Top Albums of 2008
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
Adele 19 Pop Soul
Paul Weller 22 Dreams Mod Revival, Singer/Songwriter
Dungen 4 Neo-Psychedelia
8
975
 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak Electropop, Synthpop
The New Raemon A propósito de Garfunkel Contemporary Folk, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
R.E.M. Accelerate Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue Alt-Country, Americana, Pop Rock
Laura Marling Alas, I Cannot Swim Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Crystal Stilts Alight of Night Post-Punk
Slipknot All Hope Is Gone Alternative Metal
Port O'Brien All We Could Do Was Sing Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Rock
Why? Alopecia Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Baustelle Amen Indie Rock, Pop Rock
Foals Antidotes Dance-Punk, Indie Rock, Math Rock
Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head Folk Pop, Pop Rock
The Presets Apocalypso Electro House
Sun Kil Moon April Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter
Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer Indie Rock
29
2603
 The Black Keys Attack & Release Blues Rock
These New Puritans Beat Pyramid Dance-Punk
AC/DC Black Ice Hard Rock
Fennesz Black Sea Ambient, Electronic
Alain Bashung Bleu Pétrole Chanson, Folk Rock
Blood Red Shoes Box Of Secrets Indie Rock
33
2797
 Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark Alt-Country, Country Rock, Southern Rock
Calexico Carried to Dust Alt-Country, Americana
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Hard Rock
Conor Oberst Conor Oberst Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
32
2705
 The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival
27
2489
 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles [I] Synthpop
Cuchillo Cuchillo Psychedelic Rock
The Killers Day & Age Pop Rock
4
430
 TV on the Radio Dear Science Indie Rock
Metallica Death Magnetic Thrash Metal
Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness Post-Punk, Shoegaze
Beach House Devotion Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Benga Diary of an Afro Warrior Dubstep
Oasis Dig Out Your Soul Britpop
12
1245
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! Post-Punk
The Black Angels Directions to See a Ghost Space Rock
The Magnetic Fields Distortion Indie Pop, Noise Pop
British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? Indie Rock
Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill Ambient, Psychedelic Folk
Nacho Vegas El manifesto desastre Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Streets Everything Is Borrowed UK Hip Hop
Brian Eno & David Byrne Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Art Pop
My Morning Jacket Evil Urges Alt-Country, Indie Rock
Lightspeed Champion Falling Off The Lavender Bridge Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Late of the Pier Fantasy Black Channel Dance-Punk, Indie Rock
Dr. Dog Fate Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Taylor Swift Fearless Country Pop, Pop Rock
30
2621
 Girl Talk Feed the Animals Mashup
2
249
 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Americana, Chamber Folk, Indie Folk
Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords Comedy Rock, Musical Parody
Hĺkan Hellström För sent för Edelweiss Pop Rock
The Verve Forth Britpop
Ida Maria Fortress Round My Heart Indie Rock
Friendly Fires Friendly Fires Alternative Dance, Indietronica, Synthpop
Blitzen Trapper Furr Alt-Country, Country Rock, Indie Rock
24
2399
 Glasvegas Glasvegas Indie Rock
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Gurrumul Indigenous Australian Music, Singer/Songwriter
Randy Newman Harps and Angels Singer/Songwriter
The Drones Havilah Garage Rock, Punk Blues
10
1106
 Hercules and Love Affair Hercules and Love Affair Electro-Disco
High Places High Places Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster... Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Neil Diamond Home Before Dark Acoustic Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Grace Jones Hurricane Art Pop, Electropop, Pop Soul
Russian Red I Love Your Glasses Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Kelley Polar I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling Indietronica, Nu-Disco, Synthpop
Ponytail Ice Cream Spiritual Noise Pop
Kevin Drumm Imperial Distortion Ambient, Drone
Department of Eagles In Ear Park Indie Folk
9
1016
 Cut Copy In Ghost Colours Electropop, Synthpop
Kasai Allstars In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic (Congo Tradi-Modern
Black Mountain In The Future Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock
The Wave Pictures Instant Coffee Baby Indie Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Bloc Party Intimacy Alternative Dance, Indie Rock, Indietronica
Jamie Lidell Jim Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
Cat Power Jukebox Indie Rock
The Helio Sequence Keep Your Eyes Ahead Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Ladyhawke Ladyhawke Electropop
Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista Psychedelic Folk
Al Green Lay It Down Southern Soul
Atlas Sound Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel Indietronica, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Lie Down in the Light Alt-Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Harvey Milk Life... the Best Game in Town Sludge Metal
Wild Beasts Limbo, Panto Art Rock, Indie Pop
Lucinda Williams Little Honey Alt-Country, Country Rock
The Clash Live at Shea Stadium New Wave, Punk Rock
19
1746
 The Bug London Zoo Dancehall, Dubstep
Silver Jews Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea Indie Rock
16
1487
 Flying Lotus Los Angeles IDM, Wonky
Los Punsetes Los Punsetes Indie Pop, Post-Punk Revival
