Album of The Year - Endgame

Probably because it was originally released in 07

Was it a late 07 release over there cuz I got 08 from a uk sites 08 top 10, we might have got it later maybe?

Edit: it was self released in 07 and got its label releases in 08 everywhere, so that explains that.
 
Was it a late 07 release over there cuz I got 08 from a uk sites 08 top 10, we might have got it later maybe?
It even made #4 when we did 07
THE N+G TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2007

  1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
  2. The National- Boxer
  3. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
  4. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
  5. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
  6. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (tie)
  7. MIA - KALA (tie)
  8. Feist - The Reminder
  9. Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam
  10. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
  11. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
  12. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
  13. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
  14. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
  15. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
  16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
  17. Robert Plant + Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
  18. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
  19. Battles - Mirrored
  20. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
 
1. Sun Kil Moon - April - despite a lot shifts in my musical tastes and a bit of an overall falling out with Mark Kozelek's current musical style...this is still probably my all-time favorite album...etched in stone on the CBL album Mt. Rushmore at the very least.

2. Margot and the Nuclear So&So's - Animal/Not Animal
3. Shearwater - Rook
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
5. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
7. Frank Turner - Love, Ire and Song
8. Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
9. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
10. Black Tie Dynasty - Down Like Anyone
10. The Dears - Missiles

HM
The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin...never gave them a thorough listen until I stumbled upon them in my favorite place in Western Mass a few months ago...playing in a living room on top a mountain to an audience of about a dozen...such incredibly wonderful people.
 
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  1. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
  2. NIИ - The Slip
  3. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
  4. The Black Crowes - Warpaint
  5. Vampire Weekend - S/T
  6. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
  7. NIИ - Ghosts l - IV
  8. Elvis Costello - Momofuku
  9. Bob Mould - District Line
  10. Metallica - Death Magnetic
 
My Favourite Albums of 2008:
  1. Kathleen Edwards – Asking for Flowers
  2. City and Colour – Bring Me Your Love
  3. Various Artists – Miles from India
  4. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
  5. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
  6. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
  7. Adele – 19
  8. Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
  9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!
  10. Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life
Honourable Mentions:
Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreaks
Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain
Steinski – What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective
Black Kids – Partie Traumatic
John Mayer – Where the Light Is: Live in Los Angeles
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Beyoncé – I Am Sasha Fierce
 
Top 10 for me in 2008

1. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
2. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
3. Bloc Party - Intimacy
4. Glasvegas
5. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
6. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
7. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
8. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
9. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
10. Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head

Edited to take out Bon Iver (07) and add an album I’d forgotten about.
 
1. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
2. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
3. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
4. Portishead - Third
5. Beach House - Devotion
6. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
7. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part I
9. The Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound
10. Beck - Modern Guilt
 
1. Portishead - Third
2. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
3. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia
5. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and all His Friends
6. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
7. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
8. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
9. Cat Power - Jukebox
10. David Byrne & Bryan Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

11-20:

Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
Beck - Modern Guilt
The Dears - Missiles
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Martina Topley-Bird - The Blue God
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Yoav - Charmed & Strange
 
1. Sun Kil Moon - April - despite a lot shifts in my musical tastes and a bit of an overall falling out with Mark Kozelek's current musical style...this is still probably my all-time favorite album...etched in stone on the CBL album Mt. Rushmore at the very least.
"Lost Verses" is a god tier MK song. Just... amazing.
 
2008:
1. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
2. Starflyer 59 - Dial M
3. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5. Drive-by Truckers – Brighter Than Creation's Dark
6. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
7. Frank Turner – Love Ire & Song
8. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
9. Nada Surf - Lucky
10. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

HM:
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
I Love Math – Getting to the Point Is Beside It
Kaiser Chiefs – Off with Their Heads
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
Mother Mother - O My Heart
Bob Mould – District Line
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Pete and the Pirates - Little Death
The Sea and Cake – Car Alarm
The Walkmen – You & Me
The Wedding Present ?– El Rey
Wire – Object47
 
2008

  1. Portishead ‎– Third
  2. Metallica ‎– Death Magnetic
  3. The Raconteurs ‎– Consolers Of The Lonely
  4. Slipknot ‎– All Hope Is Gone
  5. Lady Gaga ‎– The Fame (only because I played it a lot when my daughter was young)
  6. Nine Inch Nails ‎– Ghosts I-IV
  7. Nine Inch Nails ‎– The Slip
  8. Beach House ‎– Devotion
  9. Opeth ‎– Watershed
  10. Fleet Foxes ‎– Fleet Foxes
 
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1. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
4. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends
5. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreaks
6. Why? - Alopecia
7. Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
8. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
9. Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
10. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Really good year for music, lots of lesser-known fantastic albums across the genre spectrum!
 
I didn't make a list for 1987, as I was struggling to even come up with a top 5 (apologies for that). This year was much more favorable to my tastes!

Top 10 Albums of 2008:
  1. Portishead - Third
  2. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreaks
  3. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I - IV
  4. Opeth - Watershed
  5. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
  6. Lady Gaga - The Fame
  7. Beach House - Devotion
  8. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
  9. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull
  10. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
 
i actually think 2008 was a pretty strong year...

OrderArtistTitleNationality
1​
PortisheadThirdEnglish
2​
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsDig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!Oztrayan
3​
Kanye West808s and HeartbreakAmerican
4​
ElbowThe Seldom Seen KidEnglish
5​
The Hold SteadyStay PositiveAmerican
6​
Laura MarlingAlas, I Cannot SwimEnglish
7​
Fleet FoxesFleet FoxesAmerican
8​
Mercy ArmsMercy ArmsOztrayan
9​
M83Saturdays = YouthFrench
10​
Lykke LiYouth NovelsSwedish
11​
Vampire WeekendVampire WeekendAmerican
12​
TV on the RadioDear ScienceAmerican
13​
Kasey Chambers & Shane NicholsonRattlin' BonesOztrayan
14​
Jenny LewisAcid TongueAmerican
15​
Kings of LeonOnly by the NightAmerican
16​
The WalkmenYou & MeAmerican
17​
Taylor SwiftFearless (Platinum Edition)American
18​
Eddy Current Suppression RingPrimary ColoursOztrayan
19​
Mystery JetsTwenty OneEnglish
20​
Cut CopyIn Ghost ColorsOztrayan
 
1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
3. The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
4. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP
5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
6. Calexico - Carried to Dust
7. Opeth - Watershed
8. Coeur de pirate - Coeur de pirate
9. The Black Crowes - Warpaint
10. Cat Power - Jukebox

HMs:
Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
 
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