Por mi parte con esta entrada doy por finalizado todo lo que tenga que decir sobre listas de lo mejor del 2008, creo que con este pequeño compendio de listas de revistas extranjeras especializadas nos podemos hacer una idea de lo que nos deparó este semi-finiquitado 2008.
Si seguÃs leyendo podreis ver cuales han sido los 10 mejores discos para sitios como Amazon, NME, The New York Times, Billboard, Pitchfork o Blender, si os gustan las listas despues del salto las vais a llegar a odiar.
Amazon.com [Editors’ Picks]
1. Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
2. Santogold by Santogold
3. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
4. Lay It Down by Al Green
5. 19 by Adele
6. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
7. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
8. Shine by Estelle
9. Trouble in Mind by Hayes Carll
10. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Billboard
1. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
2. Santogold by Santogold
3. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
4. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
5. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
6. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
6. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
7. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Death Magnetic by Metallica
9. 19 by Adele
9. Rockferry by Duffy
10. Tha Carter III by Lil’ Wayne
10. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Blender
1. Tha Carter III by Lil’ Wayne
2. Feed The Animals by Girl Talk
3. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
4. Death Magnetic by Metallica
5. Made In The Dark by Hot Chip
6. Robyn by Robyn
7. Skeletal Lamping by of Montreal
8. Harps And Angels by Randy Newman
9. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
10. Folie A Deux by Fall Out Boy
Cokemachineglow
1. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
2. Tronic by Black Milk
3. Saint Dymphna by Gang Gang Dance
4. Women by Women
5. Shapeshifters by Invincible
6. At Mount Zoomer by Wolf Parade
7. You & Me by The Walkmen
8. Laulu Laakson Kukista by Paavoharju
9. Vivian Girls by Vivian Girls
10. In Flesh Tones by Azeda Booth
Boston Globe [Joan Anderman]
1. The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley
2. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
3. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
4. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
5. Ode To Sunshine by Delta Spirit
6. Modern Guilt by Beck
7. Accelerate by R.E.M.
8. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
9. Feed The Animals by Girl Talk
10. Evil Urges by My Morning Jacket
Boston Globe [James Reed]
1. Devotion by Beach House
2. Santogold by Santogold
3. Alegranza by El Guincho
4. Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis
5. The Troubles by Faces On Film
6. Parplar by Larkin Grimm
7. Lust Lust Lust by The Ravonettes
8. Shine by Estelle
9. Cold Fact by Rodgriguez
10. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Boston Globe [Sarah Rodman]
1. Volume One by She & Him
2. Chinese Democracy by Guns N’ Roses
3. Rising Down by The Roots
4. Love On The Inside by Sugarland
5. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
6. Lay It Down by Al Green
7. Rain by Joe Jackson
8. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
9. The Way I See It by Raphael Saadiq
10. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
Delusions of Adequacy [DOA]
1. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
2. Third by Portishead
3. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
4. Nouns by No Age
5. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
6. Tha Carter III by Lil’ Wayne
7. Microcastle by Deerhunter
8. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
9. The Stand Ins by Okkervil River
10. Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Drowned In Sound
1. Saturdays=Youth by M83
2. The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit
3. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
4. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5. Microcastle by Deerhunter
