Blender's Top 33 Albums Of 2008
Filed under: Music Minute
Blender celebrates the year in music with the 33 best albums of 2008.
The list runs the gamut of musical genres, resulting in a pretty inclusive review.
Do U agree?
1. Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter III
2. Girl Talk, Feed The Animals
3. TV On The Radio, Dear Science
4. Metallica, Death Magnetic
5. Hot Chip, Made In The Dark
6. Robyn, Robyn
7. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
8. Randy Newman, Harps & Angels
9. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
10. Fall Out Boy, Folie A Deux
11. Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs
12. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
13. Al Green, Lay It Down
14. Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue
15. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
16. Be Your Own Pet, Get Awkward
17. Conor Oberst, Conor Oberst
18. Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual
19. Katy Perry, One Of The Boys
20. Wale, Mixtape About Nothing
21. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part I: Fourth World War
22. Coldplay, Viva La Vida
23. The Cool Kids, Bake Sale
24. The Roots, Rising Down
25. Santogold, Santogold
26. Usher, Here I Stand
27. Mariah Carey, E=MC2
28. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Real Emotional Trash
29. Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It
30. Young Jeezy, The Recession
31. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
32. Taylor Swift, Fearless
33. Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind
WIN:
Lil' Wayne
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
Be Your Own Pet
Conor Oberst
Santogold
Taylor Swift
FAIL:
lack of Jonas Brothers and MGMT.
Yeh, Madonna should definitly be on the list
uummm no…I haven't heard of half of them..and lil wayne should not be number one. btw 2008 isn't over yet and like 2 or 3 good cds just came out. whatev!
UMMM WHERE THE FUCK IS RADIOHEAD..IN RAINBOWS ANYONE?BEST ALBUM EVER.
Re: Moimeme – hahaha….i just pissed my pants at that one…
i saw them last night on leno….it was a joke….they have no personalities and their songs are average at best…"dont put my heart on a shelf"……simple is not even the word….
but what can i expect from these three virgin douche bags….
Re: livelovemusic – in rainbows came out waaaay more than a year ago….
Re: Milky is the ultimate troll – i 2nd that….or 3rd….
What a big bag of shit!!!!
Wale, Mixtape About Nothing and The Roots, Rising Down should be higher
and wtf no NaS?
Mariah is on the list and Madonna's isnt. THAT alone makes it a worthless list cause say what you will but Madonna's latest was better then some of those albums listed on it!
Re: mamajud – I know, I don't like any of that shit! I guess the bold ones are Perez's gay ass favorites. lol
WTF..lousy list!
THE FACT THAT THEY PUT FUGLY LIL WAYNE AT #1, AND WHORIAH SCAREY ON THE LIST PERIOD, KILLS ANY CREDIBILITY THIS MAGAZINE EVER HAD.
jason marz SUCKS…..any way i never heard of half these people…..but then again how many people how are actaully cool READ bLender anyways
Bright side: Taylor Swift
Down side: Um. JONAS BROTHERS!??
Re: Lizilicious – YEAHHH WHERE IS HARD CANDY?????
yay for conor!!
where's ADELE? this is whack.
Taylor mad the list and the Jonas Brothers didn't. Muahahaha.
Seriously!!!! Where is Jason Mraz on there?!?! We Sing We Dance We Steal Things is truly my fav ablum ever.
Dear Science and For Emma, Forever Ago are simply amazing albums
THIS LIST SUCKS! WHERE'S MGMT'S ORACULAR SPECTACULAR OR KINGS OF LEONS ONLY BY THE NIGHT?!?!?!?
Lil' Wayne? #1? Maybe in an altered reality, but certainly not this one. Coldplay should be MUCH higher…..like in the top 3.
Who are most of these people/bands anyway? I haven't heard of most of them.
Probably because only 33 albums were released this year?
Pretty lame list.
uhhh taylor swift and katy perry but no t.i.?
the fuck?
all i had to do was see mariah carey to know this list is crap.
Mariah Carey made the list and and Lindsey Buckingham is NOT on the list…puh-leeeeze!
where's lady gaga. LOVE LOVE LOVE her CD!!!
i think it's a surprisingly good list. although wolf parade is a major omission.
girl talk's "feed the animals" should be #1!!!
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - NARROW STAIRS
BEST C.D EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I see is a list of SHIT!
that entire list is fucking bunk. seriously…2008 was a bleak year for music, apparently.
maybe i'm in the minority here, but i'm more surprised that girl talk is #2 than i am about lil wayne's top ranking.
but so glad vampire weekend is so high, that's my favorite album of the year, aside from the painful omissions of mgmt (wtf?!), jason mraz, and yes, the jonas brothers.
weak.
at least the jonas brothers aren't on it.
