Another year gone by, and more quality records than you can begin to imagine. The staff of Banquet and New Slang racked their brains to try and list their ten favourite records of 2008, and here we've got the results! We worked on a points system (#1 spot equalled ten points, #2 equalled nine points, etc) and after all the lists were finished we added all the points together and at the bottom of the page you can see what came out highest as the Official Banquet Records Top 10. Anyway, less talk, more lists...

Jon's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Pete And The Pirates - Little Death 02. Mystery Jets - Twenty One 03. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound 04. The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl 05. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light 06. The Steal - Bright Grey 07. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive 08. Metronomy - Nights Out 09. Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping 10. We Are The Physics - Are OK At Music
Mike's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Syclops - I've Got My Eye On You 02. Diplo + Santogold - Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub 03. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 04. J Star - Extra Playa 05. Various Artists - Greg Wilson's 2020 Vision 06. Carl Craig - Sessions 07. Various Artists - Motown Flies Jamaica 08. Roots Manuva - Slime And Reason 09. M.A.N.D.Y. - Fabric 38 10. Santogold - Santogold
Piers' Top Ten of 2008:
		01. 2562 - Arial 02. Break - Symmetry 03. Headhunter - Nomad 04. Chase And Status - More Than Alot 05. Shackleton & Appleblim - Soundboy's Grave Gets Desecrated By Vandals 06. Flying Lotus - LA EP 2 07. The Brookes Brothers - Tear You Down 08. System - Near Miss 09. Calibre - Roundhouse EP 10. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Dave's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Lemuria - Get Better 02. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim 03. Paint It Black - New Lexicon 04. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 05. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound 06. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 07. Mike TV - Mike TV 08. Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 09. Noah And The Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down 10. James Yuill - Turning Down Water For Air
Jane's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. The Notwist - The Devil, You And Me 02. Tegan And Sara - The Con 03. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight 04. Slow Club - Let's Fall Back In Love 05. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 06. The Faint - Fasciination 07. Soulwax - Part Of The Weekend Never Dies 08. 65daysofstatic - The Distant And Mechanised Glow Of European Dance Parties 09. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive 10. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Sean's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light 02. Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 03. Paint It Black - New Lexicon 04. Tegan And Sara - The Con 05. The Steal - Bright Grey 06. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 07. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 08. I Was A Cub Scout - I Want You To Know There Is Always Hope 09. Soulwax - Part Of The Weekend Never Dies 10. Mystery Jets - Twenty One
Danny's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Adam Green - Sixes & Sevens 02. Beck - Modern Guilt 03. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive 04. Esser - Headlock 05. Jefferson Starship - Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty 06. Noah And The Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down 07. The National - Fake Empire 08. The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl 09. Santogold - Santogold 10. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
Ska Steve's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. The Steal - Bright Grey 02. The Shitty Limits - Espionage 03. Fastpoint - Good Evil 04. Our Time Down Here - Our Time Down Here 05. The Death Set - Worldwide 06. Lemuria - Get Better 07. Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 08. Hot Club De Paris - Live At Dead Lake 09. We Are The Physics - Are OK At Music 10. Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Milly's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Metronomy - Nights Out 02. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light 03. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals 04. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping 05. Pete And The Pirates - Little Death 06. Guillemots - Red 07. Hercules And The Love Affair - Hercules And The Love Affair 08. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 09. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 10. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Del's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light 02. Jacob's Stories - Undisciplined Art 03. Adebisi Shank - This Is The Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank 04. Youthmovies - Good Nature 05. Hot Club De Paris - Live At Dead Lake 06. Blakfish - See You In Another City 07. Foals - Antidotes 08. Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics 09. I Was A Cub Scout - I Want You To Know There Is Always Hope 10. Dave House - Songs From The Back Of A Van
Punk Steve's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. The Metros - Education Pt. 2 02. The Steal - Bright Grey 03. The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl 04. Dave House - See That No One Else Escapes 05. International Superheroes Of Hardcore - Takin' It Ova! 06. Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angles 07. Gym Class Heroes - The Quilt 08. Paint It Black - New Lexicon 09. The Shitty Limits - Espionage 10. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
Adrian's Top Ten Eleven of 2008:
		01. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear 02. Crime In Stereo - Selective Wreckage 03. The Wonder Years - Won't Be Pathetic Forever 04. Josh Small - Tall 05. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 06. The Steal - Bright Grey 07. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim 08. Off With Their Heads - From The Bottom 09. H2O - Nothing To Prove 10. Lemuria - Get Better 11. Not this...
Joe Murton's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Tilly And The Wall - O 02. Mystery Jets - Twenty One 03. Metronomy - Nights Out 04. Slow Club - Let's Fall Back In Love 05. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 06. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst 07. The Presets - Apocalypso 08. James Yuill - Turning Down Water For Air 09. Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond 10. Various Artists - Kitsune Tabloid: Compiled And Remixed By Digitalism
Sean Leahy's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Foals - Antidotes 02. The Steal - Bright Grey 03. Howards Alias - [ep.i.phan.ic] 04. Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets 05. Metronomy - Nights Out 06. Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life 07. Lemuria - Get Better 08. Glass And Ashes - Glass And Ashes 09. Paint It Black - New Lexicon 10. Bloc Party - Intimacy
Lewis' Top Ten of 2008:
		01. The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams 02. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 03. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals 04. Made To Play - Playing Around 05. Shackleton - Soundboy's Grave Gets Desecrated 06. Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond 07. Sebastian - Motor 08. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 09. Alexis Taylor - Rubbed Out 10. Various Artists - BNR VOL 1: Boys Noize Records
Tall Dave's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. Dartz - The Sad History Of The Village Of Alnerique 02. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line 03. Broadway Calls - Broadway Calls 04. Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angles 05. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 06. The Steal - Bright Grey 07. Bedford Falls - Savings And Loan 08. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound 09. Lemuria - Get Better 10. Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping
Sean Sheehy's Top Ten of 2008:
		01. The Steal - Bright Grey 02. Paint It Black - New Lexicon 03. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 04. Caspa And Rusko - Fabric Live 37 05. Cold Ones - Cold Ones 06. Death Is Not Glamorous - Wide Eyes 07. The Death Set - Worldwide 08. Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 09. The Shitty Limits - Here Are The Limits 10. Dead Prez - Hip Hop (Dubbed2Def)
Banquet Records' Top Ten of 2008: