Various Artists - Best Songs of 2008: A Take The Pills! Compilation
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Yeah, time has come for Take The Pills!'s best of compilation! Like Lazer Guided Melodies' compilation suggests, this year was an indiepop explosion with a lot of really good bands (although there were some hyped ones too!), amazing records and remarkble songs; that's the reason the compilation this time is a bit bigger than last year. So, thanks to all for the participation - commenting, providing me precious singles (The Wallflowers), all kind of infos (You Can't Be Loved Forever) and of course, your visit. :D Here we go:
Top 10 of Best Albums:
1. Twig - Life After Ridge (Plastilina)
2. Minisnap - Bounce Around (Pocket Music)
3. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls (In The Red)
4. The Charade - Keeping Up Appearances (Skipping Stones)
5. Je Suis Animal - Self-Taught Magic From a Book (Perfect Pop)
6. The Autumn Leaves - Long Lost Friend (April Dabbler)
7. Moscow Olympics - Cut The World (Lavender)
8. The Airfields - Up All Night (Humblebee)
9. The Junipers - Cut Your Key (San Remo)
10. The Botticellis - Old Home Movies (Antenna Farm)
Top 5 of Best 7"/EPs:
1. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart / The Parallelograms - Kurt Cobain's Cardigan / 1, 2, 3, Go! 7" Split (Atomic Beat)
2. The Ruling Class - Tour De Force EP + 7" (Shelflife)
3. The Parallelograms - 1-2-3 Go! EP (Cloudberry)
4. The Bridal Shop - In Violation 7" (Cloudberry)
5. The Carrots - The Carrots EP (Elefant)
Top 5 of Best Releases:
1. Various Artists - Country Music: Songs For Keith Girdler (Siesta)
2. The Vermont Sugar House - Carlton Gardens (Firestation)
3. Bluetrain - Some Greater Love (Plastilina)
4. Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers (Milou)
5. Belle & Sebastian - The BBC Sessions (Jeepster)
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Tracklist:
1. Twig - Ciao Ciao Bomb (Life After Ridge, Plastilina Records)
2. Comet Gain - Love Without Lies (Love Without Lies 7", What's Your Rupture)
3. The Autumn Leaves - Feels Like Rain (Long Lost Friend, April Dabbler)
4. The Carrots - Beverly (Beverly EP, Elefant)
5. Je Suis Animal - Secret Place (Self-Taught Magic From a Book, Perfect Pop)
6. Celestial - Love Always Comes To Those Who Waits (Crystal Heights, Lavender)
7. The Bridal Shop - Violation (In Violation 7", Cloudberry Records)
8. Moscow Olympics - Ocean Sign (Cut The World, Lavender)
9. Sarandon - Welcome (Kill Twee Pop!, Slumberland)
10. The Airfields - Never See You Smile (Up All Night, Humblebee)
11. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You (Everything With You 7", Slumberland)
12. The Garlands - Why Did I Trust You? (The Garlands EP, Cloudberry/Cosy Recordings)
13. Speedmarket Avenue - Accident (Way Better Now, Elefant)
14. Minisnap - Innocent (Bounce Around, Pocket Music)
15. Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To (Vivian Girls, In The Red)
16. The Ruling Class - Flowers (Tour De Force EP + 7", Shelflife)
17. The Parallelograms - Without You (1,2,3, Go! EP, Cloudberry Records)
18. The Junipers - Gordie Can't Swim (Cut Your Key, San Remo Records)
19. Summer Cats - Lonely Planet (Lonely Planet 7", Cloudberry Records)
20. The Charade - The World Is Going Under (Keeping Up Appearances, Skipping Stones)
21. My Raining Stars - Riding For a Fall (From St Saviour To Quickwell, Self-Released)
22. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend, XL Recordings)
23. The School - Valentine (All I Wanna Do 7", Elefant)
24. Goodnight Monsters - First One On The Beach (Summer Challenge, Bone Voyage)
25. The Botticellis - The Reviewer (Old Home Movies, Antenna Farm Records)
26. Robert Church & The Holy Community - Sunday Love (Le Rouge, Series Two Records)
27. Days - Simple Thing (Downhill EP + 7", Shelflife)
28. The Lodger - The Good Old Days (Life Is Sweet, Slumberland)
29. The Catalysts - Autumn Goes Everywhere (Autumn Everywhere EP, Cloudberry Records)
[EDIT] Here's another great compilation of best songs from 2008, a big one indeed (3 CDS), by Minutos Musicales blog. Check it out!
