its gona be full of bland indie as they are every year

jimitheexploder | 25 Nov '08, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- don't b such a snob
  
  haribo7989 @jimitheexploder | 25 Nov '08, 14:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - compiled lists are always watered down
    
    and a bit bland aint they, inderviduals ones are usualy just fine.
    
    I'm just sayin I find the stuff on the lists generic bland indie, from the ones I've seen so far. Fair play if other like it I'm not fussed about that just music innit
    
    jimitheexploder @haribo7989 | 25 Nov '08, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mojo

have The Week That Was top ten, which is cheering (and Fuck Buttons in the thirties. Mojo! Fuck Buttons!)

simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Uncut
  
  have got portishead as their number 1. I had forgotten that had even come out this year.
  
  likeherod @simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - thats every bit as daft as kings of leon at no.1
    
    in my humble opinion
    
    haribo7989 @likeherod | 25 Nov '08, 14:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - nah, Third is brilliant
      
      totally deserved, wouldn't be surprised to see it in p4ks top 3ish.
      
      DangerousSnails @haribo7989 | 25 Nov '08, 21:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Q have also got

Adele, Duffy and Dido in their top 50!
http://www.qthemusic.com/cgi-bin/50bestalbums/month.pl?id=2

bovinemammal | 25 Nov '08, 16:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Duffy is well worth a place
  
  Adele, however, is not.
  
  skybluesam @bovinemammal | 25 Nov '08, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kings of leon is far and away the biggest disappointment of the year......

Only a fucking rag like Q would congratulate a band for going from essential listening to bland, MOR shite!

Lo-Pan | 25 Nov '08, 17:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Surely by now people should know
  
  to not expect much from Q.
  
  charliepanayi @Lo-Pan | 25 Nov '08, 17:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah, haven't bought it in years but it still bugs me how fucking useless...
    
    they all are. That goes for nme as well.
    As thingsThatFly says uncut is good as is mojo.
    
    Lo-Pan @charliepanayi | 25 Nov '08, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
i'll be interested in uncuts

they are a surprisingly good magazine, there end of year booklists lead me to some of my favourite books

ThingsThatFly | 25 Nov '08, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Mojo list

1 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
3 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
4 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
5 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
6 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
7 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
8 The Week That Was - The Week That Was
9 The Bug - London Zoo
10 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
11 Portishead - Third
12 Don Cavalli - Cryland
13 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
14 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
15 Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You
16 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
17 Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
18 Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide
19 Beck - Modern Guilt
20 TV on the Radio - Dear Science
21 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
22 Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
23 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
24 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
25 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
26 Peter Broderick - Home
27 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
28 Neon Neon - Stainless Style
29 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
30 The Night Marchers - See You in Magic
31 Duffy - Rockferry
32 Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin’ and I Still Got Most of It Left
33 Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic
34 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
35 Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows
36 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
37 Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic
38 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
39 Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
40 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
41 The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
42 Juana Molina - Un Día
43 Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
44 Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance
45 Metallica - Death Magnetic
46 James Hunter - The Hard Way
47 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
48 AC/DC - Black Ice
49 The Neil Cowley Trio - Loud… Louder… Stop
50 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 17:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- All Hour Cymbals?
  
  Didn't that come out in 2007.
  
  domgourlay @simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It did
    
    I remember it being in Mojo's top albums of 2007.
    
    LOL @ Abe Vigoda at 39.
    
    grouchland @domgourlay | 25 Nov '08, 21:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- really nice to see The Bug so high and FlyLo near the end.
  
  29. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals didnt that come out last year?
  
  jimitheexploder @simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- that fucked up album is really good
  
  but ac/dc? come on
  
  too_black_too_strong @simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- no deerhunter???
  
  end of year lists are ok, for alerting you to stuff you might have ignored, or missed. but so many of them, just seem to be people putting all the albums they've heard in the year, into the order of how much they liked them.
  
  massivetortoise @simon_t | 25 Nov '08, 17:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - eh..that last sentence?
    
    haribo7989 @massivetortoise | 25 Nov '08, 21:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - hahahahah
      
      too_black_too_strong @haribo7989 | 25 Nov '08, 21:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - "so many of them, just seem to be people putting all the albums they've heard in the year, into the order of how much they liked them."
    
    You heard it here first
    
    DangerousSnails @massivetortoise | 25 Nov '08, 21:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - it's a definite contender
      
      for unintentionally hilarious post of the year
      
      haribo7989 @DangerousSnails | 25 Nov '08, 21:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - massive fucking LOL
    
    joeymahone @massivetortoise | 25 Nov '08, 21:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
What do we reckon DiS and P4k #1's will be?

My guess

DiS: Bon Iver
p4k: Deerhunter

DangerousSnails | 25 Nov '08, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I hope DiS isn't Bon Iver
  
  I don't think it will be, although it's not a bad album by any means.
  
  I think your right about p4k though.
  
  jimitheexploder @DangerousSnails | 25 Nov '08, 21:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - microcastles should win everything ever
    
    too_black_too_strong @jimitheexploder | 25 Nov '08, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah pretty much
      
      although I'm probibly going for Flying Lotus unless I'm aloud the Skull Disco compilation?
      
      jimitheexploder @too_black_too_strong | 25 Nov '08, 21:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
put down your keyboards crits and bloggos

here is the catch all, all purpose end of year list

1. Tasteful pastoral indie rock
2. Pretension masquerading as pop
3. Pseudo stadium
4. Penisless whimpering folk
5. Beard indie
6. Token rap/electronica
7. Band who had an alright album a few years ago
8. Squeally vocalled art rock
9. Woman you fancy, bland country lite
10. Any 2 of the above, mixed with the lightness of touch of a rapist

There you go, can we all stop making lists now?

douchebag | 25 Nov '08, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- lol 6
  
  too_black_too_strong @douchebag | 25 Nov '08, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That's not fair
  
  My list has squeally voiced art rock at 5.
  
  simon_t @douchebag | 25 Nov '08, 21:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  I got called prtentious for saying simular but in a less funny and unlisted way on this very thread :(
  
  jimitheexploder @douchebag | 25 Nov '08, 21:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Jimi, please
    
    don't start mentioning this all the time, like the time that Bloc Party person shouted at you.
    
    wecancreate @jimitheexploder | 25 Nov '08, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - heheh
      
      ok
      
      jimitheexploder @wecancreate | 25 Nov '08, 21:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

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