Here is the shortlist for "Best Album of 2008" and "Best Debut Album of 2008" - You can decide which album impressed you the most by sending your Top 3 in each category to us at: info@aapa.nl

The closing date is Monday 22nd December. Winners should be announced in time for Christmas

THE WINNERS CAN NOW BE FOUND BELOW ...

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2008

THE VERVE - Forth
THE FUTUREHEADS - This Is Not The World
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend
OASIS - Dig Out Your Soul
SNOW PATROL - A Hundred Million Suns
TRAVIS - Ode To J. Smith
THE WEEK THAT WAS - The Week That Was
TRICKY - Knowle West Boy
THE SUBWAYS - All Or Nothing
AIMEE MANN - @#%&*! Smilers
KINGS OF LEON - Only By The Night
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - The Age Of The Understatement
THE TING TINGS - We Started Nothing
PORTISHEAD - Third
JAMES - Hey Ma
TINDERSTICKS - The Hungry Saw
THE COURTEENERS - St Jude
ELBOW - Seldom Seen Kid
GRACE JONES - Hurricane
BLOOD RED SHOES - Box of Secrets
PANIC AT THE DISCO - Pretty Odd
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
DUFFY - Rockferry
GOLDFRAPP - Seventh Tree
HOT CHIP - Made In The Dark

A.A.P.A. - “TOP 10 ALBUMS” of 2008:

1 - THE FUTUREHEADS - This Is Not The World
2 - GRACE JONES - Hurricane
3 - THE COURTEENERS - St Jude
4 - JAMES - Hey Ma
5 - AIMEE MANN - @#%&*! Smilers
6 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
7 - BLOOD RED SHOES - Box of Secrets
8 - THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - The Age Of The Understatement
9 - KINGS OF LEON - Only By The Night
10 - PANIC AT THE DISCO - Pretty Odd

A.A.P.A – Best Debut Album of the Year 2008

THE NOMINATIONS (20x - in no particular order):

THE TING TINGS - We Started Nothing
THE WHIP - X Marks Destination
FLEET FOXES - Fleet Foxes
GLASVEGAS - Glasvegas
THE WEEK THAT WAS - The Week That Was
THE BEEP SEALS - Things That Roar
FILM NOIR WORLD - Dark Earth
BLOOD RED SHOES - Box of Secrets
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
DUFFY - Rockferry
LAURA MARLING - Alas I Cannot Swim
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend
THE COURTEENERS - St Jude
FRIENDLY FIRES - Friendly Fires
FOALS - Antidotes
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE - Sea From Shore
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - The Age Of The Understatement
DEATH OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - Death of the Neighbourhood
BLACK KIDS - Partie Traumatic
CAGE THE ELEPHANT - Cage the Elephant

A.A.P.A. - “TOP 10 DEBUT ALBUMS” of 2008:

1 - THE COURTEENERS - St Jude
2 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
3 - BLOOD RED SHOES - Box of Secrets
4 - THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - The Age Of The Understatement
5 - THE WEEK THAT WAS - The Week That Was
6 - THE TING TINGS - We Started Nothing
7 - LAURA MARLING - Alas I Cannot Swim
8 - DEATH OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - Death of the Neighbourhood
9 - THE BEEP SEALS - Things That Roar
10 - DUFFY - Rockferry
10 - VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2007
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2006
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2005
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