First one I've seen is this one

http://drownedinsound.com/news/4135763

Rough Trade have announced their top 50 albums of the year and have teamed up with Drowned in Sound to find out what 'The People' think the best record of their top 50 is.

Vote (for three) here: http://drownedinsound.com/rt50

A Land For Renegades Zombie Zombie
A Larum Johnny Flynn
Aerial 2562
Alegranza el Guincho
Alight of Night Crystal Stilts
Antidotes Foals
Baltic Fleet Baltic Fleet
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
Dear Science TV On The Radio
Diary of An Afro Warrior Benga
Directions To See A Ghost The Black Angels
Disastro Sonny J
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Brian Eno & David Byrne
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
For Emma, Forever Ago Bon Iver
Friendly Fires Friendly Fires
Glory Hope Mountain The Acorn
Hercules & Love Affair Hercules & Love Affair
Home Peter Broderick
In Ear Park Department Of Eagles
Ladyhawke Ladyhawke
Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel Atlas Sound
Little Death Pete and the Pirates
London Zoo The Bug
Meanderthal Torche
Mountain Battles The Breeders
Nights Out Metronomy
Only By Night Kings of Leon
Oracular Spectacular MGMT
Replica Sun Machine The Shortwave Set
Rook Shearwater
Saint Dymphna Gang Gang Dance
Santogold Santogold
Shall Noise Upon Apollo Sunshine
Skeletal Lamping Of Montreal
Songs In A & E Spiritualized
Stay Positive The Hold Steady
Street Horrrsing Fuck Buttons
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets
The Bees Made Honey in the Lions Skull Earth
The Holy Pictures David Holmes
The Silence of Love Headless Heroes
Third Portishead
Try Fly Blue Sky The Heart Strings
Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Venus on Earth Dengue Fever
Visiter The Dodos
Vivian Girls Vivian Girls
Workout Holiday White Denim
Youth Novels Lykke Li

the only one on there in my top 10 is BON IVER....bad start

Meh, it's a list by British Indie record label, it's unlikely to chime with the lists of many on here.

Bon Iver is 2007 anyway.

eh, I actually like quite a few of those. TVOTR and Shearwater in particular.

17 of those will likely be on my 50.

Not a fan of that list. But seeing as I'm me, I won't be a fan of many lists.

These. I enjoyed these albums. Not sure if they will all make my end of the year list, but these will definitely be considered. Not a band list. I hadn't listened to a bunch of the albums they mentioned though.

Seems weird that it has a lot of average American stuff (Of Montreal, Kings of Leon, The Dodos, Vampire Weekend) but misses some of the best UK stuff (Elbow, The Week That Was, Frightened Rabbit, Laura Marling, Glasvegas) are they on the wrong label?

Amazon's "list" is up: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=...mp;pf_rd_i=5174

Amazon's top five is out of control.

1. Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
2. Santogold - Santagold
3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
4. Al Green - Lay It Down
5. Adele - 19

A very unexpected, unpredictable list. I like it.

How does Saturdays=Youth not make it on there?

According to Amazon, Scarlett Johansson's album is the 91st best album of the year. Truer words have never been spoken.

Add James to the list of British misses. Have you heard this, Mitchell?

Good to see someone not overrating it...it certainly is on the SOMB.

I have, a welcome surprise.

The Rough Trade list always good for surprises but at the inclusion of other worthy albums no doubt.




I imagine that top 3 isn't out of it's reach, top 5 no doubt.

It's nowhere close to as good as their previous two albums.

As for James, I can't understand how these guys fly so far under the SOMB radar. You'd think they'd earned at least a passing interest with one of the single greatest pop-rock songs of the last 20 years.
This new record has another handful of gems. "Waterfall" would be ubiquitous were it the new Coldplay single.

Paste Magazine

25. Mugison
Mugiboogie

24. Santogold and Diplo
Top Ranking

23. Mates of State
Re-Arrange Us

22. No Age
Nouns

21. The Raveonettes
Lust Lust Lust

20. Hot Chip
Made In The Dark

19. Gentleman Jesse And His Men
Introducing Gentleman Jessee And His Men

18. Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs

17. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Lie Down In The Light

16. My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges

15. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

14. Langhorne Slim
Langhorne Slim

13. Ida Maria
Fortress Round My Heart

12. Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping

11. The Hold Steady
Stay Positive

10. Deerhunter
Microcastle

09. Lucinda Williams
Little Honey

08. Sun Kil Moon
April

07. Girl Talk
Feed The Animals

06. Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes

05. Okkervil River
The Stand

04. Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever

03. Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend

02. Siguor Ros
Med sud I eyrum vid spllum endalaust

01. She & Him
Volume One

that is a list so nuts that it could pass for a somb eoy list. if only it had some genghis tron or nachtmystium.

