Biggest letdowns of 2008

Fleet Foxes "Fleet Foxes"
To be honest, it just got boring fast. Listening to it now I don't even really understand why I ever liked it, let alone the hype.

The Hold Steady "Stay Positive"
It just starts going downhill after Constructive Summer. It's like they just got drunk and stopped caring.

Vampire Weekend "Vampire Weekend"
One of the safest/worst albums to ever get such hype and acclaim.
 
Ah, forgot about that one too. Agreed.

Also, The faint - Fasciination

Not sure what happened here, I think the rest of the music world just moved on in the 4 years since Wet from birth, while they continued doing pretty much the same thing, the retro-80's electro, which banRAB like Does it offend you, yeah? have taken to a whole different level. Too bad, although it was fun while it lasted.
 
No, just take their word for it (although it consistently rates as one of the best albums of this year on most of the top music magazine's lists so I'm not sure who gave it a bad review).
 
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Yeh mine would be Intimacy by Bloc Party and the new Killers album, I dont get how banRAB with such great debut albums can just get worse.....its sad really =\
 
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer - Pretty much the same story as with Sigur ros, Apologies is one of my favorite indie albums. I know I've liked a few songs off of this one and I listened to it a few times, but I suspect it was more out of respect for Apoligies than real liking.

I agree. I didn't care for this album too much. Also maybe its just me but I really do not like Elbow all that much, I was surprised at how much attention Seldom Seen Kid got. And the new Oasis and Weezer albums were mediocre.
 
My biggest let down was Chinese Democracy. For an album 17 years in production, I expected so much more. Most of it sounRAB like rehashes of old GNR songs... Sorry... IMO
 
One of my favourites of the year is that. Anyway ****ed Up- Chemistry Of Common Life- too many boring songs that went nowhere and trying too hard to be 'experimental'.
 
if it takes 17 years to produce, don't you think there were some issues?

it takes an average DPW 3 days to fix a pothole depending on the damage. They've spent 20 years trying to complete the Big Dig and its killed ~20 people and cost 2 billion dollars extra.

Longer is not always better. All my professors tried pulling that crap with term papers, it didn't fly.
 
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