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Viva La Vida

by: Coldplay

Release Date June 17, 2008
No time to write details ... it's just a fabulously infections, well-written, well-played, and great sounding CD. the title track is the best song of this century thus far.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Consolers Of The Lonely

from: Warner Brothers

Release Date March 25, 2008
The new Raconteurs album is incredible in its layered simplicity. This is Jack White's new band and the album breaks boundaries while still having a familiar feeling to it. The instrumentation mixes modern and traditional styles in a seamless album. I found the debut album "Broken Boy Soldiers" to be a bit weak, not bad, but not terribly memorable. Pick this album up immediately! You will not be disappointed.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Evil Urges

by: My Morning Jacket

Release Date June 10, 2008
I've had this album for a couple weeks now, and I can't stop listening to it. I'm finding that it has a lot more staying power for me than most albums seem to, due in large part to the narrative strain that runs through it as much as the genre-blending music itself. Obviously everyone who listens to an album like this will have a somewhat different response to it, but here are some my initial impressions of it:

The first song plays like a mission statement for the album, offering the fairly typical secularist ethical perspective that what some call "evil urges" are really perfectly natural and simply "a part of the human way", that "ain't evil if (they) ain't hurting anybody". The narrator (who seems to be an older version of the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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Accelerate

by: R.E.M.

Release Date April 01, 2008
I'm altogether dispirited

I've listened to this about 5-6 times all the way through, and not one song has made an impression

Read the lyrics - they're ok - I don't really care too much about lyrics. My favorite album by REM (Murmur) and I don't know the lyrics on most of my favorite songs on that (Radio Free Europe, Perfect Circle)

I am absolutely miserable. I mean, I'm still gonna listen to the group. I'll stick pick up the next album. But none of these songs are very good. There aren't really any strong melodies

Pete, you can do better! You played on Robyn's very good album Ole Tarantula for gods sake.

I can't imagine someone picking up this album and loving it. The first few times ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Third

by: Portishead

Release Date April 29, 2008
It's been almost 11 years since Portishead released their last self-titled album (I'm not counting Roseland NYC Live). The three member group of Adrian Utley, Geoff Barrow and more prominent Beth Gibbons have been often credited with making the trip hop genre more mainstream. Originating out of Bristol, UK, Portishead introduced their hometown sound to the commercial radio waves in 1994 with Dummy. With downtempo hip-hop beats, a touch of turntablism, and Gibbons' staple vocals, Portishead instantly created their own style and with that came a vast following. It's no wonder then, that when appropriately titled Third album hit the shelves, it was snatched with a hunger. Prior to the album's street date it was released on last-fm and attracted over 327,000 listeners ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Vampire Weekend

by: Vampire Weekend

Release Date January 29, 2008
I love this CD! I love people like Buddy Holly and the Stray Cats so this music has a very nostalgic sound. I can't get enough of Vampire Weekend. I listen to the CD every night. My favorite song has to be Oxford Comma. Get this CD you wont be disapointed! :)

CD-Charts Position 7
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Modern Guilt

by: Beck

Release Date July 08, 2008
Inside the album you get a coupon to download high quality MP3's. Beck is the man! I can't wait to see him play at the Hollywood Bowl. The album is a classic.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Fleet Foxes

by: Fleet Foxes

Release Date June 03, 2008
I found this on iTunes while browsing My Morning Jacket albums and accidentally pressed "enter" (which played a song sample) instead of pressing "back." Perhaps it's lame of me to admit, but tears welled up in my eyes because I was absolutely overcome. I'd never heard anything like it before, gorgeous, absolutely wonderful songwriting. I bought it immediately and cannot give it any less than five stars. I can NOT believe I'd never heard of them--it's a sin. Truly. Buy this album this minute and prepare to be enlightened like never before!

CD-Charts Position 9
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In Rainbows

by: Radiohead

Release Date January 01, 2008
To all those that don't like this new album, they can suck it up and deal with it. I personally love this album. They decided to do something that, in some ways, was very different. I applaude them for that. I love all the tracks on here and I even bought a copy for my uncle so he could listen to Radiohead. As far as if that was the best album for him to start listening to Radiohead I don't know.Radiohead- In Rainbows (Guitar Tablature)

CD-Charts Position 10
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Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

by: Sigur Ros

Release Date June 24, 2008
This is my first try with a foreign language CD. Sigur Ros is a great band from Iceland and their beautiful melodies are wonderful to listen to. I know that American music is popular all over the world, now I know what it feels like to get into the sound of a band, even if you do not understand the language they are singing in. It is very different, a very interesting sound.