Les 20 meilleurs albums de l'année :
(pop, rock, hip-hop, folk, électro... pour les B.O. et musiques du monde, voir plus bas)





1. Portishead - Third



2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!!



 

 

 

3. Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Matt Elliott - Howling Songs
5. Zimmer, Newton Howard - The Dark Knight 

6. Peteris Vasks - Concerto pour Flûte et Orchestre 

7. Fuzz Against Junk - Netti Netti
8. The (Fallen) Black Deer - Requiem
9. Christina Carter - Original Darkness
10. Jose James - The Dreamer 

11. Bar Kokhba - Lucifer : Book of Angels vol.10 

12. Mr David Viner - Among the Rumours and the Rhye
13. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

14. Roque Banos - Crimes à Oxford 

15. The Dead Science - Villainaire 
16. Arborea - Arborea
17. Baby Charles - Baby Charles 
18. The Rascals - Rascalize
19. Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood 

20. Anne Clark - The Smallest Acts of Kindness 



Classement par genres :

 

Rock, pop

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!! (9)
2. Fuzz Against Junk -  Netti Netti (9)
3. The (Fallen) Black Deer - Requiem (9)
4. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement (8.5)

5. The Dead Science - Villainaire (8)
6. The Rascals - Rascalize (8)
7. Man Man - Rabbit Habits (8)
8. The Black Keys - Attack & Release (8)
9. Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan The Book of Angels Vol.9 (8)
10. Oneida - Preteen Weaponry (8)
11. Foals - Antidotes  (8)
12. T-Bone Burnett - Tooth Of Crime (8)
13. Woven Hand - Ten Stones (8)  

14. The Drift - Memory Drawings (8)
15. Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (8)
16. The Kills - Midnight Boom (8)
17. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (8) 
18. The Black Angels - Directions to see a Ghost (8)
19. Jim Noir - Jim Noir (8)

20. Black Mountain - In the future (8)

(8)
Gregor Samsa - Rest 
Jackie -o Motherfucker - Freedom Land
Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty

(7)
Shearwater -Rook
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia 
Beck - Modern Guilt
Antique Brothers - Sons of Winter
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - 13 blues for Thirteen Moons
Swell - South of the rain and snow
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Yeti - The Legend of Yeti Gonzales

Calexico - Carried to dust
Barry Adamson -  Back to the Cat

The Cure - 4:13 Dream

Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows

Dark Captain Light Captain - Miracle Kicker
Autistic Daughters - Uneasy Flowers
Brimstone Howl - We came in Peace
Kiss The Anus of a Black Cat - The Nebulous Dreams
The Dodos - Visiter

The Black Hollies - Casting Shadows
Xavier Rudd - Dark Shades of Blue
dEUS - Vantage Point
Anna Ternheim - Halfway To Fivepoints
Veda Hille - This Riot Life 
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow stairs
Grails - Take Refuge in Clean Living
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw 
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
Joan as Policewoman - To survive
Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens
Windy & Carl - Songs for the Broken Hearted
The Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely
Jeremy Jay - A place where we could go
The Drones - Havilah
I'm from Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini ?
Legendary Pink Dots - Plutonium Blonde
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
The Week that Was - The Week that Was
Einstürzende Neubauten - Jewels
Laetitia Sheriff - Games Over 
Collide - Two headed Monster
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
The Wedding Present - El Rey
Mogwaï - The Hawk is Howling
Darker my Love - 2
Micah P. Hinson - Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra
Deerhunter - Microcastle

(6)
The Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols
3-11 Porter - Surround Me
Free Kitten - Inherit
Psychic TV - Mr. Alien Brain vs. The Skinwalkers
The Bellrays - Hard, Sweet and Sticky
Girls in Hawaii - Plan your Escape
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
The Do - A Mouthful 
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
Madonna - Hard candy
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
Spiritualized - Songs in A & E 
Fredo Viola - The Turn
The Night Marchers - See You In Magic
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath

Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On 
Cherry Ghost - Thirst For Romance
Morcheeba - Dive Deep
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Bob Mould - District Line
Point Juncture - Heart to Elk
The Courteeners - St. Jude

Robots in Disguise - We're in the music biz

Bashung - Bleu Pétrole
Forest Fire - Survival
The Notwist - The Devil You and Me
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Sons and Daughters - This Gift
North Mississippi Allstars - Hernando

Forest City Lovers - Haunting Moon Sinking
Why? - Alopecia
Tahiti 80 - Activity Center
Rivers Cuomo - Alone 2
Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
Michael Gross - Tales from a Country Home
Il Giorno - Il Giorno

Devotchka - A Mad & Faithful Telling
Barbara Carlotti - L'Idéal

(5)
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Heavïness - Heavïness
Ike Reilly - Poison the Hit parade
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
Starflyer 59 - Dial M
Andy Dixon - The Mice Of Mt. Career
In Ruin - A Ghost to be forgotten
22 Pistepirkko - (Well You Know) Stuff Is Like
Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Llama?
Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
Camille - Music Hole
Transit - Whitewater

