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Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums Of The Year
Filed under: Music Minute
As 2008 wraps itself up, Rolling Stone would like to offer its version of Top Albums Wankery, so here goes:
1. TV on the Radio: Dear Science
2. Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
3. Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
4. My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
5. John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love and Freedom
6. Santogold: Santogold
7. Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
8. Beck: Modern Guilt
9. Metallica: Death Magnetic
10. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
11. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
12. Guns n' Roses: Chinese Democracy
13. Blitzen Trapper: Furr
14. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology
15. The Black Keys: Attack & Release
16. Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
17. B.B. King: One Kind Favor
18. Lucinda Williams: Little Honey
19. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)
20. Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
21. Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads
22. Jackson Browne: Time the Conquerer
23. Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst
24. Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
25. The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
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26. Mudcrutch: Mudcrutch
27. Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
28. The Knux: Remind Me in Three Days…
29. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
30. Duffy: Rockferry
31. MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
32. Jamey Johnson: The Lonesome Song
33. Ne-Yo: Year of the Gentleman
34. Stephen Malkmus: Real Emotional Trash
35. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
36. The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
37. Nine Inch Nails: The Slip
38. Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line
39. Taylor Swift: Fearless
40. Jonas Brothers: A Little Bit Longer
41. AC/DC: Black Ice
42. David Byrne and Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
43. Nas: Untitled
44. The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely
45. Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward
46. The Academy Is…: Fast Times at Barrington High
47. Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
48. Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It
49. Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
50. No Age: Nouns
What do U think?
This list is CRAP!
Chinese Democracy? WTF that album sucks. It should have came out 15 years ago. Why in the HELL is Metallica not in the TOP 5??!!! Who the F is writing this list? Buckethead??!!!
yes taylor swift beat the jonas brothers !
Re: ck2010 – Seriously ? Do we need to answer to you ? lmfao
TAYLOR SWIFT BEAT JONAS BROTHERS!!
yesss (:
Re: yooitskristina – Yeah, i'm just wondering if they did that because of the breakup, i mean i like Taylor's music, but i just don't think her that "Fearless" was better than "A Little Bit Longer"
ew Taylor Swift doesnt deserve to be on there
yAY HOTCHIP!!!!
What do I think?
I think big steaming load of crap.
The writer must just be slitting their wrists at how much time they had to waste doing this.
I adore The Academy Is!
:)
I'm glad they made the list.
TAI
My #1:
BRITNEY SPEARS- CIRCUS
I dont know who half these people are
NO MADONNA????? Fuck this!
If you haven't heard of a lot of these bands, it's because MTV spoon feeds you pop crap and you swallow it like the little sycophants you are. There are some very viable and uniquely talented musicians here.
Is it bad that I only know 4 or 5 artists on that list?
Vampire Weekend @ 10. Awesome.
as always, the killers were robbed…
I must not be very hip because I have NO IDEA who TV on the Radio is…and I read Rolling Stone and love music. SO WTF????
ACDC # 41? Omg this list is sooo wrong!
WTF? Oasis wasn't even listed and Jonas Brothers were???? Sorry but Rolling Stones sucks, I stopped reading it since Pop made it big in the late 90's and Rolling Stones considered it "music". I swear Rolling stones wouldn't know good music if it hit them between the eyes. Everyone should read NME, it's a way better Music magazine.
What about AMARAL? >.
Rolling Stone is OBVIOUSLY delusional ….. what the FUCK are the joBlows doing on the list……just because an album sells a lot of albums to pre teen girls who have no taste in music DOES NOT make it a good album. Fuck, every band that can only play 3 chords should be on this list then. YOU WANNA HEAR A BAND THAT ARE THE SAME AGE AS THE JONAS BROTHERS THAT CAN ACTUALLY PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS BETTER THAN SOME OLD BANDS OUT TODAY?…GO LISTEN TO BLACK TIDE! they blow away these untalented fags.
I think Rolling Stone is stupid. Taylor Swift is a pretty girl, I'll give her that much, musically - talentless. She seriously scored above the jobros? JoBro's actually have musical talent unlike that future trainwreck. Also, no Lady GaGa? GaGa's album is FLAWLESS!
Wow I love TV ON THE RADIO
Can't believe they made #1.
But where is Cat Power - Jukebox. It should have been in the list!
::D::
I haven't even heard of half these bands. :S
jonas brothers are you effing kidding me????
WHERE'S BRITNEY ??! :]
chinese democracy?
really?
Good list. :]
Re: Clueboy – wtf????? "Taylor Swift is a pretty girl, I'll give her that much, musically - talentless. She seriously scored above the jobros? JoBro's actually have musical talent unlike that future trainwreck." uh…….. you're delusional.
