After Geof’s list, I decided to come up with my own list of albums I loved in 2008. Here are the criteria:

• I added it to my iTunes library in 2008.
• The album rating is higher than three stars.
• Over half of the songs on the album are rated, because I haven’t rated every song in my library yet.

That said, here are the albums I loved in 2008, along with sporadic commentary:

• Arcade Fire – Neon Bible: Epic and overwhelming.
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out: How could you not like 5/4, 9/8, 6/4, and switching between them all?
• Explosions In The Sky – All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
• Explosions In The Sky – The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
• Massive Attack – Mezzanine
• Metric – Grow Up and Blow Away
• The New Pornographers – Challengers: “Adventures In Solitude” is one of the best songs ever written, and the rest of the album holds up to it.
• The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land: “Narayan” is the best song on the album, and it unfortunately gets less play than “Firestarter” or “Smack My Bitch Up” or “Breathe” or “Minefields”, all of which are excellent tracks in any case.
• Radiohead – OK Computer
• The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
• The Tragically Hip – Day for Night: This only shows up because I re-ripped it because of a faulty rip.
• The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site: “Plea From A Cat Named Virtute” makes me happy.
• The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour: “Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure” makes me sad.
• Various Artists – CBC Radio 3 Sessions Volume 3: Mixed, and awesome, bag of Canadian indie.

There you have it!