CD 1 (Total Time: 1:09:58) | Download
01. The Music Tapes - 2008 - Music Tapes For Clouds and Tornadoes - Julian and Grandpa
02. The Rural Alberta Advantage - 2008 - Hometowns - Dont Haunt This Place
03. Twig - 2008 - Life After Ridge - Ciao Ciao Bomb
04. The Zebras - 2008 - New Ways of Risking Our Lives (EP) - Push Our Way To The Front
05. The Wedding Present - 2008 - El Rey - Spider-Man on Hollywood
06. She and Him - 2008 - Volume 1 - I Was Made For You
07. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - 2008 - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Going Up The Country
08. El Guisante Magico - 2008 - Love, Lust And A Bit Of Champagne - Little Blind Joe
09. The Lodger - 2008 - Life Is Sweet - A Year Since Last Summer
10. Bubblegum Lemonade - 2008 - Susans In The Sky (EP) - Susan's In The Sky
11. The Last Shadow Puppets - 2008 - Age Of The Understatement - Standing Next To Me
12. The Paralellograms - 2008 - Without You
13. The School - 2008 - Let It Slip (EP) - Let It Slip
14. Brian Wilson - 2008 - That Lucky Old Sun - Good Kind Of Love
15. Hari and Aino - 2008 - Hari and Aino (EP)- A Considerate Kind of Home
16. The Lucksmiths - 2008 - First Frost - Never & Always
17. Northern Portrait - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Crazy
18. Pocketbooks - 2008 - Waking Up (EP) - Falling Leaves
19. All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2008 - Looking Into It - Oh No
20. They Might Be Giants - 2008 - Here Come The 123s - Figure Eight
21. This is Ivy League - 2008 - This is Ivy League - The Richest Kids
22. Those Dancing Days - 2008 - In Our Space Hero Suits - Run Run
23. Robert Forster - 2008 - The Evangelist - Let Your Light In Babe
24. Stereolab - 2008 - Chemical Chords - Neon Beanbag
CD 2 (Total Time: 1;13:44) | Download
01. Ballboy - 2008 - I Worked On The Ships - The Guide To The Short Wave Radio
02. The Mountain Goats - 2008 - Heretic Pride - Heretic Pride
03. Speedmarket Avenue - 2008 - Way Better Now - Way Better Now
04. MGMT - 2008 - Oracular Spectacular - Time to Pretend
05. Amy Winehouse - 2008 - The Ska (EP) - Monkey Man
06. The Smittens - 2008 - Half My Heart Beats
07. Micah P. Hinson - 2008 - Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra - When We Embraced
08. Nina Nastasia - 2008 - What She Doesnt Know - What She Doesnt Know
09. Destroyer - 2008 - Trouble in Dreams - Dark Leaves From A Thread
10. Russian Red - 2008 - I Love Your Glasses - Cigarettes
11. Days - 2008 - Downhill (EP) - Simple Thing
12. Akira Kosemura - 2008 - Tiny Musical - Light Dance
13. Fleet Foxes - 2008 - Ragged Wood - White Winter Hymnal
14. The Apples In Stereo - 2008 - Electronic Projects For Musicians - Onto Something
15. Sr. Chinarro - 2008 - Ronroneando - Los Amores Re¤idos
16. Fosca - 2008 - The Painted Side Of The Rocket - I've Agreed To Something I Shouldn't Have
17. Ally Kerr - 2008 - Off the Radar - Mystery Star
18. The Wave Pictures - 2008 - Instant Coffee Baby - Strange Fruit For David
19. Sigur Ros - 2008 - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust - ViÐ spilum endalaust
20. Jolie Holland - 2008 - The Living And The Death - Mexico city
21. The Honeydrips - 2008 - Here Comes The Future - I Wouldn't Know What To Do
22. Pelle Carlberg - 2008 - The Lilac Time - 1983 (Pelle And Sebastian)
23. Vampire Weekend - 2008 - Vampire Weekend - Walcott
CD 3 (Total Time: 1:09:34) | Download
