YOUR 10 Best Albums OF 2008
 

As 2008 is coming to a close, lets take a minute and look back at a year of great music.

I always like doing this to get a taste of other great albums out there that I may have missed. I know there have been a ton of top fav Asian albums but I know most of our tastes expand outside of Asia.

Once again I've divided it into two sections. First your TOP 10 ALBUMS followed by your TOP 10 SINGLES for 2008.

ps. you can include albums that you've discovered in 2008 as well, not just releases in 2008.

Here we go:

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2008

01. The Script - The Script

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02. Kylie Minogue - X
03. Brooke Fraser - Albertine
04. Duffy - Rockferry
05. Jon McLaughlin - Be OK
06. Madonna - Hard Candy
07. Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
08. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
09. Alphabeat - Alphabeat
10. Estelle - Shine

TOP 10 SINGLES OF 2008

01. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

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02. Kylie Minogue - Wow
03. The Script - BreakEven
04. Duffy - Mercy
05. Britney Spears - Womanizer
06. Estelle - American Boy
07. Madonna - Give It 2 Me
08. Lady GaGa - Just Dance
09. Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
10. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me

1. Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
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2. Delta Goodrem - Delta
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3. Miley Cyrus - Breakout
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4. David Archuleta - David Archuleta
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5. Jesse McCartney - Departure
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6. Leona Lewis - Spirit
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7. Britney Spears - Circus
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8. Girls Aloud - Out of Control
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9. Zac Efron - Scream
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10. High School Musical 3 - Soundtrack
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Albums hm?

1. Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
2. Britney Spears - Circus
3. Koda Kumi - Kingdom
4. Madonna - Hard Candy
5. Panic At The Disco - Pretty Odd
6. Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux
7. Namie Amuro - Best Fiction
8. Anna Tsuchiya - NUDY show!
9. Kylie Minogue - X
10. Miley Cyrus - Breakout

Singles:

1. Ayumi Hamasaki - GREEN/days
2. Ayumi Hamasaki - Mirrorcle World
3. Koda Kumi - TABOO
4. Kanon Wakeshima - Suna no Oshira
5. Kanon Wakeshima - Still Doll
6. Britney Spears - Womanizer
7. Madonna - 4 Minutes
8. Fall Out Boy ft. John Mayer - Beat It
9. Gabriela Climi - Sweet About Me
10. Koda Kumi - Moon Crying

1. Madonna - Hard Candy
2. Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
4. Sarah Brightman - Symphony
5. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
6. Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION
7. Namie Amuro - BEST FICTION
8. Mamma Mia! Soundtrack
9. Babasónicos - Mucho
10. Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement

an alan album including her singles would be #3 haha

Top 10 Albums:
#1 BoA - THE FACE
#2 ayaka - Sing to the Sky
#3 Hyori Lee - It's Hyorish
#4 Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
#5 SHINee - Amigo
#6 Lady GaGa - The Fame
#7 DBSK - MIROTIC
#8 Mika Nakashima - VOICE
#9 Ami Suzuki - Supreme Show
#10 Britney Spears - Circus

Top 10 Singles:
#1 Ayumi Hamasaki - Mirrorcle World
#2 GIRL NEXT DOOR - Guuzen no Kakuritsu
#3 alan - Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~
#4 Namie Amuro - 60s 70s 80s
#5 Crystal Kay - Namida no Saki ni
#6 GIRL NEXT DOOR - Jounetsu no Daishou / ESCAPE
#7 alan - Kaze no Tegami
#8 GIRL NEXT DOOR - Drive away / Shiawase no Jouken
#9 Koda Kumi - MOON
#10 Nana Tanimura - If I'm not the one / SEXY SENORITA

Top 10 Albums

1. Sing To The Sky - Ayaka
2. A Domo Hisashibiru - GReeeeN
3. GUILTY - Ayumi Hamasaki
4. A COMPLETE - Ayumi Hamasaki
5. Supreme Show - Ami Suzuki
6. CIRCUS - Britney Spears
7. VOICE - Mika Nakashima
8. BEST FICTION - Namie Amuro
9. Kingdom - Koda Kumi
10.DOLCE - Ami Suzuki

Top 10 Singles
1. Mirrorcle World - Ayumi Hamasaki
2. 60s 70s 80s - Namie Amuro
3. TABOO - Koda Kumi
4. RED CLIFF - Alan
5. Ashita No Sora - SPEED
6. ONE - Ami Suzuki
7. Can't Stop the Disco - Ami Suzuki
8. Bleeding love - Leona Lewis
9. MOON - Koda Kumi
10.Okaeri - Ayaka

Hmmm, Albums...