Top 10 signs that your magazine's top 10 list is an attempt at branding rather than an honest evaluation of the music:
1) You rate "Feed the Animals" 85 spots higher than you rated "Night Ripper" (http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/01/pastes-top-100-albums-of-2006.html)

eh, with the exception of Girl Talk it seems about right for a Paste list. I mean, who else would put She & Him at #1?

The same folks who put M. Ward at #1.

touche.

Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I don't remember anyone being all that stoked on that album here.

Hey, that was us!

I like the She & Him alot but it seems a bit too inconsequential to be at #1.

wow, that's even a bit of a stretch for an M. Ward fanboy such as myself.

that album won't be higher than top 15-20 for me

It's funny, when I pulled the trigger on that last post I edited out your name and substituted the M. Ward joke.

that's their critics' picks? not a fan vote, right? weird. no sam phillips? bastards. pub's gone WAY downhill in the past coupla years.

Blender

1. Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter III
2. Girl Talk, Feed The Animals
3. TV On The Radio, Dear Science
4. Metallica, Death Magnetic
5. Hot Chip, Made In The Dark
6. Robyn
7. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
8. Randy Newman, Harps & Angels
9. Vampire Weekend
10. Fall Out Boy, Folie A Deux
11. Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
12. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
13. Al Green, Lay It Down
14. Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue
15. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
16. Be Your Own Pet, Get Awkward
17. Conor Oberst
18. Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
19. Katy Perry, One Of The Boys
20. Wale, Mixtape About Nothing
21. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part I: Fourth World War
22. Coldplay, Viva La Vida
23. The Cool Kids, Bake Sale
24. The Roots, Rising Down
25. Santogold
26. Usher, Here I Stand
27. Mariah Carey, E=MC2
28. Stephen Malkmus, Real Emotional Trash
29. Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It
30. Young Jeezy, The Recession
31. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
32. Taylor Swift, Fearless
33. Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind

potential album of the year '09 of his coming out on Feb 17th

Typical horrid Blender list.

Nice list.

Ha...it would appear Mitch and I have diverging tastes.

The good stuff on there is fairly obvious but Girl Talk, Metallica, A Robyn album from One Million BC, Fall Out Boy, Death Cab For Cutie, Evil Bleedin' Urges, Jenny Lewis, Be Your Own Pet, Conor Oberst, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Santogold, Usher and Mariah Carey ALL IN THE TOP 30!!!

Yuck.

Up from #13 for Night Ripper (http://soundbites.typepad.com/soundbites/2006/12/best_of_2006_bl.html)

Seriously, does anyone think this is a better album than Night Ripper, or is it just that Girl Talk is more popular now?

Also,



This could be the second Top 10 sign...I think a lot of people decided this would be in their top 10 before they heard it. It's a good album, and has some great moments, but it's way too watered down to be a number one, and it isn't his best work. Putting this album top 3 is branding pure and simple (EDIT: But I'm sure that won't stop Pitchfork).

Lastly, these aren't even remotely reasonable:

That BYOP album sucked.

yeah, the Blender list is, as expected, more or less a frat house playlist.

I do.

it could be that 2008 is just a weaker playing field.
i think so.

Yeah, as I said when the Girl Talk came out. It's a real blast at first but wears thin as it's a bit too novelty.
And you're right about FOB. DCFC, Katy Perry, Usher, and Mariah Carey. My mind must have simply ignored seeing them.

As for the Jenny Lewis....it'll be higher on mine.

