Best Albums of 2008

« View best albums of 2007View best albums of 2009 »

Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

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

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

991.

Magnificent Fiend

Howlin' Rain

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

992.

ShapeShifters

Invincible

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

993.

Hysterics

Rolo Tomassi

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

994.

Postcards

Sparkadia

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

995.

Secrets Are Sinister

Longwave

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

996.

Metamorphosis

Magenta (Rock)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

997.

I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge

I Am Kloot

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

998.

Take It To The Limit

Hinder

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

999.

Triple Distilled

Graham Day & The Gaolers

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

1000.

Double Negative

Black Time

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
...
98
99
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

Best Albums of 2008 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	4	0%
Deerhunter	3	0%
Mount Eerie	2	0%
Los Campesinos!	2	0%
Indian Jewelry	2	0%
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	2	0%
Amy Winehouse	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	456	46%
	168	17%
	47	5%
	35	4%
	34	3%
	34	3%
	29	3%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	958	96%
Yes	42	4%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

« View best albums of 2007View best albums of 2009 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Recent Member Charts
1. Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 by zags7000 (2025)
2. Best of Rest 2 by Rivera (2025)
3. Built To Spill: So Far.. by AAL2014 (2025)
4. Top 27 Music Albums of 2022 by AAL2014 (2025)
5. Top 45 Music Albums of 1988 by juanr1096 (2025)
6. Top 33 Music Albums of 2020 by AAL2014 (2025)
7. Top 31 Music Albums of 2015 by AAL2014 (2025)
8. Top 32 Music Albums of 2025 by jdizzle123456 (2025)
9. Top 39 Music Albums of 1992 by AAL2014 (2025)
10. Pointless Chart by neilgee (2025)
11. Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s by craab (2025)
12. Top 35 Music Albums of 2004 by mrmcrook (2025)
13. Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums by matterhornrider (2025)
14. Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by matterhornrider (2025)
15. Top 39 Music Albums of 1995 by mrmcrook (2025)
16. Top 40 Music Albums of 1967 by matterhornrider (2025)
17. 601-700 by ERadio (2025)
18. Top 55 Music Albums of 2014 by ERadio (2025)
19. 401-500 by ERadio (2025)
20. 501-600 by ERadio (2025)