Top 47 Music Albums of 2008 by 
Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 03/14/2025 14:15
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:47).
- Chart size: 47 albums.
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Produced by David Barbe. What do the Drive-By Truckers do after the departure of Jason Isbell? Brighter Than Creation's Dark is a return to the more country side of their brand of Southern rock, with some really great results. "Goode's Field Road" is a song Patterson Hood worked on for years, and it came out very good. Hood and Mike Cooley make up for the loss of Isbell in fine fashion, and bassist Shonna Tucker adds songs as well. Could the Truckers survive losing Isbell? The answer here is a big, emphatic YES. Southern rock at its finest.
[First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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Produced by Rostam Batmanglij. I have to admit, it does kind of crack me up how this album is supposedly an introduction to African music...it's and even more watered down rendition than what Paul Simon (and later David Byrne) brought us years ago. But this album itself is really fantastic. A collection of great songs and very interesting playing. The first four songs are as strong an opening as you'll ever find. This is band with loads of promise, and they've lived up to it so far.
[First added to this chart: 11/02/2012]
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2008
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6,916
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2008-RELENTLESS
Produced By JAY JOYCE
1. In One Ear
2. James Brown
3. Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
4. Tiny Little Robots
5. Lotus
6. Back Against The Wall
7. Drones In The Valley
8. Judas
9. Back Stabbin’ Betty
10. Soil To The Sun
11. Free Love
From the rock and roll hotbed that is Bowling Green, Kentucky, Cage The Elephant soared to stardom with their debut self titled album in 2008. Specifically, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”, a blatant White Stripes sound alike that tore up the charts, turned the “rock is dead” press on its ear, and heralded the arrival of an exciting new band. Led by brothers Matt and Brad Shultz, Cage The Elephant was already getting a lot of attention for their wild live shows before the album came out…Matt Shultz was a wild man on stage with tendencies toward stage diving and cross dressing. “Ain’t No Rest”, despite sounding a lot like the Whites (Cage The “Elephant”?) has an energy all its own, as does the rest of the debut. And it’s not just the one song that carries this album. “Free Love”, “In One Ear”, and “Back Against The Wall” are also excellent, high energy songs that make this band and this album worth caring about.
The band has remained active since, releasing three more albums (and one on the way) and touring almost constantly. Their drummer, Jared Champion, was hospitalized in 2011 and Dave Grohl filled in for him. They’ve had varying degrees of success, and were nominated by Rolling Stone for Best New Artist of 2011, despite the fact that their first album had been out for two years and that they had just released their second. They are a band to keep an eye on for years to come, and one that carries the torch for rock and roll into the future. This makes their debut, although it’s not perfect by any means, worthwhile. Despite being quite derivative, Cage The Elephant does sound pretty great, and will be an important part of the band’s history…one I believe will go on for a lot of years. At least I hope so. [First added to this chart: 05/21/2013]
Produced By JAY JOYCE
1. In One Ear
2. James Brown
3. Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
4. Tiny Little Robots
5. Lotus
6. Back Against The Wall
7. Drones In The Valley
8. Judas
9. Back Stabbin’ Betty
10. Soil To The Sun
11. Free Love
From the rock and roll hotbed that is Bowling Green, Kentucky, Cage The Elephant soared to stardom with their debut self titled album in 2008. Specifically, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”, a blatant White Stripes sound alike that tore up the charts, turned the “rock is dead” press on its ear, and heralded the arrival of an exciting new band. Led by brothers Matt and Brad Shultz, Cage The Elephant was already getting a lot of attention for their wild live shows before the album came out…Matt Shultz was a wild man on stage with tendencies toward stage diving and cross dressing. “Ain’t No Rest”, despite sounding a lot like the Whites (Cage The “Elephant”?) has an energy all its own, as does the rest of the debut. And it’s not just the one song that carries this album. “Free Love”, “In One Ear”, and “Back Against The Wall” are also excellent, high energy songs that make this band and this album worth caring about.
The band has remained active since, releasing three more albums (and one on the way) and touring almost constantly. Their drummer, Jared Champion, was hospitalized in 2011 and Dave Grohl filled in for him. They’ve had varying degrees of success, and were nominated by Rolling Stone for Best New Artist of 2011, despite the fact that their first album had been out for two years and that they had just released their second. They are a band to keep an eye on for years to come, and one that carries the torch for rock and roll into the future. This makes their debut, although it’s not perfect by any means, worthwhile. Despite being quite derivative, Cage The Elephant does sound pretty great, and will be an important part of the band’s history…one I believe will go on for a lot of years. At least I hope so. [First added to this chart: 05/21/2013]
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2008
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[First added to this chart: 03/14/2013]
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2008
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1,217
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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2008
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720
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2013]
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2008
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Top 47 Music Albums of 2008 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Portishead | 1 | 2% | |
| Cage The Elephant | 1 | 2% | |
| The Tapes (US) | 1 | 2% | |
| Kaiser Chiefs | 1 | 2% | |
| Elephant Revival | 1 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 2% | |
| The Steeldrivers | 1 | 2% | |
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| 80/100 | 02/22/2015 11:34 | pago82 | | 78/100 |
| 80/100 | 02/28/2013 17:06 |  Triple Seis | | 79/100 |
| 100/100 | 11/03/2012 03:25 | strawberryfields | | 95/100 |
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