Sasha Frere-Jones has “posted”:http://www.sashafrerejones.com/2007/12/bumping.html his top 18 songs and top 24 albums of 2008. Partial explanation on his _New Yorker_ “blog”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2008/12/the-best-record.html. My tastes and his hardly overlap, but I _adore_ his #2 song, “Oh My God,” by Ida Maria. For some reason the list is dated December 29, 2007, which makes him look _incredibly_ prescient!