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Re: Sound Opinions Forum EOY results

Finally the Misc results.

http://soundopinions.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19771&st=0

SOMB Best Record Label:


#5. 4AD
#4. Rough Trade
#3. In The Red
#2. Matador
#1. Sub Pop

Best Music Related Movies:

#4. Arctic Monkeys: Live at the Apollo
#3. Christmas on Mars
#2. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
#1. Walk Hard


Top Live Acts:


=#10. Laura Marling / Radiohead / Yeasayer
#9. Deerhoof
#8. Monotonix
#7. The Hold Steady
#6. My Bloody Valentine
#5. Drive-By Truckers
#4. Wilco
#3. Neil Young
#2. King Kahn & The Shrines
#1. Kanye West

Best Album Tracks:


#10. Jonathan Richman - When We Refuse To Suffer
#9. Have A Nice life - Bloodhall
#8. Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses
#7. Lil Wayne - Let The Beat Build
#6. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
#5. M83 - Too Late
#4. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme
#3. Weezer - Heart Songs
#2. The Hold Steady - Jokes About Jamica
#1. Harvey milk - Motown

Best Album Openers:


#10. Lil Wayne - 3 Peat
#9. M83 - You, Appearing
#8. Portishead - Silence
#7. Laura Marling - Ghosts
#6. TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
#5. MGMT - Time To Pretend
#4. Weezer - Troublemaker
#3. The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer
#2. Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses
#1. Harvey Milk - Death Goes To The Winner


Best Album Closers:

#10. The Black Keys - Things Ain't Like They Used To Be
#9. TV on the Radio - Lover's Day
#8. The Streets - The Escapist
#7. M83 - Midnight Souls Still Remain
#6. Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
#5. Fleet Foxes - Oliver James
#4. Wolf Parade - Kissing the Beehive
#3. Weezer - The Angel & The One
#2. The Hold Steady - Slapped Actress
#1. Portishead - Threads


Best Videos of the Year:

#10. Björk - Wanderlust
#9. Britney Spears - Womanizer
#8. Kanye West - Flashing Lights
#7. The BPA - Toe Jam
#6. LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
#5. Portishead - The Rip
#4. Chris Dane Owens - Shine
#3. Feist - I Feel It All
#2. Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
#1. Weezer - Pork and Beans

Best Music-Related TV Performances:

#5. A Colbert Christmas
#4. R.E.M. on Austin City Limits
#3. Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards
#2. TV on the Radio on Late Show with David Letterman
#1. Wilco on the Colbert Report

Best Music-Related Pop Culture Moments:


#10. BarackRoll'd
#9. The Animal Collective Listening Party
#8. Girls cry when David Cook beats David Archuleta
#7. "You Can Vote However You Like"
#6. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
#5. Barack Obama references "A Change Is Gonna Come" on election night
#4. Guns N' Roses return / Dr. Pepper vs. Axl Rose
#3. Sting is referred to as "Stong" on the SOMB
#2. "Another Spin for Vinyl" NYT article
#1. Jay-Z covers "Wonderwall"

Best New Artists of 2008:


#10. Krallice
#9. Fuck Buttons
#8. The Dodos
#7. Air France
#6. The Gaslight Anthem
#5. MGMT
#4. Hercules and Love Affair
#3. Santogold
#2. Vivian Girls
#1. Fleet Foxes

Artist of the Year:

#10. Deerhunter/Bradford Cox/Atlas Sound
#9. Fleet Foxes
#8. Frightened Rabbit
#7. TV on the Radio
#6. Rihanna
#5. Jay Reatard
#4. Weezer/Rivers Cuomo
#3. Portishead
#2. Lil Wayne
#1. Kanye West

Biggest Letdowns:

#10. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues For 13 Moons
#9. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
#8. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
#7. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
#6. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
#5. The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed
#4. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
#3. The Breeders - Mountain Battles
#2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
#1. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Best Album Cover:

#10. The Walkmen - You & Me
#9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
#8. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
#7. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
#6. Deerhunter - Microcastle
#5. Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
#4. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
#3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
#2. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
#1. Weezer - Weezer

Worst Album Cover:

#10. Randy Jackson's Music Club
#9. James Taylor - Covers
#8. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
#7. Britney Spears - Circus
#6. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
#5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
#4. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
#3. Megapuss - Surfing
#2. Santogold - Santogold
#1. Madonna - Hard Candy


Biggest WTF Songs:

#5. Of Montreal - (everything)
#4. Soulja Boy - YAHHH! (feat. Arab)
#3. Third Eye Blind - Non-Dairy Creamer
#2. My Morning Jacket - Highly Suspicious
#1. Weezer - The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)

Worst Singles of 2008:


#5. Flo Rida - Low
#4. Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
#3. Flobots - Handlebars
#2. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
#1. Kid Rock - All Summer Long

Best Cover Songs of 2008:

#10. Hot Chip - Wearing My Rolex (Wiley)
#9. Glen Campbell - Sing (Travis)
#8. Deerhunter - Oh It's Such A Shame (Jay Reatard)
#7. The New Pornographers - Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra)
#6. The Mai Shi - See You Again (Miley Cyrus)
#5. She & Him - You Really Got A Hold On Me (Smokey Robinson)
#4. Cheap Time - People Talk (The Toys)
#3. Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Radiohead)
#2. Wilco and Fleet Foxes - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan/The Band)
#1. Radiohead - The Rip (Portishead)

Hope these have been interesting!

Re: Sound Opinions Forum EOY results

I can,t believe Skeletal Lamping didn,t get worst album cover, its grotesque and completely over the top, a bit like the album itself.