The Top Albums of 2008

Dear Science gets the verdict

The annual list of lists to find out the definitive albums of the year chart is compiled from 6 UK sources (NME, Q, Uncut, Guardian, Observer Music Monthly, Sunday Times) and 6 American sources (Rolling Stone, Spin, Filter, Pitchfork, Blender, Time Magazine).

Each source has a top 10 list and this chart is an aggregated version of all them.

1. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
5. Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III
6. Portishead - Third
7. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
8. Elbow - The Seldom Seen kid
9. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
10. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
11. Foals - Antidotes
12. Santogold - Santogold
13. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
14. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends
15. Cut/Copy - In Ghost Colours
16. Deerhunter - Microcastle
17. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
18. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
19. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Modern Love
20. Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs
21. Amadou and Mariam - Welcome to Mali
22. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
23. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
24. Metallica - Death Magnetic
25. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
26. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
27. No Age - Nouns
28. Dr. Dog - Fate
29. Hercules And Love Affair – Hercules And Love Affair
30. John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and Freedon
31. Duffy - Rockferry
32. Metronomy - Nights Out
33. Aidan John Moffat - I Can Hear Your Heart
34. DJ Rupture - Uproot
35. Robyn – Robyn
36. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
37. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
38. Al Green - Lay It Down
39. Of Montreal – Of Montreal
40. She And Him - Volume One

Published 17/12/2008 12:38:00

1 Comments

dan
except that the Pitchfork list hasn't come out yet.
[published 17/Dec/2008]

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