The best albums of 2008

2008 has been a great year for music. All kinds of music, as you will see by my very eclectic top 20 list below! If you are interested in hearing or buying the albums below, click the CD image for the amazon link(shameless, I know!).


1 Santogold - Santogold


2 Portishead - Third


3 Costanza - Sonic Diary


4 Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I Got Feelings Too


5 Joan as Police Woman - To Survive


6 Flaming Lips - Christmas on Mars


7 Deerhunter - Microcastle


8 Bloc Party - Intimacy


9 Muscles - Guns, Babes, Lemonade


10 The Kills - Midnight Boom


11 Hot Chip - Made in the Dark


12 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours


13 My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth


14 Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off


15 Sia - Some People Have Real Problems


16 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles


17 Loose Salute - Tuned to Love


18 Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir


19 Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords


20 Ava Leigh - Rollin' (this got pushed back to 2009 but my 2008 copy still rules!)






I have reviewed a lot of these CDs this year and the reviews can be found here and on Culture Deluxe.

Now go over to Culture Deluxe to see our group list of the top 100 of 2008!!

A new mix will be up by the end of the weekend, just FYI!!

Cheers!