Position
Artist / Album
Total Points
1
Cliff Hillis // The Long Now
310
2
The Major Labels // Aquavia
285
3
REM // Accelerate
259
4
Sloan // Parallel play
255
5
She & Him // Volume 1
242
6
Kelly Jones // SheBANG!
208
7
Nada Surf // Lucky
207
8
Pugwash // 11 Modern Antiquities
197
9
Roger Joseph Manning Jnr. // Catnip dynamite
192
10
Rick Springfield // Venus In Overdrive
181
11
Ike // Where To Begin
175
12
Josh Fix // Free At Last
172
13
Rob Bonfiglio // Bring on the happy
170
14
Jim Boggia // Misadventures in stereo
150
15
Greg Pope // Popmonster
142
16
Sparks // Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
140
17
The Hold Steady // Stay Positive
138
17
The Hold Steady // Stay Positive
138
19
Three Hour Tour // B Side Oblivion
133
20
The Explorers Club // Freedom Wind
129
21
Elvis Costello // Momofuku
126
22
Mike Viola // Lurch
123
22
Mike Viola // Lurch
123
24
Fleet Foxes // Fleet Foxes
120
25
The Fireman // Electric Arguments
118
26
Brian Wilson // The Lucky Old Sun
116
26
Brian Wilson // The Lucky Old Sun
116
28
Matthew Sweet // Sunshine lies
115
29
Wisely // Wisely
102
30
Lindsey Buckingham // Gift of Screws
99
31
Alejandro Escovedo // Real Animal
98
32
Todd Rundgren // Arena
96
33
Elbow // Seldom Seen Kid
92
34
The Well Wishers // Jigsaw days
91
35
Adrian Whitehead // One Small Stepping Man
88
36
The Jellybricks // Goodnight to everyone
83
37
Glenn Campbell // Meet Glenn Campbell
81
37
The Gaslight Anthem // The ’59 Sound
81
39
Oasis // Dig out your soul
80
40
Vampire Weekend // Vampire Weekend
78
41
Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears // Flight of the knife
75
41
The Pillbugs // Everybody Wants A Way Out
75
43
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves // Roll With You
74
44
Smith Bros // Restless
71
45
Lucinda Williams // Little Honey
68
46
Brian Eno & David Byrne // Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
66
46
Portishead // Third
66
48
Spiralling // Time Travel Made Easy
62
49
The Feeling // Join With Us
61
49
The Feeling // Join With Us
61
51
Marizane // Cosmosis
60
51
My Favorite Highway // How To Call A Bluff
60
53
Black Crowes // Warpaint
58
54
Glasvegas // Glasvegas
54
54
Brent Cash // How Will I Know If I’m Awake
54
54
Attic Lights // Friday Night Lights
54
54
Duffy // Rockferry
54
54
Tim Christensen // Superior
54
59
Stratocruiser // Egg Shells
53
59
Cut Copy // In Ghost Colours
53
59
Chewy Marble // Modulations
53
59
Cut Copy // In Ghost Colours
53
59
The Academy Is… – Fast Times At Barrington High
53
64
Last Shadow Puppets // Age Of The Understatement
52
64
Peter Bruntnell // Peter and the Murder of Crows
52
64
Bon Iver // For Emma, Forever Ago
52
64
Ben Folds // Way To Normal
52
64
Todd Herfindal // Collective
52
64
Bon Iver // For Emma, Forever Ago
52
70
Someone still loves you Boris Yeltsin // Pershing
51
70
Old 97′s // Blame It On Gravity
51
70
The Tripwires // Makes You Look Around
51
73
Liam Finn // I’ll be lightning
50
73
AC/DC // Black Ice
50
73
The Wellingtons // Heading North For The Winter
50
76
My Morning Jacket // Evil Urges
49
77
The Goldbergs // Under The Radar
48
77
Thom Hell // God If I Saw Her Now
48
79
The Killers // Day & Age
47
79
Frightened Rabbit // The Midnight Organ Fight
