Favorite songs of 2008

Following up my post on the top 10 albums of 2008, here is a mix CD of my favorite songs of 2008. This mix will fit on a regular blank CD, hopefully everyone will find something they enjoy on here.


1. Tie My Hands- Lil' Wayne (feat. Robin Thicke)
2. What If I Leave- Rachael Yamagata
3. Keep Faith- Billy Bragg
4. Learning As We Go- Leona Naess
5. The Healer/Hip Hop- Erykah Badu
6. Warwick Avenue- Duffy
7. Can It Be- Murs
8. When She's Gone- Brett Dennen
9. In Love With A Girl- Gavin DeGraw
10. Yesterday- Atmosphere
11. Heavy Orange- Ryan Adams
12. You Don't Know Me- Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor)
13. I'd Rather Be With You- Joshua Radin
14. Walkin' After Midnight- Eva Cassidy
15. Morning After Midnight- Adam Green

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Top 10 Albums of 2008

Here are my top 10 albums of 2008. It was really a stretch to put some of these on here, looking back on 2008 made me realize how disappointing it was for music. Not a lot of great, or even good albums. The top few on my list here I think will be some of my favorites for years to come, but the rest are just average at best in my mind. I'm hoping for a better year in 09, I've been listening to the new Ben Kweller, which is due to be released in Feb., and it is bound to end up on next years top 10 list here. Hopefully it will be a sign of a great musical year to come. If you're interested, click HERE for a look at my 2007 picks. Anyways, on with this years list.

#10.
Duffy- Rockferry



#9.
Erykah Badu- New Amerykah, Pt.1-4th World War



#8.
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere


#7.
Atmosphere- When Life Give You Lemons...















#6.
Bob Dylan- Tell Tale Signs- The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8


#5.
Joshua Radin- Simple Times


#4.
Lil' Wayne- Tha Carter 3



#3.
Brett Dennen- Hope For The Hopeless

#2.
Leona Naess- Thirteens


#1.
Rachael Yamagata- Elephants/ Teeth Sinking Into Heart

Joshua Radin

Contrary to what Garth Brooks once sang, it never hurts to have friends in high places. Though Joshua Radin is sure to have found his way without them, it can't have done much harm to have gone to college with actor/director Zach Braff and singer/songwriter Cary Brothers, two of his more supportive schoolmates. The connections led to several appearances on Scrubs (starting with the Brothers-produced "Winter"), then on Grey's Anatomy ("These Photographs"), followed by a record deal with Columbia. On his major label debut, Radin evokes the sensitive folkies of the AM era--Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Cat Stevens--as much as the alternative radio variant offered up by Elliot Smith in the 1990s. We Were Here, which follows indie EP First Between 3rd and 4th, is subtle stuff distinguished by vocals that are as much whisper as soft-spoken lullaby. Heck, "Everything'll Be Alright" is even subtitled "Will's Lullaby." (The now LA-based Radin claims that his quiet style stems from writing songs that would keep a rather volume-sensitive New York neighbor at bay.) Overall, the cello-laden disc feels more familiar than original, but makes for a soothing listen, and de-synthesized Yaz cover "Only You" (penned by future Erasure member Vince Clarke) is a charming addition.

To download the tracks

• Closer
• Sundrenched World
• Winter

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