Amazon.com Top 100 of '08

2008-12-14 by Masochist | 23 Comments
These are the Amazon.com Editor's Picks for the best 100 albums of 2008 (and to save some time for a few of you, Cynic's "Traced In Air" is not on the list):

1. "Only By The Night" by Kings Of Leon
2. "Santogold" by Santogold
3. "Fleet Foxes" by Fleet Foxes
4. "Lay It Down" by Al Green
5. "19" by Adele
6. "Narrow Stairs" by Death Cab For Cutie
7. "Shine" by Estelle
8. "Trouble In Mind" by Hayes Carll
9. "Oracular Spectacular" by MGMT
10. "For Emma, Forever Ago" by Bon Iver
11. "To Survive" by Joan As Police Woman
12. "Accelerate" by R.E.M.
13. "A Larum" by Johnny Flynn
14. "Rockferry" by Duffy
15. "Moonbeams" by Throw Me The Statue
16. "Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust" by Sigur Ros
17. "Third" by Portishead
18. "Death Magnetic" by Metallica
19. "Volume One" by She & Him
20. "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
21. "Alas I Cannot Swim" by Laura Marling
22. "Paper Trail" by T.I.
23. "Modern Guilt" by Beck
24. "Saturdays = Youth" by M83
25. "Earfood" by Roy Hargrove
26. "Sounds So Good" by Ashton Shepherd
27. "One Kind Favor" by B.B. King
28. "Esperanza" by Esperanza
29. "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
30. "The Rhumb Line" by Ra Ra Riot
31. "We Brave Bee Stings and All" by Thao
32. "Dear Science" by TV On The Radio
33. "We Started Nothing" by The Ting Tings
34. "Distortion" by The Magnetic Fields
35. "The Stoop" by Little Jackie
36. "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" by Amanda Palmer
37. "Trouble In Dreams" by Destroyer
38. "City That Care Forgot" by Dr. John
39. "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" by The Helio Sequence
40. "Camping Shaâbi" by Think Of One
41. "Juno - Music From The Motion Picture" by Various Artists
42. "Droppin' Science Fiction" by The Mighty Underdogs
43. "Orange Blossoms" by JJ Grey & Mofro
44. "Donkey" by CSS
45. "One Of The Boys" by Katy Perry
46. "Consolers Of The Lonely" by The Raconteurs
47. "Carried To Dust" by Calexico
48. "Jim by Jamie" Lidell
49. "Mess Of Blues" by Jeff Healey
50. "Home" by Joshua Morrison
51. "Asking for Flowers" by Kathleen Edwards
52. "Receivers" by Parts and Labor
53. "Vivian Girls" by Vivian Girls
54. "Unfamiliar Faces" by Matt Costa
55. "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." by Jason Mraz
56. "The Dusty Foot Philosophy" by k'naan
57. "Snowflake Midnight" by Mercury Rev
58. "Bring Ya To The Brink" by Cyndi Lauper
59. "New York City" by Brazilian Girls
60. "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" by David Byrne and Brian Eno
61. "Flight Of The Conchords" by Flight Of The Conchords
62. "Lucky" by Nada Surf
63. "Lust Lust Lust" by The Raveonettes
64. "Break Your Arm For Evolution" by SSM
65. "Arena" by Todd Rundgren
66. "Lie Down In The Light" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
67. "Death Of The Revolution" by Quantic
68. "The Midnight Organ Fight" by Frightened Rabbit
69. "The Seldom Seen Kid" by Elbow
70. "Vámonos Pa'l RÃ*o" by Los Pikadientes De Caborca
71. "Cymbals" by Vinicius Cantuaria
72. "You & Me" by The Walkmen
73. "Charmed And Strange" by Yoav
74. "A Town And Two Cities" by Your Vegas
75. "In Ear Park" by Department Of Eagles
76. "The Odd Couple" by Gnarls Barkley
77. "Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8" by Bob Dylan
78. "Skin Deep" by Buddy Guy
79. "We Have You Surrounded" by The Dirtbombs
80. "Pretty. Odd." by Panic At The Disco
81. "Does You Inspire You" by Chairlift
82. "Saturnalia" by The Gutter Twins
83. "Divinidylle" by Vanessa Paradis
84. "Distance and Time" by Fink
85. "Un Dia" by Juana Molina
86. "Rook" by Shearwater
87. "Midnight Boom" by The Kills
88. "The Cole Porter Mix" by Patricia Barber
89. "Anywhere I Lay My Head" by Scarlett Johansson
90. "Ten Stones" by Wovenhand
91. "Yael Naïm" by Yael Naïm
92. "Do You Like Rock Music?" by British Sea Power
93. "The Hard Way" by James Hunter
94. "Acid Tongue" by Jenny Lewis
95. "Safari" by Jovanotti
96. "Cold Fact" by Rodriguez
97. "Mediocre" by Ximena Sarinana
98. "New Amerykah Part One (Fourth World War)" by Erykah Badu
99. "Can't Love, Can't Hurt" by Augustana
100. "When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold" by Atmosphere

