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I am sure everyone is anxiously awaiting my Best of 2008 list. I am narrowing down the albums now and am determined to do a top 10 instead of top 15 like last year.  One question I did want to ask is if people preferred the day-by-day rollout or would you prefer the full list all at once? Also, would people like a top 10 songs of the year list? Let me know what you think.

Well, it must be getting near the end of the year as I have seen my first best of 2008 music list.  Amazon got out the door early with their Best of 2008 Section, including their top 100 albums. I definitely don’t agree with everything on their list (Shearwater at 88??), but it is a start I guess.  I look forward to scouting out more lists in the near future and of course, am thinking about my top 10 for the year. With that in mind, if there are more albums you would suggest I check out, please leave a comment.  I have also noticed that I don’t have much rap or hip-hop on my list, so if there was any good stuff out there, let me know so I don’t come up with a top 10 indie list instead.

With a week left in September, I figured this would be a good time to plead for more music to listen to so I am be as well versed as possible in my best of 2008 list.  Here is the music I have listened to so far:

3 Na Massa - 3 Na Massa
All India Radio - Fall
Beck - Modern Guilt
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra - Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Breathe Owl Breathe - Ghost Glacier
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
Grand Archives - The Grand Archives
Jim Noir - Jim Noir
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
No Kids - Come Into My House
Nomo - Ghost Rock
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Portishead - Third
Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
Ratatat - LP3
Santogold - Santogold
Shearwater - Rook
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Dodos - Visiter
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
The Walkmen - You & Me
Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

I am planning on listening to the following already, so if you have other suggestions, please add them in the comments:

TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling

A little halfway through the year and I thought I would give an update on albums I have listened to so far in preparations for the top 2008 albums. Here is the list so far:

All India Radio - Fall
Breathe Owl Breathe - Ghost Glacier EP
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth
The Dodos - Visiter
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Jim Noir - Jim Noir
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
No Kids - Come Into My House
Nomo - Ghost Rock
Portishead - Third
Shearwater - Rook
Sun Kil Moon - April
Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album)

I already have a few albums I am aware of to listen to, listed below, but if there are other ones you think I shouldn’t miss, feel free to add them to the comments.

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Santogold - Santogold