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This is an ordered list of A.V. Club's highest rated albums of 2008. Check out
A.V. Club's Year End List
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Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
June 24, 2008
Dream Pop
,
Post-Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
100
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2
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Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
April 8, 2008
Score
100
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3
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Spiritualized⁺ - Songs in A&E
May 26, 2008
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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The M's - Real Close Ones
June 3, 2008
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
July 11, 2008
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
January 15, 2008
Noise Pop
,
Shoegaze
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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TOBACCO - Fucked Up Friends
October 14, 2008
Glitch Hop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Bob Mould - District Line
February 5, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Power Pop
,
Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
October 24, 2008
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Earth - The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull
February 26, 2008
Post-Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux
December 16, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Glam Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
January 22, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Southern Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On
October 28, 2008
Garage Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Meshuggah - ObZen
March 7, 2008
Djent
,
Progressive Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Protest The Hero - Fortress
January 29, 2008
Progressive Metal
,
Metalcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
May 13, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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The Walkmen - You & Me
August 19, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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M83 - Saturdays = Youth
April 15, 2008
Dream Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Los Campesinos! - We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
October 27, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
June 3, 2008
Sludge Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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The Week That Was - The Week That Was
August 26, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
October 7, 2008
Hardcore Punk
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
February 22, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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She & Him - Volume One
March 18, 2008
Indie Pop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
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Alias - Resurgam
August 26, 2008
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings A.V. Club awarded albums throughout 2008.
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