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Elbow tops HMV’s poll of polls on 2008 albums
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 5 January 2009
Elbow’s Mercury winning ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ was UK music critics’ favourite album of 2008, or so says HMV’s poll of polls, which combines the votes of music journalists with the opinions of its own staff and online customers. Or some such.
Portishead’s comeback album ‘Third’ was, well, second, while Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ ‘Dig Lazurus Dig’ was third. Actually, why I am I wasting time being all prosaic about this? Here’s the full top ten.
1. The Seldom Seen Kid – Elbow
2. Third – Portishead
3. Dig, Lazarus, Dig – Nick Cave
4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
5. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
6. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
7. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
8. Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago
9. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
10. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
Source: HMV
Commenting on their survey, HMV Rock & Pop Buyer Damian Evans told reporters: “The poll reflects an excellent, eclectic year in music. Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Bon Iver have really made their mark with wonderful debut albums, underlining how vibrant the music scene is right now. Established artists such as Portishead and Nick Cave have also returned to great acclaim, although I suspect few people would dispute that Elbow have given us the album of the year”.