You can find the entire list, along with a list of the best-selling MP3 albums for the site, at the following link:

http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_7882162_1?ie=UTF8&node=1240544011&pf_ rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=00BNETQBYWNENQTYGEJB&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_ p=463067101&pf_rd_i=1000303401

A list of the Editor's pick for top 100 songs can also be found on the site here:

http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_82165991_7?ie=UTF8&node=1239034011&pf _rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=00DHNGBYF69WQ976RRR1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p =463456791&pf_rd_i=284005011
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Masochist
December 14th 2008
9188 Comments


I didn't see it in the recent news (dating back to December 4th), but I apologize profusely if this list has already been posted in the News section.

In other news, glad to finally see some love for Estelle.This Message Edited On 12.14.08

PayneTiger777
December 14th 2008
4578 Comments


I haven't listened to any of these lol.

luci
December 14th 2008
12844 Comments


no traced in air? thanks for wasting my time going through this shit.

Gore
December 14th 2008
349 Comments


meh

Thor
December 14th 2008
10385 Comments


DUDE WHERE'S THA CYNIC

fireaboveicebelow
December 14th 2008
6835 Comments


I can't agree with any of these (aside from bon iver maybe) whatsoever

DoctorNurse
December 14th 2008
475 Comments


Nice to see Dr. John, not listened to him in a while.

asdemonsburn
December 15th 2008
793 Comments


who needs Cynic when there's Scarlett Johansson?


Phantom
December 15th 2008
9010 Comments


[quote=asdemonsburn]who needs Cynic when there's Scarlett Johansson?[/quote]
Well she is hot.
I've only heard Death Magnetic from this list. I wonder if they made this list by looking at their best selling albums of the year...

theoisbrutal
December 15th 2008
33 Comments


Not bad........not the best. I don't think anyone is going to completely agree with any of these lists. But that's ok.

Electric City
December 15th 2008
15756 Comments


almost as gay as my list

Darkman1
December 15th 2008
48 Comments


This is soooo accurate

45. "One Of The Boys" by Katy Perry

I mean......wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember the good ol' days, when we all drove our cars bumping 'I Kissed A Girl' !!

masscows
December 15th 2008
2230 Comments


lol i haven't heard any of these

porkchop182
December 15th 2008
151 Comments


Not much happened musically in '08 I reckon.

Kings of Leon are very very average and they are number one.

psilocybin
December 15th 2008
74 Comments


^Are you kidding? This was a great year for music.

McP3000
December 15th 2008
4121 Comments


once again another list with only two picks i like

bon iver and sigur ros

Ghostechoes
December 15th 2008
1354 Comments


Cynic at number 101, damn!

MissaIsAlmostHere
December 15th 2008
16 Comments


eh. I mean Katy Perry is catchy and all but... 45th best for the whole year?!
Not so much. She serves her purpose for a cutesy, I'm-a-rebel-because-I-have-bicurious-tendencies pop artist, but if your lyrics are along the lines of "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes/you PMS like a bitch I would know" you probably shouldn't be in the top 50.

I'm skeptical about the list... although Santogold, Estelle, MGMT, and Jason Mraz are all pretty good.

ShutTheFookinUven
December 15th 2008
81 Comments


well, I think this is about a good a list as we're going to get imo.

foreverendeared
December 15th 2008
14746 Comments


"28. "Esperanza" by Esperanza"

:]

MiK
December 15th 2008
240 Comments


Hmmm... I only recognize 4 or 5 of these bands. I need to listen to more shit.

tarethere
December 15th 2008
184 Comments


no traced in air? thanks for wasting my time going through this ****.

control-F
this list is second only to emusic thus far

AggravatedYeti
December 21st 2008
7683 Comments


Shit on Fire.


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