2008

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Have any good albums come out/leaked this year? (Yes, I know some have, I could make a list myself, but I want your picks so I can play catch-up).

And what's coming up that might be good?

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OK here we go - this year's worthwhile albums and mixes in a rough order. Bear in mind that the rolling spreadsheet (!) I am keeping tells me I have managed to listen to 79 (!) albums this year, not including mixes or compilations (and all but about 10-15 are basically Any Good At All!).

Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Mariah Carey, E=MC²
Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter III
Ellen Allien, Boogybytes Vol 4
Ashlee Simpson, Little Miss Obsessive
Robert Hood, Fabric 39
The Bug, London Zoo
Lil' Mama, VYP: Voice Of The Young People
Appleblim, Dubstep Allstars Vol 6
Akiko Kiyama, 7 Years
Estelle, Shine
Bun B, II Trill
Trus'me, Working Nights
Booka Shade, The Sun & The Neon Light
The-Dream, Love/Hate
Roland Appel, Talk To Your Angel
The Mole, As High As The Sky
Junior Boys, Body Language Vol 6
Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia, Pain Disappears
Benga, Diary Of An Afro Warrior
Diskjokke, Staying In
Danity Kane, Welcome To The Dollhouse
Kuniyuki Takahashi, All These Things
Guilty Simpson, Ode To The Ghetto
Sébastien Tellier, Sexuality
Leila, Blood, Looms & Blooms
Laura Marling, Alas I Cannot Swim
Bruno Pronsato, Why Can't We Be Like Us?
Portishead, Third

a fair few albums which don't hold up all the way through but have some AMAZING songs on them which would put them right at the top had the standard been maintained - never quite sure how to judge these albums:

Santogold, Santogold
Trina, Still Da Baddest
Janet Jackson, Discipline
Tiffany Evans, Tiffany Evans
Miss Kittin, Batbox
Hercules And Love Affair, Hercules And Love Affair
Kelley Polar, I need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

No Carl Craig?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - I'm kind of counting that as a reissue (cuz it's basically a mixed compilation of old stuff) so it wasn't in the section I c/ped. It is amazing! Though I would possibly rather have it unmixed.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OH AND MARY J BLIGE DUH!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

And Wiley's Grime Wave which should be near the top. God too much good stuff.