Top 100 Albums of 2008

In 2008, I bought/acquired over 350 albums...

Here's my top 100...

Released in 2008 (20)
Asia – Phoenix
James – Hey Ma
Udo Lindenberg – Stark Wie Zwei
Sparks – Exotic Creatures of the Night
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Uriah Heep – Wake the Sleeper
The Violet Archers – Sunshine at Night
Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider
No-Man – Schoolyard Ghosts
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Neal Morse – Lifeline
The Bad Plus –For All I Care
Girls Aloud – Out of Control
Justin Rutledge – Man Descending
Esbjorn Svensson Trio – Leucocyte
The Killers – Day and Age
Dido – Safe Trip Home
Sigur Ros – I Eyrum Vit Spilum Endalaust
David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling

Recent Albums (20)
LCD Sound System – Sound of Silver
Sam Baker – Pretty World
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
KD Lang – Hymns of the 49th Parallel
The Whitest Boy Alive – Dreams
Fripp & Eno – Beyond Even
Robert Fripp – At the End of Time
Neal Morse – Sola Scriptura
The Divine Comedy – Victory for the Common Muse
Secret Machines – Now Here is Nowhere
The National – Boxer
Sarah Harmer – You Were Here
City and Colour – Sometimes
Holy Fuck – LP
Pet Shop Boys – Disco 4
Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
Devics - Push the Heart
Ryan Adams – Cold Roses (2CD)
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Between Here and Gone

Reissues (10)
Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene
Wizzard – Wizzard Brew
Francoise Hardy – If You Listen
Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth (3CD)
Roy Wood – Boulders
Skids – Scared to Dance
Hawkwind – Hall of the Mountain Grill
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Fripp & Eno – No Pussyfooting
Fripp & Eno – Evening Star

Live Albums (5)
Sigur Ros – Heima (2CD)
Pet Shop Boys – Concrete (2CD)
Muse – HAARP (CD&DVD)
Rush – Snakes and Arrows Live (2CD)
King Crimson – Asbury Park 1974

Single Artist Compilations (10)
The Killers – Sawdust
Bob Dylan – Dylan (3CD)
Camel – Lunar Sea (2CD)
David Bowie – I Select
Mogwai – Government Commissions
Mercury Rev – Stillness Breathes (2CD)
Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (2CD)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – From the Beginning (5CD+DVD)
Shawn Colvin – Polaroids: Greatest Hits
Girls Aloud – The Sound of Girls Aloud

Various Artists Compilations (5)
Various Artists - Invictus Club Classics Vol 1
Various Artists - Invictus Club Classics Vol 2
Various Artists - Classic Trance Nation (3CD)
Various Artists - Velvet Goldmine OST
Various Artists - Canadian Blast

Jazz (20)
Jaco Pastorius – Word of Mouth
Acoustic Ladyland – Skinny Grin
John McLaughlin – Floating Point
Chad Wackerman – Legs Eleven
Terje Rypdal – Skywards
Kenny Werner – Lawn Chair Society
Metheny Mehldau – Quartet
Bobby Hutcherson – Happenings
Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil
Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue
Chick Corea – Now He Sings Now He Sobs
Grant Green – Sunday Morning
Joe Henderson – Inner Urge
Art Blakey – Mosaic
Jackie McLean – New Soil
Andrew Hill – Andrew!!!
The Bad Plus – Blunt Object Live in Tokyo
Miles Davis – Live in Europe
Miles Davis – Just Squeeze Me (10CD)
Wayne Shorter – Footprints: The Life and Music of (2CD)

Classical (10)
Cimarosa –Overtures
Faure – Complete Piano Music (4CD)
Heinichen – Dresden Concerti (2CD)
Hasse – Salve Regina
Vivaldi – Variations on la Folia
Locke – The Broken Consort
Couperin – Concerts Royeaux
J S Bach – Die Kunst der Fuge
Haydn – Complete Piano Sonatas (10CD)
Various Composers - Concerto Koln Box Set (6CD)