Review of 2008.

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Lets see all our favourite Albums and Tracks of the year '08 and the ones that didn't quite make the it.

Best Album: Coldplay - Viva
2nd Best Album: Snow Patrol - Hundred Million Suns
3rd Best Album: Razorlight - Slipway Fires
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Pete Murray & The Living End tie.
Best British Album: The Kooks - Konk
Best USA Album: Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Best Other Country Album: -
Best Group Album: Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Best Male Album: Pete Murray - Summer At Eureka
Best Female Album: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Best Debut: The Script - The Script
Should Just Retire: AC/DC and Queen.
Hottest Female: Lady Gaga and Pink.
Hottest Male: Gary Lightbody
Favourite Track: Razorlight - You And the Rest
2nd Favourite Track: Josh Pyke - Make You Happy
3rd Favourite Track: The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Hate Artist, Love Track: Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Love Artist, Hate Track: The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Most Disapointing Album: So many... Josh Pyke, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers.
Worst Album: Nickleback - Dark Horse and Augie March - Watch Me Disappear
Worst Track: Pete Murray - Saving Grace
Best Gig: Pete Murray
Worst Gig: -

Your welcome to add or remove any.
 

Best Album: TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2nd Best Album: Nick Cave and the bad seeds - dig lazarus dig
3rd Best Album: The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Cut Copy - in ghost colours
Best British Album: Portishead - third
Best USA Album: Women - Women
Best Other Country Album: ...
the following do not include my top 3
Best Group Album: [/B]Bodies of water - a certain feeling
Best Male Album: ...
Best Female Album: laura marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
Best Debut: women - women
Should Just Retire: lots of bands
Hottest Female: what does this have to do with music?
Hottest Male: as above only slightly queerer
Favourite Track: death cab for cutie - grapevine fires
2nd Favourite Track: the hold steady - one for the cutters
3rd Favourite Track: TV on the Radio - Family Tree
Hate Artist, Love Track: Flobots - stand up
Love Artist, Hate Track: Au - prelude
Most Disapointing Album: Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Worst Album: Kings of Leon - Only By The Night and most others that made the pointy end of the charts
Worst Track: soulja boy - crank that (soulja boy)
Best Gig: The arcade fire at the forum
Worst Gig: Modest Mouse at the palace
 
Best Album: The Hampdens - The Last Party
2nd Best Album: Robyn - Robyn
3rd Best Album: Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Kate Miller Heidke - Curioser
Best British Album: Ting Tings
Best USA Album: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
Best Other Country Album: Cansei De Ser Sexi (CSS) - Donkey
Best Group Album: Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
Best Male Album: ........
Best Female Album: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
Best Debut: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Should Just Retire: ACDC, Celine Dion, George Michael
Hottest Female: Emily Haines
Hottest Male: Zac Anthony
Favourite Track: The Wellingtons - I Get My Heart Broken Every Day
2nd Favourite Track: Metric - Help, I'm Alive!
3rd Favourite Track: The Hampdens - Social Suicide
Hate Artist, Love Track: Pete Murray - Saving Grace
Love Artist, Hate Track: Living End - White Noise
Most Disapointing Album: Keane - Perfect Symmetry, Killers - Day & Age?
Worst Album: Kylie Minogue - X
Worst Track: Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Best Gig: Sarah Blasko, Her Majesty's Theatre
Worst Gig: some emo thing sis dragged me along to at Fowler's
 