47
81
Goodnight Nurse // Keep Me On Your Side
45
81
Goodnight Nurse // Keep Me On Your Side
45
83
Hawksley Workman // Los Manlicious
44
83
Kaiser Chiefs // Off With Their Heads
44
85
Jamie Lidell // Jim
43
85
It Bites // The Tall Ships
43
87
Apes and Androids // Blood Moon
42
87
Take That // Circus
42
87
Peter Adams // I woke up with the planets in my face
42
87
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson // Rattlin’ Bones
42
87
Pete Best Band // Hayman’s Green
42
87
Kooks // Kong
42
93
That Was The Week That Was // That Was The Week That Was
41
93
Butch Walker // Sycamore Meadows
41
93
Steve Wynn // Crossing Dragon Bridge
41
96
Foxboro Hot Tubs // Stop Drop and Roll
40
96
Clint Sutton // Clint Sutton
40
96
Winterpills // Central Chambers
40
96
Houston Calls // The End Of An Error
40
96
Sharleen Spiteri // Melody
40
96
The Crash Moderns – Good Night Glamour Good Morning Disaster
40
96
Cute Is What We Aim For – Rotation
40
103
Frank Ciampi // Big top woman
39
103
Class Three Overbite // Horses for courses
39
105
Bob Mould // District line
37
105
Relient K // The Birds And The Bee Sides
37
105
The Mommyheads // You’re Not A Dream
37
108
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals // Cardinology
36
108
Dropkick // Patchwork
36
108
The Afters // Never Going Back To Ok
36
108
The Orchid Highway // The Orchid Highway
36
108
Future Clouds & Radar // Peoria
36
108
Flight of the Conchords // Flight of the Conchords
36
108
The Pink Spiders // Sweat It Out
36
115
Daisy // It’s About Time
35
115
MGMT // Oracular Spectacular
35
115
The Lucksmiths // First Frost
35
115
MGMT // Oracular Spectacular
35
119
Jenny Lewis // Acid Tongue
34
119
Mudcrutch // Mudcrutch
34
119
Marah // Angels of Destruction!
34
122
Teddy Thompson // A Piece Of What You Need
33
122
Raconteurs // Consolers of the Lonely
33
122
Vivian Girls // Vivian Girls
33
122
Scotty Campbell And His Wadenaires // Smokin’ And Drinkin’
33
122
Augustana // Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
33
127
Nick Cave // Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
32
127
Kathleen Edwards // Asking For Flowers
32
127
Death Cab For Cutie // Narrow Stairs
32
127
Death Cab For Cutie // Narrow Stairs
32
127
The Spongetones // Too Clever By Half
32
127
Super Furry Animals // Hey Venus!
32
127
Julie Ocean // Long Gone & Nearly There
32
134
Goldfrapp // Seventh tree
31
134
The Maine // Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
31
134
Pretenders // Break Up The Concrete
31
137
Bleu // A Watched Pot
30
137
The Yum Yums // Whatever Rhymes With Baby
30
137
Luluc // Dear Hamlon
30
137
Nicole Atkins // Neptune City
30
137
Frightened Rabbit // Midnight Organ Fight
30
137
Rob Dickinson // Fresh Wine For The Horses
30
137
Capsule Queens // Moonflowers
30
137
Hawk Nelson // …. Is My Friend
30
137
Passing Strange // Original Broadway Cast
30
137
Little Jackie // The Stoop
30
137
Marillion // Happiness Is The Road Vol 1: Essence
30
137
Joy Askew // The Pirate of Eel Pie
30
137
Cowboy Junkies // Trinity Revisited
30
137
Apartment // Sparkle Bicycle
30
137
Army Navy // Army Navy
30
137
Stew and Heidi Rodewald // Passing Strange (Original Cast Recording)
30
137
Slapdash / Reciprocal