6. Third by Portishead
7. Alopecia by Why?
8. Friendly Fires by Friendly Fires
9. Midnight Boom by The Kills
10. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Dusted [Picks of co-editor Otis Hart]
1. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
2. Love Is Overtaking Me by Arthur Russell
3. Primary Colours by Eddy Current Suppression Ring
4. When Horses Die… by Thomas Brinkmann
5. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
6. Sleight of Heart by Malcolm Middleton
7. Where You Go I Go Too by Lindstrom
8. Margins Music by Dusk + Blackdown
9. The Mandé Variations by Toumani Diabate
10. Recomposed Vol. 3 by Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald
EW [Leah Greenblatt]
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. I Am…Sasha Fierce by Beyonce
3. Santogold by Santogold
4. Robyn by Robyn
5. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
6. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
7. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
8. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
9. Tha Carter III by Lil’ Wayne
10. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Ros
EW [Chris Willman]
1. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
2. Robyn by Robyn
3. Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 by Bob Dylan
4. Mudcrutch by Mudcrutch
5. The Renaissance by Q-Tip
6. Call Me Crazy by Lee Ann Womack
7. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
8. A Little Bit Longer by The Jonas Brothers
9. Detours by Sheryl Crow
10. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
Filter
1. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
2. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
3. Fate by Dr. Dog
4. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
5. Antidotes by Foals
6. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
7. Volume One by She & Him
8. Saturdays=Youth by M83
9. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
10. Missiles by The Dears
Hartford Courant
1. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
2. Santogold by Santogold
3. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
4. Brighter Than Creation’s Dark by Drive-By Truckers
5. Distortion by The Magnetic Fields
6. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
7. 808’s & Heartbreak by Kanye West
8. Re-Arrange Us by Mates Of State
9. City Of Refuge by Castanets
10. I, Flatland by Ry Coder
Los Angeles Times [Ann Powers – no particular order]
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
4. Back To Now by Labelle
5. I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too by Martha Wainwright
6. Santogold by Santogold
7. The Way I See It by Raphael Saadiq
8. Sounds So Good by Ashton Shepherd
9. Remind Me In 3 Days by The Knux
10. Love And Life by Eric Benet
Lost at Sea [Staff Consensus]
1. Alopecia by Why?
2. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
3. Saturdays=Youth by M83
4. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
5. Los Angeles by Flying Lotus
5. Third by Portishead
5. Microcastle by Deerhunter
8. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Ros
9. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
10. In Ear Park by Department Of Eagles
10. Tha Carter III by Lil’ Wayne
Magnet
1. Other People by American Princes
2. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. Lucky by Nada Surf
4. Nouns by No Age
5. Mission Control by The Whigs
6. Parallel Play by Sloan
7. The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit
8. Re-Arrange Us by Mates Of State
9. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
10. The Visiter by The Dodos
Mojo
1. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
2. The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
3. 22 Dreams by Paul Weller
4. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
5. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
7. Glasvegas by Glasvegas
8. The Week That Was by The Week That Was
9. London Zoo by The Bug
10. Home Before Dark by Neil Diamond
MusicOMH
1. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
2. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
3. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
4. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
5. Third by Portishead
6. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
7. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
8. Alas I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
9. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
10. Street Horrrsing by Fuck Buttons
NME
1. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
2. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
3. Glasvegas by Glasvegas
4. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
5. Antidotes by Foals
6. Nights Out by Metronomy
7. Santogold by Santogold
8. Twenty One by Mystery Jets
9. Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
10. Friendly Fires by Friendly Fires
New York Magazine
1. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
2. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
3. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
4. Third by Portishead
5. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
6. Santogold by Santogold
7. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
8. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
9. Modern Guilt by Beck
10. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
The New York Times [Jon Pareles]
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. Third by Portishead
3. The Mande Variations by Toumani Diabate
4. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
5. In Ear Park by Department Of Eagles
6. That Lonesome Song by Jamey Johnson
7. At Mount Zoomer by Wolf Parade
8. Microcastle by Deerhunter
9. Alas, I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
10. Santogold by Santogold
NoRipcord
1. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
2. Third by Portishead
3. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
4. Saturdays=Youth by M83
5. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
6. Microcastle by Deerhunter
7. Rook by Shearwater
8. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
9. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
10. Songs in A&E by Spiritualized
Observer Music Monthly [OMM]
1. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
2. Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam
3. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
