My Favorite Music Albums Of 2008

As I always do, I felt it would be a good idea to talk about some of my favorite albums of the year. Even though I feel that music is seriously lacking in substance nowadays and that real artists don't really have a shot anymore unless they conform to popular trends, I think that there have been some decent offerings by some artists which I managed to enjoy.

Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

By far my favorite album of the year thanks to the amazing production by one of my favorite producers 'Guy Sigsworth' (whom I'm going to blog about later on). I went as far as ordering the deluxe 2 disk edition of the album, something that I rarely do nowadays seeing that I rarely purchase any music unless it's really good, but this one was definitely worth the money. It's a shame though that it is her most underperforming album to date, and didn't manage to keep up in terms of sales. I hope that people eventually discover the album someday and realize what a masterpiece it is.

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Madonna - Hard Candy

I probably listened to this as much as I have this year because I am a fan of Madonna's music, but truth to be told, I felt that it was her least inspired effort to date and the lack of promotion (despite the massive tour) has put me off the album a bit and made me grow tired of it a bit sooner than usual. That said, there are some excellent tracks on the album like the massive club track 'Give It To Me' and the emotional 'Miles Away' not to forget my personal favorite 'Devil Wouldn't Recognize You'. Not her best, but still an enjoyable affair. I look forward to what direction she decides on for her first 'Live Nation' release.

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Lady Gaga - The Fame

I think that this album is lyrically ridiculous but the music on it and her vocals are insanely catchy that you forgive the writers for inflicting this rubbish upon us. It's probably the most 'fun' record of the year thanks to the production skills of producer 'Redone' who produced the massive hit 'Lets Dance' as well as new hit 'Pokerface' for her. I think that she'll be around for a while thanks to a very interesting image and stage presence, which is pretty much what you need nowadays to be recognized by the public.

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Britney Spears - Circus

Dubbed as Britney's official comeback thanks to the massive success of first and second singles on the charts, even though she actually "came back" last year with the rather decent album 'Blackout'. This is a much more fun side to her, as 'Blackout' felt rather dark, or maybe it was the mood of the phase she was in at the time, and now that we see her back on her game, we feel that it's a little more sunny now in britney-ville, hmm, psychology is interesting. Anyways, I have enjoyed this new album very much, there are so many highlights that it would be easier to copy and paste the track listing of the album. I hope that continues to do well. I didn't enjoy the downslide and despite so many people hating her, I actually think she's an important icon and symbol in pop culture.

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Brandy - Human

Another extremely underrated talented singer. Difficult to believe how this ones multiplatinum artists struggles now to achieve gold status in sales and her singles barely get the airplay and sales they actually deserve. I've been looking forward to this album ever since she dropped her last one 4 years ago, because I simply can't get enough of her voice. She is undoubtedly one of the most unique and beautiful voices in RnB. The album was everything I expected from her and I am positive that I'll be listening to it for a long time to come, I just hope that people give her another chance so that she can be once again on 'top of the world'.