The Time Machine's Most Played Albums Of 2008

It's the first day of 2009 and we decided to look back at our most played albums on the air for 2008. Everyone argued over a top ten or one hundred list because there were so many choices. We decided that instead of bickering over different music choices (and trust us...this is what we love to do...bicker about movies and music), we would present to you our most played albums on the air last year. This way there was no wiggle room for critical favorites. The funny part was that after the list was completed, everyone gathered around, smiled and agreed that these albums did fill our hearts and souls musically and that's all that matters in the end.





Mike Viola's album "Lurch" from 2007 along with "She's About To Cross My Mind" from The Red Button, Ken Sharp's "Sonic Crayons" and Mandy Moore's "Wild Hope" from the same year continued with heavy spins into 2008. Still rolling along after over two years in heavy rotation was 2006's "Under The Covers Vol. 1" from Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs which continued to get massive airplay into 2008.












In our earlier post about The Bangles being the most played group for the last twenty-five years, it's interesting to note that our most played artist the last five plus years has been singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata (who coincidently appeared on the Little Monsters 2006 release "All Together Now" performing "Here Comes The Sun" while the Bangles brought their take on the other Beatles classic "Good Day Sunshine") and if she had not released her double album this past year, the top spot would have gone to Kelly Jones and her third album "SheBANG!", which with it's Bangles' like charm, came out of nowhere and dominated the FM dial since the fall.





Erin McCarly's album "Love, Save The Empty" was released officially on December 30th, 2008 which arrived too late for us to give it a shot at airplay so we look forward to her music throughout this upcoming year as we do Bree Sharp's band project with Donnie D called Beautiful Small Machines that we really relished playing on the air during the final weeks of December.




The albums below are actual titles that were released in 2008 that dominated our playlists.






A large number of spins for seventy albums in no particular ranking outside of the first choice.




Let's kick it off with the most played album hands down over any other this past year on "The Time Machine"...


ELEPHANTS...TEETH SINKING INTO HEART
- Rachael Yamagata




SHEBANG!
- Kelly Jones




HARPS AND ANGELS
- Randy Newman




BRING ON THE HAPPY
- Rob Bonfiglio




SHE & HIM - VOLUME ONE
- She and Him




IT’S OKAY TO BE HAPPY
- Smith and Pyle




AQUAVIA
- The Major Labels




MEET GLEN CAMPBELL
- Glen Campbell




VENUS IN OVERDRIVE
- Rick Springfield




CAMP LISA
- Lisa Loeb




BREAK UP THE CONCRETE
- The Pretenders




...IS HOT AND BOTHERED
- Lucy Woodward




MISADVENTURES IN STEREO
- Jim Boggia




UNDER THE RADAR
- The Goldbergs




WISELY
- Willie Wisely




GIFT OF SCREWS
- Lindsey Buckingham




ACID TONGUE
- Jenny Lewis




THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
- Arden Kaywin




MUDCRUTCH
- Mudcrutch




SYCAMORE MEADOWS
- Butch Walker




RESTLESS
- The Smith Bros.




FREEDOM WIND
- The Explorers Club




RIDIN’ THE WAVE
- Laurie Biagini




BEYOND THE SHORES
- Micah Wolf




THE ORCHID HIGHWAY
- The Orchid Highway




@#%&*! SMILERS
- Aimee Mann




JIGSAW DAYS
- The Well Wishers




SLOW & STEADY SEDUCTION: PHASE II
- Anya Marina




ALTERED STATES
- Robin Danar




FROM THE SUN
- Vonda Shepard




THE WORLD FAMOUS HAT TRICK
- Vibeke Saugestad




GOOD DAY
- Priscilla Ahn




MANTRA
- Sheri Miller




WAVES & THE BOTH OF US
- Charlotte Sometimes




HEADING NORTH FOR THE WINTER
- The Wellingtons




OPAL ESSENCE
- Lindsey Yung




NIGHTMARE @ 20,000 WATTS
- Jaimie Vernon




GIRLS ALIENS FOOD
- The Simple Carnival




MODULATIONS
- Chewy Marble




SIMPLE TIMES
- Joshua Radin




POSTSCRIPT
- Jeff Litman




SLEEP IN THE KNOWING
- Cate Kanell




SUNSHINE LIES
- Matthew Sweet




NEW DOG - NEW TRICKS
- Michael Carpenter & The Cuban Heels




VAGABONDS
- Gary Louris




STRONGER
- Carlene Carter




CHAMELEON
- Victoria Vox




MELODY
- Sharleen Spiteri




RATTLIN’ BONES
- Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson




ELEVEN MODERN ANTIQUES
- Pugwash




PARALLEL PLAY
- Sloan




LITTLE HONEY
- Lucinda Williams




HIDEAWAY
- The Weepies




THE LONG NOW
- Cliff Hillis




EGG SHELLS
- Stratocruiser




MEIKO
- Meiko




LIMITS OF THE SKY
- The Bridges




JUST A LITTLE
- Shelby Lynne




…AND THEN SOME
- Luke Jackson




FULL/FILLED
- Poplord




FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT
- Alanis Morissette




GOD IF I SAW HER NOW
- Thom Hell




GET FREE
- Devi




CURIOUSER
- Kate Miller-Heidke




HELLO...X
- Tristan Prettyman




MOPPING UP KARMA
- Judith Owen




THE JOURNEY TO MIRACLE RIVER
- Amy Holland




CAUSE AND EFFECT
- Maria Mena




ENCOMIUM IN MEMORIAM VOL.1
JAN BERRY OF JAN & DEAN
- Cameron Michael Parkes and Mark A. Moore




HOW TO WALK AWAY
- Juliana Hatfield




WEAPONIZE
- Kay Hanley




STILL BURNIN'
- Batdorf and Rodney




AN INVITATION
- Inara George with Van Dyke Parks




YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER
- Jeremy




BE OKAY
- Ingrid Michaelson




WE SING, WE DANCE, WE STEAL THINGS
- Jason Mraz




BIRD'S EYE VIEW
- Amy Kuney




SAY!
- SKooBER




ROBOTS IN LOVE
- Beautiful Small Machines




THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
- Brian Wilson