30
137
Nicole Atkins // Neptune City
30
137
Tally Hall // Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
30
137
Kay Hanley // Weaponize
30
137
Rachael Yamagata // Elephants… Teeth Sinking Into Heart
30
137
Kaset Chambers & Shane Nicholoson // Rattlin’ Bones
30
137
Charles Jenkins // Blue Atlas
30
137
Rebecca Martin // The Growing Season
30
161
Kings Of Leon // Only By The Night
29
161
The Baseball Project // Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
29
161
Marching Band // Spark Large
29
161
Kings Of Leon // Only By The Night
29
161
Andy Reed // Fast Forward
29
166
Santogold // Santogold
28
166
The Whigs // Mission Control
28
168
TV On The Radio // Dear Science
27
168
The Bridges // Limits of the Sky
27
170
Captain Wilberforce // Everyone Loves A Villian
25
170
Paul Weller // 22 Dreams
25
170
Don Dixon & The Jump Rabbits // the Nu Look
25
173
Friendly Foes // Born Radical
24
173
Aimee Mann // @#%&*! Smilers
24
173
Eli “Paperboy” Reed // Roll With You
24
173
Punch Brothers // Punch
24
173
PAS/CAL // I was raised by Matthew, Mark, Luke and Laura
24
173
The Hiders // Penny Harvest Field
24
173
The Boat People // Chandeliers
24
173
Two Car Garage // Speaking In Cursive
24
173
Pat Metheny Trio // Day Trip
24
173
Lydia // Illuminate
24
173
The Academy Is // Fast Times Of Barrington High
24
173
Aimee Mann // @#%&*! Smilers
24
173
Belle & Sebastian // The BBC Sessions
24
173
Jules Shear // More
24
173
Bell X1 // Flock
24
173
Michael Carpenter & The Cuban Heels // New Dog, Old Tricks
24
173
Rose Hill Drive // Moon Is The New Earth
24
173
Greg Laswell // Three Flights From Alto Nido
24
173
Rural Alberta Advantage // Hometowns
24
173
Jules Shear // More
24
173
James // Hey May
24
173
Work Of Art – Artwork
24
173
Kingsizemaybe // Kingsizemaybe
24
173
Andy Lehman // Landline
24
173
The All-American Rejects // When The World Comes Down
24
173
Thao Nguyen // We Brave Bee Stings and All
24
173
Butch Ryan Band // Time to Wait
24
173
Marc Broussard // Keep Coming Back
24
173
Barry Adamson // Back To The Cat
24
173
The Doll Test // Mosque Alarm Clock
24
173
Hello Saferide // More Modern Short Stories
24
204
Los Campesinos // Hold On Now Youngster
23
204
My Brightest Diamond // Thousand Shark’s Teeth
23
204
The Black Keys // Attack And Release
23
204
Sam Shinazzi // Then I Held My Breath
23
204
Dropkick // Dot The I
23
204
Martin Orford // The Old Road
23
204
Greyhawks // Uphill March
23
204
Firekites // The Bowery
23
204
The Lolas // Like the Sun
23
204
Gary Louris // Vagabonds
23
204
Johnny Dowd // A Drunkard’s Masterpiece
23
204
Alkaline Trio // Agony & Irony
23
204
The Orion Experience // The Orion Experience
23
204
1969 // Maya
23
204
Randy Newman // Hearts And Angels
23
204
Hayes Carll // Trouble in Mind
23
204
Leisure Class // N
23
204
The Madd // Ongeneeslijk Beat
23
222
Girls Aloud // Out Of Control
22
222
Stew // Passing Strange Original Cast Recording
22
222
Tim Lee 3 // Good 2B3
22
222
Foxboro Hot Tubs // Stop, Drop and Roll
22
222
Randy Newman // Harps and Angels
22
222
Blood Red Shoes // Box Of Secrets
22
222
Corn Mo & The .357 Lover // Your favourite hamburger is a cheeseburger
22
222
All Day Sucker // The Big Pretend
22
222
Neon Neon // Stainless Style