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Best Album: the Drones - Havilah
2nd Best Album: the Felice Brothers - the Felice Brothers
3rd Best Album: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: If I can't use Havilah here, then Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Best British Album: Yeti - the Legend of Yeti Gonzales (unlucky not to #3 for the year)
Best USA Album: Other than the Felice Brothers and Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Best Other Country Album: Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Best Group Album: the Drones - Havilah, but if I have to name a different one than my top 3 albums, then Yeti - the Legend of Yeti Gonzales
Best Male Album: Bob Dylan - the Bootleg Series Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs
Best Female Album: This may sound mysogynistic, but I can't think of any I've liked this year
Best Debut: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes, or if I adhere to the rules, then Yeti - the Legend of Yeti Gonzales
Should Just Retire: Don't care, I don't have to listen to it if I don't like it
Hottest Female: Fiona Kitschin (Bassist from the Drones)
Hottest Male: Mike Noga (Drummer from the Drones)
Favourite Track: Oh My - the Drones
2nd Favourite Track: Frankie's Gun! - the Felice Brothers
3rd Favourite Track: A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
Hate Artist, Love Track: Can't think of one.
Love Artist, Hate Track: Well, I used to love Kings of Leon, I guess that counts, so any off their new album
Most Disapointing Album: Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Worst Album: That I've listened to all the way through, Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Worst Track: Shake It - Metro Station, Electric Feel - MGMT, Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
Best Gig: Iron Maiden at Rod Laver, Kings of Leon at Festival Hall (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the days before Sex On Fire), can't split the two
Worst Gig: - Haven't been to any that I haven't liked.
 
Best Album: The Subways - All or Nothing
2nd Best Album: Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
3rd Best Album: Birds of Tokyo - Universes
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Birds of Tokyo - Universes
Best British Album: The Subways - All or Nothing
Best USA Album: Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Best Other Country Album: Shihad - Beautiful Machine
Best Group Album: The Subways - All or Nothing
Best Male Album: -
Best Female Album: -
Best Debut: -
Should Just Retire: AC/DC and Madonna
Hottest Female: Lady Gaga
Hottest Male: -
Favourite Track: Birds of Tokyo - Silhouettic
2nd Favourite Track: The Subways - I Wont Let You Down
3rd Favourite Track: Gyroscope - Weapon.Enemy.Friend
Hate Artist, Love Track: The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Love Artist, Hate Track: Gyroscope - Snakeskin
Most Disapointing Album: Gyroscope - Breed Obsession
Worst Album: Nickleback - Dark Horse
Worst Track: Metro Station - Shake It
Best Gig: Gyroscope/Shihad
Worst Gig: -
 
Best Album: The Drones - Havilah
2nd Best Album: Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static
3rd Best Album: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
Best British Album: Foals - Antidotes
Best USA Album: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Best Other Country Album: - Sigur Ros - Ahsdhldskdfhnvnddn ndfsjaaf
Best Group Album: The Drones - Havilah
Best Male Album: Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static
Best Female Album:
Best Debut: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Favourite Track: Electric Feel - MGMT
2nd Favourite Track: Nail It Down - The Drones
3rd Favourite Track: I Am The Supercargo - The Drones
Hate Artist, Love Track: That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
Love Artist, Hate Track: Anything from Only By The Night
Most Disapointing Album: Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
Worst Album: Some crap thing I didn't pay any attention to
Worst Track: As above
Best Gig: The Drones
Worst Gig: Little Red
 
Best Albums:
Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson;
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT;
Only By The Night - Kings of Leon;
Hand Built By Robots - Newton Faulkner;
Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace - The Offspring;

Best Australian Album: Apocalypso - The Presets

Best British Album: Hand Built By Robots - Newton Faulkner

Best USA Album: Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson

Best Country Album: Rattlin' Bones - Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson

Best Group Album: Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

Best Male Album: Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson

Best Female Album: One of the Boys - Katy Perry
Best Debut: Oracular Spectacular - MGMT & Lessons To Be Learnt - Gabriella Cilmi

Hottest Female: Katy Perry

Favourite Tracks:
Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun;
Lights and Music - Cut Copy;
Colour Day Tours - Trial Kennedy;
Kids - MGMT;
Decode - Paramore

Most Disapointing Album: Day & Age - The Killers

Worst Album: Hard Candy - Madonna

Worst Track: Everybody Nose - N.E.R.D.
 