BE YOUR OWN PET AND VAMPIRE WEEKEND=YES
too bad they couldn't wait a freaking minute, i want to see the killers on there!
and other than no killers, mgmt should be on there too!
Perez Hates Me ^^
Lil' Wayne number one? Is that a joke, he doesn't deserve it. Sure… he did sell a lot but it doesn't mean it was a good album. He is beyond over rated.
And if this is considering albums from 2008, January to December.
Kanye West's "808's & Heartbreak" should definately be there, just genious. Along with Nas' "Untitled", and The Game's "LAX". Instead we have artists like Lil' Wayne and Young Jeezy who's albums were no where as good as the ones I mentioned. Besides that, I thought the list was fairly decent.
No.
WHAT ABOUT MADONNA!!?? AND THE KILLERS!!!!
I HATE MARIAH CAREY!!! I DONT THINK SOOOO!
WTF, I must be getting old. I recognized about 5 of these groups. Maybe Blender's target audience is 16 year olds. How else would you explain Lil' Wayne being on the list at all.
I say pretty fucking spot on. HOT CHIP #5! WOOHOO! If the list was a lil' bit longer I'd throw the MGMT album on there too.
Wayne definitely deserves #1.
Re: Lä!!!SEMICOLON!!!ggNer –
No Doubt.
Where are the smooth sounds of frank sinatra? These pussies can suck my dick all the way down they're throats!
Umm… Katy Perry's album sucked and the only good songs were the singles, Lil' Wayne's album was good, but didn't deserve #1, and finally WHERE THE HELL IS BEYONCE'S I Am… Sasha Fierce?!?
What I say is any releasse that Taylor Swift makes, since the girl sucks as a singer, is a BIG mistake….ranking the untalented is just wrong…
Taylor Swift cannot sing.
Period.
clearly blender have never stepped foot on british soil…
You know they know shit about music, when lil' wayne is ranked higher than Al Green. No. Even Lil' Wayne's best job would be pure shit compared to the great Green.
U damn right metallica is in there. They should be first in my opinion.
Alanis Morissette's Flavors of Entanglement?
OF MONTREAL NUMBER SEVEN!!! WOO!!!
But seriously, Mariah Carey?
why did you bold only katy and robyn?
oh, because theyre the only two people who would kiss your fat ass.
theyre not THAT fucking great.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy girl TALK!!!!!! gregg gregg gregg gregg gregg knows how to bring the party better than any of those hoes!!
The only good artist on that list is Nick Cave. The rest seriously SERIOUSLY suck. Douche music to be sure. Also just because you haven't heard of an artist doesn't mean they don't deserve any credit. No wonder Blender is going under.
LOVE GIRL TALK!!!! and props also to death cab and vamp w/e!!!
i agree with all of the albums that i know of (about 75%)..they are amazing. but i think metallica should definitely be lower and death cab, vampire weekend, and santogold should definitely be higher!
No. Some should be higher and some shouldn't even be on there.
What about The Kooks, Mystery Jets, The Wombats, Jaguar Love, Hadouken!, Dirty Pretty Things…
Good to see some true talent on there. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds! Nick Cave is amazing, a true artist. 'Lil Wayne? Seriously?
okay definitely lil' wayne, girl talk & metallica. but taylor swift should be higher than mariah carey's CD! and i think T.I.'s CD should be up there too!
Girl Talk!!!! The best shit ever! I listen to that CD over and over.
I agree with the #1 pick. Weezy is a genius. Santogold and Coldplay should have been higher.
Why is Mariah on here? E=MC2 was THE worst record she's ever made. And also, why is Vampire Weekend on here? I absolutely can't stand them. I don't like Fall Out Boy either, but I'd rather see them on here than Vampire Weekend.
Re: Heatharrrr – I have to disagree with you. This is from Blender, not J-14.
WTF? Why isn't Rockferry by Duffy anywhere on the list? I personally thought it was the greatest album of 2008, & I know lots of music experts who agree with me. I agree with Coldplay & Katy Perry, but that's about it. Very dissapointing.
Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine" should be on that list, it's seriously amazing. More amazing than some that made the cut.
Re: p0tat0 – I absolutely agree with you!!
Wow, Fall Out Boy's new Album is way up there too, should be good for them
and where the fuck is Jason Mraz? was it released last year? I can't remember, it was a really good album though. Yay for Taylor Swift and Katy Perry
I forgot to mention that I'm pissed about Lady GaGa not being on the list. Her album was one of the best albums to come out in a long time. Whoever composted the list needs their head examined. What did Lil Wayne do that's so good?!?
Lil wayne at no.1 immediately destroys all credibility this list ever had.
