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KCRW Music Director Jason Bentley's Top 10 Albums of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:30:12 -0800

Jason Bentley's Top 10 Albums of 2008

1. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)
2. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
3. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)
4. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
6. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)
7. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)
8. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)
9. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)
10. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)

(Note: Jason Bentley will be the new host of Morning Becomes Eclectic starting December 1)

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Nic Harcourt’s Top Ten Albums of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:27:19 -0800

Nic Harcourt’s Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
2. Mates Of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
4. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing (Columbia)
5. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros)
6. The Broken West – Now or Heaven (Merge)
7.Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World’s Fair)
8. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)
9. Tilly and The Wall – o (Team Love Records)
10.Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

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Chris Douridas’ Top Ten Albums of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:26:33 -0800

Chris Douridas’ Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
2. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
4. Buika - Niña de Fuego (Warner Music Spain)
5. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
6. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Mute)
7. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)
8. Little Joy - Little Joy (Rough Trade)
9. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
10. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)

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Tom Schnabel's Top 10 of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:25:58 -0800

Tom Schnabel's Top 10 of 2008

1. Danilo Perez - Across The Crystal Sea (Decca)
2. Ana Moura - Para Alem da Saudade (World Village/Universal)
3. Jamshied Sharifi - One (Ceres)
4. Marcin Wasilewski - January (ECM Records)
5. Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire (Ponderosa Italy)
6. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)
7. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall Concert (World Circuit / Nonesuch)
8. Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart (Verve)
9. Rachael Price - The Good Hours (Claire Vision Productions)
10. Tito Puente - The Complete 78s [Vols. 1 & 2](Fania/UMGD)

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Garth Trinidad's Top 10 of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:24:33 -0800

Garth Trinidad's Top 10 of 2008

1. Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Atlantic)
2. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
3. The Roots - Rising Down (Def Jam)
4. Keziah Jones - Nigerian Wood (Because Music)
5. Blk Jks - Blk Jks EP (Blk Jks Ent)
6. Bigga Bush Pres. Lightning Head - 13 Faces of Lightning Head (Lion Head)
7. Seun Kuti - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Disorient)
8. N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (Interscope Records)
9. Kissey Asplund – Plethora (R2)
10. Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold (High Wire Music)

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Raul Campos’ Top Ten Albums of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:23:54 -0800

Raul Campos’ Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Adele – 19 (XL)
2. Moby - Last Night (Mute)
3. Various Artists - Verve Remixed 4 (Verve)
4. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
5. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (Downtown/Atlantic)
6. Brazilian Girls - New York City (Verve Forecast)
7. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
8. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Hear Music)
9. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (DFA)
10. Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain (RCA)

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Anne Litt’s Top Ten Albums of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:23:24 -0800

Anne Litt’s Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
2. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)
3. Randy Newman - Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
4. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
5. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)
6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
7. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
8. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)
9. Juliana Hatfield - How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)
10. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Everythingthathappens.com)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
1.   Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia (4AD)
2.   Devotchka - A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti)
3.   Ludovico Einaudi - Devinire (Ponderosa)
4.   Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
5.   She & Him - Volume 1 (Merge)

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Liza Richardson's Top 10 of 2008

nobody@vox.com(KCRW Music News) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:22:50 -0800

Liza Richardson's Top 10 of 2008

1. James Hunter - The Hard Way (Hear Music)
2. Secret Machines – Secret Machines (TSM Recordings)
3. Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty (Downtown)
4. The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)
5. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
6. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute U.S.)
7. David Holmes - The Holy Pictures (Canderblinks/Mercury)
8. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
9. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair (Mute)
10. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis -- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (Sunday Best)

Runners Up:

Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds - The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL)
Quiet Village - Silent Movie (K7)
The Black Ghosts – The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)

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