Top Ten Albums 11-07-08

Early posting since I will be working and then going to visit my brother.  Again feel free to tell me how wrong I am, or mention a favorite of yours. Who knows it might make the list next week....

1. Rise Against's "Appeal To Reason" - Every time I listen to this album I something new strikes me, this is fill with so much depth lyrically that you cant but enjoy, plus my huge man-crush on Tim.
2. The Weakerthan's "Reunion Tour" - No one in the world can make talking sound more wonderful than John K. Sampson.  This was my favorite album of 2007, with lines like this who can disagree? "I changed the oils and oiled the squeaks,
Patched the holes and fluid leaks,Left dusk beneath a diabetic moon"
3. Mêlée's "Devils and Angles" - In my mind the quintessential love album, thought I my be biased in that it came out around when my engagement was falling apart before my eyes.
4. Conor Oberst's "Conor Oberst" - The album signals a coming of age for a man once compared to Bob Dylan, he has earned those comparisons.
5. Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip's "Angles" - My favorite rap album ever.  Beats Sage Francis hands down.  "Letter from God to Man" and "Magician's Assistant" are quite powerful.
6. Owl City's "Maybe I'm Dreaming" - If gum drops and rainbows made music when dropped on the floor they would sound like this.  "Designer Skyline" is one of my favorite songs ever, though not on this album. "This is the Future" anyone?  Plus Adam is a good friend of mine, crazy to see him exploding now.
7. Kill Paradise's "The Effect" - My second optimism pick, blame that Obama guy....everything is catchy as hell. "Crystals", "Beautiful Colors", and "Radio Arcade" are the stand outs here.
8. The Color Fred's "Bend To Break" - This guy really was the brains and talent in Taking Back Sunday. Songs like "I'll Never Know" and "Hate To See You Go" prove this in spades, the former is one of the saddest love songs I ever did hear.
9. Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre" - Dude is insane. Period. Taken individually each disc has weaknesses but together they find greatness, if I had to chose just one, I would take the first.
10.Anberlin's "New Surrender" - The best in mainstream rock with synths, "Breaking" and "Disappear" are amazing.