Vampire Weekend was amazing, but what about DISCIPLINE??????????????? Janet may have been overlooked by the critics and the disaster of a tour, but the album was FIERCE and totally old school JANET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ive heard of less then 10. like numbers 2, 3, and 5.
who the fuck are they.
that list is shitty.
taylor swift should be higher up.
Oh and I loved Ani DiFranco's Red Letter Year!
no way in hell is lil' wayne, katy perry, and fall out boy better then COLDPLAY. why the hell is coldplay so low on the list? Viva La Vida is a brilliant album !
The Killerzzzz?
MARIAH CAREY'S E=MC2 OUGHT TO BE #1 ON THE LIST..HOW APPROPRIATE THAT HOMEWRECKER GRANNY VADGE MAnDONNA'S SHITEOUS ALBUM IS NOT EVEN ON THE LIST !!
Kings of Leon - ONLY BY THE NIGHT
isn't even mentioned? That was a fuckin' stellar album, what's up with that?
NO I DEFINITELY DONT AGREE ! !!!!!!!!
WHERE THE FUCK IS MADONNA ???????
HER ALBUM IS KILLING! !!!
Wezzy's album was over-rated sorry but it was had some good tracks but that's it.
Re: ShakeYourkitty – Paramore released Riot! in 2007 but yeah that was a fucking amazing album.
I agree with barely any of these.
These are what I agree with:
3. TV On The Radio, Dear Science
5. Hot Chip, Made In The Dark
7. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
9. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
But I really really really really really really really really really miss The Notwist - The Devil, You & Me. Best album of the year!
Perez, you'd love Santogold! There is quite the variety listed…everyone would enjoy a couple albums on this list.
madonna on top.bes selling album in usa rem,ember fucker
lil wayne should not be on there at all. because he sucks. a lot.
with the exception of vampire weekend and Nick Cave, THEY ALL SUCK!
GIRL TALK & OF MONTREAL!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSS.
nice to finally see TALENT on a chart like this for once.
I'd like to know WHO the hell makes up these STUPID, POINTLESS lists? Blender? Who even reads that crap anyway? Such a waste of time to bother with even reading this list over again to evaluate it. Says who? I don't care what these people think and how they rank the singers. I can make up my own mind who is good and who isn't. Screw this "list"
WHERE THE HELL IS PORTISHEAD- THIRD? THAT WAS THE BEST ALBUM OF 2008!
Hahahaha, 27. Mariah Carey is this a joke?!?!
3 WORDS. ISLANDS: ARM'S WAY!
ugh, people turn off your radio and stop listening to that manufactured bullshit they call "music"
Go listen to:
Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue or her debut album with the Watson Twins
Conor Oberst, Conor Oberst or his Bright Eyes stuff
Be Your Own Pet, Get Awkward
Just because its not commercialized doesn't mean its not good music. Its better than Jonas Brothers and Miley and all that Disney tween crap
No, who are half of the freaking people and when did they put out albums? #1 is correct but there are totally some people missing and some people who should not be there…Cold Play should be higher
They left off Hagdonna's "Hard Candy" CD? What a shocker! The old bag needs to stop putting out new music just like she vowed never to "act" again. Ugly old gap-toothed sea hag.
i think they left a whole bunch off
No I don't agree…My cd should be number one!!!
just because an artist/band is popular, doesn't mean their album deserves to be named one of the best of the year. i'm a bit disappointed that they didn' include kings of leon on their list. also santogold should be higher on the list.
WEEZY BABY!
Taylor Swift should be up at least at number 5!
Fall Out Boy sucks, who even listens to them anyways?!
Kanye West won at the American Musical Awards "best hip-hop album".
So bullshit!!!!!!
HE ISN'T EVEN UP HERE!
Jason Mraz should have been on that fucking list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JASON MRAZ
JASON MRAZ
JASON MRAZ
JASON MRAZ
JASON MRAZ
DAMNIT! Perez you need to do more on him.
Boo. I haven't even heard half the music on that list. Where's Circus and I Am Sasha Fierce??? Funhouse? Taylor Swifts last album was definitely better than her new one.
hahaaha
Kayne is not on it
Hes gonna be talking abotu that… fer sure
There's a couple good ones on there. But there are way too many bad ones: Lil' Wayne, Robyn, Fall Out Boy, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Jenny Lewis (her new CD sucks really hard), Be Your Own Pet, Katy Perry, Coldplay, The Roots, Santogold, Usher, Mariah Carey, Young Jeezy, Taylor Swift. Quite obviously Blender has no fucking idea what good music is.
no radiohead! i'm upset. in rainbows came on out the 1st of 2008 and no mention. this list sux