FUCK FUCKING YES TV ON THE RADIO
My thought? WHO THE HELL ARE MOST OF THESE ARTISTS?!!! I'm old…..i'm 21 years old and i'm old….i don't know who most of these people are….go metallica and anything that for some reason now classifies as classic rock just because most people call todays music rock…WHO SAYS THE JONAS BROTHERS ARE ROCK?! Seriously, i was born in the wrong decade…….*mumbles* perhaps even the wrong century………
i dont know who most of those people are….
.
where is paramore?
Where's Tokio Hotel's Scream album?
Re: mamajud – Love Ryan Adams….Cardinology is good…..but you gotta hear Love is Hell…..
WHERE'S HARD CANDY!?!?!?!?! No album in this list was #1 at the same time in more countries than HARD CANDY!?!? The Sticky & Sweet Tour is the highest selling tour of the year!! Which featured most songs from Hard CanDy!!! This is an OUTRAGE!!!
Chinese Democracy? Hell no! That record was awful. Where the hell is Thrice - Alchemy Index Vols. 3 & 4?? MGMT should have been higher up on the list as well. That album was fantastic.
Miley should be there
Ironic that Rolling Stones was very harsh and HATED all of Girl Talk's other albums, calling them a rip off of everything else and not legit music now his new album is top 25? I totally agree it's amazing, but just ironic
Ive never heard of half of those bands
how does rolling stone not have PORTISHEAD- THIRD? REALLY? sorry but thats the best album of 2008 along with TVOTR!
Are they alright in the heads? They outta be fair and realistic and try going by sales rather than the perceptions of all the oldies at Rolling Stone.
fleet foxes, kings of leon, mgmt, and bon iver–rolling stone has done good–i agree that adele could have made it–but i'm quite satisfied! bravo!
lame
Wtf? Really glad about MGMT, B.B. King, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Raconteurs…But Metallica? Guns N' Roses? Jonas Brothers? Taylor Swift? Rolling Stone can go fuck themselves.
It is disgraceful that non-talented bull**** such as "Lil-Wayne" and "Ne-Yo" are being compared the the genius, revolutionary and creativity that is Bob Dylan. I believe that Bob Dylan is at a higher level than any artist today or, furthermore, he is at a higher level than any artist ever to be in existence.
album top 50 2008??? really?? i never know all of them!! how could?? maybe its only for American?? sorry Im from Holland.. so never know it..
Re: xxtakeabreathxx – ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? It is bad enough that Bob Dylan is not number one AND that he is being compared to untalented crap, but for him to be on the same list as Miley Cyrus would validate that the world is seriously messed up.
Re: ShakeYourkitty – believe me….i've heard them ALL…..hehe..after a while they all start to sound the same…..but easy tiger stands out as my fav
this is pretty fair, give or take a few. (Like tiny eyes Taylor Swift.)
Im kind of shocked that Jenny Lewis didnt make it!
the best part: no kanye
Overall the list is good…JoBros & Taylor are randoms, don't think they should be on this list.
SO HAPPY Kings of Leon are on it! Love those boys. Happy about MGMT and Vampire Weekend, but I'm not sure if Vampire Weekend deserved the #10 spot.
LISTEN TO KOL!
hell yeah the academy is!!
Vampire Weekend at number 10?!?! Are you fucking kidding me! Blacks Keys was waaaay better and all Vampire Weekend sings about is dumbass shit trying to be ironic!
Good choice for number 1 though! And I'm happy Be Your Own Pet is getting recognition now even though they broke up.
Honestly Kings of Leon's album was not as good as their past stuff so why is this album higher up than all their others?
Also Coldplay sucks!!! They are wearing out their welcome! After "Rush of Blood to the Head" they went downhill.
Finally Nas' album was life changing, and I don't usually listen to rap. So that should be waaaay higher.
Re: ncb_gramrock – Oh shit I forgot about them!! Yeah where the fuck is the ARCADE FIRE!!
Re: Juicy84x – Because you don't know Good Music!
That TV on the Radio album is off the meat hook!
YES CONNOR OBERST IS AMAZING!!!
i love him
AND MGMT
i agree about conor oberst and the academy is…
Where is The Script??? and The Virgins??
Good for Vampire W et Magnetic fields^^
THAT HAS BEEN JOHNNY COUGAR STINKS!
CARBON SILICON'S THE LAST POST!!!!!!!!
CHECK IT OUT!
where's The Cure and Britney?
