Best albums of 2008

22nd Dec 2008

Based on my monthly music round-ups and number of listens per album, here's my top albums of the year in order:

1. The Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow
2. Octogen - Gindofask
3. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
4. Mlle Caro And Franck Garcia - Pain Disappears
5. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
6. Rex The Dog - The Rex The Dog Show
7. Miss Kittin - Batbox
8. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank
9. Santogold - Santogold

And interestingly, here's my list of top compilations / podcasts / mixes... there's a lot more (again, in order):

• Shilo Presents: Pretty Titty
• The Black Ghosts Mixtape
• Nathan Fake - allez-allez mix
• JD Twitch (Optimo) - RA Podcast
• Soma Coma Volume 2
• Tape and Take Six - DKR
• Lee Jones - RA podcast
• Andy Stott and Claro Intelecto - RA Podcast
• Kompakt - Total 9
• Aeroplane - RA podcast
• Damian Lazarus - Night of The Dark Machines (Sci Fi Lo Fi Vol 2)
• Funk D'Void - Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Volume 4
• Don Letts - Fabric Podcast
• Hostage - November Mix
• Derrick Carter - RA podcast
• Fabric 42 - Ame
• M.A.N.D.Y. - Fabric 38
• Murmur - Resident Advisor Podcast
• Buzzin' Fly - 5 Golden Years In The Wilderness
• Shilo Presents: Sinden
• Foamo - Summer Mixtape
• Slam - Sci Fi Hi Fi Vol. 5
• Steffi - RA Podcast