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This is an ordered list of SPIN's highest rated albums of 2008. Check out
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Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
July 28, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
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2
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Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
June 17, 2008
Art Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
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3
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My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
June 10, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Spotify
4
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R.E.M. - Accelerate
March 31, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
5
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TV on the Radio - Dear Science
September 22, 2008
Art Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Portishead - Third
April 28, 2008
Experimental Rock
,
Electronic
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Metallica - Death Magnetic
September 12, 2008
Thrash Metal
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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The Walkmen - You & Me
August 19, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
9
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Margot & The Nuclear So And So's - Not Animal
October 7, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Folk Pop
Score
80
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Spotify
10
.
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
September 9, 2008
Folk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
November 17, 2008
Mande Music
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Communion
November 26, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All
December 16, 2008
Neo-Soul
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
14
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Hello Blue Roses - The Portrait Is Finished & I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty...
January 22, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
15
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Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - NYC
November 18, 2008
Nu Jazz
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Inara George / Van Dyke Parks - An Invitation
August 12, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Beans - Thorns
March 25, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
18
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The Dodos - Visiter
March 18, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded
February 12, 2008
Garage Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Prodigy - H.N.I.C. Pt. 2
April 22, 2008
Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
21
.
Todd Snider - Peace Queer
October 14, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
June 3, 2008
Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Grace Jones - Hurricane
November 3, 2008
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
September 23, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Southern Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Lil Mama - VYP (Voice of the Young People)
April 28, 2008
Pop Rap
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Electropop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings SPIN awarded albums throughout 2008.
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