Martin Bandyke’s Top Ten Albums of 2008
(ARTIST/TITLE/LABEL)
1. RANDY NEWMAN: HARPS AND ANGELS (NONESUCH)
2. ELBOW: THE SELDOM SCENE KID (GEFFEN)
3. NEIL YOUNG: SUGAR MOUNTAIN-LIVE AT CANTERBURY HOUSE 1968 (REPRISE)
4. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! (ANTI-)
5. RODNEY CROWELL: SEX & GASOLINE (YEP ROC)
6. RON SEXSMITH: EXIT STRATEGY OF THE SOUL (YEP ROC)
7. NEIL DIAMOND: HOME BEFORE DARK (COLUMBIA)
8. PAULWELLER: 22 DREAMS (YEP ROC)
9. AIMEE MANN: @#%&* SMILERS (SUPEREGO)
10. THE BLACK KEYS: ATTACK & RELEASE (NONESUCH)
Martin Bandyke’s Top 5 Box Sets and Reissues of 2008
1. BOB DYLAN: TELL TALE SIGNS (COLUMBIA)
2. HANK WILLIAMS: THE UNRELEASED RECORDINGS (TIME LIFE)
3. JOHN MARTYN: AIN’T NO SAINT (UNIVERSAL/ISLAND U.K.)
4. THE KINKS: PICTURE BOOK (SANCTUARY U.K.)
5. DENNIS WILSON: PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE (EPIC/LEGACY)
Martin Bandyke’s Top Ten Films of 2008
1. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
2. THE WRESTLER
3. GRAN TORINO
4. MAN ON WIRE
5. GOMORRAH
6. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
7. FROST/NIXON
8. VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
9. UN CONTE DE NOEL
10. SOUL POWER
I ALSO THOROUGHLY ENJOYED:
SHINE A LIGHT, ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED, MILK, WALTZ WITH BASHIR, L’HEURE D’ETE, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED AND IT MIGHT GET LOUD.
