Best of 2008: Pitchfork
It’s just a few days left of 2008, so it’s about time to start looking forward. There are a lot of exciting releases coming up in the beginning of 2009, Animal Collective, Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear and Morrissey, just to mention a few. However, to sum up the year in music 2008 just once more. Here are the top 50 albums and top 100 tracks of 2008 courtesy of Pitchfork:
Top 50 Albums
50 Ponytail – Ice Cream Spiritual
49 Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night
48 High Places – High Places
47 The Tallest Man on Earth – Shallow Grave
46 Beach House – Devotion
45 Lykke Li – Youth Novels
44 Marnie Stern – This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
43 Shearwater – Rook
42 Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Lie Down in the Light
41 David Byrne and Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
40 The Very Best – Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best
39 Times New Viking – Rip It Off
38 The Bug – London Zoo
37 Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
36 Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
35 Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
34 Arthur Russell – Love Is Overtaking Me
33 Frightened Rabbit – Midnight Organ Fight
32 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
31 Fennesz – Black Sea
30 Los Campesinos! – Hold on Now, Youngster…
29 The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
28 Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
27 Max Tundra – Parallax Error Beheads You
26 Atlas Sound – Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
25 Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances
24 Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna
23 Hot Chip – Made in the Dark
22 Santogold – Santogold
21 Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak
20 Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
19 The Walkmen – You & Me
18 The Mae Shi – HLLLYH
17 Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life
16 Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls
15 Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
14 Air France – No Way Down
13 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
12 Lindstrøm – Where You Go I Go Too
11 Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
10 DJ/rupture – Uproot
09 Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair
08 M83 – Saturdays=Youth
07 Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
06 TV On The Radio – Dear Science
05 Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
04 Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
03 No Age – Nouns
02 Portishead – Third
01 Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes
Top 100 Tracks
100 Girls – “Hellhole Ratrace”
99 Final Fantasy – “The Butcher”
98 The Magnetic Fields – “The Nun’s Litany”
97 Buraka Som Sistema (Feat. M.I.A. and DJ Znobia) – “Sound of Kuduro”
96 Empire of the Sun – “Walking on a Dream”
95 Friendly Fires (Feat. Au Revoir Simone) – “Paris (Aeroplane Remix)”
94 WHY? – “Fatalist Palmistry”
93 Atlas Sound – “River Card”
92 Born Ruffians – “I Need a Life (Four Tet Remix)”
91 Jamie Lidell – “All I Wanna Do”
90 Sic Alps – “Message From the Law”
89 Ponytail – “Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)”
88 Low Motion Disco – “Things Are Gonna Get Easier”
87 The Veronicas – “Untouched”
86 Los Campesinos! – “Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks”
85 Osborne – “16th Stage”
84 Beach House – “Gila”
83 Titus Andronicus – “Upon Viewing Brueghel’s ‘Landscape With the Fall of Icarus’”
82 Solange – “Sandcastle Disco”
81 Love Is All – “Wishing Well”
80 The Bug (Feat. Warrior Queen) – “Poison Dart”
79 Ida Maria – “Oh My God”
78 Frightened Rabbit – “The Modern Leper”
77 Telepathe – “I Can’t Stand It”
76 Justice – “DVNO (Radio Edit)”
75 Little Boots – “Stuck on Repeat”
74 Wale – “The Kramer”
73 Goldfrapp – “A&E”
72 Fleet Foxes – “Blue Ridge Mountains”
71 Sigur Rós – “Gobbledigook”
70 Rihanna – “Don’t Stop the Music”
69 Portishead – “The Rip”
68 Four Tet – “Ribbons”
67 Young Jeezy (Feat. Kanye West) – “Put On”
66 Lykke Li – “Dance, Dance, Dance”
65 Max Tundra – “Which Song”
64 The Whitest Boy Alive – “Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)”
63 The Very Best – “Kamphopo”
62 The Tough Alliance – “Lucky”
61 Q-Tip – “Gettin’ Up”
60 Crystal Castles – “Courtship Dating”
59 The Dodos – “Fools”
58 Annie – “I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me”
57 High Places – “From Stardust to Sentience”
56 Vampire Weekend – “Oxford Comma”
55 Usher (Feat. Young Jeezy) – “Love in This Club”
54 Lykke Li – “Little Bit”
53 Be Your Own Pet – “Becky”
52 Ricardo Villalobos – “Enfants (Chants)”
51 TV on the Radio – “Golden Age”
50 Invisible Conga People – “Cable Dazed”
49 Jay Reatard – “Always Wanting More”
48 Spiritualized – “Soul on Fire”
47 Alphabeat – “Fascination”
46 M83 – “Graveyard Girl”
45 Antony and the Johnsons – “Shake That Devil”
44 Hot Chip – “One Pure Thought”
43 Kelley Polar – “Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City)”
42 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – “Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!”
41 No Age – “Sleeper Hold”
40 T.I. [ft. Rihanna] – “Live Your Life”
39 Kanye West – “Love Lockdown”
38 TV on the Radio – “DLZ”
37 Big Boi [ft. Raekwon and André 3000] – “Royal Flush”
36 Arthur Russell – “I Couldn’t Say It to Your Face”
35 Shearwater – “The Snow Leopard”
34 Fuck Buttons – “Sweet Love for Planet Earth”
33 Animal Collective – “Street Flash”
32 Crystal Castles – “Untrust Us”
31 Aeroplane [ft. Kathy Diamond] – “Whispers”
30 MGMT – “Time to Pretend”
29 Vampire Weekend – “M79″
28 No Age – “Eraser”
27 T.I. – “No Matter What”
26 The Walkmen – “In the New Year”
25 The Hold Steady – “Constructive Summer”
24 Gang Gang Dance – “House Jam”
23 Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
22 Santogold – “Lights Out”
21 Hercules and Love Affair – “Hercules’ Theme”
20 The Juan MacLean – “Happy House”
19 Vivian Girls – “Where Do You Run To”
18 Women – “Black Rice”
17 Wiley – “Wearing My Rolex”
16 The Mae Shi – “Run to Your Grave”
15 Amadou and Mariam – “Sabali”
14 Lil Wayne – “A Milli”
13 Kanye West – “Flashing Lights”
12 Cut Copy – “Out There on the Ice”
11 David Byrne and Brian Eno – “Strange Overtones”
10 Estelle [ft. Kanye West] – “American Boy”
09 Portishead – “Machine Gun”
08 Air France – “Collapsing at Your Doorstep”
07 Cut Copy – “Hearts on Fire”
06 Deerhunter – “Nothing Ever Happened”
05 M83 – “Kim & Jessie”
04 Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
03 Hot Chip – “Ready for the Floor”
02 Fleet Foxes – “White Winter Hymnal”
01 Hercules and Love Affair – “Blind”
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