Top 100 Music Albums of 2008
by Exist-en-ciel 
Favorite songs of the year:
• Bloodhail - Have a Nice Life
• Bright Tomorrow - Fuck Buttons
• Festival - Sigur Rós
• Graceless Lady - Big Blood & The Bleedin' Hearts
• Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping - Grouper
• Life in Technicolor II - Coldplay
• Lost Verses - Sun Kil Moon
• Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter
• The Rip - Portishead
• Song for Laurie Bird - Natural Snow Buildings
- Chart updated: 10/15/2026 00:15
- (Created: 11/25/2025 22:48).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Progressive Rock
[First added to this chart: 11/28/2025]
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Post-Punk
[First added to this chart: 06/07/2026]
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Electronic, Experimental Rock
[First added to this chart: 11/28/2025]
Year of Release:
2008
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Rank Score:
5,505
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Jangle Pop, Indie Pop
[First added to this chart: 06/03/2026]
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Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Gothic Rock
[First added to this chart: 11/28/2025]
Year of Release:
2008
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3,943
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Ambient Techno, Ambient, Minimal Techno
[First added to this chart: 03/10/2026]
7. (=)
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Art Punk, Post-Hardcore, Jazz-Rock
[First added to this chart: 11/28/2025]
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Video Game Music, Cinematic Classical, Orchestral Music
[First added to this chart: 06/04/2026]
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Video Game Music, Pop Rock, Shibuya-kei
[First added to this chart: 06/07/2026]
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Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop, Indietronica, Glitch Pop
[First added to this chart: 11/28/2025]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 composition
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| Phil Elverum | 2 | 2% | |
| Natural Snow Buildings | 2 | 2% | |
| Deerhunter | 2 | 2% | |
| Fleet Foxes | 2 | 2% | |
| Coldplay | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smiths | 1 | 1% | |
| Juana Molina | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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46 | 46% | |
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20 | 20% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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