22
222
The Millers Tale // Overland
22
222
Thenewno2 // You Are Here
22
222
Thinking Aloud // Remote Mind Control
22
222
Chris Townsend // Copenhagen
22
222
Garfield’s Birthday // Let Them Eat Cake
22
222
King’s X // XV
22
222
Shane Nicolson // Familiar Ghosts
22
222
Hawthorne Heights – Fragile Future
22
222
Bells Will Ring // Mood Patterns
22
222
Suzy and Los Quattro // Stick With It
22
222
Testa Rosa // Testa Rosa
22
222
MopTops // Ground Floor Man
22
243
Mop Tops // Ground Floor Man
21
243
Tim Ten Yen / Everything Reminds Me Of You
21
243
Andrew Daly // Nine Sweaters
21
243
Justin Townes Earle // The Good Life
21
243
Coldplay // Viva La Vida
21
243
People In Planes // Beyond The Horizon
21
243
Jay Retard // Matador Singles ’08
21
243
Mates of State // Re-arrange Us
21
243
Amaya Lauciricia // Sugar Lights
21
243
Mike Keneally // Wine & Pickles
21
243
Bloodshot Taffeta // Graveyard Gavotte
21
243
Every Avenue // Shh, Just Go With It
21
243
Melanie Doane // A Thousand Nights
21
243
The Grip Weeds // Inifinite Soul
21
243
New English // New English
21
243
Magnetic Fields // Distortion
21
243
Steve Barton and The Oblivion Click // Gallery
21
243
Pale Hollow // Pale Hollow
21
243
Plain White T’s // Big Bad World
21
243
Mother Mother // O My Heart
21
243
Okkervil River // The Stand ins
21
264
Martha Wainwright // I Know You’re Married, But I Have Feelings Too
20
264
Phantom Planet // Raise The Dead
20
264
The Streets // Everything Is Borrowed
20
264
Drive By Truckers // Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
20
264
Sam Phillips // Don’t Do Anything
20
264
Beck // Modern Guilt
20
264
Ours // Mercy
20
264
Beck // Modern Guilt
20
264
The Gin Club // Junk
20
264
Fiction 8 // Project Phoenix
20
264
Spin Drop Stop // Corner of Tomorrow
20
264
Metro Station – Metro Station
20
264
Quireboys // Homewreckers and Heartbreakers
20
264
Shelby Lynn // Just A Little Lovin’
20
264
Ghosty / Answers
20
264
Calexico // Carried to Dust
20
264
Joe Soko // Floss Like A Beast
20
264
Weezer // The Red Album
20
264
Richard X. Heyman // Intakes
20
264
Frank Barajas // Better Times
20
264
Jeff Caudill // Try To Be Here
20
264
The Stellas // Cry Baby Cry
20
264
Derby // Posters Fade
20
264
Break And Repair Method // Milk The Bee
20
264
Aprilsrain // Stellar Transmission
20
264
Okkervil River // The Stand-Ins
20
264
Bruce Robison // The New World
20
264
Smith & Pyle // It’s Okay To Be Happy
20
264
Chris Knight // Heart of Stone
20
264
The 88 // Not Only…But Also
20
264
Quireboys // Homewreckers and Heartbreakers
20
295
Supergrass // Diamond Hoo Haa
19
295
Paper Or Plastic // Don’t Be Like That
19
295
Marty-Willson Piper // Nightjar
19
295
School Of Seven Bells // Alpinisms
19
295
Silvery // Thunderer And Excelsior
19
295
The Weepies // Hideaway
19
295
Oppenheimer // Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It
19
295
Billy Sherwood // At The Speed Of Life
19
295
The Dandy Warhols // Earth to the Dandy Warhols
19
295
Pistol For Ringo // Solid State Neo-Hedonist
19
295
Mitch Ryder // You Deserve My Art
19
295
Metallica // Death Magnetic
19
295
The Campbell Apartment // Insomniac’s Almanac
19
295
Bill Nelson // Clocks And Dials
19
295
Theresa Anderson // Hummingbird, Go!
