10/01/2008

Best (and Worst) Albums Of 2008 - To Date and by Genre

POP

- BEST - over 6/10 - from best to worst
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Al Green - Lay It Down
Santogold - Santogold
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro
Duffy - Rockferry
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Adele - 19
Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality
Ben Folds - Way to Normal
- WORST - Less than 6/10 - from worst to best
Miley Cyrus - Breakout
Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World
Cinema Bizarre - Final Attraction (2007)
Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse
Jesse McCartney - Departure
Katy Perry - One of the Boys
The Cheetah Girls - One World
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
El Canto Del Loco - Personas
Clay Aiken - On My Way Here
Carla Bruni - Comme Ai De Rien N'était
McFly - Radio:Active
New Kids on the Block - The Block
The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
Madonna - Hard Candy
Mariah Carey - E=MC²
Ashanti - The Declaration
Nelly - Brass Knuckles
Bryan Adams - 11
Janet Jackson - Discipline
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Annie - Don't Stop
Morcheeba - Dive Deep
Usher - Here I Stand
Lady Gaga - Lady Gaga
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons to Be Learned
Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat
Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds
Kerli - Love Is Dead
Seth Lakeman - Poor Man's Heaven
Estelle - Shine
Solange - Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement
Sheryl Crow - Detours
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

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METAL

- BEST - over 6/10 - from best to worst
Opeth - Watershed
Meshuggah - obZen
Cult Of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Ayreon - 01011001
Eluveitie - Slania
Ufomammut - Idolum
Demians - Building An Empire
Darkspace - Darkspace III
Coldworld - Melancholie²
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Cynic - Traced in Air
Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
Equilibrium - Sagas
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
The Sword - Gods of the Earth
Septic Flesh - Communion
Stam1na - Raja
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Ascend - Ample Fire Within
Kalmah - For the Revolution
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Black Tide - Light From Above
Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
Deicide - Till Death Do Us Part
Soulfly - Conquer
Norma Jean - The Anti Mother
Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part 2)
Whitechapel - This Is Exile
36 Crazyfists - The Tide and Its Takers
DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown
All That Remains - Overcome
- WORST - Less than 6/10 - from worst to less bad
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk

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RAP

- BEST - over 6/10 - from best to worst
Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
The Roots - Rising Down
Nas - Untitled
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
GZA - Pro Tools
Ice Cube - Raw Footage
Bun B. - II Trill
The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed
- WORST - Less than 6/10 - from worst to less bad
G-Unit - T.O.S Terminate On Sight
Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday
Fat Joe - The Elephant in the Room
Rick Ross - Trilla
Shwayze - Shwayze
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin’
Gym Class Heroes - The Quilt
The Game - LAX

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ITALIAN

- BEST - over 6/10 - from best to worst
Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica - Canzoni Da Spiaggia Deturpata
Baustelle - Amen
Offlaga Disco Pax - Bachelite
The Niro - The Niro
Klimt 1918 - Just in Case We'll Never Meet Again
Ufomammut - Idolum
Dargen D'Amico - Di vizi di forma virtù
Nosound - Lightdark
Dufresne - Lovers
Linea 77 - Horror Vacui
Il Genio - Il Genio
Ministri - I Soldi Sono Finiti
Jovanotti - Safari

