Best Albums of 2008

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Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2008 year summaryThe best artists of 2008 were Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Coldplay, Portishead, Have A Nice Life, Elbow, Kanye West, TV On The Radio, Deerhunter and Kings Of Leon.

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141.

Black Sea

Fennesz

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

151

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142.

Paper Trail

T.I.

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

149

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143.

För Sent För Edelweiss

Håkan Hellström

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

148

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144.

Midtown 120 Blues

DJ Sprinkles

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

145

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145.

A Kid Named Cudi

Kid Cudi

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

22 charts

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145

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The Dark Knight
Soundtrack

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

21 charts

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144

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147.

The Slip

Nine Inch Nails

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

140

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148.

Re-Arrange Us

Mates Of State

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

138

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149.

Cross Paths
Compilation

The Motifs

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

138

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150.

Distortion

The Magnetic Fields

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

34 charts

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138

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Best Albums of 2008 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
Deerhunter	3	0%
Marillion	2	0%
Nine Inch Nails	2	0%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	0%
Glasvegas	2	0%
The Last Shadow Puppets	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	448	45%
	166	17%
	47	5%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	32	3%
	30	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	957	96%
Yes	43	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	973	97%
Yes	27	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

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