19
295
The Spongetones // Always Carry On
19
295
Little Joy // Little Joy
19
295
Baby Lemonade // The Best Of Baby Lemonade
19
295
Dennis Schocket // The Cinderblock Mansion
19
295
Ra Ra Riot // The Rhumb Line
19
295
Jay Bennett // Whatever Happened, I Apologize
19
295
Joel Plaskett // Ashtray Rock
19
295
Mitch Ryder // You Deserve My Art
19
318
Kevin Reeves // It’s About Time
18
318
Mock Orange // Captain Love
18
318
Travis // Ode to J. Smith
18
318
Saul Zonana // Blue Monkey
18
318
Steve Kibly // Painkiller
18
318
Buck Cherry // Black Butterfly
18
318
Q-Tip // The Renaissance
18
318
The Vandas // Slow Burn
18
318
Neal Morse // Lifeline
18
318
Don Dixon & the Jump Rabbits // The Nu-Look
18
318
Sycons // The Men Who Fell To Earth
18
318
The Hussy’s // Superpro
18
318
Fratellis // Here We Stand
18
318
Rachael Yamagata // Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart
18
318
Sons and Daughters // This Gift
18
318
Bob Dylan // The Bootleg Series Volume 8: Telltale Signs
18
318
Frank Lee Sprague // Fulton Chateau
18
318
Article A // Stay Now
18
318
Incredible Vickers Brothers // Gallimaufry
18
318
Jukebox The Ghost // Let Live and Let Ghosts
18
318
Colm Mac Con Iomaire // The Hare’s Corner
18
318
Fratellis // Here We Stand
18
318
Ray Davies // Working Man’s Café
18
318
The Resonars // That Evil Drone
18
342
Afternoons // Sweet Action
17
342
The Features // Some Kind Of Salvation
17
342
Benji Hughes // A Love Extreme
17
342
Paul Steel // Moon Rock
17
342
Jeff Heiskell // Clip on Nose Ring
17
342
The Gutter Twins // Saturnalia/ Adorata
17
342
Keane // Perfect Symmetry
17
342
Chumbawamba // The Boy Bands Have Won
17
342
Tracy Redhead // Walking Home A Different Way
17
342
Neil Halstead // Oh! Mighty Engine
17
342
Troubleflower / Backwater Mystique
17
342
The Squires Of The Subterrain // Feel The Sun
17
342
Diffuser // Sincerely, Wasting Away
17
342
Rockfour // Memories of the Never Happened
17
342
The Cab // Whisper War
17
342
Adele // 19
17
342
Go Crash Audio // Dear, Song In My Head
17
342
Chris Difford // The Last Temptation of Chris
17
342
Mark Wilkinson // Counting Down The Hours
17
342
Revisionists // Revisionists
17
342
The General Store-Mountain Rescue
17
342
Martha Wainwright // I know you’re married but I’ve got feelings too
17
364
Crash Street Kids // Transatlantic Suicide
16
364
The Reducers // Guitar, Bass and Drums
16
364
Paul Westerberg // 49
16
364
Delta Spirit // Ode to Sunshine
16
364
The Kills // Midnight Boom
16
364
Envy & Other Sins // We Leave At Dawn
16
364
Everest // Ghost Notes
16
364
Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse // Happier than You
16
364
Andrew Keese & The Associates // Desire
16
364
Elliott Brood // Mountain Meadows
16
364
Keith Emmerson Band Feat. Marc Bonilla // Keith Emmerson Band Feat. Marc Bonilla
16
364
The Lost Patrol // Midnight Matinée
16
364
Annuals // Such Fun
16
364
Love Me Nots // Detroit
16
364
The Break & Repair Method // Milk the Bee
16
364
The Innocence Mission // Street Map
16
364
The Very Most // Congratulations Forever
16
364
Teenage Head // Teenage Head With Marky Ramone
16
364
High Places // High Places
16
364
The Presidents Of The United States // Good Times
16
364
Bryan Estepa // Sunday Best
16
364
The Morning Light // The Morning Light
16
364
Michael Stanley // Just Another Night
16
364
The Vandas // Slow Burn
16
364
Love Me Nots // Detroit
16
364
The Lackloves-Cathedral Square Park
16
390
Ron Sexsmith // Exit Strategy
15
390
The Spinto Band // Looking Good
15
390
Sparkadia // Postcards
15
390
The Del Bombers // Vol. 2
15
390
Pierre de Reeder // The Way That It Was
15
390
Mountain Goats // Heretic Pride
15
390
Conor Oberst // Conor Oberst
15
390
The Magnetic Fields // Distortion
15
390
El Perro Del Mar // From the Valley to the Stars
15
390
BoDeans // Still
15
390
Electric Apricot // Burning Man
15
390
The Galaxies // Here We Go!
15
390
A Fine Frenzy // One Cell In The Sea
15
390
Evrery Avenue // Shh, Just Go With It
15
390
Vbeke Saugestad // The World Famous Hat Trick
15
390
HeyBale // The Last Country Album
15
390
Taylor Hollingsworth // Bad Little Kitty
15
390
Big kid // Big Kid III
15
408
Julie Ocean // Long Gone And Nearly There
14
408
The Lackloves // Cathedral Square Park
14
408
Hold Steady // Stay Positive
14
408
No Age // Nouns
14
408
Friendly Fires // Friendly Fires
14
408
Little Red // Listen To Little Red
14
408
Adrian Bourgeois // Adrian Bourgeois
14
408
Our Broken Garden // When Your Blackening Shows
14
408
SKooBER // Say!
