Q's Top 50 Albums of 2008

[ADG]

Q Magazine announced their 50 best albums of the year today.

1. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night

2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

5. Glasvegas - Glasvegas

6. Duffy - Rockferry

7. TV On The Radio - Dear Science

8. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

9. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

11. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust

12. Keane - Perfect Symmetry

13. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

14. Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads

15. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

16. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

17. Adele - 19

18. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

19. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

20. The Gaslight Anthem - The ’59 Sound

21. Razorlight - Slipway Fires

22. The Killers - Day and Age

23. Beck - Modern Guilt

24. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement

25. Metallica - Death Magnetic

26. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

27. Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark

28. Paul Weller - Dreams

29. AC/DC - Black Ice

30. Portishead - Third

31. Black Mountain - In The Future

32. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

33. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

34. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

35. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

36. R.E.M. - Accelerate

37. Lykke Li - Youth Novels

38. John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom

39. Santogold - Santogold

40. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

41. Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws

42. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning

43. Joan As Police Woman - To Survive

44. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic

45. Jack Johnson Sleep Through Static

46. The Verve - Forth

47. Randy Newman - Harps And Angels

48. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

49. Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be

50. Dido – Safe Trip Home

There's some albums on there I've not had a chance to listen to yet like Dido (which I probably won't listen to to be honest) and R.E.M (which I've just not got round to yet). Although having Coldplay, Duffy and Vampire Weekend in the top 10 I don't like. Viva la Vida was okay, Vampire Weekend catchy but not the best. Duffy I detest.

So yeah, discuss.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Should be higher: Oasis, R.E.M., AC/DC

Should be lower: Kaiser Chiefs, John Mellencamp, Coldplay

WTF: Neil Diamond?!?

No comment on the rest.

Edited November 26, 2008 by Mr. Potato Head

[METALMAN]

1. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night - great band. worst album. Should never be number 1.

2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes - never heard. maybe I should

3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - fuck off Q. They'd suck off Chris Martin given the chance.

4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - alright. not top 10

5. Glasvegas - Glasvegas - alright. not top 10

6. Duffy - Rockferry - no 5? doubt it.

7. TV On The Radio - Dear Science - alright. not top 10

8. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - maybe top 20

9. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely - I wish it was good. It is shit.

10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - yay!

11. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust - very good

12. Keane - Perfect Symmetry - alright. not top 20

13. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - should be higher. very good album

14. Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads - not heard. probably shit

15. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III - probably shit

16. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark - nah

17. Adele - 19 - fatty

18. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? - is that 2008? seems ages ago. decent enough though.

19. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree - em...

20. The Gaslight Anthem - The ’59 Sound - should be higher

21. Razorlight - Slipway Fires - fuck off. to think razorlight used to be good

22. The Killers - Day and Age - haven't heard. probably should.

23. Beck - Modern Guilt - okay

24. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement - fair enough I suppose. it grew on me

25. Metallica - Death Magnetic - haven't heard

26. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst - excellent album. should be higher

27. Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark - probably shit

28. Paul Weller - Dreams - not heard

29. AC/DC - Black Ice - not heard

30. Portishead - Third - good

31. Black Mountain - In The Future - who?

32. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul - probably shit

33. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair - quite good

34. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - who?

35. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - probably good

36. R.E.M. - Accelerate - not bad

37. Lykke Li - Youth Novels - good

38. John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom - what?

39. Santogold - Santogold - seems okay

40. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges - who?

41. Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws - who?

42. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning - who?

43. Joan As Police Woman - To Survive - who?

44. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic - quite good.

45. Jack Johnson Sleep Through Static - probably not very good

46. The Verve - Forth - urgh. I hate the verve

47. Randy Newman - Harps And Angels - who?

48. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue - I like jenny lewis. not heard though.

49. Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be - lol

50. Dido – Safe Trip Home - probably shit

Where is Cardinology? And several others I like?

[lari]

I haven't heard any of those albums. But I've heard lots of 2008 releases and bought at least a dozen on CD.

Is my taste in music really that marginal?

[SwantonEdge]

Damn, I was gunna come in bitching about this stupid list, but then I saw this:

42. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning

...and all is forgiven.

Liam Finn is a New Zealand Multi-Instrumentalist (and I mean that, he plays something like 250 instruments). He's the son of Neil Finn who you might know from Split Enz or Crowded House. He's brilliant, but pretty unheard of.

Here's a clip, check him out.

Here

Anyways, Kings of Leon, Coldplay and AC/DC seem to have been ranked on sales figures, because they are definitely not top 50 albums.

[ROC]

Yay, overrated Coldplay! Fuck off. That Keane record was also seriously shit. I don't care if it was a different move for the bad, I hated it. Though, I quite liked Joan as Policewoman and stuff like Portishead.

[TheRossWalker]

GASLIGHT

Should be higher.

Also, this list has reminded me that I need to go download new Jenny Lewis, two/three months late.

[Skummy]

Of the ones I've heard, the only decent ones are Duffy, Nick Cave, Sigur Ros, Portishead, Black Mountain, Hercules & Love Affair, Bon Iver and Lykke Li.

Not sure if they'd be in my top 5, though...Portishead, maybe, and Nick Cave and Lykke Li at a push. Most of that list is gash or there because it was a "big" release rather than a good one, but Q hasn't been relevant for a great many years - certainly not since they labelled The White Stripes as a "hot new act" about six months after White Blood Cells had come out, and probably for a fair while before that. Does anyone still read it? It's worse than fucking Uncut and Mojo.

[Mr Evil Guy]

What a fine mix of shit and goodness.

[Sousa]

Randy Newman should've won.

[NobBe Nobbs]

1. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night

25. Metallica - Death Magnetic

Wroooooooooooooong. Kings of Leon might be fantastic, but Metallica is Metallica.

[New Damage]

Hasn't The Killers' new album been out all of what? 3 days?

Just sayin' is all. I'm still deciding if I like Chinese Democracy in that time.

Edited November 27, 2008 by TheModernWay

[Steeb]

In all honesty, that's one of the least-arguable lists I've seen so far. It has a lot of great stuff on, regardless of its placement, and their number one is my second favourite of the year, so I can agree with that too.

[ZJ Penn]

What are the Kaiser Chiefs doing to get such high places on all these lists and all the air time their singles receive? They're absolute crap and the fact that they finished above half these albums is absurd.

The mind boggles. It really does.

[ROC]

What are the Kaiser Chiefs doing to get such high places on all these lists and all the air time their singles receive? They're absolute crap and the fact that they finished above half these albums is absurd.

The mind boggles. It really does.

Easy, cause successful British acts that get produced by other successful British producers clearly are record of the year contenders.

And I like Ronson's stuff.

[MalaCloudy Black]

1. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night

25. Metallica - Death Magnetic

Wroooooooooooooong. Kings of Leon might be fantastic, but Metallica is Metallica.

And Death Magnetic, while good on the first few listens, becomes increasingly more average and dull with each other listen. I've never listened to Kings of Leon, but "Metallica is Metallica" is bad reasoning. Bad!

.. I don't really know who the fuck 3/4th of these bands are, but Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds breaking top ten (though barely)? I approve.

[ROC]

More average and dull than a band that proclaims that "your sex is on fire"? That's cool like roughly twice. >_>

[Steeb]

You're just jealous because your sex is ice cold. >_>

[ROC]

You're just jealous because your sex is ice cold. >_>

My sex doesn't exist. (Yeah, I said it.)

[Original_Prankster]

This lacks Shinedown and 3 Doors Down..

But it is Q so i can't argue about the matter..