KCRW'S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2008

KCRW has posted Top Ten Album lists by ALL our DJs on the KCRW Music Blog: http://kcrwmusicnews.vox.com/

Here are the Top Ten lists by their Music Director Jason Bentley (he will be the host of Morning Becomes Eclectic starting on Monday, December 1) and Nic Harcourt, who is leaving the MD post, but will still be a KCRW DJ on Sunday from 6 to 9pm PST.

Check out live performances by School of Seven Bells, Keane and Oren Lavie during Jason's first week as MBE host.

Look for my top ten list coming soon!


Jason Bentley's Top 10 Albums of 2008

1. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)
2. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
3. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)
4. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
6. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)
7. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)
8. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)
9. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)
10. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)

Nic Harcourt’s Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
2. Mates Of State – Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
4. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing (Columbia)
5. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros)
6. The Broken West – Now or Heaven (Merge)
7.Dandy Warhols – Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World’s Fair)
8. Duffy – Rockferry (Mercury)
9. Tilly and The Wall – o (Team Love Records)
10.Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini (Rough Trade)