14
408
Lykke Li // Youth Novels
14
408
The Lackloves // Cathedral Square Park
14
408
Khalid Hanifi // Pamplemousse Presse
14
408
Every Avenue // Shhh, Just Go With It
14
408
Ruckus // Reunion
14
408
Adrian Bourgeois // Adrian Bourgeois
14
408
Ness // You Can’t Afford To Feel
14
408
James McCann // Sweet Casualty
14
408
The Telepathic Butterflies // Breakfast In Suburbia
14
408
Shearwater // Rook
14
427
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile // Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
13
427
British Sea Power // Do You Like Rock Music?
13
427
Pop Archaeology Transmission // It Is What It Is
13
427
The Crayons // What’s Wrong with You
13
427
Van Der Graaf Generator // Trisector
13
427
Readymade Breakup // Alive On The Vine
13
427
Asia // Phoenix
13
427
Bent Back Tulips // Looking Through
13
427
Scott’s Garage // Scott’s Garage
13
427
Sing It Loud // Come Around
13
427
Dungen // 4
13
427
Jonathan Byrd // The Law and the Lonesome
13
427
Albert Hammond, Jr. // Como Te Llama?
13
427
The Guild League // Speak Up
13
427
Jackson Browne // The Conqueror
13
442
The Smith Bros. // Restless
12
442
Tift Merritt // Another Country
12
442
Rodney Crowell // Sex and Gasoline
12
442
Brett Dennen // Hope For The Hopeless
12
442
The Malibus // Now!
12
442
Ani DiFranco // Red Letter Year
12
442
The 88 // Not Only… But Also
12
442
Guns and Roses // Chinese Democracy
12
442
John McKenna // Stone Cold Summer
12
442
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives // Communion
12
442
Drive-By Truckers // Brighters Than Creation’s Dark
12
442
John Legend // Evolver
12
442
CW Stoneking // Jungle Blues
12
442
Venus – Infers The Truth About
12
442
General Store // The Mountain Rescue
12
457
Marah // Angels of Destruction
11
457
Sybris // Into The Trees
11
457
Big Head Todd & the Monsters // All the Love You Need
11
457
Poplord // Full/Filled
11
457
Was (Not Was) // Boo!
11
457
Andy Bopp // This Guitar Kills Singer Songwriters
11
457
The Favorites // Bright Nights, Bright Lights
11
457
Rhys March // The Fragile State of Inbetween
11
457
We Shot The Moon // Fear And Love
11
457
Juliana Hatfield // How To Walk Away
11
457
Scott Kempner // Saving Grace
11
457
The General Store // Mountain Rescue
11
457
Edward Guglielmino // Free At Last
11
457
Graham Day and the Gaolers // Triple Distilled
11
457
The Pop Project // Stars Of Stage And Screen
11
472
Miniature Tigers // Tell it to the volcano
10
472
The New Odds // Cheerleader
10
472
Headless Heroes // The Silence Of Love
10
472
Hawksley Workman // Between The Beautifuls
10
472
Hawksley Workman // Between The Beautifuls
10
472
Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
10
472
The Ditty Bops // Summer Rains
10
472
The Long Blondes // Couples
10
472
The Submarines // Honeysuckle Weeks
10
472
The Stars Explode // The Stars Explode
10
472
Tyler Burkum // Darling, Maybe Someday
10
472
Valencia // We All Need A Reason To Believe
10
472
The Kennedys // Better Dreams
10
472
Pony Face // Bearded Little Girls
10
472
Jeremy // Pop Explosion
10
487
Snow Patrol // A Hundred Million Suns
9
487
Longwave // Secrets Are Sinister
9
487
For Against // Shade Side, Sunny Side
9
487
Willoughby // I Know What You’re Up To
9
487
The Raveonettes // Lust Lust Lust
9
487
Luke Jackson // …And Then Some
9
487
Susan Tedeschi // Back to the River
9
487
The Heyday // The Heyday
9
487
The Meadows // First Nervous Breakdown
9
487
Junipers // Cut Your Key
9
487