Best Album: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Aho
2nd Best Album: Meshuggah - Obzen
3rd Best Album: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Best Australian Album: Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Best British Album: Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Best USA Album: The Mars Volta - Bedlam In Goliath
Best Other Country Album: Opeth - Watershed
Best Group Album: Sigur Ros - (cant be ****ed finding the title)
Best Male Album: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Best Female Album: --
Best Debut: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Favourite Track: Mars Volta - Goliath
2nd Favourite Track: Meshuggah - Obzen
3rd Favourite Track: Ghost Trail - Cult Of Luna
Hate Artist, Love Track: --
Love Artist, Hate Track: The Killers - Joyride
Most Disapointing Album: The Killers - Day & Age
Worst Album: Soulja Boy?
Worst Track: Crack Dat
Best Gig: not sure
Worst Gig: not sure
 
Best Album: Mystery Jets - Twenty One
2nd Best Album: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3rd Best Album: The Kooks - Konk
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: The Drones - Havilah
Best British Album: Jamie Lidell - Jim
Best Group Album: Mystery Jets - Twenty One
Best Male Album: Jamie Lidell - JIM
Best Female Album: Pink ftw.
Best Debut: Fleet Foxes
Favourite Track: He Doesnt know why - Fleet Foxes
2nd Favourite Track: Flakes - Mystery Jets
3rd Favourite Track: Hideaway - Mystery Jets
Hate Artist, Love Track: NA
Love Artist, Hate Track: Struggling to think of one.
Worst Track: All summer long.
Best Gig: QOTSA or Mystery Jets.
Worst Gig: Faker.
 

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Best Album: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
2nd Best Album: Grand Archives - The Grand Archives
3rd Best Album: David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus, Dig!
Best British Album: Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
Best USA Album: Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Best Other Country Album: Sebastien Grainger - Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
Best Group Album: Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Best Male Album: Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Best Female Album: She & Him - Volume 1 (apart from my #1 of course)
Best Debut: She & Him - Volume 1 (apart from my #2 of course)
Should Just Retire: Guns N Roses
Hottest Female: Jenny Lewis/Zooey Deschanel (tie)
Hottest Male: Me
Favourite Track: 'Kim & Jessie' by M83
2nd Favourite Track: 'I Hate My Friends' by Sebastien Grainger
3rd Favourite Track: 'Take Me Away' by Pugwash
Most Disapointing Album: Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cardionology
Worst Album: Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
Worst Track: Pick any track from the above...
Best Gig: Ween. Capitol. Perth
 
What did you think was dissappointing about Cardinology UpForGrabs? I thought it was a pretty solid release, not earth-shattering (i.e. Heartbreaker) but still good.
 
The hell with it, I'm bored

Best Album: The Fratellis - Here We Stand
2nd Best Album: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
3rd Best Album: Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: Australians release music?
Best British Album: The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Best USA Album: The Black Keys - Attack and Release
Best Other Country Album: No idea
Best Group Album: The Fratellis - Here We Stand
Best Male Album: B.B. King - One Kind Favor
Best Female Album: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
Best Debut:
Should Just Retire: AC/DC
Hottest Female: Jenny Lewis
Hottest Male:
Favourite Track: Jenny Lewis - Next Messiah
2nd Favourite Track: The Fratellis - Baby Doll
3rd Favourite Track: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - Harvey Two-Face
Most Disapointing Album: AC/Dc - Black Ice
Worst Album: That I heard? Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8
Worst Track: No clue
Best Gig:
 
