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Top 55 albums of 2008

Dec 11, 2008, 2:38pm Don't just do something, stand there
I've been looking over and reordering this list for a couple weeks, and I'm sure it would change a bit again after another couple weeks and some more re-listening, but at some point you gotta stop and go with what you got. Probably not too many surprises here for regular readers of this blog (all two of you). I'll also give the usual disclaimer that there are plenty of albums I just never got around to. Oh, and looming deadlines are preventing me from adding any mp3s or (attempts at) pithy descriptions below each. Use the Hype Machine and your [...]
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