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Rolling Stone's Year End List
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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
March 4, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
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2
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Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
June 10, 2008
Southern Hip Hop
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Pop Rap
Score
90
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3
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Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
March 18, 2008
Pop Punk
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Garage Punk
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Indie Rock
Score
80
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4
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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
January 15, 2008
Noise Pop
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Shoegaze
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
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5
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Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
June 24, 2008
Dream Pop
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Post-Rock
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Art Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
80
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6
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Los Campesinos! - We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
October 27, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
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7
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Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
September 23, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
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8
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Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
November 11, 2008
Mashup
,
Plunderphonics
Score
80
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9
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Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
October 14, 2008
Alt-Country
Score
80
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10
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Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads
April 22, 2008
Score
80
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11
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Calle 13 - Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
October 21, 2008
Score
80
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12
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Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On
October 28, 2008
Garage Rock
Score
80
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13
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Duffy - Rockferry
March 3, 2008
Pop Soul
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Blue-Eyed Soul
Score
80
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14
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Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
October 28, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
80
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15
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Juana Molina - Un Dia
October 6, 2008
Folktronica
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Progressive Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
80
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16
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The Knux - Remind Me in Three Days...
October 14, 2008
Hip Hop
Score
80
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17
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Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
September 16, 2008
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
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18
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Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
April 29, 2008
Southern Rock
Score
80
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19
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Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
June 3, 2008
Chamber Folk
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Indie Folk
Score
80
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20
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Blitzen Trapper - Furr
September 23, 2008
Folk Rock
Score
80
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21
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Little Joy - Little Joy
November 4, 2008
Indie Pop
Score
80
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22
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Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme
July 22, 2008
Score
80
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23
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Santigold and Diplo - Top Ranking
July 15, 2008
Electroclash
,
Mashup
Score
80
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24
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Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
January 22, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Southern Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
80
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25
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The Virgins - The Virgins
October 21, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 2008.
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