1: Akina Nakamori - Recollection (super best) (discovered)
2: Ayu - A Complete
3: YUI - I Loved Yesterday
4: Aya Hirano - Riot Girl
5: Personz - Heart of Gold
6: Anna Tsuchiya - Nudy Show
7: Hangry & Angry - Kill Me Kiss Me
8: Buono - Cafe Buono
9: F.I.R - Love - Diva (discovered)
10: Y2J - Live for You

As for singles... well i don't really listen to them much so i can't really say ^^;;

Oooooo this could be a difficult list to do

Unfortunately I cannot include Emilie in the album list.... since she hasn't released an 'album' this year
Right so.... (in no particular order)

Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY

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Koda Kumi - Kingdom

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Kerli - Love Is Dead

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t.A.T.u - Happy Smiles

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The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers

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Sarah Brightman - Symphony

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REPO! The Genetic Rock Opera (Soundtrack)

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Aya Hirano - RIOT GIRL

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Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION

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Idina Menzel - I Stand

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And now for singles (and EPs... because I said so)

Emilie Autumn - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun/Bohemian Rhapsody EP

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Emilie Autumn - 4 O'Clock

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Ayumi Hamasaki - Mirrorcle World

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Koda Kumi - TABOO

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Nana Kitade (as Ruby Gloom) - Siren

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Nana Kitade - SUICIDES LOVE STORY

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Kerli - Walking On Air

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SCANDAL - DOLL

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Kanon Wakeshima - still doll

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Kanon Wakeshima - Suna No Oshiro

(of which I can't be bothered to find the cover for beause I need to sleeeeeeeeeep)

P.S Apologies if this post is too long

Here's my preliminary list:

1. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
2. Ladytron - Velocifero
3. t.A.T.u. - Veselye Ulybki
4. Santogold - Santogold
5. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
6. Leila - Blood, Looms, and Blooms
7. Portishead - Third
8. Martina Topley-Bird - The Blue God
9. The Faint - Fasciinatiion
10. Madonna - Hard Candy

I don't really feel like trying to rank singles at the moment.

Let's see how far I get:

1. Heart Station - Hikaru Utada
2. Final Riot - Paramore
3. Guilty - Ayumi Hamasaki
4. The Fame - Lady GaGa
5. Twilight O.S.T.
6. High School Musical 3 O.S.T.
7. Best Fiction - Namie Amuro
8. Best Of - Hilary Duff
9. A Complete - Ayumi Hamasaki
10. Robyn (US Release) - Robyn

I don't even KNOW more than 4 albums that were released this year, as I only follow artists that I like. XD

Well, here we go.~~

ALBUM TOP 10 (lol)
1. HEART STATION - Utada Hikaru
2. GUILTY - Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Kingdom - Koda Kumi
4. Safe Trip Home - Dido
5. A Midwinter Night's Dream - Loreena McKennitt
6. ??
7. ??
8. ??
9. ??
10. Circus - Britney Spears lol (I like the song Circus a lot, Out From Under is OK but everything else...LOL)

SINGLE TOP 10
1. Days/GREEN - Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Mirrorcle World - Ayumi Hamasaki
3. TABOO - Koda Kumi
4. stay with me - Koda Kumi
5. MOON - Koda Kumi
6. ??
7. ??
8. ??
9. ??
10. ??

Yay, that means I can make a top 10. I've been doing a bit of back cataloguing this year too as well as discovering some older albums.

01 Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires (2005)

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02 Olivia - Trinka Trinka (2008)

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03 Hikaru Utada - Heart Station (2008)

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04 Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy (2003)

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05 L'Arc~en~Ciel - Best of C/w (2003)

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06 Ayumi Hamasaki - Guilty (2008)

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07 Akeboshi - Roundabout (2008)

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08 Lisa Miskovsky - Changes (2006)

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09 L'Arc~en~Ciel - Heavenly (1995)

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10 L'Arc~en~Ciel - Tierra (1994)

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^No 10 could change.

mi|kshake~

I don't think it's fair to include comps, so I didn't:

1. Circus - Britney Spears
2. Out of Control - Girls Aloud
3. Chasing Lights - The Saturdays
4. GUILTY - 浜崎あゆみ
5. Spirit - Leona Lewis
6. I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé
7. Catfights and Spotlights - Sugababes
8. The Fame - Lady GaGa
9. Supreme Show - 鈴木亜美
10. Breakout - Miley Cyrus

01.twilight movie soundtrack
02.Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
03.Kylie Minogue - X
04.Lady Gaga - The fame
05.Jessica Mauboy - BEEN WAITING
06.Namie Amuro - BEST FICTION
07.Delta Goodrem - DELTA
08.Britney Spears - Circus
09.Coldplay - Viva la vida
10.????



hard candy was SUCH A BAD ALBUM omggg madonnas worst album ever.... her spanish song in that album doesn't even make sence at all..... O.o


EDIT: I added 2 more albums that I really love from this year!! :D the ones in red :D

1 - Dido - Safe Trip Home
2 - Sugababes - Catfights and Spotlights
3 - Morning Musume. - COVER YOU
4 - Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
5 - Madonna - Hard Candy
6 - Miley Cyrus - Breakout
7 - Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
8 - The Saturdays - Chasing Lights
9 - Shiina Ringo - Watashi to Hoden
10 - Berryz Koubou - 5 (FIVE)

1. Ayumi Hamasaki - Guilty
2. Girugamesh - Music
3. Metallica - Death Magnetic
4. 9GOATS BLACK OUT - devils in bedside

that's all %)

01. Girls Aloud - Out Of Control
02. The Saturdays - Chasing Lights
03. Britney Spears - Circus
04. Sugababes - Catfights And Spotlights
05. Lady GaGa - The Fame
06. Alesha Dixon - The Alesha Show
07. Brandy - Human
08. Leona Lewis - Spirit
09. Same Difference - Pop
10. The Killers - Day & Age

Jake, how dare you include Supreme ******* on your list!!! ;)

^Wow how rude, he is allowed to include whoever he wants! Get over it :rolleyes