Best Albums of 2008

Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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2008 year summaryThe best artists of 2008 were Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Portishead, Coldplay, Have A Nice Life, Elbow, TV On The Radio, Kanye West, Deerhunter and Kings Of Leon.
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"This is the album that introduced me to Alanis properly. I knew her hits before but they were unlike most of what I discovered on this album, and is a surprise to everyone else I have shown as well. This album is the perfect balance between the electronic and the organic in production, and wonder..."  [+]  Reply
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"Random Album Title was the album where deadmau5 discovered his signature sound. Every song is endlessly danceable, while each doing something new. The first two tracks work together seemlessly, "Slip" is one of my favourite dance tracks ever, "I Remember" is a great emotional track, and "Faxing B..."  [+]  Reply
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"An eclectic, eccentric collaboration of former Dresden Dolls member and pop piano tunesmith Ben Folds comes up just short of hitting the mark. The weird and wonderful are topics du jour. Some guests show up, including Dead Kennedys drummer East Bay Ray and St. Vincent's Annie Clark, but it mostly..."  [+]  Reply
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Best Albums of 2008 composition

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