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Sound Bites Best of 2008 | Albums

Dec 28, 2008, 12:56am Sound Bites
Sound Bites Best of 2008 | Albums 2008 was a great year for good music and a pretty good year for great music. I kept expanding my list from 20 to 25 to 30, and then back down to 20 (sort of). Deciding what would be my #10 took forever. (The top #9 have been there for a while, with the order shuffling around till seconds from this posting.) And actually my Top 5 were as close as they've been in ages. My rules: whatever year an album is first made available in any legally obtainable format (CD, vinyl, digital, etc), that is the year it's eligible. [...]
Artist:Arkells
Title:Ballad of Hugo Chavez
Link Text:"Ballad of Hugo Chavez"
File Name:Arkells_BalladofHugoChavez.mp3
Bitrate:214 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Deerhunter
Title:Never Stops
Link Text:Deerhunter - Never Stops
File Name:deerhunter_neverstops.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:Elbow
Title:The Bones of You
Link Text:"The Bones of You"
File Name:elbow_bonesofyou.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Envelopes
Title:Boat
Link Text:"Boat"
File Name:envelopes_boat.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Errors
Title:Salut! France
Link Text:Errors - Salut! France
File Name:Errors_Salut_France.mp3
Bitrate:161 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Foals
Title:The French Open
Link Text:"The French Open"
File Name:foals_thefrenchopen.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Ida Maria
Title:Queen Of The World
Link Text:Ida Maria - Queen of the World
File Name:idamaria_queenoftheworld.mp3
Bitrate:264 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Kelley Stoltz
Title:When You Forget
Link Text:Kelley Stoltz - When You Forget
File Name:KelleyStoltz_WhenYouForget.mp3
Bitrate:243 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Late of the Pier
Title:Heartbeat
Link Text:Late of the Pier - Heartbeat
File Name:lotp_heartbeat.mp3
Bitrate:223 kbps
Year:1108
Artist:Los Campesinos!
Title:We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Link Text:Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
File Name:LC_BeautifulDoomed.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Lykke Li
Title:Let It Fall
Link Text:Lykke Li - Let It Fall
File Name:lykkeli_letitfall.mp3
Bitrate:248 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Mystery Jets
Title:Young Love (Featuring Laura Marling)
Link Text:Young Love
File Name:mysteryjets_younglove.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Pacific
Title:sunset blvd
Link Text:Pacific - Sunset Blvd.
File Name:Pacific_sunsetblvd.mp3
Bitrate:191 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Pete and the Pirates
Title:Moving
Link Text:Pete and the Pirates - Moving
File Name:PATP_Moving.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:School Of Seven Bells
Title:Half Asleep
Link Text:"Half Asleep"
File Name:So7B_Half Asleep.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Sic Alps
Title:Mater
Link Text:Mater
File Name:sicalps_mater.mp3
Bitrate:283 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Sloan
Title:All I Am Is All You're Not
Link Text:Sloan - All I am is All You're Not
File Name:sloan_alliamisallyourenot.mp3
Bitrate:284 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Duke Spirit
Title:The Step And The Walk
Link Text:"The Step and the Walk"
File Name:dukespirit_stepwalk.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:The Dø
Title:On My Shoulders
Link Text:"On My Shoulders"
File Name:thedo_onmyshoulders.mp3
Bitrate:184 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The High Dials
Title:Invisible Choirs
Link Text:Invisible Choirs
File Name:highdials_invisiblechoirs.mp3
Bitrate:297 kbps
Artist:The Muslims
Title:On My Time
Link Text:The Muslims - On My Time
File Name:muslims_onmytime.mp3
Bitrate:172 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Shortwave Set
Title:Glitches N Bugs
Link Text:"Glitches and Bugs"
File Name:shortwaveset_glitchesandbugs.m p3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Wave Pictures
Title:Avocado Baby
Link Text:The Wave Pictures - Avocado Baby
File Name:thewavepictures_avocadobaby.mp 3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:The Week That Was
Title:The Airport Line
Link Text:The Week That Was - The Airport Line
File Name:twtw_theairportline.mp3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:This Is Ivy League
Title:The Richest Kids
Link Text:"The Richest Kids"
File Name:thisisivyleague_richestkids.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:TV on the Radio
Title:Crying
Link Text:TV on the Radio - Crying
File Name:tvotr_crying.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Vivian Girls
Title:Where Do You Run To
Link Text:"Where Do You Run To?"
File Name:viviangirls_wheredoyourunto.mp 3
Bitrate:257 kbps
Year:2008
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