The Best of Alternative Addiction 2008

Listen To the Best of 2008

Top 50 Songs

	Song Title / Band or Artist	Details
50	360 Josh Hoge	Everything I'm Not Jackopierce 2008 marked the return of one of the most beloved bands of the 90's, Jackopierce. After a 12 year absence, the the Dallas based duo returned with the new album *The Promise Of Summer, which featured the hit "Everything I'm Not." JP frontman Cary Pierce talked to Alternative Addiction about the band's reunion back in July, listen to the interview here*
49	Where I Stood Missy Higgins
48	Everything I'm Not Jackopierce
47	California Mayday
46	Breathless Dan Wilson
45	Lion War Stories	Say It Now July For Kings 2008 marked the return of July For Kings with the release of the new song "Say It Now," the first new song the band had released in over 3 years. A new album from the band is expected sometime in 2009, listen to what lead singer Joe Hedges had to say about the new song and album when we interviewed him back in March here
44	Say It Now July For Kings
43	Fall Apart Deepfield
42	Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback
41	Dream Catch Me Newton Faulkner
40	On the Brink Of It All Ever Stays Red	Take Back The City Snow Patrol Snow Patrol made an incredible return in 2008 with their stunning release A Hundred Million Suns, which featured the hit "Take Back the City." Lead singer Gary Lightbody told Alternative Addiction back in September that the band used a number of "strange" sounds to create the unique feel of the album. Listen to the entire interview with Lightbody here
39	Take Back The City Snow Patrol
38	Spiralling Keane
37	Not Meant To Be Theory Of A Deadman
36	Daylight Remedy Drive
35	5:19 Matt Wertz	Gives You Hell All-American Rejects The All-American Rejects returned in 2008 with their long anticipated release *When The World Comes Down* which featured the hit "Gives You Hell." Unlike recording the band's previous release, guitarist guitarist Mike Kennerty said in an interview back in October that the band struggled with a lot of self doubt wondering if what they recorded was even "any good" Listen to the entire interview here
34	Gives You Hell All American Rejects
33	Ready to Roll Jet Black Stare
32	Leave The Memories Alone Fuel
31	Should've Known Better Cinder Road
30	Seasons One Less Reason	Beating My Heart Jon McLaughlin Singer/Songwriter Jon McLaughlin returned in 2008 with the hit single "Beating My Heart" from the album OK Now. In the time leading up recording the new album, McLaughlin told Alternative Addiction that he didn't write a song for nearly a year and actually struggled to start writing music again. Listen to McLaughlin talk about the process here
29	Never Going Back To OK The Afters
28	Hero Pop Evil
27	We Cry The Script
26	Beating My Heart Jon McLaughlin
25	The Resolution Jack's Mannequin	The Resolution Jack's Mannequin 2008 marked the return of Jack's Mannequin with the release of The Glass Passenger in September. The album, including the hit single "The Resolution" was written in the wake of front man Andrew McMahon's recovery from being diagnosed with Leukemia in 2004. McMahon told Alternative Addiction in June that he used the song on this record to "help push him through the past." Listen to the entire interview with McMahon here
24	All Is Said And Done Vertical Horizon
23	Let It Die Foo Fighters
22	18 Days Saving Abel
21	Who's Going Home With You Tonight Trapt
20	Non-Dairy Creamer Third Eye Blind	Non-Dairy Creamer Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind fans were finally treated with the first new music from the band in over 5 years. The band ended their hiatus with "Non-Dairy Creamer", a controversial politically charged track that drummer Brad Hargreaves said was purposely polarizing, something that the band takes "a small degree of satisfaction in" Read the rest of Alternative Addiction's interview with Hargreaves here
19	It's Not My Time 3 Doors Down
18	Feel Good Drag Anberlin
17	Let It Happen Jimmy Eat World
16	Whatever It Takes Lifehouse
15	I'm Yours Jason Mraz	Forever Live Live returned in 2008 with a brand new Live CD/DVD that contained two brand new tracks, one of which was the hit single "Forever." Front Man Ed Kowalczyk told Alternative Addiction during an interview in November that the two songs are a good representative of what the band's next album will sound like, an album that he says fans can look forward to in 2009. Listen to the entire interview here
14	Forever Live
13	Love Is Noise The Verve
12	Shattered (Turn The Car Around) O.A.R.
11	Sweet and Low Augustana
10	Red Eyes The [New] Shining	Love Remains The Same Gavin Rossdale Former Bush lead singer Gavin Rossdale made a successful solo debut with his album Wanderlust which featured the hit single "Love Remains the Same." Even though the lyrics on Wanderlust were very personal to Rossdale, he told Alternative Addiction back in May that he actually offered his Bush band mates to make the album as a Bush record. Listen to the entire interview with Rossdale here
9	Second Chance Shinedown
8	Love Remains The Same Gavin Rossdale
7	Deliverance Quietdrive
6	The Weight Of Her Butch Walker
5	Angels On the Moon Thriving Ivory	Rise Above This Seether The best song of 2008 according to the readers of Alternative Addiction comes off of an album that was actually released in late 2007. Seether's Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces was an album that Seether lead singer Shaun Morgan says was not fueled by his break up with his ex-girlfriend, Evanescence's Amy Lee. The album's hit single "Rise Above This" was a prime example, with its strong melodies and upbeat lyrics, the song is more optimistic than bitter. No matter how fans interpreted the lyrics, there's no denying that its a damn good song, and your song of the year for '08.
4	Someone Like You SafetySuit
3	Last Train Home Ryan Star
2	Come On Get Higher Matt Nathanson
1	Rise Above This Seether