Albums Of The Year: 2008

I’ve put off my annual list this year for long enough! I’ve found it really hard this year to pick a top 5 this year, so much so that I almost didn’t bother writing this post, but that would have been daft! So here they are – my top 5 albums, followed by a (long) list of honourable mentions – albums I just couldn’t leave out!

Top 5 albums of the year (in no particular order):

MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night

My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

Band Of Horses – Cease To Begin

The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely

Honourable mentions go to:

Everest – Ghost Notes

Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs

Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid

Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

The Futureheads – This Is Not The Word

Glassvegas – Glassvegas

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology

Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Supergrass – Diamond Hoo Ha

Songs of the year:

Everest – Rebels In The Roses

Biffy Clyro – Mountains

MGMT – Time To Pretend

Foo Fighters – Let It Die

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Fix It

2008 proved by far the hardest year since I’ve begun posting my top 5 albums, but this can only be a good thing as it means there was a lot of good music! I hope 2009 is just as hard, if not harder!

Previous years:

Albums of the year: 2008 (so far)
Albums of the year: 2007
Albums of the year: 2006
Albums of the Year: 2005