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invention · **Joined:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:34 am **Posts:** 12029

MEDIA ONLY. NOT YOUR OWN LISTS DOUCHEBAGS

Uncut Magazine:

Album of the year: Fleet Foxes

The full shortlist, in alphabetical order, was:

1. BON IVER – For Emma, Forever Ago (4AD)
2. DRIVE BY TRUCKERS – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West)
3. ELBOW – The Seldom-Seen Kid (Fiction)
4. THE FELICE BROTHERS - The Felice Brothers (Loose)
5. FLEET FOXES – Fleet Foxes (Bella Union)
6. THE RACONTEURS – Consolers Of The Lonely (XL)
7. RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows (XL)
8. VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Vampire Weekend (XL)

http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/fleet_foxes/news/12440

Garden of Stone · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:40 pm

This is not Uncut's album of the year, this was voted on by industry people. It's an award in the vein of a Q award or a Grammy or whatever. The only member of Uncut who voted was the editor Allan Jones. The magazine did come up with the shortlist though.

Quote:

Fleet Foxes were unanimously hailed by a panel of industry judges which included broadcaster Mark Radcliffe and ex EMI chief executive Tony Wadsworth, at a judging session in November to choose the overall winner from eight shortlisted albums.

And for those who want to know, this award includes albums released between september 2007 and August 2008.

invention · **Joined:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:34 am **Posts:** 12029

to be honest i didn't even read any of the writing, it was listed as an album of the year list on a blog. i'm just going to pretend it is.

Sandler · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:27 pm

I haven't heard all the albums on that list, but I have Fleet Foxes and Radiohead (and a couple others) -- there's no way Fleet Foxes beats In Rainbows. Just no way.

teakay11 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:57 pm

Sandler wrote:

I haven't heard all the albums on that list, but I have Fleet Foxes and Radiohead (and a couple others) -- there's no way Fleet Foxes beats In Rainbows. Just no way.

I like Fleet Foxes more than In Rainbows. Beautiful harmonies on that record. And I didn't know the lead singer/writer is only 22 years old. :shock:

solace · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:11 pm

i much prefer Fleet Foxes to In Rainbows too, but IR was a 2007 album for me anyway (was in my top 10 last year)

pretty amazing for Justin (Bon Iver)

but there's still a good month and a half and plenty of potentially great releases left this year, seems a bit premature

psychobain · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:56 pm

solace wrote:

but there's still a good month and a half and plenty of potentially great releases left this year, seems a bit premature

name them

invention · **Joined:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:34 am **Posts:** 12029

psychobain wrote:

solace wrote:

but there's still a good month and a half and plenty of potentially great releases left this year, seems a bit premature

name them

1. chinese democracy
2. scott weiland

psychobain · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:36 pm

invention wrote:

psychobain wrote:

solace wrote:

but there's still a good month and a half and plenty of potentially great releases left this year, seems a bit premature

name them

1. chinese democracy
2. scott weiland

3. the killers

glorified_version · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:37 pm

Fleet Foxes are awesome

Vampire Weekend is ugh

glorified_version · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:37 pm

new Kanye West is out in a few weeks, that's pretty much it unless Grizzly Bear or the Doves pull something together (I was hoping for something in 08 from both those groups)

dyingonahilltop · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:42 pm

OK. Am I just being an anal little bitch to keep insisting that For Emma is 2007 record?

glorified_version · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:45 pm

I've been tempted to put MGMT but that probably won't work

psychobain · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:55 pm

dyingonahilltop wrote:

OK. Am I just being an anal little bitch to keep insisting that For Emma is 2007 record?

its 2007 for me also

Orpheus · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:26 am

These lists are always exactly the same, I don't know why they bother.

Winter's Love · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:40 am

dyingonahilltop wrote:

OK. Am I just being an anal little bitch to keep insisting that For Emma is 2007 record?

No, not at all. I'll insist that forever. Released in 2007=2007 record. A re-release doesn't make it a 2008 album. It was a bigger distribution deal, that's it. If you counted that, you'd count tons of old albums being reissued, but no one in their right mind does that.

Also, am I the only one who thinks that the Fleet Foxes album is only mediocre? I loved the EP but the LP runs on way too long and gets really bland.

Echoes · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:50 am

I agree with Winter's Love about Fleet Foxes, but I think you should be able to count a CD as whatever year it came out in your area, within reason.

I mean, use your heads, folks.

zeb · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:33 am **Posts:** 17101

In Rainbows is 2007, right?

FloydTheBarber · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:21 am

Garden of Stone wrote:

And for those who want to know, this award includes albums released between september 2007 and August 2008.

clint72 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:22 pm

Orpheus wrote:

These lists are always exactly the same, I don't know why they bother.

Maybe they are clearly the best albums :wink:

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