01. Yann Tiersen - 2008 - Tabarly - Naval
02. Bon Iver - 2008 - The MySpace Transmissions - For Emma
03. Nacho Vegas - 2008 - El Manifiesto Desastre - Detener El Tiempo
04. Strawberry Fair - 2008 - I Cant Do Anything (EP) - Give Up
05. The Avett Brothers - 2008 - The Second Gleam (EP) - Souls Like The Wheels
06. Bedroom Eyes - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Norwegian Pop
07. Nothern Fields - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Never Take The Beauty
08. Thomas Function - 2008 - Celebration - Winter Grey
09. Band A Part - 2008 - La Merienda (Sintonia Contempopranea)
10. The Cure - 2008 - 4-13 Dream - Only One
11. M83 - 2008 - Saturdays = Youth - Graveyard Girl
12. Laura Marling - 2008 - Alas I Cannot Swim - Cross Your Fingers
13. Tellus About The Moon - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Nomore
14. The Carrots - 2008 - Beverly (EP) - Beverly
15. Death Cab For Cutie - 2008 - Narrow Stairs - No Sunlight
16. M.J. Hibbett And The Validators - 2008 - The Lesson Of The Smiths - Other Bandsï Setlist
17. The Ruling Class - 2008 - Tour De Force - Flowers
18. The Magnetic Fields - 2008 - Distortion - California Girls
19. Slow Down Tallahassee - 2008 - Baby Don't Cry
20. Espaldamaceta - 2008 - Espaldamaceta - Y No Voy A Darte Mas
21. Eli Paperboy Reed & The True Loves - 2008 - Roll With You - Take My Love With You
22. Yo La Tengo - 2008 - They Shoot, We Score - Meerkat
23. XoXo Panda - 2008 - The New Kid Revival - The Third Man
02. The Rural Alberta Advantage - 2008 - Hometowns - Dont Haunt This Place
03. Twig - 2008 - Life After Ridge - Ciao Ciao Bomb
04. The Zebras - 2008 - New Ways of Risking Our Lives (EP) - Push Our Way To The Front
05. The Wedding Present - 2008 - El Rey - Spider-Man on Hollywood
06. She and Him - 2008 - Volume 1 - I Was Made For You
07. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - 2008 - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Going Up The Country
08. El Guisante Magico - 2008 - Love, Lust And A Bit Of Champagne - Little Blind Joe
09. The Lodger - 2008 - Life Is Sweet - A Year Since Last Summer
10. Bubblegum Lemonade - 2008 - Susans In The Sky (EP) - Susan's In The Sky
11. The Last Shadow Puppets - 2008 - Age Of The Understatement - Standing Next To Me
12. The Paralellograms - 2008 - Without You
13. The School - 2008 - Let It Slip (EP) - Let It Slip
14. Brian Wilson - 2008 - That Lucky Old Sun - Good Kind Of Love
15. Hari and Aino - 2008 - Hari and Aino (EP)- A Considerate Kind of Home
16. The Lucksmiths - 2008 - First Frost - Never & Always
17. Northern Portrait - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Crazy
18. Pocketbooks - 2008 - Waking Up (EP) - Falling Leaves
19. All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2008 - Looking Into It - Oh No
20. They Might Be Giants - 2008 - Here Come The 123s - Figure Eight
21. This is Ivy League - 2008 - This is Ivy League - The Richest Kids
22. Those Dancing Days - 2008 - In Our Space Hero Suits - Run Run
23. Robert Forster - 2008 - The Evangelist - Let Your Light In Babe
24. Stereolab - 2008 - Chemical Chords - Neon Beanbag
CD 2 (Total Time: 1;13:44) | Download
01. Ballboy - 2008 - I Worked On The Ships - The Guide To The Short Wave Radio
02. The Mountain Goats - 2008 - Heretic Pride - Heretic Pride
03. Speedmarket Avenue - 2008 - Way Better Now - Way Better Now
04. MGMT - 2008 - Oracular Spectacular - Time to Pretend
