The GrEEN DoLPHiN's PoLL – 17

Best albums, bands / solo artists of 2008

Portishead


B e s t   b a n d s / s o l o   a r t i s t s (417)
  1. Portishead (UK) (42)
  2. Sigur Rós (Iceland) (37)
  3. Marillion (UK) (30)
  4. Mogwai (UK, Scotland) (29)
  5. King Crimson (UK/USA) (28)
  6. Dream Theater (USA) (27)
    Hammock (USA) (27)
    This Will Destroy You (USA) (27)
  7. Steven Wilson (UK) (25)
    The Mars Volta (USA) (25)
  8. Beardfish (Sweden) (23)
  9. Brightblack Morning Light (USA) (22)
    Earth (USA) (22)
    Grails (USA) (22)
  10. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore (Germany) (21)
  11. Wadada Leo Smith/Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet (USA) (19)
  12. Deerhunter (USA) (18)
    Have A Nice Life (USA) (18)
  13. Adebisi Shank (Ireland) (17)
    Balmorhea (USA) (17)
    John Zorn (USA) (17)
    Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla (UK/USA) (17)
    Neal Morse (USA) (17)
  14. Joëlle Léandre (France) (16)
    John McLaughlin (UK) (16)
    Opeth (Sweden) (16)
    The Notwist (Germany) (16)
    Van der Graaf Generator (UK) (16)
  15. The American Dollar (USA) (15)
    EF (Sweden) (15)
    Machinefabriek (Netherlands) (15)
    My Bloody Valentine (UK) (15)
    Russian Circles (USA) (15)
    Unitopia (Australia) (15)
  16. Karmakanic (Sweden) (14)
  17. Goldmund (USA) (13)
    Grouper (USA) (13)
    Mono (Japan) (13)
  18. Murcof (Mexico) (12)
    Rush (Canada) (12)
    The Tangent (UK) (12)
  19. Cult of Luna (Sweden) (11)
    Magenta (UK) (11)
    Moon Safari (Sweden) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 17. "Best bands/solo artists of 2008"

Mogwai: The Hawk Is Howling

Portishead: Third

This Will Destroy You: This Will Destroy You

Sigur Rós: með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

B e s t   a l b u m s (393)
  1. Mogwai "The Hawk Is Howling" (Play It Again Sam/Matador) (42)
    Portishead "Third" (Island) (42)
  2. This Will Destroy You "This Will Destroy You" (Magic Bullet) (40)
  3. Sigur Rós "með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" (EMI/XL Recordings Ltd) (34)
  4. Marillion "Happiness Is the Road" (Racket/Intact/EMI) (30)
    no-man - "Schoolyard Ghosts" (Kscope/Snapper) (30)
  5. Unitopia "The Garden" (InsideOut Music) (29)
  6. Opeth "Watershed" (Roadrunner) (27)
  7. EF "I Am Responsible" (And The Sound) (26)
    Steven Wilson "Insurgentes" (Kscope) (26)
  8. D.F.A. "4th" (Moonjune) (25)
    Why? "Alopecia" (Anticon) (25)
  9. Frost* "Experiments In Mass Appeal" (InsideOut) (22)
    Jóhann Jóhannsson "Fordlandia" (4AD) (22)
  10. Gang Gang Dance "Saint Dymphna" (The Social Registry) (21)
  11. Have A Nice Life "Deathconsciousness" (Enemies List Home Recordings) (20)
    Russian Circles "Station" (Suicide Squeeze) (20)
    Valet "Naked Acid" (Kranky) (20)
    Windy & Carl "Songs For The Broken Hearted" (Kranky) (20)
  12. Earth "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" (Southern Lord) (19)
    Hammock "Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow" (Darla) (19)
  13. Birds And Buildings "Bantam to Behemoth" (Emkog Records) (18)
    Fleet Foxes "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop) (18)
    Karmakanic "Who's the Boss in the Factory" (Inside Out) (18)
    Magenta "Metamorphosis" (Laser's Edge) (18)
    The Tangent "Not As Good As The Book" (InsideOut Music) (18)
  14. Extra Life "Secular Life" (Planaria) (17)
    God Is An Astronaut "God Is An Astronaut" (Revive) (17)
  15. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore "Dolores" (PIAS/IPECAC) (16)
    Fennesz "Black Sea" (Touch) (16)
  16. Gregor Samsa "Rest" (Kora) (15)
    Grouper "Draggin A Dead Deer Up A Hill" (Type) (15)
    It Bites "The Tall Ships" (InsideOut) (15)
    Neal Morse "Lifeline" (Radiant) (15)
  17. Bersarin Quartett "Bersarin Quartett" (Lidar) (14)
    Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago" (Jagjaguwar) (14)
    Foals "Antidotes" (Transgressive/Sub Pop) (14)
    Grails "Doomsdayer's Holiday" (Temporary Residence) (14)
    Mars Volta, The "The Bedlam in Goliath" (Universal) (14)
    Neil On Impression "L'oceano Delle onde che Restano onde per Sempre" (Denovali/Holidays/Sons Of Vesta) (14)
  18. Flying Lotus "Los Angeles" (Warp) (13)
  19. Beardfish "Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two" (InsideOut Music) (12)
    Cult of Luna "Eternal Kingdom" (Earache) (12)
    Motorpsycho "Little Lucid Moments" (Rune Grammofon) (12)
  20. Angles "Every Woman Is A Tree" (Clean Feed) (11)
    Cloud Cult "Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)" (Rebel Group) (11)
    Matt Elliott "Howling Songs" (Ici D'ailleurs) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 17. "Best albums of 2008"
All personal votes by 52 participants:

