[sean.bonner]

The year is winding down, so I figured it was time to reflect on some of the great albums put out this year. I might as well go ahead and get the ball rolling. I'll try and create a masterlist.
I found this thread great last year, and helped me discover some great new music.
Here are some of my nominations.

Adele - 19
Beck - Modern Guilt
Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
Black Crowes - Warpaint
Black Keys - Attack & Release
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
David Gilmour - Live in Gdańsk
Eagles Of Death Metal - Heart On
Hawksley Workman - Between The Beautifuls
Hawksley Workman - Los Manlicious
Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
Grand Theft Bus - Made Upwards
Jackson Browne - Time The Conquerer
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Matt Andersen - Something In Between
Matt Mays + El Torpedo - Terminal Romance
Matthew Good - Live At Massey Hall
MGMT - Oracular Spactacular
Moby - Last Night
Mogwai - The Ghost Is Rolling
Oasis - Dig Out Your Sould
Olympic Symphonium - More In Sorrow Than In Anger
Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
Sam Roberts - Love At The End Of The World
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
She & Him - Volume One
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Van Morrison - Keep It Simple

There's just a few... what did you guys like / not like?
(Also, Justice's "A Cross The Universe" will most likely be added to this list upon its release )

[direwolf74]

Damn, is it that time of year already? I need to do some thinking on this one. I'll get back to ya.

[daylight]

Shearwater's "Rook" is by far my favourite album of the last year. Probably the last five, even.

There are more but I'm busy and lazy!

[emperor penguin]

My favourite is Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain

Matt Mays - Terminal Romance
Hawksley Workman - Between the Beautifuls
Sam Roberts - Love at the End of the World
Rush - Snakes and Arrows Live

are the only other one's that jump to mind, I didn't buy a lot of new albums this year, more older ones than newer ones this year.

[grimes]

Here's my top ten:

Arkells - Jackson Square
City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Constantines - Kensington Heights
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Terminal Romance
Sloan - Parallel Play
The Sam Roberts Band - Love At The End Of The World
The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
Weezer - Red Album

Damn I've got lots of Cancon on there...

[daylight]

Some others:

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Hawksley Workman - Los Manlicious
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Lackthereof - Your Anchor
Why? - Alopecia
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
The Faint - Fasciinatiion
Hayden - In Field & Town
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon - Blood's Too Rich
Islands - Arm's Way
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

Okay, bedtime now.

[Gangrel]

An album I thought I wouldn't like, based on the past few, is Death Magnetic. It's a pretty good return to form for Metallica, and I actually listen to it quite often.

I'll admit I'm not a huge metalhead, so take my comments for what they are worth.... but I enjoy the CD and that's all that matters to me in my old age.......

Springsteen rocks as well, that's another I've listened to tons this year.

[longseason]

I've listened to these two more than any others:

TV on the Radio—Dear Science
Wolf Parade—At Mount Zoomer

Saw Wolf Parade live at the Kool Haus this past summer. Intense show. They were amazing.

[direwolf74]

Ok, here we go. My favorite albums of 2008:

Constantines- Kensington Heights
R.E.M.- Accelerate
Kathleen Edwards- Asking for Flowers
The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
Drive-By Truckers- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Matt Mays & El Torpedo- Terminal Romance
Sam Roberts- Love at the End of the World
The Black Crowes- Warpaint
Matthew Good- Live at Massey Hall
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals- Cardinology
Daniel Lanois- Here is What Is

[laliber]

Matt Mays & El Torpedo- Terminal Romance
R.E.M.- Accelerate
Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

[chris]

Matthew Good- Live at Massey Hall
It doesn't sound live enough for me, but still a favourite of 2008.

Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Great from start to finish.

Sam Roberts- Love at the End of the World
It's grown on me, and is now definitely a fave of this year.

That's it for my favourite release this year. Some Mad Hope by Matt Nathanson, despite being released in 2007, was my favourite, and most played, disc of 2008.

I see that "Girl Talk - Feed The Animals" only made it onto Sean's list. I'm surprised that there hasn't been any chatter about it here at the 'base.

"City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love" seems to keep showing up on lists. Is this solely the Gord Downie influence, or is it really that good?

[grimes]

"City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love" seems to keep showing up on lists. Is this solely the Gord Downie influence, or is it really that good?

It's decent but not spectacular. It's probably 10th in my top ten, but I forgot about Matt Good so that would bump it...

[andy42g]

The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
Should be best album of the year by a mile. Great songs, big guitars... crackles with energy. BUT, mastered way to loud and subsequently sounds fecking awful.
Drive-By Truckers- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cardinology.
AC/DC - Black Ice. (Couple of tracks too long, but my self-edited edition really is great!)

[Phantom51]

Michael Franti and Spearhead- All Rebel Rockers
North Mississippi Allstars- Hernando
The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
DBT- BTCD
Black Crowes- Warpaint- Great album-Pretty Crappy show in Toronto
Black Keys- Attack and Release
The Cat Empire- So many nights
Rob Sexsmith- Exit Stategy for the soul- almost forgot this one. Great Album!

[Zenith]

I see that "Girl Talk - Feed The Animals" only made it onto Sean's list. I'm surprised that there hasn't been any chatter about it here at the 'base.

I've got that, it's pretty cool. 8)