Best Records of 2008

I’ve seen the prints are already putting out their Best Record of 2008 lists. So, sorting the iTunes library of this year’s release let me take a quick stab at my own:

The Nightwatchman – The Fabled City
Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
Razorlight – Slipway Fires
Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
Secret Machines – Secret Machines
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
The Verve – Forth
Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static
David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Happens Today
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid

No order to the list above; that was a bit tough to even consider. I may get questions about Radiohead or Portishead’s 2008 releases, but honestly they didn’t have tracks I loved 100% through the records.

Noteworthy mentions:

Margot & The Nuclear So-So’s – Not Animal
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
The Mars Volta – Bedlam in Goliath
Panic At The Disco – Pretty Odd
M83 – School = Youth
The Herbaliser – Same As It Never Was
The Kooks – Konk
Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
TV On The Radio – Dear Science

It really was a great year in music.