2008 Best-Ofs: Album

                       











38. Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine     37. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light

36.  Okkervil River - The Stand Ins                         35. Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers

34.  High Places - s/t                                            33.  R.E.M. - Accelerate

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
      the New Kid Revival












26.  Deerhunter - Microcastle                                                   25.  Lukestar - Lake Toba

24. Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams                            23.  Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

22.  Ida - Lovers Prayers                                          21.  Lykke Li - Youth Novels

20.  The Walkmen - You & Me                                19.  Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue

18.  TV On The Radio - Dear Science                     17. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

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 

4.  Shearwater - Rook                                                                3. Grand Archives - s/t












2. Portishead - Third                                                                      1.  Sun Kil Moon - April

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)