Randy Newman, The Black Keys, The Magnetic Fields, and Punch Brothers. It's quite an eclectic list of artists, but they all share one thing, in addition to being Nonesuch label mates: they've all made the list of the Top 100 of the Year's Best CDs from NPR's All Songs Considered. The show is now looking for your input to narrow down the list to the Top 10. And speaking of year-end bests, Blender's annual Top 33 lists Randy's Harps and Angels at No. 8.
Randy Newman, The Black Keys, The Magnetic Fields, and Punch Brothers. It's quite an eclectic list of artists, but they all share one thing, in addition to being Nonesuch label mates: they've all made the list of the Top 100 of the Year's Best CDs from NPR's All Songs Considered. The show asked its listeners to nominate their favorite albums of 2008, and from all of those entries, the show gathered the Top 100, including Newman's Harps and Angels, The Black Keys' Attack & Release, The Magnetic Fields' Distortion, and Punch Brothers' Punch.
Now is your chance to narrow down the list further to pick the best of the bunch, which will be featured in an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered. To keep it as accurate a representation as possible of listeners' favorites, NPR is asking participants to log on and fill out the poll just once. You can do so now at npr.org. Results will be announced on December 8.
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And speaking of year-end best lists, Stereogum, which is also looking for suggestions from readers on their favorites, reports that Blender magazine's annual Top 33 lists Harps and Angels at No. 8, immediately following a decidedly different album: Of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping. Read that list and offer your own suggestions for 2008's Gummy Awards at stereogum.com.
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