No Line On The Horizon

I am pretty (enter expletive here) excited about U2's new album, which is called "No Line On The Horizon" and is set to release on March 3rd of this year.

I recently saw the cover art for the album:



Looks pretty (enter different expletive here) fantastic, if you ask me!

Here is the tracklist:

01. "No Line On The Horizon"
02. "Magnificent"
03. "Moment of Surrender"
04. "Unknown Caller"
05. "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"
06. "Get On Your Boots" (which is the first single and it hits the web for streaming Tuesday!)
07. "Stand Up Comedy"
08. "Fez - Being Born"
09. "White As Snow"
10. "Breathe"
11. "Cedars Of Lebanon"

Oh man!

My Top 50 albums of 2008 (per request)

I have had a request to list some more of my favorite albums of 2008...

Here they are - my Top 50 Albums of 2008, in order:

50) No Age – Nouns
49) Langhorne Slim – Langhorne Slim
48) Elvis Costello - Momofuku
47) The Walkmen – You & Me
46) MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
45) Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit – Are The Very Best
44) Eef Barzelay - Lose Big
43) The Black Keys – Attack & Release
42) Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
41) Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
40) Rachael Yamagata - Elephant...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
39) Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
38) Colin Meloy - Sings Live!
37) Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
36) Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
35) Beach House – Devotion
34) Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - Animal
33) Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
32) The Dodo's - Visiter
31) The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
30) Bodies of Water - A Certain Feeling
29) Shearwater - Rook
28) State Bird - Mostly Ghostly
27) She & Him - Volume One
26) Coldplay - Viva La Vida (or Death and All His Friends)
25) Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
24) Noah and the Whale - Shape Of My Heart
23) +/-(Plus/Minus) - Xs On Your Eyes
22) Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
21) Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
20) Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams (re-release)
19) Okkervil River – The Stand-Ins
18) Deerhunter - Microcastle
17) The New Frontiers – Mending
16) M83 - Saturdays=Youth
15) Black Mountain - In The Future
14) Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
13) Santogold - Santogold
12) The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
11) Dr. Dog - Fate
10) Bowerbirds - Hymns For a Dark Horse
9) TV On The Radio - Dear Science
8) Damien Jurado – Caught In The Trees
7) Blitzen Trapper – Furr
6) Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5) My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
4) Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
3) Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2) Little Joy – Little Joy
1) Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

There are tons more that I loved this year, but I can't think of all of them. Start with these... Let me know your thoughts!

*I didn't include my own album (Lightning Strike/Phantom Forest) because I thought it would be weird. Haha!*