Best Records of 2008
This is the time of year when music magazines come out with their "best of the year" lists. I decided I wanted to make my own. However, the catch here is that it's not going to be the best releases of the year, it's going to be the best records I bought this year. Thank god for iTunes. I went in and sorted everything by when it was added, highlighted everything from 2008, made a new playlist from that selection called "2008," and then sorted it by "album by artist." I copy/pasted that list into excel, kept one row for each album, and thus created my master list. So, here's the first wave; the list of every full album I bought this year. I get a lot of my music through eMusic. It doesn't have everything, but it is great place for backfilling catalogs, particularly for punk or indie releases. You'll notice that I tend to go on a binge one artist at a time, collecting all their releases (or replacing things I have on vinyl or CD), and then only listening to that artist for a week or more. 95 releases here to start. I think I'll try to cut it in half for the first two rounds. Comments are very welcome here. Enjoy.
| Bikini Kill | The C.D. Version Of The First Two Records |
| Bikini Kill | Pussywhipped |
| Bikini Kill | Reject All-American |
| Bim Skala Bim | Bim Skala Bim |
| Bim Skala Bim | Tuba City |
| Black Dice | Load Blown |
| Black Flag | Nervous Breakdown |
| Black Uhuru | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Black Uhuru | Sinsemilla |
| Bow Wow Wow | The Best of Bow Wow Wow |
| The Business | Best Of Business: The Singles, 1981 - 1995 |
| Butthole Surfers | Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP |
| Butthole Surfers | Hairway to Steven |
| Butthole Surfers | Piouhgd + Widowermaker! |
| Butthole Surfers | Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac |
| Butthole Surfers | Rembrandt Pussyhorse |
| The Cure | Three Imaginary Boys |
| D.R.I. | Crossover |
| Damon & Naomi | More Sad Hits |
| Damon & Naomi | Playback Singers |
| Damon & Naomi | Song To The Siren: Live In San Sebastian |
| Damon & Naomi | With Ghost |
| Damon & Naomi | Within These Walls |
| Damon & Naomi | The Wondrous World of Damon & Naomi |
| Deerhoof | Offend Maggie |
| Digital Underground | Sex Packets |
| Dropkick Murphys | Boys On The Docks |
| Dropkick Murphys | Dropkick Murphys / The Business Split Release: Mob Mentality |
| Dropkick Murphys | The Meanest of Times (Deluxe Edition) |
| Dropkick Murphys | The Warrior's Code |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | Heaven Up Here |
| Frances England | Fascinating Creatures |
| George Clinton | Greatest Funkin' Hits |
| Hella | Chirpin Hard |
| Hella | There's No 666 In Outer Space |
| The Human League | The Very Best of the Human League |
| Interpol | Antics |
| Interpol | Our Love to Admire |
| James Chance | Irresistable Impulse |
| Jay-Z & Red Hot Chili Peppers | American Chili Gangster (Remixed by Handcancel) |
| The Jesus & Mary Chain | 21 Singles |
| Kraftwerk | Electric Cafe |
| Kraftwerk | Expo 2000 - EP |
| Kraftwerk | Tour de France Soundtracks |
| Love and Rockets | Earth Sun Moon |
| Love and Rockets | Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven |
| Made Out of Babies | The Ruiner |
| The Mae Shi | Heartbeeps |
| The Mae Shi | Hlllyh |
| Marilyn Manson | Smells Like Children |
| Mastodon | Lifesblood |
| Melt-Banana | Bambi's Dilemma |
| Melt-Banana | Cell-Scape |
| Melvins | Honky |
| Melvins | King Buzzo |
| Melvins | The Maggot |
| Melvins | Nude With Boots |
| Melvins | Prick |
| Metallica | Death Magnetic |
| Mike Patton | Adult Themes for Voice |
| Mike Patton | A Perfect Place Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Mike Patton | Pranzo Oltranzista |
| Morrissey | Kill Uncle |
| Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators | Keep Reaching Up |
| Psyopus | Ideas Of Reference |
| Public Enemy | Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black |
| Public Enemy | Fear Of A Black Planet |
| Public Enemy | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| Red Fang | Tour E.P. 2 |
| Refused | This Just Might Be the Truth |
| Rocky Votolato | End Like This |
| Rocky Votolato | Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2006: Rocky Votola |
| Rollins Band | Weight |
| Russian Circles | Russian Circles Live at Schubas 05/27/2005 |
| Russian Circles | Station |
| Scott H. Biram | Graveyard Shift |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Naturally / 100 Days, 100 Nights |
| Sick Of It All | Blood, Sweat and No Tears |
| Sick Of It All | Sick Of It All |
| Siouxsie & The Banshees | Through The Looking Glass |
| Soko | Soko Not Sokute |
| Sonic Youth | SYR 1 |
| Sonic Youth | SYR 2 |
| Sonic Youth | SYR 3 With Jim O'Rourke |
| Sonic Youth | SYR 6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui |
| Spank Rock | YoYoYoYoYoYo |
| Spank Rock & Benny Blanco | Spank Rock and Benny Blanco are Bangers and Cash |
| Storm & Stress | Under Thunder And Fluorescent Light |
| Street Dogs | State of Grace |
| They Might Be Giants | They Might Be Giants |
| Verbal Assault | Live in Amsterdam 1988 |
| VIllage of Dead Roads | Dwelling in Doubt |
| We Versus The Shark | Ruin Everything! |
| 7L And Esoteric | A New Dope |
| The 13th Floor Elevators | The Interpreter Vol. 1 |