Arthur Russell Love Is Overtaking Me Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
23
2313
 Hot Chip Made in the Dark Indietronica
Markus Krunegĺrd Markusevangeliet Pop
Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 Garage Punk, Power Pop
Torche Meanderthal Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal
18
1728
 Sigur Rós Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust Dream Pop, Post-Rock
7
942
 Deerhunter Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
34
2945
 The Kills Midnight Boom Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
DJ Sprinkles Midtown 120 Blues Deep House
Beck Modern Guilt Alternative Rock
Nico Muhly Mothertongue Experimental, Modern Classical
Motörhead Motörizer Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs Indie Pop, Indie Rock
13
1267
 Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) Neo-Soul
Metronomy Nights Out Electropop, Indietronica
Air France No Way Down EP Balearic Beat
21
2103
 No Age Nouns Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Meshuggah obZen Djent
Deerhoof Offend Maggie Art Pop, Experimental Rock
Lambchop OH (Ohio) Americana, Contemporary Folk
20
2019
 Kings of Leon Only by the Night Indie Rock
Black Kids Partie Traumatic Indie Pop
Săo Paulo Underground Principle of Intrusive Relationships Avant-Garde Jazz, Electroacoustic, Electronic
Stephen Malkmus Real Emotional Trash Indie Rock
Get Well Soon Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon Alternative Rock, Chamber Pop, Indie Folk
Times New Viking Rip It Off Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Noise Pop
The Roots Rising Down Hip Hop
Duffy Rockferry Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
Sr. Chinarro Ronroneando Indie Pop
Shearwater Rook Folk Rock, Indie Rock
25
2419
 Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
15
1476
 Santogold Santogold Electropop, Indie Rock
14
1292
 M83 Saturdays = Youth Dream Pop
The Gutter Twins Saturnalia Alternative Rock
Goldfrapp Seventh Tree Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Dream Pop
Sébastien Tellier Sexuality Electropop, Synthpop
The Tallest Man On Earth Shallow Grave Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Shed Shedding The Past Minimal Techno
Frida Hyvönen Silence Is Wild Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Quiet Village Silent Movie Downtempo
Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Art Pop, Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight Neo-Psychedelia
Spiritualized Songs in A & E Neo-Psychedelia
Neon Neon Stainless Style Electropop, Synthpop
26
2478
 The Hold Steady Stay Positive Heartland Rock, Indie Rock
Fuck Buttons Street Horrrsing Drone, Noise
Fleet Foxes Sun Giant Chamber Folk, Indie Folk
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Sunday at Devil Dirt Americana, Singer/Songwriter
Joe Crepúsculo Supercrepus Indie Pop
6
847
 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III Hip Hop
The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Heartland Rock, Punk Rock
17
1722
 The Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
Titus Andronicus The Airing of Grievances Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
The Cool Kids The Bake Sale Hardcore Hip Hop
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath Experimental Rock, Progressive Rock
Earth The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull Post-Rock
Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 Blues Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Bronx The Bronx III Hardcore Punk
28
2553
 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore
The Notwist The Devil, You & Me Indie Rock
Robert Forster The Evangelist Folk Rock, Jangle Pop, Singer/Songwriter
The Felice Brothers The Felice Brothers Americana, Folk Rock
Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling Post-Rock
Tindersticks The Hungry Saw Chamber Pop
Toumani Diabaté The Mandé Variations Mande Music
35
2949
 Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Wale The Mixtape About Nothing Conscious Hip Hop
Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple Neo-Soul
Young Jeezy The Recession Southern Hip Hop, Trap
31
2659
 Q-Tip The Renaissance Conscious Hip Hop
Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line Indie Pop
5
759
 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid Indie Rock
Okkervil River The Stand Ins Folk Rock, Indie Rock
Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It Neo-Soul
Gojira The Way of All Flesh Death Metal, Progressive Metal
1
226
 Portishead Third Electronic, Experimental Rock
Marnie Stern This Is It And I Am It … Math Rock, Noise Pop
Cynic Traced in Air Progressive Metal
Black Milk Tronic Boom Bap
Christina Rosenvinge Tu labio superior Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Mystery Jets Twenty One Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God Melodic Death Metal
Juana Molina Un Día Avant-Folk, Folktronica, Progressive Pop
Vetusta Morla Un día en el mundo Indie Rock
3
300
 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Ladytron Velocifero Electropop, Synthpop
Enslaved Vertebrae Progressive Metal
The Dodos Visiter Folk Pop, Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Rock
11
1157
 Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends Pop Rock
Vivian Girls Vivian Girls Garage Punk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Twee Pop
She & Him Volume One Alt-Country, Folk Pop
Empire of the Sun Walking on a Dream Electropop, Indietronica
Opeth Watershed Progressive Metal
The Ting Tings We Started Nothing Indie Pop
Amadou & Mariam Welcome to Mali African Music, Pop
22
2151
 Lindstrøm Where You Go I Go Too Nu-Disco, Space Disco
Women Women Noise Rock, Post-Punk
White Denim Workout Holiday Indie Rock
The Walkmen You & Me Indie Rock
Lykke Li Youth Novels Indie Pop