Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
Reviews
Lists
Perfect Scores
Drowned in Sound
Follow
drownedinsound.com
Highest Rated Albums of 2008
Decade
2000s
All Time
2010s
2000s
1990s
Source
Drowned in Sound
All
A.V. Club
AllMusic
Alternative Press
American Songwriter
Blabbermouth.net
Coke Machine Glow
Consequence of Sound
DIY
Drowned in Sound
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
FACT Magazine
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
MetalSucks
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Q Magazine
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
SPIN
Sputnikmusic
The 405
The Fly
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
Time Out London
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut
Under the Radar
XLR8R
XXL
Genre
All
All
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Electronic
Experimental Rock
Folk
Folk Rock
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Indietronica
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Post-Rock
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Rock
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2008. Check out
Drowned in Sound's Year End List
.
1
.
Chase & Status - More Than Alot
October 13, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
2
.
Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI: Ambleside
February 14, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
3
.
Black Breath - Razor to Oblivion
November 11, 2008
Crust Punk
,
D-Beat
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Surrounded - The Nautilus Years
March 10, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
The Dø - A Mouthful
January 14, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Folk Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
David Karsten Daniels - Fear of Flying
April 28, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
TOBACCO - Fucked Up Friends
October 14, 2008
Glitch Hop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Lovvers - Think
September 29, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
March 28, 2008
Post-Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull
February 26, 2008
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Pyramids - Pyramids
April 22, 2008
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Sons and Daughters - This Gift
January 28, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
March 4, 2008
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Jaguar Love - Take Me to the Sea
August 19, 2008
Indie Rock
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Islands - Arms Way
May 20, 2008
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
September 22, 2008
Art Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
July 14, 2008
Heartland Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Black Mountain - In The Future
January 21, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
January 14, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
April 8, 2008
Synthpop
,
Electropop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Deerhunter - Microcastle
August 19, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
October 21, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
No Age - Nouns
May 8, 2008
Noise Pop
,
Noise Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Slacker Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
March 17, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Post-Britpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Week That Was - The Week That Was
August 26, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
3
4
...
17
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Drowned in Sound awarded albums throughout 2008.
You May Also Like
Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2008
Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 2008
NME's Highest Rated Albums of 2008
AllMusic's Highest Rated Albums of 2008
Consequence of Sound's Highest Rated Albums of 2008
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement
New Album Releases
NR
Yung Lean
Psykos
79
Kacey Musgraves
Deeper Well
79
Four Tet
Three
78
Tierra Whack
WORLD WIDE WHACK
49
Justin Timberlake
Everything I Thought It Was
More Releases