Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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)

2 comments:

impossible songs said...

Nice wee 100 list (I'm on the web at 22.48 on the 31st!), thanks for the good wishes, hope to see more of you guys in 2009, best wishes,

John & Ali

Cloudland Blue Quartet said...

Cheers John & Ali - got to bed at 2:15 - up at 6...

I am mad...