2008 Best-Ofs: Album
Best Album:
40. Retribution Gospel Choir - s/t 39. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
38. Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine 37. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light
32. Wire - Object 47 31. Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
30. The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm 29. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
28. Her Space Holiday - XOXO, Panda and 27. Beach House - Devotion
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26. Deerhunter - Microcastle 25. Lukestar - Lake Toba
16. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum 15. Hercules And Love Affair - s/t
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14. Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash 13. The Presets - Apocalypso
12. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie 11. Santogold - s/t
10. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight 9. Fleet Foxes - s/t
8. Bodies Of Water - A Certain Feeling 7. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
6. Evangelicals - The Evening Descends 5. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Honorable Mentions: The Kills - Midnight Boom, The Cure - 4:13 Dream, Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line, Stereolab - Chemical Chords, School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms, Coldplay - Viva La Vida, Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night, The Secret Machines - s/t, Parts & Labor - Receivers, Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
(note: although the "top10" Bon Iver album was officially released early this year, it was independently released at the end of 2007 and thus won't be part of this list)