T h e  P a r t i c i p a n t s (52)


(Are from 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Estonia, Germany, Greenland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, UK, USA)

  1. Igor Sidorenko (Ukraine, Collector)    Krobak
  2. Jack Britton (USA, Critic/music journalist)    Lewd|forThought
  3. Michel de Jong (The Netherlands, Critic/music journalist, Musician)    DemolitionColorScheme @ MySpace.com
  4. Boris 'Zorba' Della Bella (Italy, Collector & blogger)    Antifona
  5. mapsadaisical (UK, blogger, radio presenter)    mapsadaisical    gLASSsHRIMP
  6. Scott Parsons (USA, Critic, Collector)     The Neosurrealist Movement
  7. Lewis Jackson (Ireland, Musician: Enemies)     Enemies
  8. Luís Artur (Portugal, Musician: Enemies)     Egyptian Kings
  9. Nick Potter (USA, Critic Mr. Thistle)     Forest Gospel
  10. Jan Willem Broek (The Netherlands, Critic, Collector, Radio)     Caleidoscoop    Subjectivisten    Senzor
  11. Amplificasom (Portugal, Promoter)     Amplificasom
  12. Andrea Quinlan (New Zealand, Writer)     Other Channels
  13. Clay Masters (USA, Collector, Radio producer)     In Search of Spoon River     Clayton R. Masters
  14. Richard Poulin (Canada, Critic, Collector)     Gnosis
  15. Sergio Piccirilli (Argentina, Critic)     El Intruso
  16. Dima T. Pilot (13/04/1980-07/05/2009) (Russia, Musician: Bosch's With You)     Bosch's With You    Bosch's With You
  17. Stephen V Funk (USA, Musician, Critic, Collector)
  18. Nive Nielsen (Greenland, North pole, Musician: Nive)    Nive
  19. Tony Wright (Northern Ireland, Musician: And So I Watch You From Afar)    And So I Watch You From Afar
  20. Jos Interzona (Italy, Collector)    Spiritual Archives
  21. Tom Binetter (Australia, Musician - Guitarist: Sleepmakeswaves)    Sleepmakeswaves    Sleepmakeswaves
  22. Tyler Dunnahoo (USA, Blog dude, Musician)    Slow Homo
  23. Thomas Fivian (Switzerland, Record label, Collector, Musician: ad`absurdum)    ad`absurdum    ad`absurdum    acoustic desaster records
  24. Stefano Fasti (Italy, Critic)    Wonderous Stories
  25. Andrew Kauz (USA, Critic)    Progressive Melodies
  26. Wayne J. Tirone (USA, Musician: Moonbloom)    Moonbloom
  27. Chris Polley (USA, Radio host)    nowlikephotographs, epic instrumental radio    nowlikephotographs
  28. Sergio Sanchez (USA, Musician: Corima)    Corima
  29. Darius Gerulis (Lithuania, Collector, Musician: Slowattack)    Slowattack
  30. Tom Brooke (UK, Musician: Khuda)    Khuda    Khuda
  31. Robert Dansereau (Canada, Concert/festival organizer)    Montreal prog festival
  32. Chris Wigger (USA, Collector, Musician: Glissade)    Glissade
  33. Matthew Bahnsen Dude (USA, Musician: Goodnight, Sleep Well)    Goodnight, Sleep Well
  34. Eduards Ozoliņš (Latvia, Radio)    EIPI Radio
  35. Yuri Chernenok (Latvia, Collector)
  36. Sarah Brideau (Canada, Critic)    Sarah Brideau
  37. David Elliott (UK, DJ presenter of The European Perspective on The Dividing Line)    The Dividing Line    The European Perspective
  38. Nikita Borisov (Russia, various artist)    Borisov Nikita Fine Art Photography
  39. Toms Circenis (Latvia, Musician: Hospitāļu iela)    Hospitāļu iela
  40. Eric J Herboth (Germany, Critic, Editor)    LAS magazine
  41. Hector Diaz (Chile, Musician, Collector)
  42. Philippe Petit (France, Critic, Producer, Record label, Radio Grenouille, Musician: Strings Of Consciousness)    Philippe Petit    Lydia Lunch & Philippe Petit    BiP_HOp    Pandemonium Records    Strings Of Consciousness
  43. Jordan Volz (USA, Critic, Owner and Editor-in-Chief of The Silent Ballet)    The Silent Ballet
  44. Collapse Under The Empire (Germany, Musicians)    Collapse Under The Empire    Collapse Under The Empire
  45. Toms Ceļmillers (Latvia, Musician: Toms Londons)    Toms Londons
  46. Moose Factory (UK, Promoter, Record label)    Moose Factory
  47. Eduard Pou Spazzfrica Ehd (Spain, Musician)    Za
  48. Peter Bebergal (USA, Critic)    Mystery Theater
  49. Cezary Morga (Poland, Music blogger, Collector)    Progressive Savage
  50. Stef Gijssels (Belgium, Critic)    Free Jazz Blog
  51. Vlad Reinfeldt (Estonia, Producer, Musician, Collector)    Abracadabra
  52. Aigars Červinskis (Latvia) (Critic, Musician: Holy Lamb)    Holy Lamb        Nokturnal Palace in Latvian
    This poll was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis, February 7th, 2010.

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