ALBUMS (descending points)
1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. Tegan & Sara - The Con
3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
4. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
5. Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
6. No Age - Weirdo Rippers
7. Magik Markers - BOSS
8. Yelle - Pop-up
9. Low - Drums & Guns
10. Explosions In the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

TRACKS
1. Rhianna - Umbrella
2. Amerie - Make Me Believe
3. Holy Ghost! - Hold On
4. HollAND - French Grass
5. Mavis Staples - 99 1/2
6. Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head
7. Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss
8. Tiffany Evans - Girl Gone Wild
9. Feist - 1234
10. Prinzhorn Dance School - You Are the Space Invader

REISSUES
1. Pylon - Gyrate Plus
2. Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
3. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
4. Sarolta Zalatnay - Sarolta Zalatnay
5. Various Artists - Messthetics #101

ARTISTS
1. Britney Spears
2. Kanye West
3. Feist
4. iPhone
5. Radiohead

COMMENTS
My lists would not be complete if I failed to mention all the records and songs that justified my First World Problems of slogging through promo packages, annoying attachment-laden emails and the absolutely unwarranted publicist phone calls:

(in no particular order)

Kinski, Down Below It's Chaos (Sub Pop)
Glenn Mercer, Wheels in Motion (Pravda)
Fursaxa, Alone in the Dark Wood (ATP)
HollAND, Love, Fluxus (Teenbeat)
Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend" (I just really, really like the Rubinoos)
Home Blitz, Home Blitz (Gulcher)
Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works (Relapse)
Shellac, Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go)
Bobb Trimble, Harvest of Dreams (Secretly Canadian)
Public Record, Public Record (High Two)
Fiery Furnaces, Widow City (Thrill Jockey)
Syreeta, Syreeta / Stevie Wonder Presents... (Hip-O Select)
Fucked Up, Year of the Pig (What's Your Rupture?)
Jay Reatard, "I Know A Place"
Tickley Feather / Serpents of Wisdom 7" (Badmaster)
Clockcleaner, Babylon Rules (Load)
Slade, In For A Penny: Raves And Faves (Shout! Factory)
Normal Love, Normal Love (High Two)
Love of Diagrams, Mosaic (Matador)
F'nu Ronnies, F'nu Ronnies (Self Released)
Fire Engines, Hungry Beat (Acute)
Various Artists, Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label (Numero Group)
Mims, "This Is Why I'm Hot"
American Sneakers, Darts & Daggers (Self Released)
Blues Control, Blues Control (Holy Mountain)
Meg Baird, Dear Companion (Drag City)
Silver Daggers, New High & Ord (Load)
Brad Laner, Neighbor Singing (Hometapes)
M.I.A., "Boyz"
The Valerie Project, The Valerie Project (Drag City)
Kylie Mingoue, X (EMI)
Various Artists, I'm Not There OST (Columbia)
Dirty Projectors, Rise Above
LCD Soundsystem, "North American Scum"
St. Vincent, Marry Me (Beggars Banquet)
Kate Nash, "Merry Happy"

What I'm looking forward to the most in 2008: albums by Blood on the Wall, the Breeders, Oxford Collapse and the Jay Reatard singles series. Jon Solomon's 21st Annual 24-Hour Xmas Marathon.
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