4. Glasvegas by Glasvegas
5. Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
6. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
7. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
8. 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West
9. Third by Portishead
10. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
The Onion AV Club[Staff Consensus]
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up
3. You & Me by The Walkmen
4. Hold On Now, Youngster by Los Campesino
5. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
6. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
7. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
8. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
9. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
10. Third by Portishead
Paste Magazine
1. Volume One by She & Him
2. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Ros
3. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
4. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
5. The Stand Ins by Okkervil River
6. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
7. Feed The Animals by Girl Talk
8. April by Sun Kil Moon
9. Little Honey by Lucinda Williams
10. Microcastle by Deerhunter
Pitchfork
1. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
2. Third by Portishead
3. Nouns by No Age
4. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
5. Microcastle by Deerhunter
6. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
7. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
8. Saturdays=Youth by M83
9. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
10. Uproot by DJ/rupture
Popmatters
1. Third by Portishead
2. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
3. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
4. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
5. London Zoo by The Bug
6. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
7. Microcastle by Deerhunter
8. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
9. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
10. Hold On Now, Youngster by Los Campesino
Q
1. Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon
2. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
3. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
4. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
5. Glasvegasby Glasvegas
6. Rockferry by Duffy
7. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
8. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
9. Consolers Of The Lonely by The Raconteurs
10. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Rolling Stone
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 by Bob Dylan
3. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
4. Evil Urges by My Morning Jacket
5. Life Death Love and Freedom by John Mellencamp
6. Santogold by Santogold
7. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
8. Modern Guilt by Beck
9. Death Magnetic by Metallica
10. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Slant Magazine
1. Third by Portishead
2. Robyn by Robyn
3. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
4. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
5. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
6. Kleerup by Kleerup
7. Saturdays=Youth by M83
8. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
9. Santogold by Santogold
10. Alopecia by Why?
Spin
1. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
2. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
3. Third by Portishead
4. Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up
5. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
6. Santogold by Santogold
7. Microcastle by Deerhunter
8. Made In The Dark by Hot Chip
9. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
10. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Sputnikmusic [Staff Consensus]
1. Traced In Air by Cynic
2. Some Blood by Off Minor
3. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
4. Late Night Cinema by Blue Sky Bkack Death
5. Deathconsciousness by Have A Nice Life
6. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
7. It’s Not Me, It’s You! by pg.lost
8. Los Angeles by Flying Lotus
9. Fortress by Protest The Hero
10. Sycamore Meadows by Butch Walker
The Phoenix
1. Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
2. Black Sea by Fennesz
3. Saturdays=Youth by M83
4. Microcastle by Deerhunter
5. Drawn in Basic by Populous WIth Short Stories
6. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
7. Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill by Grouper
8. Lust Lust Lust by The Ravonettes
9. Third by Portishead
10. Action Silence Prayers by Stefano Pilia
Tiny Mix Tapes
1. Microcastle by Deerhunter
2. Third by Portishead
3. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
4. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
5. Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes by The Music Tapes
6. Devotion by Beach House
7. In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
8. Rip It Off by Times New Viking
9. Saint Dymphna by Gang Gang Dance
10. Lost Wisdom/Dawn by Mount Eerie
Uncut
1. Third by Portishead
2. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
3. Dear Science, by TV On The Radio
4. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
5. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
6. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
7. Stainless Style by Neon Neon
8. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
9. Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
10. 22 Dreams by Paul Weller
Under The Rader [Staff Consensus]
1. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
2. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
3. The Visiter by The Dodos
4. Third by Portishead
5. Neptune by The Duke Spirit
6. Volume One by She & Him
7. Saturdays=Youth by M83
8. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
9. Flight Of The Conchords by Flight Of The Conchords
10. Missiles by The Dears
The Wire
1. London Zoo by The Bug
2. Sand by Philip Jeck
3. Hairdryer Peace by The Hospitals
4. Resonant Spaces by John Butcher
5. Saint Dymphna by Gang Gang Dance
6. Other Channels by The Advisory Circle
7. Hello, Voyager by Evangelista
8. Real English Tea Made Here by William S Burroughs
9. Imperial Wax Solvent by The Fall
10. Persistent Repetition Of Phrases by The Caretaker
VÃa: Metacritic
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