The Results of the Best Album of 2008 Thus Far! And the winner is....
No one...
Not kidding. No one wins. Some might lose, but no one wins.
Or, well, perhaps two win, it depends on how you look.
We have a TIE people!
Well, we have more, but also the two albums in first place! Tight race it was.
So, here they are, the top 10! The rest I will post in the comments section.
Thanks to anyone who voted! Much appreciated. And big props to Dale for doing this last year, because I can tell you, it's pretty hard work this is! (Well, if you're smart and use some sort of calculating program instead of Word it probably is a lot less manual labour...)
10. The Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely Hearts - 28 points
9. Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid- 30 points
8.- A Three Way Tie!
Coldplay- Viva La Vida- 31 points
The Kills- Midnight Boom- 31 Points
Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend- 31 points
7. Foals- Antidotes- 32 points
6. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes- 33 points
5. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges - 34 points
4. Gutter Twins- Saturnalia- 36 points
3. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular- 41 points
2. Death Cab For Cutie- Narrow Stairs- 42 points
And the winners are....
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!- 58 pts
Portishead- Third- 58 points
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Well, damn, the picture resizing on this site clearly doesn't work... I typed in 200x200 for every of those things!
Anyway, sorry about that.
11.
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours - 26
12.
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid - 25
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster… - 25
Ladytron - Velocifero - 25
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree - 25
13.
Lykke Li - A Little Bit EP - 23
Bon Iver -For Emma, Forever Go - 23
14.
Sigur Ros - Sigur Ros -22
Santogold -Santogold -22
15.
The Whip - X Marks Destination - 21
M83 -Saturdays=Youth -21
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? - 21
16.
Various Artists -The Juno Soundtrack - 20
Eef Barzelay - Lose Big - 20
17.
Presidents of the USA -These Are the Good Times People -19
Murder By Death -Red of Tooth and Claw - 19
The Dodos -Visiter - 19
The Black Keys - Attack and Release - 19
18.
The Last Shadow Puppets- Age of the Understatement - 18
19.
The Ting Tings- We Started Nothing - 17
Russian Circles -Station -17
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch - 17
20.
Against Me! -New Wave -16
21.
Sons and Daughters -This Gift - 15
Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue - 15
Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creations Dark- 15
22.
The Roots - Rising Down -14
Madonna - Hard Candy - 14
23.
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer - 13
24.
She and Him - Volume 1 - 12
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV -12
25.
Republic Tigers - Republic Tigers - 11
Martha Wainwright - I Know You’re Married… -11
Man Man - Rabbit Habits - 11
The Duke Spirit - Neptune - 11
The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost - 11
26.
Why? - Alopecia - 10
Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - 10
Neon Neon - Stainless Steel - 10
Muse - HAARP - 10
Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains - 10
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion - 10
Laura Marley -Alas, I Cannot Swim- 10
Jason Anderson -The Hopeful and the Unafraid -10
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing - 10
Evangelicals-The Evening Descends- 10
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part 1; 4th World War -10
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - In The Limelight -10
Black Crowes -War Paint - 10
Al Green - Lay It Down -10
27.
Yelle - Pop Up -9
Sarah Slean -The Baroness - 9
Raveonettes -Lust, Lust, Lust- 9
Radiohead -In Rainbows - 9
Nick Freitas - Sun Down - 9
Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark -9
Moe - Sticks and Stones - 9
Mason Jennings - In The Ever - 9
Jet Black Crayon- In The Interim - 9
Frontier Ruckus - I Am The Water You Are Pumping -9
For Against - Shade Side, Sunny Side - 9
Ed Harcourt -The Beautiful Life - 9
Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia - 9
The Cool Kids - The Bakesale EP - 9
Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Baby -9
Aimee Mann - Smilers - 9
28.
System 7 - Phoenix - 8
Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - 8
Ruby Suns - Sea Lions - 8
Opeth - Watershed - 8
Nada Surf - Lucky - 8
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride -8
Mariah Carey - E=MC2- 8
Cat Power - Jukebox -8
Amosphere - When Life Gives You Melons - 8
29.