05. Amy Winehouse - 2008 - The Ska (EP) - Monkey Man
06. The Smittens - 2008 - Half My Heart Beats
07. Micah P. Hinson - 2008 - Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra - When We Embraced
08. Nina Nastasia - 2008 - What She Doesnt Know - What She Doesnt Know
09. Destroyer - 2008 - Trouble in Dreams - Dark Leaves From A Thread
10. Russian Red - 2008 - I Love Your Glasses - Cigarettes
11. Days - 2008 - Downhill (EP) - Simple Thing
12. Akira Kosemura - 2008 - Tiny Musical - Light Dance
13. Fleet Foxes - 2008 - Ragged Wood - White Winter Hymnal
14. The Apples In Stereo - 2008 - Electronic Projects For Musicians - Onto Something
15. Sr. Chinarro - 2008 - Ronroneando - Los Amores Re¤idos
16. Fosca - 2008 - The Painted Side Of The Rocket - I've Agreed To Something I Shouldn't Have
17. Ally Kerr - 2008 - Off the Radar - Mystery Star
18. The Wave Pictures - 2008 - Instant Coffee Baby - Strange Fruit For David
19. Sigur Ros - 2008 - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust - ViÐ spilum endalaust
20. Jolie Holland - 2008 - The Living And The Death - Mexico city
21. The Honeydrips - 2008 - Here Comes The Future - I Wouldn't Know What To Do
22. Pelle Carlberg - 2008 - The Lilac Time - 1983 (Pelle And Sebastian)
23. Vampire Weekend - 2008 - Vampire Weekend - Walcott
CD 3 (Total Time: 1:09:34) | Download
01. Yann Tiersen - 2008 - Tabarly - Naval
02. Bon Iver - 2008 - The MySpace Transmissions - For Emma
03. Nacho Vegas - 2008 - El Manifiesto Desastre - Detener El Tiempo
04. Strawberry Fair - 2008 - I Cant Do Anything (EP) - Give Up
05. The Avett Brothers - 2008 - The Second Gleam (EP) - Souls Like The Wheels
06. Bedroom Eyes - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Norwegian Pop
07. Nothern Fields - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Never Take The Beauty
08. Thomas Function - 2008 - Celebration - Winter Grey
09. Band A Part - 2008 - La Merienda (Sintonia Contempopranea)
10. The Cure - 2008 - 4-13 Dream - Only One
11. M83 - 2008 - Saturdays = Youth - Graveyard Girl
12. Laura Marling - 2008 - Alas I Cannot Swim - Cross Your Fingers
13. Tellus About The Moon - 2008 - Eardrums Compilation Vol 2 - Nomore
14. The Carrots - 2008 - Beverly (EP) - Beverly
15. Death Cab For Cutie - 2008 - Narrow Stairs - No Sunlight
16. M.J. Hibbett And The Validators - 2008 - The Lesson Of The Smiths - Other Bandsï Setlist
17. The Ruling Class - 2008 - Tour De Force - Flowers
18. The Magnetic Fields - 2008 - Distortion - California Girls
19. Slow Down Tallahassee - 2008 - Baby Don't Cry
20. Espaldamaceta - 2008 - Espaldamaceta - Y No Voy A Darte Mas
21. Eli Paperboy Reed & The True Loves - 2008 - Roll With You - Take My Love With You
22. Yo La Tengo - 2008 - They Shoot, We Score - Meerkat
23. XoXo Panda - 2008 - The New Kid Revival - The Third Man
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gracias por los discos
que tengas un feliz año nuevo 2009
un abrazo
I think this is an amazing list, coulb be considered as important as a C08 (jeje).
I was looking through the list, as i'm maybe interested in purchasing 7's of most of the bands (I Dj in Spain and prefer to have them in vynil), but most of the labels are quite small...
Do you know a good shop where I can get releases for these bands, so it makes worth the buy (and the shipping costs)?
Or at least, your favourite shop for indie groups?