(4)
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Big Linda - I Loved you
Poney Express - Daisy Street 
Kaiser Chiefs - Off with their heads value for music...
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or death and all his friends
Aqualung - Words and Music
Weezer - The Red Album

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Dirty Pretty Things - Romance at Short Notice
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I lay my head
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Astrolab - The Blue Thread Saga
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Clare & The Reasons - The Movie
Sleepercar - West Texas  
Hot Chip - Made in The Dark
Dartz - The Sad History Of The Village Of Alnerique 

(3)
Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
Sharleen Spiteri - Melody
The Infadels - Universe in reverse
The Virgins - The Virgins

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
The Kooks - Konk
Nada Surf - Lucky

(2)
Marry A Thief - I Am Dying To Outlive You
 

 

Folk-rock, Folk

 

1. Campbell/Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt (9)
2. Matt Elliott - Howling Songs (9)
3. Christina Carter - Original Darkness (9)
4. Mr David Viner - Among the Rumours and the Rhye (9)
5. Dirtmusic (8,5)
6. Arborea - Arborea (8)
7. Greg Weeks -The Hive (8)
8. Festival - Come, Arrow, Come (8)
9. Fern Knight - s/t (8)
10. Randy Newman - Harps and Angels (8)
11. Lizz Wright - The Orchard (8)
12. Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (8)
13. Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat (8)
14. Begushkin - King's Curse (8)
15. The Acorn - Hope Glory Mountain (8)

16. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Pilgrim Road (8)
17. Andy Dale Petty - All God's Children Have Shoes (8)

18. Caprice - Kywitt ! Kywitt ! (7,5)
19. Défilé des âmes - Lust'n'Stone (7) 
20. Herman Dune - Next year in Zion (7)

(7)
JD Souther - If the world was You
Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down in the Light
Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
Adrian Crowley - Long Distance Swimmer
Lambchop - Oh (Ohio)
Hang Jones - The Ballad Of Carlsbad County
Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song 
Ani DiFranco - Red letter year
Syd Matters - Ghost days  
Merz - Moi et mon Camion
Essie Jain - The Inbetween
Mark Kozelek - Finally LP
Megapuss - Surfing 
Ron Sexsmith - Exit strategy of the soul
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 
Songdog - A wretched sinner's song
Anita Lipnicka And John Porter - Goodbye
Emmylou Harris - All I intended to be
Sun Kil Moon - April
Fire on Fire - The Orchard
The Gunshy - I gave too much time to the Wine
Richie Havens - Nobody Left To Crown
Morley - Seen
Jolie Holland - The Living and the Dead 
Dark Dark Dark - The Snow Magic
Mad Buffalo - Wilderness
Marilies Jagsch - Obituary For A Lost Mind
Austin Lucas - Put The Hammer Down
Cath & Phil Tyler - Dumb Supper

(6)
Suki Ewers - Kind of Hazy
Ali Eskandarian - Nothing to Say
Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice
Russian Red - I love your Glasses
Abigail Washburn - Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
Ben Weaver - The Ax In The Oak
Noa Babayof - From a window to a wall
Kathleen Edwards - Asking for flowers
Felice Brothers - Felice brothers
Caroline Herring - Lantana

(5)
Dead Western - Soften your Screams into Sing
Aaron Espe - Songs from a Small Town
Acorn - Here & There & Back

(4)
Radar Bros - Auditorium

 

Electro, trip-hop

 

1. Portishead - Third (10)
2. Anne Clark - The Smallest Acts of Kindness (8)
3. Juno Reactor - Gods and Monsters (8)

4. Lindstrom - Where you go i go too (8)

5. Olga Kouklaki - Getalife (8)
6. A Certain Ratio - Mind Made Up (8) 

7. Autechre - Quaristice (8)
8. Bersarin Quartett - Bersarin Quartett (8)
9. Four Tet - Ringer (8)

10. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing (8)
11. Mr Oizo - Lambs Anger (8)
12. Herbst9 - The gods are small birds but I am the falcon (8)

13. Kangding Ray - Automne Fold (8)
14. Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia - Pain Disappears (8)
15. Bomb The Bass - Future Chaos (8)
16. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (8)
17. Tribeqa - Tribeqa (7,5)

18. Cybernetika - Nanospheric (7,5)

19. Metronomy - Nights Out (7)
20. Kid Loco - Party Animal Disco Biscuits (7)

 

 

(7)

The Whip - X Marks Destination (7)

Klaus Schulze, Lisa Gerrard - Farscape (7)

College - Secret Diary

Tricky - Knowle West Boy 

Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna 

2sleepy - Art Fraud  

Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior

Miss Kittin - Batbox
Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
Ez3kiel - Battlefield
David Holmes - The Holy Pictures

(6)
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Kelpe - Ex-aquarium
Alaska In Winter - Holiday
Winona - Rosebud
OCDJ - Hooray