No Age - Nouns - 7
The Night Marchers - See You In Magic - 7
Nicole Atkins - Neptune City - 7
Matmos - Supreme Balloon -7
Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground - Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground - 7
Kasey Chambers and Nickelson - Rattlin’ Bones - 7
Islands - Arm’s Way- 7
Estelle - Shine - 7
City and Colour -Bring Me Your Love - 7
Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow, And Blue - 7
Booka Shade - Sun and the Neon Light - 7
Bell X1 - Flock -7
Barry Adamson - Back to the Cat -7
30.
Usher - Here I Stand -6
The Tallest Man On Earth -Shallow Graves -6
Sam Roberts Band -Love at the End of the World -6
Moby -Last Night - 6
Mexican Institute of Sound -Piñata -6
Madrugada -Madrugada - 6
The M’s - Real Close Ones -6
Jakob Dylan -Seeing Things -6
Howlin’ Rain - Magnificent Fields - 6
Flight of the Concords - Flight of the Concords - 6
The Dandy Warhols -Earth to the Dandy Warhols -6
Byzantine -Oblivion Looms - 6
The Breeders - Mountain Battles - 6
Black Mountain - In The Future - 6
31.
William F. Gibbs - My Fellow Sophisticates - 5
Times New Viking - Rip It Off -5
R.E.M. - Accelerate - 5
The Notwist - The Devil You And Me - 5
The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath - 5
The Long Blondes -Couples - 5
Lil Wayne - Tha Carty III - 5
Joe Higgs - Life of Contradiction - 5
Jamie Lidell -Jim - 5
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House -5
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight -5
Free From Funky Freqs- Urban Mythology Vol. 1 - 5
The Felice Brothers -The Felice Brothers - 5
Electric President - Sleep Well -5
The Counting Crows -Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings- 5
Clinic - Do It - 5
The Championship -Midnight Golden - 5
Carlene Carter - Stronger - 5
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward- 5
Bauhaus - Go Away White - 5
Amos Lee-Last Days at the Lodge - 5
32.
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals - 4
Port O’Brien-The Wind and the Swell - 4
Omar Rodriguez - Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward- 4
Mystery Jets - Twenty-One - 4
Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us - 4
Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner - 4
Disturbed - Indestructible - 4
Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse - 4
Blood Red Shoes - Box of Secrets - 4
33.
Tyler Ramsay - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea -3
Tilly and the Wall- O - 3
Subtle - Exiting ARM - 3
Scott Matthew - Scott Matthew - 3
Old 97’s - Blame It On Gravity -3
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark - 3
Danielia Cotton - Rare Child - 3
Cancer Bats- Hail Destroyer- 3
Chairlift - Evident Utensil -3
Bun B - II Thrill - 3
34.
White Rabbits - Fort Nightly 2
Torche - Meanderthal - 2
Stephen Malkmus a/t Jicks -Emotional Trash - 2
Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep - 2
Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro - 2
Protest The Hero -Fortress - 2
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead -2
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - 2
Emily Jane White -Undercoat - 2
Ellen Allien - Sool - 2
Duffy - Rock Ferry - 2
Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts - 2
The Charlatans -You Cross My Path - 2
The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain-2
35.
Weezer -Weezer - 1
Tokio Hotel - Scream - 1
The Tom Fun Orchestra- You Will Land With A Thud -1
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw - 1
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vol. III & IV - 1
Sun Kil Moon -April - 1
The Secret Shine - All Of The Stars - 1
Sam Phillips- Don’t Do Anything - 1
The Plastic Constellations - We Appreciate You - 1
Nerf Herder - IV - 1
Jason Collett - Here’s To Being Here - 1
The Hood Internet - The Hood Internet vs Chicago - 1
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - 1
Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind- 1
The Futurehead - This Is Not The World - 1
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent - 1
Chris Joss- Teraphonic Overdubs - 1
Beach House - Devotion- 1
Animal Collective - Water Curses - 1
Albert Hammond - Como te Llama - 1
Again, thanks to all!
