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176
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Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
September 9, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
177
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Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
May 6, 2008
Acoustic Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
178
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Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
August 19, 2008
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
179
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Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep
May 19, 2008
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
180
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Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
November 26, 2008
Progressive Rock
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
181
.
Ani DiFranco - Red Letter Year
September 30, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
182
.
Thank You - Terrible Two
April 22, 2008
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
183
.
Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason
September 1, 2008
Hip Hop
,
Dancehall
,
UK Hip Hop
Critic Score
75
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
184
.
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
September 16, 2008
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
75
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
185
.
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
October 7, 2008
Indie Folk
Critic Score
75
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
186
.
Excepter - Debt Dept
March 10, 2008
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
187
.
Juana Molina - Un Dia
October 6, 2008
Folktronica
,
Progressive Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
75
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
188
.
Omar Rodríguez-López - Old Money
November 10, 2008
Experimental Rock
,
Progressive Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Critic Score
75
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
189
.
Little Joy - Little Joy
November 4, 2008
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
190
.
Leila - Blood, Looms and Blooms
July 7, 2008
Electronic
Critic Score
75
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
191
.
Killer Mike - I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II
July 8, 2008
Southern Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
192
.
Femi Kuti - Day by Day
October 27, 2008
Afrobeat
Critic Score
75
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
193
.
Parts & Labor - Receivers
October 21, 2008
Noise Rock
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
194
.
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
February 26, 2008
Dream Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
75
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
195
.
Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song
March 31, 2008
Acoustic Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
196
.
Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
July 11, 2008
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
197
.
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
November 24, 2008
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
75
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
198
.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
June 10, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
199
.
School of Language - Sea from Shore
February 5, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
200
.
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
January 29, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Critic Score
75
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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