(5)
Alec Empire - The Golden Foretaste Of Heaven
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
Jori Hulkkonen - Errare Machinale Est
Cranes - Cranes
Hercules and Love Affair - s/t


Hard, metal

1. Metallica - Death Magnetic (7)

2. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (7)
3. Prurient - The Black Post Society (7)
4. Blood Ceremony - Blood ceremony (6.5)

5. Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation (6)
6. Testament - The Formation of Damnation (6)
7. Cynic - Traced in Air (5)
8. Opeth - Watershed (5) 
9. Guns N'Roses - Chinese Democracy (4)
10. Meshuggah - ObZen (4)
11. Harvey Milk - Life... The best Game in Town (3)
12. Protest The Hero - Fortress (2)
13. Whitesnake - Good To be Bad (1)

 

Hip-Hop

 
1. Look Daggers - Suffer in style (8)
2. Kenny Segal - Ken Can Cook (8)
3. The Bug - London Zoo (8)
4. The Roots - Rising Down (8)
5. Black Milk - Tronic (8)
6. GZA - Pro Tools (7)
7. Dark Lotus - The Opaque Brotherhood (7)
8. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (7)
9. The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction (7)
10. KRS-One - Maximum Strength (7)
11. Q-Tip - The Renaissance (7)
12. Flobots - Fight with Tools (7) 
13. RZA - Digi Snacks (6) 
14. Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' (6)
15. 50 cent - Before I self distruct (6)
16. The Game - L.A.X. (6)
17. The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed (6)
18. Roots Manuva - Slime & reason (5)
19. Ekoué - Itinéraire d'un fils d'immigrés (5)
20. Nas - Untitled (5) 

(4)
NERD - Seeing Sounds

1. Baby Charles - Baby Charles (8)
2. The Herbaliser - Same as it never was (8)
3. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (8)
4. Solomon Burke - Like a fire (7)
5. Jamie Lidell - Jim (7)
6. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (7)
7. Duffy - Rockferry (7)
8. Keziah Jones - Nigerian Woods (6)
9. Al Green - Lay It Down (6)
10. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (5)
11. Taniq - The Life And Times Of Love (3)

Jazz

1. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Holon (8.5)

2. E.S.T - Leucocyte (8)

3. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Dolores (7)

4. Matthew Halsall - Sending My love (7)

5. John McLaughlin - Floating Point (7)

6. Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January (6.5)

B.O.

1. Zimmer, Newton Howard - The Dark Knight (9)

2. Roque Banos - Crimes à Oxford (8,5)

3. Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood (8,5)

4. Stephen Sondheim - Sweeney Todd (7,5)
5. Mike Patton - A Perfect Place (7)
6. Marco Beltrami - 3:10 To Yuma (7)
7. The Cinematic Orchestra - Les Ailes Pourpres (6)

Classique

1. Peteris Vasks - Concerto pour Flûte et Orchestre (9)

2. Wojcech Kilar - Veni Creator (8.5)

3. Wojcech Kilar - Paschalis Hymns (8)

4. Arvo Pärt - These Words (7.5)

Musiques du monde, Blues, Divers...

1. Jose James - The Dreamer (9)
2. Bar Kokhba - Lucifer : Book of Angels vol.10 (9)
3. Toumani Diabate - The Mande Variations (8,5)
4. Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché (8)
5. Bill Frisell - History, Mystery (8)
6. B.B. King - One Kind Favor (8)
7. Femi Kuti - Day by Day (8)
8. Mud Morganfield - Fall Waters Fall (7,5)

9. Taj Mahal - Maestro (7) 

10. Seun Kuti - Many Things (7)

David Byrne - Big Love : Hymnal (7)
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep (6.5)

Trobar de Morte - Legends of blood & light (6.5)

The Durutti Column - Sunlight To Blue... Blue To Blackness... (6)
Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour (6)
Goldmund - The Malady of Elegance (6)
Andrei Machado - Lacuna (5,5)
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Let's Go Everywhere (5)
Trobar De Morte - Legends Of Blood And Light (4)
Alexia Bomtempo - Astrolabio (4)

Barème :
 

10. Chef-d'oeuvre absolu
9. Exceptionnel
8. Très bon album
7. Pas parfait, mais très recommandable
6. Pas mal
5. Moyen
4. Bof...
3. Plutôt raté, ou ininintéressant
2. Mauvais
1. Nul
0. Nullité absolue

Nouveautés  :

Laura Barrett - Earth science  

Darez - Le passé me rattrape (lien vers l'article de Nyko qui vous renvoie à son myspace avec 6 titres en écoute... dont l'excellent Echec et Mat, que je vous recommande, morceau bien au-dessus de ce qu'on entend dans le rap français habituellement)

Classements 2008 :

Alternative Sound

Jazz Blues & Co

Clandestines

Systool

Lyle

Yosemite

Classement des blogueurs 2008