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Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 11:05pm

Top Ten Albums 2008

Finally weighing in with my top ten albums from last year. Overall a pretty good year for music.

10. Dewey Cox - Walk Hard original motion picture soundtrack
John C. Reilly sings some great, funny songs by Mike Viola, Marshall Crenshaw and Judd Apatow. The great thing is, some of the tracks are actually poignant.

9. Crowded House - Time on Earth
The thing here is, I really, really wish I liked this album more. I love Crowded House to pieces and just the fact that they'rereunited makes me esctastic, but this one doesn't measure up to Neil Finn's solo stuff.

8. Feist - The Reminder
Another strong outing from Leslie Feist.

7. Ben Lee - Ripe
Lee keeps making album after album of impressive pop music. Consistent writing and album releases make his work something to look forward to on an almost annual basis.

6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
This was one of my favorite discs of the year. But I didn't pay a red cent for it thanks to Radiohead's pay-what-you-want scheme. It paid off. Why? Because I've never liked Radiohead. There. There's my secret shame. The indie scene's poster boys and I didn't like them. Now, I do.

5. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2007 was the year that Spoon made some big strides into mainstream popularity (their multiple tracks on the "Stranger than Fiction" soundtrack didn't hurt).

4. Loudon Wainwright - Strange Weirdos
Essentially the second movie soundtrack to a Judd Apatow flick on this list (Weirdos is the soundtrack from last Summer's "Knocked Up"). The theme of parenthood helped make this one of Wainwright's best albums in years.

3. Nick Lowe - At My Age
Parenthood seems to have agreed with Lowe as well. A solid effort that keeps up the streak from his last l.p. The Convincer.

2. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklights
I know a lot of hardcore fans hated this album, but I loved that they departed from their indie rock roots to make a pop disc. And goddammit... synthesizers!

1. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once motion picture soundtrack
Heartbreakingly beautiful. I bought this on iTunes after seeing the trailer for the film and about 4 months before I ever saw the movie.

Next post, I'll lay down my top ten movies of last year. I spent most of the last six weeks catching up on the year end Oscar hopefuls. Loads of good flicks this past year.

Dropping in a plug for my friend Jay's website, The Seven Million Dollar Man. jay had a serious accident with a high-speed train over a year ago and this site chronicles his trip back.

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Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 10:55pm

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