Looking back at my several-days-old 2008 AOTY list, I screwed up. A bunch of really good albums failed to place on my list. Not because I didn’t like them as much, but because I forgot about them. Lame.

So, without further ado:

2008 Albums that Should Have Been on My List

(presented in alphabetical order)

1. Anathallo – Canopy Glow

2. Beach House – Devotion

3. Bodies of Water – A Certain Feeling

4. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything that Happens Will Happen Today

5. Damien Jurado – Caught in the Trees

1. Hot Chip – Made in the Dark

2. Islands – Arm’s Way

3. Music Go Music – Reach Out / Light of Love EPs

4. The Presets - Apocalypso

5. Ratatat – LP3

Albums I Heard in 2008 That Were Not Released in 2008 but Which I loved Nonetheless

(presented in alphabetical order)

1. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

2. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam

3. Caribou – Andorra

4. Castanets – In the Vines

5. Dirty Projectors – Rise Above

1. Ellul – Ellul

2. His Name is Alive – Detrola

3. My Morning Jacket – Z

4. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

5. Panda Bear – Person Pitch

1. Subtle – For Hero: For Fool

2. Chris Schlarb – Twilight & Ghost Stories

3. The Tough Alliance – New Waves / A New Chance

2008 Albums I Didn’t Hear Which Might’ve Been On My List, Had I Heard Them

(presented in alphabetical order)

1. Foals – Antidote

2. Flying Lotus – Los Angeles

3. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool

4. Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple

5. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

1. Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride

2. Neon Neon – Stainless Style

3. The Notwist – The Devil, You + Me

4. Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That

I know, I know. No links to streams? No. Not right now. Too much work for a lunchtime post.