"Best Albums of 2008"
The best albums released in 2008.
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23.Gnaw Their TonguesAn Epiphanic Vomiting of BloodCrucial BlastMay 20, 2008 -
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My second-favorite comeback record of the year is probably the most beautiful that Portishead has ever written, and an amazing achievement in its own right. This is a grower. -
I didn't really "get" TV on the Radio's breakthrough album, Return To Cookie Mountain. This one I get. -
This album represents the fulfillment of the immense potential that guitarist/singer/songwriter Jon Pfeffer showed on his earlier releases. Dig underneath the jump-cut-crazy surface and you will find an album rich with detail, compositional craft and rich emotional resonance. -
Harvey Milk have been quietly awesome for years. Now with Joe Preston on bass, that bluesy heavy metal thunder in the distance got a bit louder. The weirdest, most delightful metal release of the year. Vocalist Creston Spiers is a bona fide badass. -
18 years into their illustrious career and Opeth are still progressing. Watershed fully lives up to its title. It's an important album for both Opeth and heavy metal in general. -
Obi Best songstress Alex Lilly has parallel universes of pop imagination inside her head, and she gives us glimpses into them on her debut album. -
Doom metal and traditional Japanese music? Oh hell yes. You can't imagine this pairing coming off any better, and thankfully you don't have to. -
4.Hour of the ShipwreckThe Hour Is Upon UsSelf-releasedOctober 28, 2008In which a shy, dreadlock'd Los Angeleno orchestrates one of the most creative, ambitious "rock" albums to emerge from the city in years. And he's got a full choir behind him.
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3.Gabriel KahaneGabriel KahaneWasted Storefront/Family RecordsSeptember 16, 2008Artists don't come much smarter or more sincere than Gabriel Kahane. Drawing equally from classical art songs, musical theater, 70s piano balladry and contemporary singer/songwriters, Kahane's eponymous debut feels at once sprawling and intensely personal. Much like the work of Sufjan Stevens, who guests on one track. -
This shouldn't have happened. A progressive metal band that hadn't recorded in 15 years shouldn't have been able to release an album of such beauty and power as Traced In Air. Cynic did it, with grace and power. This music has exists in hearts and minds for ages. Cynic were just waiting for the right time to bestow it upon us. -
Torche have a life-affirming live show. They also have an aisle-crossing humdinger of a second album in Meanderthal, which somehow brokers peace between rock radio and the metal underground. Transcendent. Heavy. Classic.
damn...many bands that i should listen to....your list caught my attention .. its very complete and balanced
congratulations