Best Album: Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
2nd Best Album: Only by the Night - Kings of Leon
3rd Best Album: Intimacy - Bloc Party
The following questions do not include top 3 albums....
Best Australian Album: V - Van She or Universes - Birds of Tokyo
Best British Album: Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay
Best USA Album: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Best Other Country Album: - Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Best Group Album: Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay
Best Male Album: Xavier Rudd
Best Female Album: Santogold
Best Debut: Vampire Weekend
Should Just Retire: The Eagles
Hottest Female: Soko
Favourite Track: GFC - Albert Hammond Jnr
2nd Favourite Track: Kids - MGMT
3rd Favourite Track: Broken Bones - Birds of Tokyo
Hate Artist, Love Track: Pez - The Festival Song, Drapht - Jimmy Ricard
Love Artist, Hate Track: The Killers - Human
Most Disapointing Album: The Killers, Gyroscope, We Are Scientists
Worst Album: Perfect Symmetry - Keane
Worst Track: All Summer Long - Kid Rock
Best Gig: Bloc Party @ Festival Hall
Pyramid Rock - Gyroscope, Living End, Birds of Tokyo, also found some great new bands
Worst Gig: Don't really have one except for Youth Group at the Peninsula Lounge. They were fine except there was about 10 people there so there was no real atmosphere.
 
Best Album: Birds of Tokyo - Universes

2nd Best Album: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

3rd Best Album: The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

Best Australian Album: Birds of Tokyo - Universes

Best British Album: Newton Faulkner - Hand Built by Robots

Best USA Album: Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

Best Male Album: Newton Faulkner - Hand Built by Robots

Best Female Album: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

Best Debut: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Should Just Retire: Oasis

Favourite Track: The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

2nd Favourite Track: Birds of Tokyo - Silhouettic

3rd Favourite Track: Kings of Leon - Be Somebody

Hate Artist, Love Track: Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Love Artist, Hate Track: The Killers - Human

Most Disapointing Album: The Killers - Day & Age

Worst Album: Nickleback - Dark Horse

Worst Track: Metro Station - Shake it

Best Gigs: The Offspring @ Soundwave/ Birds of Tokyo @ Sands Tavern/ QOTSA @ V Festival

Worst Gig: -
 
chickawah said:
What did you think was dissappointing about Cardinology UpForGrabs? I thought it was a pretty solid release, not earth-shattering (i.e. Heartbreaker) but still good.
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It's just that it was only 'good'. Ryan Adams has never been just 'good'. IMHO, anyway. Probably his most disappointing album.
 
UpForGrabs said:
It's just that it was only 'good'. Ryan Adams has never been just 'good'. IMHO, anyway. Probably his most disappointing album.
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Yeah, you're probably right there, it does seem to lack those moments where you just think "Wow, he is special." But still a solid release, better than most stuff released this year IMHO.
 
Top 5 albums of 2008;

5. Book Of Lies - End Of Fashion
4. Seeing Sounds - N*E*R*D
3. Intimacy - Bloc Party
2. The Slip - Nine Inch Nails
1. Final Conversation Of Kings - The Butterfly Effect

Top 5 songs of 2008;

5. Bird Of Feather - Cog
4. Welcome To Heartbreak (Feat. Kid Cudi) - Kanye West
3. Echoplex - Nine Inch Nails
2. One Month Off - Bloc Party
1. 7 Days - The Butterfly Effect

Top 5 gigs of 2008;

5. The Longnecks @ Karova Lounge - 8th of February 2008.
4. Bloc Party @ Festival Hall - 20th of November 2008.
3. Cog @ Queensbridge Hotel - 22nd of November 2008.
2. The Butterfly Effect @ Queensbridge - 30th of October 2008.
1. Foo Fighters @ Rod Laver Arena - 25th of April 2008.

Worst 5 songs of 2008;

5. Womanizer - Britney Spears
4. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce
3. So What! - P!nk
2. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
1. Low (Feat. T-Pain) - Flo Rida

Looking ahead in 2009...

Artists that are expected to release new albums that I would buy are;

Fornever by Hoobastank (Jan 27)
Block Party by Missy Elliott (Feb 10)
The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z (Feb ??)
In a Perfect World... by Keri Hilson (March 30)

Black Eyed Peas
Coldplay
Hilltop Hoods
Kisschasy
Linkin Park
Ludacris
Lupe Fiasco
Tegan And Sara
Timbaland
 

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