Top 10 Albums of the year as voted on by the FOT....

[Trembling Eagle]

The greatest song of the year was this, however. I think everyone can agree with this.


They rehearse in the same building as us, they were part of a community outreach programme that could arguably be said to have caused long-term damage with tunes like this.

sweet
I like that.

don't u have a band Gibby?

post some chune mate

I'm going to link you to my old band because the new band are still recording/in demo stages (ie. not ready for the human ear) - http://www.myspace.com/versusrome

sounds super polished
is music ur full time gig?

[Steve of Bloomington]

its why my secret santee didnt get any music from me.  but a lot of this music was on my 2008 favorites lists.

except vampire weekend.  its a fun album, but not a favorite.

True enough.  Vampire Weekend lost its flavor faster than a stick of gum for me. 

[Gibby]

sounds super polished
is music ur full time gig?

You reckon? Those four tunes on Myspace cost about $200 to put down. I'm a student and occasional temp, music is just a hobby. Thanks for listening though.

[Andy]

so the Sound Opinions guys both picked Nick Cave as the album of the year?  I thought it was unlistenable.  They swoon over anything this guy does.

[Gilly]

so the Sound Opinions guys both picked Nick Cave as the album of the year?  I thought it was unlistenable.  They swoon over anything this guy does.

Nick Cave is worse than Tom Waits IMO.

[yesno]

I liked the nick cave album, but it's not favorite material. Oh yeah, Omar's post reminded me how awesome meanderthal is.

[jbissell]

I liked the Nick Cave album but every time I heard it I like it a little bit less.  They were pretty disappointing live too.

[Gilly]

1. The Week That Was- ST
2. Fleet Foxes- ST
3. Vampire Weekend- ST
4. Beck- Modern Guilt
5. Rivers Cuomo- Alone II
6. Submarines- Honeysuckle Weeks
7. Thomas Function- Celebration!
8. Metallica- Death Magnetic
9. Lemuria- Get Better
10. Dandy Warhols- Earth to the Dandy Warhols
11. Clinic- Do It!
12. TI- Paper Trail
13. Magnetic Fields- Distortion
14. Jim Noir- ST
15. Islands- Arm's Way

[masterofsparks]

so the Sound Opinions guys both picked Nick Cave as the album of the year?  I thought it was unlistenable.  They swoon over anything this guy does.

Those guys have pretty abysmal taste in rock (especially DeRogatis), overshadowed only by their abysmal taste in hip-hop. And, for a show that continually prides itself on being the "World's Only Rock & Roll Talk Show," they sure spend a lot of time talking about folks like Britney Spears, Kanye West and Beyonce.

I'm interested to hear the negative talk about Cave. I've never liked him but I know lots of folks who drool over everything he does and, as Andy said, these two certainly seem to follow suit. I always just figured it was because they're lyric guys and I'm not.

[dave from knoxville]

Nick Cave was my number 8, but that's really just degrees of "lesser hate". Since I hate everything, I can still be in the cool kids' club.

[yesno]

I like sound opinions pretty much because they talk about mainstream pop and music industry news. Also the new britney spears album is pretty good. 

[crumbum]

so the Sound Opinions guys both picked Nick Cave as the album of the year?  I thought it was unlistenable.  They swoon over anything this guy does.

Those guys have pretty abysmal taste in rock (especially DeRogatis), overshadowed only by their abysmal taste in hip-hop. And, for a show that continually prides itself on being the "World's Only Rock & Roll Talk Show," they sure spend a lot of time talking about folks like Britney Spears, Kanye West and Beyonce. 

My tastes tend to line up with a fair amount of what those two recommend; given that they're just trying to be the Siskel and Ebert of rock criticism (not the highest of ambitions) I'd say they do a fine job of it. In any case I'll almost always forgive some backwards judgment calls as long as the critic brings some passion to the discussion and doesn't try to hide his or her biases, and I think DeRo and Kot fit that bill better than 90% of the rock writers out there.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

a lot of people are putting Beck on their 2008 favorites list and i dont get it.  i wanted to like it, but...its not happening after the first half of the album. 

[jbissell]

Nick Cave was my number 8, but that's really just degrees of "lesser hate". Since I hate everything, I can still be in the cool kids' club.

For the record, I love Nick Cave.

[Gilly]

a lot of people are putting Beck on their 2008 favorites list and i dont get it.  i wanted to like it, but...its not happening after the first half of the album. 

I'd give it a 6, maybe 7 out of 10. I just didn't love many albums this year.