2008 Best Albums (Selected Tracks) from Shankly torrent

Here are representative tracks from the top 40 Albums of the year as selected by Shankly. They fit snugly onto 2 CDs. Congratulations to The Fall for making Shankly's favourite album of the year.


1. Fall – Latch Key Kid (from Imperial Wax Solvent)
2. Fuck Buttons - Okay, Let's Talk About Magic (from Street Horrrsing)
3. No Age – Eraser (from Nouns)
4. These New Puritans – Colours (from Best Pyramid)
5. Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk (from The Midnight Organ Fight)
6. Wedding Present – I Lost The Monkey (from El Ray)
7. Laura Marling – Old Stone (from Alas I Cannot Swim)
8. Get Well Soon – Witches Witches Rest Now In the Fire (from Rest Now Weary Head You Will Get Well Soon)
9. Mogwai – Local Authority (from The Hawk Is Howling)
10. Ballboy – Songs For Kylie (from I Worked On The Ships)
11. Envelopes – Life On The Beach (from Here Comes The Wind)
12. Spiritualized - Don't Hold Me Close (from Songs In A&E)
13. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – We Call Upon The Author (from Dig Lazarus Dig)
14. Blood Red Shoes - ADHD (from Box Of Secrets)
15. Half Man Half Biscuit - Blue Badge Abuser (from CSI: Ambleside)
16. Elle Milano – My Brother The Astronaut (from Acres Of Dead Space Cadets)
17. Amadou & Mariam – Magosa (from Welcome to Mali)
18. Glasvegas - Polmont On My Mind (from Glasvegas)
19. Los Campesinos! – Drop It Doe Eyes (from Hold On Now, Youngster)
20. Sigur Ros – All Alright (from Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust)


21. Cure – Underneath The Stars (from 413 Dream)
22. Bloc Party – Zephyrus (from Intimacy)
23. Conor Oberst - Danny Callahan (from Conor Oberst)
24. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - (Keep Eye On) Other's Gain (from Lie Down in the Light)
25. Smittens - Something Sassy (from The Coolest Thing About Love)
26. Felice Brothers - Wonderful Life (from Felice Brothers)
27. Fleet Foxes – Oliver James (from Fleet Foxes)
28. Cat Power – Woman Left Lonely (from Jukebox)
29. Coldplay – 42 (from Viva La Vida)
30. Elbow - The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver (from The Seldom Seen Kid)
31. Parts And Labor – Solemn Show World (from Receivers)
32. Dead Souls - Cognac and Coffee (from Cognac and Coffee)
33. Noah And The Whale – Jocasta (from Peaceful The World Lays Me Down)
34. Vivian Girls – Such A Joke (from Vivian Girls)
35. Whitsundays – The Ways Of The Sweet Talking Boys (from The Whitsundays)
36. Shearwater – Century Eyes (from Rook)
37. Eugene McGuinness – Rings Around Rosa (from Eugene McGuinness)
38. Beep Seals – I Used To Work At The Zoo (from Things That Roar)
39. TV On The Radio – Crying (from Dear Science)
40. Steve Wilson – Significant Other (from Insurgentes)