Rookie Of The Year // Sweet Attention
9
487
Jeff Hanson // Madam Owl
9
487
Arden Kaywin // The Elephant In The Room
9
487
Conway Savage // Quickie for Ducky
9
487
Dr. Dog // Fate
9
502
The Helio Sequence // Keep Your Eyes Ahead
8
502
Erykah Badu // New Maerykah, Pt. One
8
502
The Rollo Treadway // The Rollo Treadway
8
502
The Chevelles – Barbarella Girl God/
8
502
Carrie Rodriguez // She Ain’t Me
8
502
Emmylou Harris // All I Intended To Be
8
502
M83 // Saturdays=Youth
8
502
Telepathic Butterflies // Breakfast in Suburbia
8
502
Ferras // Aliens & Rainbows
8
502
Scott Murray // Vinyl Generation
8
502
Sheboygan // It’s Okay Say Yes
8
502
Stellar Kart // Expect The Impossible
8
502
Matthew Ryan // Matthew Ryan vs. Silver State
8
502
The Lurid Yellow Mist featuring Dave Graney & Clare Moore // We Wuz Curious
8
502
The Hi Risers // Once We Get Started
8
517
Jordan Zevon // Insides Out
7
517
Retribution Gospel Choir // Retribution Gospel Choir
7
517
The Dirtbombs // We Have You Surrounded
7
517
Dave Barnes – Me and You and the World/
7
517
Benoit Pioulard // Temper
7
517
Ladytron // Velocifero
7
517
Tahiti 80 // Activity Center
7
517
The Enemy Uk // We Live & Die In These Towns
7
517
Billie Burke Estate // Let Your Heart Break
7
517
A Cursive Memory // Changes
7
517
Crash Moderns // Good Night Glamour Good Morning Disaster
7
517
Chris Pickering // Excuses Excuses
7
517
The Dress Whites // My God, The Shame!
7
517
Mercury Rev // Snowflake Midnight
7
531
Joe Jackson // Rain
6
531
Bauhaus // Go Away White
6
531
Katjonband // Katjonband
6
531
Deastro // Keepers
6
531
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams // The Great Unravel
6
531
The Dreaming // Etched In Blood
6
531
Lost In The Trees // All Alone In An Empty House
6
531
Scott Simons // The Start of Something
6
531
Carolina Liar // Coming To Terms
6
531
The Morning Benders // Talking Through Tin Cans
6
531
Driving East // The Future Of The Free World Is Riding On This One
6
531
Any Trouble // Life in Reverse
6
531
Jonny Kaplan & Lazy Stars // Seasons
6
531
The Holy Sea // The Beginner’s Guide To The Sea
6
531
Crash Street Kids – Transatlantic Suicide
6
531
The 88 // Not Only…But Also
6
531
Shannon McArdle // Summer Of The Whore
6
548
Gentleman Jesse & His Men // Introducing
5
548
The Handcuffs // Electroluv
5
550
Doco // The Fossil Record
4
550
Choir Of Young Believers // This Is For The White In Your Eyes
4
550
John Mellencamp // Life, Death, Love and Freedom
4
550
Laurie Biagini // Ridin’ The Wave
4
550
James Hunter // The Hard Way
4
555
Hooverphonic // The President Of The LSD Golf Club
3
555
They Might Be Giants // Here Come The 123′s
3
555
B.B. King // One Kind Favor
3
558
Marti Jones & Don Dixon // Lucky Stars: New Lullabies For Old Souls
2
558
Sheryl Crow // Detours
2
558
John Hiatt // Same Old Man
2
558
The Royal Purple-The Time Element
2
562
Nine Inch Nails // The Slip
1
562
Ollabelle // Before This TIme
1
562
Tim Morrow-Back To Delton
1
Most years are pretty good for music if you know where to look, and 2008 was no exception. It’s a shame that you have to search so hard, of course – once upon a time all you needed to keep track of what was good in the world of music was a radio. These days it requires a little effort, though, and while I lost count a long time ago, I probably sampled a few hundred CDs in the last 365. Thank the gods for the Internet and a growing network of friends who make sure to let me know whenever they hear something worthy, huh?
