It's the half way point - what are your favorite CDs from 2008 so far?

[mvd]

Mine include:

R.E.M. - Accelerate
Jewel - Perfectly Clear
Sheryl Crow - Detours
Charlotte Sometimes - Waves And The Both Of Us
The Weepies - Hideaway
Cyndi Lauper - Bring Ya To The Brink
She And Him - Volume One
Eliza Gilkyson - Beautiful World
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids
Duffy - Rockferry
Marie Digby - Unfold
Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead
B-52s - Funplex
The Whigs - Mission Control
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers

Some good contenders coming up, including ones from Katy Perry, Alanis Morissette, Aimee Mann, Coldplay, and more..

[stuntcat]

1. a couple of those are on my to-get list :(

I'm waiting to buy them used on Alibris, or happen upon a markdown. I have to get R.E.M. and the B-52's at least.

I just heard a revue for Aimee Mann's, that's one I'll have soon too I hope.

I got Gnarles Barkley at Target tonight, like $12 I think! :headbang: So far I love it.

[dubeskin]

2. After tomorrow mine will include Viva la Vida - Coldplay

But so far, mine's fairly short.

Sleep Through the Static - Jack Johnson
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down
Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw
Nothing But The Best - The Frank Sinatra Collection (Remastered) - Frank Sinatra

Most of those are just the ones I remember since 2008 began. If this went back to like, October 2007, there would be quite a few more.

[mvd]

4. So is the Gavin DeGraw better than his first?

I enjoyed the debut. The new one is supposedly more rock.

[dubeskin]

7. I think it's safe to say

that this one is certainly more "influenced" than his last album. On first listen, you can certainly pick up the pop and more rock feel in the songs, but personally I like it a lot, and would recommend it if you liked his first.

[Initech]

3. My list:

Opeth - Watershed
Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
Racontuers - Consolers Of The Lonely
REM - Accelerate
Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk
No Man - Schoolyard Ghosts
Flogging Molly - Float
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
The Roots - Rising Down
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead

although I just looked it up and it was released in 2007. Still hearing singles from it now, though, so I'm counting it! ;)

[Pierre.Suave]

6. I dont think I have bought a CD this year, that came out this year

Nor a Vinyl LP.

I am behind the times I guess.

I do have a record from 1963 though.

[Fox Mulder]

8. I didn't know people still bought CDs.

:D

[Forkboy]

9. Tough to pick. Not many standouts because everything I'm hearing is very solid.

But here's a handful that have gotten some serious playtime so far.

Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (there's a happy title)
5ive - Hesperus
Boris - Smile
Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness
Grails - Take Refuge In Clean Living
Nick Cave - Dig! Lazarus, Dig!
Porest - Tourrorists (came out in 2006, but I just heard it a few months ago, so there. :P )
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Gnaw Their Tongues - Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood (cracks me up every time lol)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

11. 5ive? really?

As in "Baby When The Lights Go Out" 5ive?

[Forkboy]

18. No, that's the wrong 5ive.

Boy, is that the wrong 5ive! :)

This 5ive is from Boston, two dudes jamming out. The song here called Gulls is the newest, and from the CD I'm talking about.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=67765019&MyToken=07585d3b-dbfc-472b-ba04-bd109c05c0ec

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

10. EASY

the hush sound - goodbye blues
no age - nouns
the racounteurs - consolers of the lonely
city & colour (AKA dallas green) - bring me your love
death cab for cutie - narrow stairs
the loved ones - build & burn
flogging molly - float
animal collective - water curses EP

have yet to make a judgment on phantom planet, she&him, though i've listened to both multiple times

[arcos]

12. Mine...

Portishead - Third
REM - Accelerate
Goldfrapp - The Seventh Tree
Electric President - Sleep Well
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me

[stuntcat]

16. how'd I forget Portishead

yes, it is mine :headbang:

[Mr. Blonde]

13. So far

Attack & Release - The Black Keys
Dig! Lazarus Dig! - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket (I know it isn't out officially yet, and don't worry I fully intend to buy it, it is completely worth it.)

I fully expect to love:
Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
At Mount Zoomer - Wolf Parade
Modern Guilt - Beck
And rumored ones that I'm hoping for
Eagles of Death Metal
Girl Talk
M. Ward
Wolfmother

If all of those come out this year, I will be very happy. And hopefully something completely mind blowing that I'm not expecting will come out too.

[mvd]

22. I would add some of those to mine

I hope The Hold Steady can match their last CD.

[Mr. Blonde]

26. Me too

but that is asking a lot. Boys and Girls in America is already one of my all time faves. I will settle for another Separation Sunday, which is pretty damn good in its own right.

[asthmaticeog]

14. Well, does In Rainbows count? The physical release, I mean?

Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Elf Power - In a Cave
Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight <== REALLY fucking great
Clinic - Do It!
Foals - Antidotes

[mvd]

20. Yes, you can count it

I put it on last year's list, so personally I'm not using it on two lists.

[peacefreak]

15. Raising Sand Alison Krauss & Robert Plant

Shepard's Dog--Iron & Wine
Emmylou's new one is coming out next week & I know that'll be on the list.

[mvd]

21. I love Emmylou's stuff

Thanks for the reminder!

[suninvited]

17. I didn't realize Cyndi Lauper had a new one out

glad to hear it is good, I love the one I got in 2004 of hers which is the last one I have heard of her doing.

I am going to go look at Amazon for it.

[mvd]

23. It has dance and techno, but it has Cyndi's personality and..

pop brilliance. Personally, I liked it more than Madonna's Hard Candy, a good CD that has too many bland tracks and some interesting ideas that never really bloom, like "Heartbeat" and "Voices." Hard Candy was no Confessions On A Dance Floor IMO.

[stuntcat]

19. also Jens Lekman

it's LAST YEAR ok but I just found out about him.

(the album is Night Falls Over Kortedala)

[bif]

24. Newton Faulkner-"Hand Built by Robots"

Actually, that might have been released last year

[rch35]

25. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple, Radiohead - In Rainbows, Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonley

The Black Keys - Attack and Release

The Roots - Rising Down

Death Cab For cutie - Narrow Stairs

Flogging Molly - Float

EDIT TO ADD: Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static"