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This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2008. Check out
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1
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Portishead - Third
April 28, 2008
Experimental Rock
,
Electronic
Score
100
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Sun Kil Moon - April
April 1, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
April 22, 2008
Comedy Rock
,
Musical Parody
Score
100
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Nimrod Workman - I Want to Go Where Things Are Beautiful
November 18, 2008
Score
97
Source →
Amazon
Music
5
.
B.B. King - One Kind Favor
August 26, 2008
Blues
,
Electric Blues
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
All The Saints - Fire on Corridor X
May 27, 2008
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Anathallo - Canopy Glow
November 18, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
October 14, 2008
Alt-Country
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
October 28, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
September 9, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
April 29, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Spotify
12
.
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
January 29, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Aterciopelados - Rio
October 21, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
14
.
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
October 7, 2008
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Deerhunter - Microcastle
August 19, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
October 7, 2008
Hardcore Punk
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
October 20, 2008
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Ben Folds - Way to Normal
September 30, 2008
Piano Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
September 9, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini?
October 14, 2008
Indie Pop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Verve - Forth
August 19, 2008
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Alternative Rock
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - Inside the Human Body
October 7, 2008
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
October 21, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Pit Er Pat - High Time
October 21, 2008
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
.
Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
April 14, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Slacker Rock
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2008.
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