10 Most Popular Reviews of 2008
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Tegan Quin, R.E.M.
We've already revealed our most important albums, songs, and videos of 2008, but what music garnered your interest this year?
Here is the first of several 2008 recaps where we collect the stories, reviews, MP3s, and videos that were our readers' faves. We start with the five most-read album reviews and the five most-read concert reviews on SPIN.com this year, based on your clicks.
ALBUM REVIEWS
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An outrageously overblown pop-metal extravaganza, Chinese Democracy feels like a perfect epitaph for all the absurdity and nonsense of the George W. Bush era -- one final blowout before Principal Obama takes our idiocy away. Read >> |
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Accelerate corrals 35 minutes of the fastest songs Stipe and Co. have written in decades, all performed with a sense of joyous purpose that clearly comes from a "Fuck it, let's just do this" attitude. Read >> |
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The sincere-sophomore-album trap has claimed countless glossy bands, but now the Killers largely rein in the excess and find a connection between their two extremes. Read >> |
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Kanye leaves us with unresolved melodies, self-pity, audition-level warbling, and the nagging realization that there really is no escape from T-Pain. Read >> |
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Brian Johnson still screams like he’s trying to squeeze one out, Malcolm keeps bashing those three chords, Angus shoots lightning bolts from his Gibson SG, and those other guys lay down the four-on-the-floor boogie. But keep listening, because something has changed. Read >> |
Check out our top 5 live concerts after the jump >>
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