My staggeringly genius list of top ten albums of 2008 that you must listen to, or how to be happy

Subscribing to the Zune Pass has been a music adventure for me. The Pass is a musical zeitgeist, the final boss of music discovery. I am amazed at how much great stuff there is out there that I never would have discovered if it hadn't been for the sheer freedom of just listening in full to anything I have a whim for, all offered by subscribing to the 4+ million tracks available in the Zune Marketplace.

The following albums must be experienced before December 31, 11:59pm or you will have unknowingly allowed the glowing sonic goodness of 2008 to have passed you by. Don't let that happen to you. Your mind, heart, and ears will thank you all at once. So follow some links, watch some videos, become enlightened.

1. What Made Milwaukee Famous - What Doesn't Kill Us




















2. The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event





















3. The Living End - White Noise





4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend





5. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely





6. Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)





7. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things





8. Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain





9. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live In Japan





10. John Mayer - Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles