It's December! Which means it's time to talk about the best albums, movies, books, etc. of 2008.

My top 10 Best CDs released in 2008 (excluding compilations & reissues):
1) Who Killed Amanda Palmer - Amanda Palmer & Little Wild One - Joan Osborne
3) Detours - Sheryl Crow
4) Cardinology - Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
5) @#%&*! Smilers - Aimee Mann
6) No, Virginia - The Dresden Dolls
7) Rockferry - Duffy
8) Little Dreamer - Beth Rowley
9) Melody - Sharleen Spiteri
10) Acid Tongue - Jenny Lewis

My Top 10 'old' CDs purchased this year:
1) The Animal Years - Josh Ritter & Yes, Virginia - The Dresden Dolls
3) Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams
4) Made of Bricks - Kate Nash
5) Your Little Secret - Melissa Etheridge
6) How Sweet it Is - Joan Osborne
7) This Fire - Paula Cole
8) The Pale Green Girl - Penelope Houston
9) Oyster - Heather Nova
10) Jill Sobule - Jill Sobule

More to come later....

1) Solange - Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
2) M.I.A. - Kala (2008 reissue)
3) Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
4) Juliana Hatfield - How to Walk Away
5) The B-52's - Funplex
6) Sugababes - Catfights and Spotlights
7) Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons to be Learned
8) Dido - Safe Trip Home
9) Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
10) Girls Aloud - Out of Control

Biggest disappointment:

Sheryl Crow - Detours

Biggest surprise:

Sugababes - Catfights and Spotlights

Biggest stinker:

Madonna - Hard Candy

1. Flavors of Entanglement - Alanis Morissette
2. This Is Alphabeat- Alpabeat
3. Detours - Sheryl Crow
4. Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down- Noah and The Whale
5. Day & Age- The Killers
6. Only by the night- Kings Of Leon
7. Britney Spears- Circus
8. Rockferry - Duffy
8. We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things- Jason Mraz
9. Goddamned- Jay_Brannan
10. The Fame- Lady Ga, Ga
11. Red Letter Year- Ani Difranco
12. Ladyhawke- Ladyhawke
13. Oracular Spectacular- MGMT
14. Chasing Lights- The Saturdays
15. Pop- Same Diffrence

My Faves –

Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue, cd
Britney Spears – Womanizer, single
Theory of a Dead Man – Bad Girlfriend, single
Rihanna – Disturbia, single (really I guess I like her whole cd since they have just about released all of the songs by now)
The Real Housewives of Atlanta – Nene is my girl!
Top Chef (reading Padmas latest cookbook right now too)
The Dark Knight – okay, I haven’t seen it yet – but I know it is going to be great.

hmm, lemme collect my thoughts for the year.

Updated list

1. Flavors of Entanglement - Alanis Morissette
2. This Is Alphabeat- Alpabeat
3. Detours - Sheryl Crow
4. Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down- Noah and The Whale
5. Day & Age- The Killers
6. A Larum- Johnny Flynn
7. Alas I Cannot Swim- Laura Marling
8. Only by the night- Kings Of Leon
9. Britney Spears- Circus
10. Funhouse- P!nk
11. Rockferry - Duffy
12. We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things- Jason Mraz
13. Goddamned- Jay Brannan
14. The Fame- Lady Ga, Ga
15. Red Letter Year- Ani Difranco
16. Ladyhawke- Ladyhawke
17. Oracular Spectacular- MGMT
18. Chasing Lights- The Saturdays
19. Hard Candy- Madonna
20. Who Killed Amanda Palmer- Amanda Palmer

1. Santogold- Santogold
2. Guns N Roses- Chinese Democracy
3. Goldfrapp- Seventh Tree
4. Portishead- Third
5. Alanis Morissette- Flavors of Entanglement
6. NIN- The Slip
7. Little Jackie- The Stoop
8. Dido- Safe Trip Home
9. Erykah Badu- New Amerykah
10. Izzy Stradlin- Concrete

If I included reissues, Kala would get the top spot. Best album of 2007, and possibly the best album this decade.

love that album by santogold as well.

my top ten probably looks like:

portishead - third
beach house - devotion
cranes - cranes
kathleen edwards - asking for flowers
juliana hatfield - how to walk away
the kills - midnight boom
aimee mann - fucking smilers
ladyhawke - ladyhawke
the organ - thieves ep
ida maria - fortress round my heart

01. Sugababes- Catfights And Spotlights
02. Holly Throsby- A Loud Call
03. Alanis Morissette- Flavors Of Entanglement
04. Goldfrapp- Seventh Tree
05. Sia- Some People Have Real Problems
06. Sneaky Sound System- 2
07. Janet Jackson- Discipline
08. Beyoncé- I Am...Sasha Fierce
09. Madonna- Hard Candy
10. Juliana Hatfield- How To Walk Away