Best Album On NME' s 2008 Albums Of The Year List?

Late Of The Pier should win this contest.

Wow I haven't listened to any of these.

I can remember worse NME end of the year list by the way...

when coldplay won it?

For example, yes. Or 2006, 2007...

lets compare http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nmeindex.html

christ, 2006 was bloody awful.

it's always been awful, it always will be awful. it's the fucking nme, what do you expect?

Well some on here say they remember when it was really good.

they're going senile. it was never good.

one vote for fucked up - chemistry of common life

a lot of senile posters on ILM then Lex

Heh heh, thanks for the new screen name...

Is it The Lex who doesn't acknowledge the presence of any culture before 1997? Or am I mixing him up with someone else?

Is it The Lex who doesn't acknowledge the presence of any culture before 1997? Or am I mixing him up with someone else?

That could be loads on ILM!

friendly fires is the only album here i particularly care about

That Bloc Party album must be terrible to get the token no.49 slot

^^it is

i voted for vampire weekend

school of seven bells > portishead > laura marling > santogold > hercules and love affair > hot chip > scarlett johansson

these are the only albums on the list which aren't totally worthless. it's good going, considering.

No Earth, Torche, Growing , Harvey Milk or Grails no credibility.

Don't suppose (m)any will vote for it but that Spiritualized album was very good and way better than I expected.

I suppose the same can be said of the verve album

Finally got round to listening to the poxy Foals album, sounds like they've nicked all their songs off Q And Not U and slung in a bit of Pigbag for good measure. Enjoyed some of it, always been a sucker for trebly guitars and skittering drums, but I got a bit naffed off with the singer.

didnt care much for them

Seeing Spz live put me off every wanting to listen to another note of their records ever again!

Admit it, you went to that gig determined not to like it!

Not true! I went to that gig as excited as could be, I wore my silver spacejacket and everything, went and got a good spot in front of one of the pillars so I could see... and, as D observed "that was the quickest I've ever seen you go from bouncey to retching in my life!" I was excited by reports that it was the best live show they'd done in years! Those reports were wrong!

But anyway, this is not the thread for this.

Well it's still a good album.

WHICH GINGER IS HOTTER?!?!?!

Hercules & LA win this by a mile too.

And best tranny. So I voted them.

should joe satriani have a credit there with coldplay?

Well johnny Marr did join Modest Mouse..

My views:
Shite: 43
Not Shite: 7

Coldplay --> Best album of 2008

For the record, Coldplay was one of my 7.

Geir's 2008 list
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/GeirH/my_top_albums_of_2008____so_far/

Bit of a slump round about #40 and I haven't heard most of the Norwegian ones but by Geir's standards that's not too bad a list!

I still love that Marit Larsen album, it would be in my list definitely. Also Geir likes Sebastien Tellier! Awesome.

Portishead.

I make it ten non-shite albums. In order:

25 Portishead Third
2 TV on the Radio Dear Science
17 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid
7 Santogold Santogold
42 Alpinisms School of Seven Bells
44 Li, Lykke Youth Novels
1 MGMT Oracular Spectacular
16 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke
34 Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
23 Johansson, Scarlett Anywhere I Lay My Head

Like these:

7 Santogold Santogold
19 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life
20 Spiritualized Songs in A and E
25 Portishead Third
33 Deerhunter Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.

I like 2 or 3 songs on these but wouldn't rave about them:

1 MGMT Oracular Spectacular
12 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
29 Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nick Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

Thought this was shit:

43 Black Kids Partie Traumatic

Not heard the rest yet.

Not heard the Black Kids album, are they really that bad?

The NME really, really should be all over the Gang Gang Dance record...it's their wet dream.

Obviously it isn't. Maybe next year..

12 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles

^ and even this album I wouldn't put on a best-of list

apart from Q, Mojo, Word and about 5 others

I was unaware these magazines were to releasing Best of Lists for 2008; I thought they would be focusing on 1988 or 1998 as usual.

haha

I've just had a good chuckle at the write up for the Oasis album in this poll. By 'chuckle' I mean fighting the urge to kick something violently across the room.

only heard three of these:

portishead an obvious and effortless winner; mogwai nipping at their heels but out of breath; fucked up limping along half a mile or so behind.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

there is one good album on this list and it's hercules and love affair.

although portishead's 'third' was decent enough