Hey circus by Britney Spears is missing!!! Is an awesome album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But Rolling Stone will never put her on the list…they're hard core & under…please…rolling stone magazine sucks!
some of you guys don't even know much about the jonas brothers to make the statements you're making. they write all their own music, and their album is amazing. rolling stone gave it 3 1/2 stars out of four. so get your facts right before making those fucking ignorant comments. just because they're produced by disney doens't mean they're bad.
Where's Elbow?!
the raconteurs should be number 1… or at least in the top 10.
Where is Madonna's Hard Candy and The Killers Day & Age? Madonna had the biggest Female Album of the year in the US, and UK, why is she not on this bloody list?
29. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago - fan
where is Britney and Mariah they need to go back and redo it
Taylor Swift is a total fraud…I cannot believe her album would be anywhere on this list..Because the girl cannot sing..She is a total studio production.
12. Guns n' Roses: Chinese Democracy
……you've got to be kidding me
chinese democracy is a pile of shit!
The Jonas Brothers?
What were they smoking when they made this list?
this list is from planet bullshit. where the fuck is death cab for cutie?
This list is a bunch of crap.
killers?!
where the hell is circus??? and kanye west, guns n roses, madonna and katy perry album!! what r they thinkin jonas bros???
Where's ROBYN???
i like it! with differents kinds of music, pretty cool
I can't believe that the Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift made it onto this list and Jack's Mannequin didn't. The Glass Passenger is one of the most incredible and honest albums I've ever listened to.
Tay beat JB…again.
XD
WHERES ALL THE LOVE FOR BRITNEY?!
ITS ALLLREADY NUMBER ONE IN ITS FIRST WEEK!
COME ON!
THEY CAN HAVE THE JONAS FAGS ON THERE BUT NOT BRITNEY?!
YES thats so awesome that The Academy Is is on the top 50!!! GO THEM!!!1
YES thats so awesome that The Academy Is is on the top 50!!! GO THEM!!!
Re: LizardKinG – they didnt say Britney's Circus CD sucked…and hers just came out this week
Re: ck2010 – thank god no miley, i would of slit my wrist "SHAAA"
Re: Clueboy – Wow. Clearly you'll need to school yourself on Taylor Swift before you start posting about stuff you know nothing about. At the age of 14 she writes nearly an entire album of music herself. Not just the lyrics, but the music to go with it and is then signed and releases her first album to have not one but 5 singles released. And my friend in the country radio market that's NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. She then releases her 2nd album AGAIN writing most if NOT ALL the songs HERSELF and releases her first single which if I'm not mistaken has already gone #1.
So in this current enviroment to have gone platinum more than once, is saying something. She's no fly by night, pick up the microphone Carrie Underwood. She's the real deal and at 17 has many years yet to go. Talentless. Check yourself.
it's aiit
as long as MGMT is on it.. i'm good
ooh that's fucked up, dude…
WHERE'S MADONNA
omg.. My Morning Jacket is the shit!
Again, where the fuck is kd lang's Watershed album!?!?!?!!? This list is bullshit without it! Helloooooo! Fuck Rolling Stone magazine, they're fucked!
First of all where was the Black Crowes "Warpaint" album? And 45-50 I never even heard of! One thing I want to note is that Taylor Swift beat out the Jonas Brothers! Hahahaha They suck so bad I can't believe Rolling Stone even put their sorry little names on the list! Rolling Stone is going down hill fast!
I loved Kings of Leon, Bon Iver, MGMT,Girl Talk, Conor Oberst, Ryan Adams, The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Tv on the Radio, Vampire weekend, the Raconteurs, Of Montreal…I felt it was missing Jenny Lewis, She & Him, Little Joy. Overall, I was really pleased with the list but wow Jonas Bros and Taylor Swift. Egads.
Holy S! I can't believe Blitzen Trapper made this list! The title track Furr is amazing. Everyone says they haven't heard of half the bands - start listening to KEXP.org online people - it will change your little worlds.
(new)AC/DC, Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift? Who does these lists?! There is no way the Jonas Brothers cd is better than The Raconteurs. I would move some around and some out!
……Weezer?
I agree Death Cab For Cutie-Narrow Stairs
and T.I.-Paper Trail should have been on there
crap.
I despise these list things. But surprisingly this is the least crappy of the year end lists I've seen so far.
Whoa…I just noticed The Jonas Brothers and The Academy Is… is on the list. Nevermind. Though, I suppose they have to appeal to the kiddies a bit.
wow, i was totally going to post where's Adele but i see that Cinner already asked that and im so glad that is the number one post on here bc seriously her album is amazing. in fact im listening to it right now…haha