Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008

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Explore The Top 50 Albums of 2008

Click on the album cover to stream each album in its entirety or browse through reviews by music blogs on the right!

1. 40Beck • Modern Guilt

   272 Total Album Points 29 Total List Mentions 6 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Combines the folky and somber elements of an album like Sea Change with the addictive pop hooks of albums like Guero and Midnight Vultures. READ POST »

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2. 39Of Montreal • Skeletal Lamping

   289 Total Album Points 28 Total List Mentions 5.3 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Skeletal Lamping is an audio feast and worth every cent. READ POST »

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3. 38Blitzen Trapper • Furr

   300 Total Album Points 28 Total List Mentions 4.9 Avg Album Rank

   

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   A little like if you let The Beatles, The Who and CSNY co-record an album. READ POST »

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4. 37The Gaslight Anthem • The '59 Sound

   348 Total Album Points 32 Total List Mentions 4.7 Avg Album Rank

   

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   who’d have thought the classic “american” rock album would be reinvented by a new jersey punk band rocking out the basement circuit? READ POST »

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5. 36Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds • Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

   350 Total Album Points 35 Total List Mentions 5.5 Avg Album Rank

   

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   The record delivers with no waste, perfectly identifying the strengths of the band without reaching extravagantly far. READ POST »

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6. 35Lykke Li • Youth Novels

   353 Total Album Points 36 Total List Mentions 5.6 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Youth Novels is one of the year’s most fun albums, if not one of the best. READ POST »

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7. 34Death Cab for Cutie • Narrow Stairs

   361 Total Album Points 40 Total List Mentions 6.3 Avg Album Rank

   

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   A dark, strangely compelling record that trades the group's bright melancholy for something nearer to despair. READ POST »

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8. 33The Black Keys • Attack and Release

   368 Total Album Points 36 Total List Mentions 5.3 Avg Album Rank

   

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   It is more ferocious than all of their previous records put together and seals their fate as a classic blues rock band suitable. READ POST »

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9. 32Foals • Antidotes

   375 Total Album Points 40 Total List Mentions 6 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Good music to listen to whilst jumping on a trampoline! READ POST »

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10. 31Wolf Parade • At Mount Zoomer

    377 Total Album Points 38 Total List Mentions 5.6 Avg Album Rank

    

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    This is Krug and Boeckner's fully realized musical vision and it's literally blowing my mind. READ POST »

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