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Interesting how Fall Out Boy made the list (with it not coming out in 3 weeks) and G'N'R having no place. Not saying either one deserves it more than the other but, still.

@2ironic4u: Well, FOB is reviewed in the same issue, so I'm guessing they got an advance of that (possibly before the release date was pushed back) whereas presumably they did not have an advance of GNR prior to the leak.

Nice that they fit the Jeezy and Saadiq albums down at the bottom there.

I know My Morning Jacket are hated around here, but let me back you up: I rated MMJ No. 1 -- No. 1!!! -- in my Pazz & Jop ballot in 2005, and even I admit that Evil Urges is a greivous, at times unlistenable misstep. I don't know how anybody rates it a top 20 album.

I love the Robyn album but it must be one of the few albums to hold the distinction of showing up on end-of-year lists not once, or twice, but three times (05, 07, 08). It's getting a little ridiculous.

And Skeletal Lamping does not deserve a place on any year-end best-of, period, full stop. It's just… not good, and doubly not good considering the quality of the album it follows.

19. Katy Perry, One Of The Boys

21. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part I: Fourth World War

26. Usher, Here I Stand

29. Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It

lol

I love Jenny Lewis and all, but Acid Tongue has maybe 5 listenable songs on it. Come on now.

@Chris Molanphy:

Exactly. Z was one of my favorite albums. It pained me when I realized eventually that, though it may be full of a few decent tracks, Evil Urges probably won't make my list of favorite/best albums of the year.

@Nunya B:

grower not a shower. grower not a shower. I admit, I too wanted to hurl the album at a wall when I first spun it, but give it some time. give it some time. (the latter half of the album also flows and works much better than the top half)

@Chris Molanphy: Unlistenable? Not so sure about that. A bit corny in parts, but I thought it was pretty good stuff.

I guess I'm the only one that liked Evil Urges around here, huh? I don't know that it was any worse than Z, just a couple more bloated moments that were wisely edited out last time around.

No wonder I've been so bored stiff this year. No good records came out. At all. It's suddenly come clear. Awesome singles out there, terrible records. Hideously immature new bands. Grotesque missteps. 2008, you blow worse than 2007 did. Ugh.

Also, I enjoy the Usher album and all but they should have gone with Ne-Yo's Year of the Gentlemen instead. It's much tighter and/or sharper than Here I Stand IMHO.

@Tauwan: Yeah, there were really just tons of very good R&B albums this year, and Usher was simply not one of them.

@Nunya B: I'm with Tauwan on this one. While Skeletal Lamping is nowhere near as immediately awesome as Hissing Fauna, it's just really, REALLY dense and requires a little more patience. There are definitely some jams in there.

I'll allow Kevin this total freak-out. Maybe he'll bless us with the stone classic he's totally capable of...

...and do think it's funny that Blender has this thing with Randy Newman! Of all dudes. I'm not mad or anything, it's just so...not Blender.

And Ponytail instead of Deerhunter? Oh wait--I'm trying to figure out what Blender is thinking. The question is more what am I thinking!

As you were...

@T'Challa: Ponytail instead of Deerhunter is one of the things they got right.

@Al Shipley:

Yeah I am seeing a lot lists show love to many an album in other genres that sort of kind of peter out midway through, or only have 5-6 good songs, if that many. I mean if that's what's in fashion then why not show some love to the Lloyd's, Ne-Yo's, Estelle's, and/or Beyonce's of the world.

Kudos on the Green and Badu placement.

And yes, as you can see by the number of my comments here, I am all about discussing year end album lists.

@Tauwan:

I don't think the apostrophes were necessary. :)

...it was a good year if you like metal. and, no, i'm not talking about metallica.

@T'Challa: Randy Newman is a big Christgau favorite; I'm guessing he's at least partly responsible for that mention.

@Michaelangelo Matos: The Dean's at blender now?

@westartedthis: I wished that The Witchcraft record had come out this year. But still, Torche, Danava, and to SOME EXTENT that Sword record. I am sure I am revealing how little I know about REAL METAL, but those were some of my faves.

My inner Fall Out Boy apologist is both surprised and relieved that the new album made the list.

Who was that idiot that made the comment about Elvis and the jelly doughnut? Was it a pathetic attempt to try to connect with the unfortunate young people of today? I say they're unfortunate because the only singer they have to compare with Elvis is Mariah Carey. 100 years from now, Elvis will be listed among the greats in music history along with Beethoven, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles etc. Mariah Carey or anyone else on that stage tonight won't even be a blip on the radar. I gather tonight's results are a result of feminism and to many teenage girls idolizing and identifying with scantily clad mediocre female singers. Maybe if today's parents spent a little more time with their kids instead of throwing money at them to waste on this kind of music--because they have nothing else from which to choose--they would have enough character to recognize new artists with originality like Elvis, The Beatles etc. It's a joke that they're giving awards for a Pop/Rock category. The only Rock Artists there tonight are Aerosmith.