I was actually planning on making this list my grand finale, but then my volunteer coordinator at KEXP emailed and reminded me that the deadline for submitting our Top Ten lists for inclusion on their site was this afternoon. Kind of overwhelmed by the task, I started by going to my CD shelf and pulling every CD I had that was released this year. Turns out there are only about twenty — so the job wasn’t too hard after all. And since it’s already done, well, I might as well share it with you, no? Here, in no order but alphabetical, are my Top Ten Albums of 2008.
1 – The Cardinals – Cardinology
2 – The Constantines – Kensington Heights
3 – Grand Archives – Grand Archives
4 – Mudhoney – The Lucky Ones
5 – [The band formerly known as] The Muslims – The Muslims
6 – No Age – Nouns
7 – REM – Accelerate
8 – Santogold – Santogold
9 – Thao – We Brave Bee Stings And All
10 – Throw Me The Statue – Moonbeams
Many other people are taking polls. Me? I ain’t got no poll; I’m happy just sitting here mouthing off about my own opinions. However, if you’d like to have your say, well, this is the internet, and by god you can. Post comments, additions, challenges, and questions about my taste below.