Albums of the Year 2008

December 07, 2008 • Read this in about: 3 minutes

Top 20-ish, in order from the Top:(links take you to lala.com full album streams, mostly. In absence of lala streams, links go to other streams or a DRM-free mp3 store)
[2025 note: all of these links are broken]

  1. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant EP

  2. TV on the Radio – Dear Science

  3. Walkmen – You & Me

  4. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours

  5. School of Seven Bells – Alpinism

  6. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

  7. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend / Esau Mwamwaya – The Very Best Mixtape[African influences tie]

  8. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

  9. She & Him – Volume 1

  10. Blue Giant – Target Heart EP / The Foxglove Hunt – Stop Heartbeat [side projects tie]

  11. Air France – No Way Down EP

  12. Son Lux – At War With Walls and Mazes

  13. M83 – Saturdays=Youth

  14. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak

  15. Santogold – Santogold

  16. Lindstrøm – Where You Go I Go Too

  17. Department of Eagles – In Ear Park

  18. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

  19. Joy Electric – My Grandfather, The Cubist / Starflyer 59 – Dial M [Brothers Martin tie]

  20. Subtle – ExitingARM

Semi-related Fall/Winter ’08 mixtape to come later this week, probably.

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