Best Albums of 2008

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Listed below are the best albums of 2008 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 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, Kanye West, TV On The Radio, Deerhunter and Kings Of Leon.

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Nine Lives

Steve Winwood

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2008

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8 charts

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Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Silver Jews

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2008

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23 charts

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Get It Together

Supersuckers

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2008

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1 chart

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Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart

Rachael Yamagata

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2008

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8 charts

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24 Postcards In Full Colour

Max Richter

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2008

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11 charts

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Heart On

Eagles Of Death Metal

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2008

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13 charts

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American Demo

The Indelicates

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2008

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4 charts

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Alight Of Night

Crystal Stilts

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2008

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20 charts

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Demon Entrails
Compilation

Hellhammer

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2008

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2 charts

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All We Could Do Was Sing

Port O'Brien

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2008

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Best Albums of 2008 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	5	1%
Deerhunter	3	0%
This Town Needs Guns	2	0%
Indian Jewelry	2	0%
John Zorn	2	0%
The Last Shadow Puppets	2	0%
Coldplay	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	458	46%
	164	16%
	47	5%
	37	4%
	35	4%
	34	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	959	96%
Yes	41	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	974	97%
Yes	26	3%

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

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