Best Albums of 2008
Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"Many good songs here folks." Reply
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Gooz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"At first, I was disappointed. I thought the album was imitation psyche and too noodley. About 8 listens and I realized it pushes boundaries a bit and is filled with the same wry lyrics and bouncy melodies that characterize Pavement/Malkmus' best work." Reply
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rilex | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Borrowing heavily from the Bristol rave scene, the East London grime scene and the dub poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson, London Zoo is an abrasive, claustrophobic assault of harsh percussion, heavy sub-bass and aggressive West Indian patois that was surprising as much for its' brash, unrelenting at..." [+] Reply
"Whether it's good or bad is almost irrelevant(it's bad, by the way), but the main thing is it's NOT Guns'n'roses, it's Axl Rose on the most expensive and long drawn out ego trip ever." Reply
"Bristol's Fuck Buttons combine industrial reverb, ambient piano, church-like organs, guitar drones and electronic noise in a way that is sonically thrilling." Reply
"This album is laughably ignored and underrated in my opinion. It's better on every level than "St. Elsewhere" except it has no big hit like that album did. But it ably covers so much musical and emotional ground. The sad and mournful "Who's Gonna Save my soul" to the sample heavy dance of "Charit..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"To all of those who never listen to it and enjoyed Microcastle, you're missing something. Operation - Dot Gain - VHS Dream - Slow Sword - Moon With Cartridge ." Reply
"Each one of these 5 albums is great. Except each one of them has their own page on this website where you can give them the rating they deserve. So how about doing that instead of rating this redundant box set?" Reply
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Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"The most underrated album of all time. The ten songs are some of the most impassioned of any I've ever heard. Key Tracks: Wishing Well, Something New, and of course, Sometime Around Midnight" Reply
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flyingcitrus | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 2008 composition
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| Various Artists | 5 | 1% | |
| Deerhunter | 3 | 0% | |
| Nine Inch Nails | 2 | 0% | |
| James Ferraro | 2 | 0% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 0% | |
| Millenium (PL) | 2 | 0% | |
| The Gutter Twins | 2 | 0% | |
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449 | 45% | |
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168 | 17% | |
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