In absolutely no particular order, my list of the best albums of 2008. Some of these are magnificent and I listened to in eternal loop, some others I got and listen to just now and then, but they sure all what kept my ipod playing for hours.
LP's
1. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
2. Ayreon - 01011001
3. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
4. Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
6. Portishead - Third
7. Drive by Wire - Between Oceans
8. Boris - Smile
9. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
10. Star of Ash - The Thread
11. Æthenor - Betimes Black Cloudmasses
12. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt
13. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
14. Opeth - Watershed
15. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
16. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
17. Gregor Samsa - Rest
18. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
19. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
20. Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard - Farscape
21. Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner
22. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
23. Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
24. A Storm of Light - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
25. Hail of Bullets - ... Of Frost And War
26. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
27. Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
28. Melvins - Nude With Boots
29. Nadja - The Bungled & The Botched
30. The Evpatoria Report - Maar
31. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
32. Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
33. Cynic - Traced in Air
34. This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
35. Russian Circles - Station
36. Her Name is Calla - The Heritage
37. Conifer - Crown Fire
38. Dragontears - Tambourine Freak Machine
39. Torche - Meanderthal
40. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlândia
EP's
41. Agalloch - The White EP
42. 65daysofstatic -The Distant And Mechanised Glow Of Eastern European Dance Parties
43. Red Sparowes - Aphorisms
Live and/or acoustic albums
44. The Cinematic Orchestra - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
45. David Gilmour - Live In Gdańsk
46. Anathema - Hindsight
OST's
47. Johan Söderqvist - Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
48. Mike Patton - A Perfect Place
49. Various Artists - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
50. Various Artists - Death Proof
***Steven Wilson - Insurgentes***
Tribute albums
Shockadelica - 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Artist Known as Prince
My Own Wolf: A New Approach - A Tribute to Ulver
Most awaited albums for 2009
The Gathering - The West Pole
Anathema - Horizons
Agua de Annique - Pure Air
Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
LP's
1. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
2. Ayreon - 01011001
3. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
4. Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
6. Portishead - Third
7. Drive by Wire - Between Oceans
8. Boris - Smile
9. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
10. Star of Ash - The Thread
11. Æthenor - Betimes Black Cloudmasses
12. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt
13. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
14. Opeth - Watershed
15. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
16. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
17. Gregor Samsa - Rest
18. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
19. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
20. Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard - Farscape
21. Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner
22. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
23. Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
24. A Storm of Light - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within
25. Hail of Bullets - ... Of Frost And War
26. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
27. Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
28. Melvins - Nude With Boots
29. Nadja - The Bungled & The Botched
30. The Evpatoria Report - Maar
31. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
32. Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
33. Cynic - Traced in Air
34. This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
35. Russian Circles - Station
36. Her Name is Calla - The Heritage
37. Conifer - Crown Fire
38. Dragontears - Tambourine Freak Machine
39. Torche - Meanderthal
40. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlândia
EP's
41. Agalloch - The White EP
42. 65daysofstatic -The Distant And Mechanised Glow Of Eastern European Dance Parties
43. Red Sparowes - Aphorisms
Live and/or acoustic albums
44. The Cinematic Orchestra - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
45. David Gilmour - Live In Gdańsk
46. Anathema - Hindsight
OST's
47. Johan Söderqvist - Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
48. Mike Patton - A Perfect Place
49. Various Artists - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
50. Various Artists - Death Proof
***Steven Wilson - Insurgentes***
Tribute albums
Shockadelica - 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Artist Known as Prince
My Own Wolf: A New Approach - A Tribute to Ulver
Most awaited albums for 2009
The Gathering - The West Pole
Anathema - Horizons
Agua de Annique - Pure Air
Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