Full Paste list

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008...best-music.html

50. TV On The Radio - Dear Science [Interscope]
49. Sandra McCracken - Red Balloon [Towhee]
48. REM - Accelerate [Warner Bros.]
47. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim [Astralwerks]
46. Lykke Li - Youth Novels [LL]
45. M83 - Saturdays = Youth [Mute]
44. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers [Zoë]
43. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer [Roadrunner]
42. Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings & All [Kill Rock Stars]
41. The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave [Gravitation]
40. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords [Sub Pop]
39. The Dodos - Visiter [Frenchkiss]
38. Jamie Lidell - Jim [Warp]
37. Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit - A Larum [Lost Highway]
36. The Bridges - Limits of the Sky [Verve]
35. Colour Revolt - Plunder, Beg and Curse [Fat Possum]
34. Torche - Meanderthal [Hydra Head]
33. Santogold - Santogold [Downtown]
32. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea [Drag City]
31. The Walkmen - You & Me [Gigantic]
30. I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? [Mute]
29. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III [Cash Money/Universal]
28. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [Columbia]
27. Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning [Yep Roc]
26. Lee Ann Womack - Call Me Crazy [MCA Nashville]
25. Mugison - Mugiboogie [Ipecac]
24. Santogold and Diplo - Top Ranking
 [Mad Decent]
23. Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us [Barsuk]
22. No Age - Nouns [Sub Pop]
21. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust [Vice]
20. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark [Astralwerks]
19. Gentleman Jesse and His Men - Introducing Gentleman Jesse and His Men [Douchemaster]
18. Death Cab
 for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
 [Atlantic]
17. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Lie Down In The Light [Drag City]
16. My Morning Jacket
 - Evil Urges [ATO]
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! [Mute]
14. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim [Kemado]
13. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart [Waterfall/RCA Label Group]
12. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping [Polyvinyl]
11. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive [Vagrant]
10. Deerhunter - Microcastle [Kranky]
9. Lucinda Williams - Little Honey [Lost Highway]
8. Sun Kil Moon - April [Caldo Verde]
7. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals [Illegal Art]
6. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes [Sub Pop]
5. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins [Jagjaguwar]
4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [Jagjaguwar]
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [XL]
2. Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust [XL]
1. She & Him - Volume One

Bold #1- I like the pick. Will be top 15 for me. Best of all is the Sigur Ros spot. Will be way too low on SOMB.
Good to see M83 about where it belongs.
Surprised they had no love for the new Brian Wilson. It's not quiteon par with Smile, but still an impressive album in most respects.

Rough Trade List, in their order.

01. BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago
02. FLEET FOXES Fleet Foxes
03. VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend
04. WHITE DENIM Workout Holiday
05. METRONOMY Nights Out
06. EL GUINCHO Algranza
07. BENGA Diary Of An Afro Warrior
08. ZOMBIE ZOMBIE A Land For Renegades
09. VIVIAN GIRLS Vivian Girls
10. LADYHAWKE Ladyhawke
11. TVOTR - Dear Science
12. Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
13. Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
14. Hold Steady - Stay Positive
15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
16. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
17. Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
18. Santogold - Santogold
19. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
20. Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon
21. Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
22. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
23. Peter Broderick - Home
24. Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night
25. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
26. Spiritualized - Songs In A and E
27. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
28. Dodos - Visiter
29. Baltic Fleet - Baltic Fleet
30. David Holmes - Holy Pictures
31. Bug - London Zoo
32. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth
33. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
34. 2562 - Aerial
35. The Heart Strings - Try Fly Blue Sky
36. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
37. Byrne and Eno - Eveything That Happens Will Happen Today
38. Headless Heroes - The Silence Of Love
39. Breeders - Mountain Battles
40. Johnny Flynn - A Larum
41. Portishead - Third
42. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
43. Pete And The Pirates - Little Death
44. Torche - Meanderthal
45. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
46. Shearwater - Rook
47. Foals - Antidotes
48. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of Understatement
49. Sonny J - Disastro
50. Shortwave Set - Replica Sun Machine

That Rough-Trade list has all the token 2008 releases which indie journalists feel the need to include. Torche, Earth, 2562, Fuck Bottons and Bug being the most obvious ones. Honestly, I would respect a list more if they just stuck to their guns.

I don't know who 2562 is.

I know it's in association with Drowned in Sound this year but previous years have looked so much more rough and tumble. The top 3 are fine records but ugh to them being the top three of RTs list.

don't know what frats you are familiar with. i mean, can you see a bunch of hetero date-rapists jamming out to of montreal and ponytail? remember that this might pass as a mainstream list within our contexts, but in terms of the outside world, that's a pretty progressive list. i mean, people buy way more nickelback records than they do tvotr records.

You clearly suck.

Quite true Brobee.
I just put together my end of the year mix CD which I give to a bunch of people. Most of these people are around my age and certainly not as invested in new music as myself. The set list would look very pedestrian to other Sombies.

I'm not saying they are all bad records, just an awful lot of not really really records to have.

I would expect as much from such a terrible publication anyway.

To be honest, that was mainly about the BYOP presence. (And I know you don't like them anyway, so it's not like I'm surprised ) I have never heard the majority of those albums, nor will I.

i don't get journalists love of the new Of Montreal, Girl Talk or Hot Chip discs. One of them is a clusterfuck if sound that is just atrocious, one of them is one of the most underwhelming discs I've heard in a long time, and one is Girl Talk.


Somebody please explain these to me......