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.

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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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2,262
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Total albums: 972. Page 1 of 98

Best Albums of 2008 composition

Country Albums %


United States 449 45%
United Kingdom 168 17%
Canada 47 5%
Germany 36 4%
Sweden 35 4%
Australia 33 3%
Mixed Nationality 31 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 956 96%
Yes 44 4%
Live? Albums %
No 972 97%
Yes 28 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Best Albums of the 2000s
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Kid A by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
12. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
13. Elephant by The White Stripes
14. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
17. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
18. Discovery by Daft Punk
19. Amnesiac by Radiohead
20. Demon Days by Gorillaz
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