The Past Archives Top 10 2008

What was on the decks at the Past Archives headquarters during 2008

December 2008

1

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Willie And The Poor Boys (Fantasy)
2

JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (Impulse)
3

DEEP PURPLE Machine Head (Rhino)

4

DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Polydor)
5

ARVO PÄRT Tabula Rasa (ECM New Series)

6

CHICK COREA Return To Forever (ECM)
7

DOC WATSON Southbound (Cisco Music)
8

METALLICA Kill 'Em All (Universal Music Group)

9

THE POLICE Certifiable: Live In Buenos Aires (Cherrytree/A&M)
10

MILES DAVIS QUINTET Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige)

 

November 2008

1

KENNY BURRELL Midnight Blue (Analogue Productions)
2

THE WEDDING PRESENT How The West Was Won (Vibrant)
3

JOHN COLTRANE Blue Train (Analogue Productions)

4

ARVO PÄRT Tabula Rasa (ECM New Series)
5

RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (XL Recordings)

6

SONNY ROLLINS Way Out West (Analogue Productions)
7

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY Somethin' Else (Blue Note)
8

SONNY CLARK Cool Struttin' (Blue Note)

9

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS Moanin' (Blue Note)
10

METALLICA Kill 'Em All (Universal Music Group)

 

October 2008

1

METALLICA Master Of Puppets (Universal Music Group)
2

KEITH JARRETT The Köln Concert (ECM)
3

LED ZEPPELIN BBC Sessions (Atlantic)

4

ARVO PÄRT Tabula Rasa (ECM New Series)
5

THE LEFT BANKE Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina (Shazam)

6

ART PEPPER Art Pepper + Eleven (Contemporary)
7

CHARLEY MUSSELWHITE Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band (Pure Pleasure)
8

JOE HIGGS Life Of Contradiction (Pressure Sounds)

9

CHARLES MINGUS Blues & Roots (Atlantic)
10

HERBIE HANCOCK Takin' Off (Cisco Music)

 

September 2008

1

JOE HIGGS Life Of Contradiction (Pressure Sounds)
2

MARVIN GAYE Let's Get It On (Tamla)
3

HERBIE HANCOCK Takin' Off (Cisco Music)

4

METALLICA Master Of Puppets (Universal Music Group)
5

JIMMY GIUFFRE 3 1961 (ECM)
6

KEITH JARRETT The Köln Concert (ECM)
7

GOMEZ Bring It On (Hut)
8

MISSION OF BURMA Signals, Calls & Marches (Matador)

9

STEVE HILLAGE Rainbow Dome Musick (Virgin)
10

TONY ALLEN Afro Disco Beat (Vampi Soul)

 

August 2008

1

KENNY DORHAM Una Mas (Blue Note)
2

HERBIE HANCOCK Takin' Off (Cisco Music)
3

MILES DAVIS QUINTET Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige)

4

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Live At Monterey (Experience Hendrix)
5

HERBIE HANCOCK Maiden Voyage (Blue Note)
6

ART PEPPER Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (Analogue Productions)
7

HERBIE HANCOCK Head Hunters (Columbia)
8

DEEP PURPLE Machine Head (Rhino)

9

DOC WATSON Southbound (Cisco Music)
10

BILL EVANS TRIO Waltz For Debby (Analogue Productions)

 

July 2008

1

METALLICA Kill 'Em All (Universal Music Group)
2

AC/DC Highway To Hell (Epic)
3

HANK MOBLEY Soul Station (Music Matters)

4

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY Somethin' Else (Blue Note)
5

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Magic (Columbia)
6

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA The Inner Mounting Flame (Speakers Corner)
7

MUDHONEY Superfuzz Bigmuff (Sub Pop)
8

DOC WATSON Southbound (Cisco Music)

9

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Live At Monterey (Experience Hendrix)
10

THE WHO Live At Leeds (Classic)

 

June 2008

1

DOC WATSON Southbound (Cisco Music)
2

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA The Inner Mounting Flame (Speakers Corner)
3

JACO PASTORIUS Jaco Pastorius (Epic)

4

KEITH JARRETT The Köln Concert (ECM)
5

THE WHO Live At Leeds (Classic)
6

HERBIE HANCOCK Head Hunters (Columbia)
7

LED ZEPPELIN BBC Sessions (Atlantic)
8

VAN MORRISON Keep It Simple (Exile/Lost Highway)

9

R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
10

HANK MOBLEY Soul Station (Music Matters)

 

May 2008

1

LED ZEPPELIN BBC Sessions (Atlantic)
2

SETH LAKEMAN Freedom Fields (Relentless)
3

MARVIN GAYE Let's Get It On (Tamla)

4

HERBIE HANCOCK Head Hunters (Columbia)
5

VAN MORRISON Keep It Simple (Exile)
6

NEW ORDER Back To Mine: New Order (DMC)
7

R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
8

NEW YORK DOLLS Too Much Too Soon (Vinyl Lovers)

9

KEITH JARRETT The Köln Concert (ECM)
10

MISSION OF BURMA Vs. (Matador)

April 2008

1

R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
2

NEW ORDER Back To Mine: New Order (DMC)
3

PAUL WELLER Wild Wood (Go! Discs)
4

LED ZEPPELIN BBC Sessions (Atlantic)
5

SETH LAKEMAN Freedom Fields (Relentless)
6

NICK LOWE Pure Pop For Now People (Columbia)
7

VAN MORRISON Keep It Simple (Exile)
8

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Magic (Columbia)
9

MISSION OF BURMA Vs. (Matador)
10

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Human Touch (Columbia)

March 2008

1

WARREN ZEVON Stand In The Fire (Asylum/Rhino)
2

WARREN ZEVON Excitable Boy (Asylum/Rhino)
3

MAGAZINE Real Life (EMI)
4

PETER HAMMILL Over (EMI)
5

MICHAEL JACKSON Thriller 25 (Epic/Legacy)
6

THE POLICE Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M)
7

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Magic (Columbia)
8

IAN BROWN The World Is Yours (Fiction)
9

DEPECHE MODE Violator (Mute)
10

BILL WITHERS Still Bill (Sussex)

February 2008

1

THE FLYING BURRITO BROS The Gilded Palace Of Sin (4 Men With Beards)
2

NEW ORDER Back To Mine: New Order (DMC)
3

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Greatest Hits (Virgin)
4

WARREN ZEVON Stand In The Fire (Asylum/Rhino)
5

MAGAZINE Real Life (EMI)
6

WARREN ZEVON Excitable Boy (Asylum/Rhino)
7

THE HOLD STEADY Separation Sunday (Full Time Hobby)
8

DEPECHE MODE Violator (Mute)

9

MAGAZINE The Correct Use Of Soap (EMI)

10

THE FALL Extricate (Fontana/Universal)

January 2008

1

PAUL WELLER Wild Wood (Go! Discs)
2

KATE BUSH Aerial (EMI)
3

IAN BROWN The World Is Yours (Fiction)
4

JAMES TAYLOR Sweet Baby James (Warner Bros.)
5

TIM BUCKLEY Starsailor (4 Men With Beards)
6

JANIS JOPLIN Pearl (Columbia)
7

WARREN ZEVON Excitable Boy (Asylum/Rhino)
8

DEPECHE MODE Violator (Mute)
9

LAURIE ANDERSON Big Science (Nonesuch)
10

LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS Live At The Annandale Hotel (Gargleblast)

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