Microsoft Access FTW, Stef! I can't believe you did this manually! Despite the efort therein, it's a great list, which should mean much shopping for weeks to come.
hey this is great & very interesting, thank you for putting in all the effort!
wow, that is quite a list. Thanks for all the work you put into it! I'm looking forward to investigating many of these albums soon :)
alot of meat on this sandwich, and how for only the first 1/2 of the year! I'm happy for Portishead. by the way SA, I never saw it coming...nice kill! I am digging the mix
I didn't participate (it was really too much work for ME to figure out my top 10, let alone compile a mass list...you rock) but I'm shocked how much impact you people have had on my music listening. Last year, I hadn't even heard of some of the bands in the top 20 or so. This year, I have listened and enjoyed so many of them already.
Thanks, everyone for the musical education. I personally think we have incredible taste in tunage. :)
Great effort in producing this...and judging from the stats 4 of my ten were unique picks...
Thanks so much for your compiling magic! I have lots to dig into now.
Cheers, SA! I never did have time to get my own top 10 list down (I'll definitely need to have a good think for end of year lists). Thanks, thanks, thanks!
REALLY, we are such a sad bunch of 'Indie' twats. (Says the man with 4 out of the top 5)
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Thanks for all your hard work....
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(...and I'm SO pleased The Whip came in 15th with 21 votes!)
Good god. That's some time you have on your hands. Good work. Did I miss Alison Kraus/Robert Plant "Raising Sand"? I didn't vote (I've only heard a couple 2008 albums), but I jsut heard it and it would go on my list.
very impressive sir, although I am laughing at the Atmosphere title you put down!
Damn, bummed out BSP didn't make the top 10. Maybe this year I'll actually be able to participate in Pazz & Jop and Jackin Pop to promote the Sea Power and MOG love.
Thanks for the kind words everyone! Again, thanks for participating.
Rawkkiddoh, yeah, that's what you get when you do stuf manually, you'll fuck up from time to time. :P
Dale, I'll try to remember that tip for next time. :) Word is no good, I can tell you that.
Amber, yeah, that's why I did the list. It really shows the influence of Mog. A lot of these bands I hadn't heard of before joining Mog, and a lot of these bands I hadn't heard of until this point.
Yeah Joxley, there were a lot of unique picks. When you have to type them in word manually you'll find out that much all right. :P
Contrabandwidth, be sure to put it on the end of the year list then, maybe others will join you. :)
Tynans, good luck with your BSP promotion. ;)
Neill, wow, 4 of the top 5, impressive!
Nice work, SA!
Thanks for you're hard work, great job. Glad that Portishead is tied in the top spot. And surprised Erykah Badu got as many points as she did!
You can find more 2008 lists right here:
http://www.beatking.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33511&st=20&gopid=170765&#entry170765
Excellent work, SA! I'm really, really excited to see that the lists were much more varied this year. You guys made me curious about several I haven't gotten to yet. Way to represent the full spectrum MOGGERS!
Super work. I'm going to check out Gutter Twins on the strength of that cover shot alone.
Thank you so much, Stefan! Greatly done!
Should I feel guilty...if I had voted Nick Cave he would be number 1....nawww, I can't afford emergency therapy sessions right now :)
Cheers to everybody that participated :)
PS Fluxy, the Gutter Twins album is a stellar one.
hey, let me know next time you're going to attempt this. i can code it out for you on excel and let the 'puter do all the work for you. i did something similar for my sociocultural anthropology thesis on naming children in the u.s. imagine collecting data on about 1000 children and coding it. i know the fast ways ;)
Stefan... superb - couldn't have done it my friend !!! Sorry took me so long to get to this... my home computer's been on the fritz & my work computer no longer allows me access (less I sneak on the walk up as I am so doing presently) !!!
hey fucker, can you delete the pictures from the albums your using my webpage for it!!
kind regard
Fedor
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