Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2008

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LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 79

Based on 308 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Indie Rock (15), Electronic (7), Experimental (5), Indie Pop (4), Alternative Rock (2), Indie Folk (2), Post-Rock (2), Experimental Rock (2), Trip Hop (1), Folk (1), Art Rock (1), Synthpop (1), Electropop (1), Dance-Punk (1), Industrial Rock (1), Hardcore Punk (1), Hip Hop (1), New Rave (1), Lo-Fi (1)

1. M83 - Saturdays = Youth

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Released: Apr 15th, 2008
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 76

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2. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

Released: Apr 14th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 83

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3. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

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Released: Apr 8th, 2008
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 85

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4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

Released: Apr 8th, 2008
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 84

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5. Deerhunter - Microcastle

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Released: Oct 28th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 87

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6. Portishead - Third

Released: Apr 28th, 2008
Genre: Trip Hop

Overall Rating: 88

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7. Why? - Alopecia

Released: Mar 11th, 2008
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 83

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8. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

Released: Sep 1st, 2008
Genre: Dance-Punk

Overall Rating: 76

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9. The Kills - Midnight Boom

Released: Mar 18th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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10. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

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Released: Feb 19th, 2008
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 86

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11. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

Released: Mar 18th, 2008
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 78

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12. Foals - Antidotes

Released: Apr 8th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 72

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13. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

Released: Oct 20th, 2008
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 84

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14. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Released: Mar 17th, 2008
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 83

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15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Released: Mar 18th, 2008
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 77

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16. Shearwater - Rook

Released: Jun 3rd, 2008
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 75

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17. Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust

Released: Jun 24th, 2008
Genre: Post-Rock

Overall Rating: 72

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18. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Released: Oct 21st, 2008
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 71

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19. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

Released: Feb 22nd, 2008
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 87

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20. These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid

Released: Jan 28th, 2008
Genre: Art Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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21. No Age - Nouns

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Released: May 8th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 83

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22. Santigold - Santigold

Released: Apr 29th, 2008
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 78

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23. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

Released: Jul 22nd, 2008
Genre: Industrial Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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24. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins

Released: Sep 9th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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25. Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel

Released: Jul 30th, 2008
Genre: New Rave

Overall Rating: 75

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26. Hauschka - Ferndorf

Released: Oct 7th, 2008
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 74

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27. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,

Released: Sep 22nd, 2008
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 86

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28. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Released: Jan 22nd, 2008
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 70

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29. Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto

Released: Nov 4th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 79

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30. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Released: Feb 19th, 2008
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 82

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31. White Williams - Smoke

Released: Nov 6th, 2007
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 73

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32. The Stills - Oceans Will Rise

Released: Aug 19th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 63

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33. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling

Released: Sep 23rd, 2008
Genre: Post-Rock

Overall Rating: 61

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34. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Released: Jan 29th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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35. The Futureheads - This Is Not The World

Released: Jun 3rd, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 70

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36. Bloc Party - Intimacy

Released: Aug 21st, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 62

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37. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

Released: Feb 19th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 71

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38. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'Til It Was Light

Released: Jul 22nd, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 73

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39. El Guincho - Alegranza

Released: Mar 1st, 2008
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 80

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40. Metronomy - Nights Out

Released: Sep 9th, 2008
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 73

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41. Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Released: Aug 19th, 2008
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 76

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42. Islands - Arms Way

Released: May 20th, 2008
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 72

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43. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

Released: Feb 12th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 83

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44. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life

Released: Oct 7th, 2008
Genre: Hardcore Punk

Overall Rating: 85

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45. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

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Released: Jun 3rd, 2008
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 83

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46. Blood Red Shoes - Box of Secrets

Released: Apr 15th, 2008
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 70

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47. Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics

Released: Sep 22nd, 2008
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 70

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48. Times New Viking - Rip It Off

Released: Jan 22nd, 2008
Genre: Lo-Fi

Overall Rating: 78

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49. Diamanda Galas - Guilty Guilty Guilty

Released: Apr 1st, 2008
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 74

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50. I Was A Cub Scout - I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope

Released: Feb 19th, 2008
Genre: Synthpop

Overall Rating: 60

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