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GENERAL TOP 150 (positions not definitive, albums with same color have +- the same value)
Portishead - Third
Opeth - Watershed
TV on The Radio - Dear Science
Thrice - The Alchemy Index: Volume III + IV
Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Meshuggah - obZen
Cult Of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Foals - Antidotes
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Sigur Rós - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
R.E.M - Accelerate
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Why? - Alopecia
Protest The Hero - Fortress
Spiritualized - Songs In A&E
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Baustelle - Amen
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
Tears Run Rings - Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never
Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica - Canzoni Da Spiaggia Deturpata
Beck - Modern Guilt
Muse - Haarp
Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Ayreon - 01011001
Offlaga Disco Pax - Bachelite
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Ufomammut - Idolum
Black Mountain - In The Future
The Niro - The Niro
The Roots - Rising Down
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9
No Age - Nouns
No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts
Eluveitie - Slania
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
Demians - Building An Empire
Klimt 1918 - Just in Case We'll Never Meet Again
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Darkspace - Darkspace III
Coldworld - Melancholie²
Snowman - The Horse, the Rat and the Swan
The Verve - Forth
Parts & Labor - Receivers
Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation
Lights Out Asia - Eyes Like Brontide
Cynic - Traced in Air
Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell - Sunday at Devil Dirt
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Pete And The Pirates - Little Death
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded
Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
Shearwater - Rook
Maybeshewill - Not for Want of Trying
The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost
Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
The Whigs - Mission Control
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Indian Jewelry - Free Gold!
Madrugada - Madrugada
Wire - Object 47
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
Oneida - Preteen Weaponry
Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
Equilibrium - Sagas
Off Minor - Some Blood
Tearwave - Different Shade of Beauty
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Anathema - Hindsight
Maps and Atlases - You and Me and the Mountain EP
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
The Dodos - Visiter
Extreme - Saudades de Rock
Nosound - Lightdark
Girls in Hawaii - Plan Your Escape
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
The Black Crowes - Warpaint
Murder By Death - Red Of Tooth And Claw
Floggin Molly - Float
Ladytron - Velocifero
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
Afterhours - I Milanesi Ammazzano Il Sabato
Devotchka - A Mad & Faithful Telling
Farflung - A Wound in Eternity
Boris - Smile
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
The Sword - Gods of the Earth
Septic Flesh - Communion
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
The Daysleepers - Drowned in a Sea of Sound
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
Al Green - Lay It Down
Stam1na - Raja
The Indelicates - American Demo
Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
Kyte - Kyte
My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
The Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound
Uriah Heep - Wake the Sleeper
Errors - It’s Not Something But It Is Like Whatever
Dargen D'Amico - Di vizi di forma virtù
2562 - Aerial
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
The Walkmen - You & Me
Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
Dr. Dog - Fate
Dr. John - City That Care Forgot
One Day as a Lion - One Day as a Lion
Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition
Kalmah - For the Revolution
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Russian Circles - Station
The Hellacopters - Head Off
Ascend - Ample Fire Within
Giant Sand - Provisions
Whitesnake - Good to Be Bad
Dufresne - Lovers

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GENERAL WORST 150 (positions not definitive, albums with same color have +- the same value) - from worst to less bad
Miley Cyrus - Breakout
Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World
Cinema Bizarre - Final Attraction (2007)
G-Unit - T.O.S Terminate On Sight
Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
Elliot Minor - Elliot Minor
Kids in Glass Houses - Smart Casual
Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse
Jesse McCartney - Departure
Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday
Katy Perry - One of the Boys
The Cheetah Girls - One World
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust
Fat Joe - The Elephant in the Room
Rick Ross - Trilla
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
El Canto Del Loco - Personas
Clay Aiken - On My Way Here
Carla Bruni - Comme Ai De Rien N'était
McFly - Radio:Active
Shwayze - Shwayze
New Kids on the Block - The Block
The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
Simple Plan - Simple Plan
The Audition - Champion
Madonna - Hard Candy
Mariah Carey - E=MC²
Ashanti - The Declaration
The Getaway Plan - Other Voices, Other Rooms
Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation
Nelly - Brass Knuckles
In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
Louis XIV - Slick Dogs and Ponies
Bryan Adams - 11
Feeder - Silent Cry
I Was a Cub Scout - I Want You to Know There Is Always Hope
Janet Jackson - Discipline
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Donkey
Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
The Script - The Script
The Feeling - Join With Us
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Annie - Don't Stop
Plain White T's - Big Bad World
Panic At The Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Moby - Last Night
The Teenagers - Reality Check
Def Leppard - Songs From the Sparkle Lounge
Journey - Revelation
Story Of The Year - The Black Swan
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Morcheeba - Dive Deep
Usher - Here I Stand
Secondhand Serenade - A Twist in My Story
The Academy Is… - Fast Times at Barrington High
Lloyd - Lessons in Love
Lady Gaga - Lady Gaga
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down
Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
One Night Only - Started a Fire
Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin’
Carolina Liar - Coming To Terms
Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons to Be Learned
Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future
The Kooks - Konk
Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat
Backyard Babies - Backyard Babies
The Rasmus - Black Roses
Bauhaus - Go Away White
The Breeders - Last Splash
Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Ill Niño - Enigma
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds
Kerli - Love Is Dead
Seth Lakeman - Poor Man's Heaven
Scars On Broadway - Scars On Broadway
Pepper - Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations
Estelle - Shine
Zebrahead - Phoenix
The Game - LAX
The Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols
Solange - Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
Caesars - Strawberry Weed
Gym Class Heroes - The Quilt
Guillemots - Red
Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk
The Long Blondes - Couples
Pendulum - In Silico
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement
The Fratellis - Here We Stand
Chris Walla - Field Manual
Sheryl Crow - Detours
Infadels - Universe In Reverse
The Charlatans - You Cross My Path
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - My Bloody Underground
Albert Hammond Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
The Faint - Fasciinatiion
The Vines - Melodia



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