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. 10The Hold Steady • Stay Positive

   875 Total Album Points 83 Total List Mentions 5.1 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Stay Positive’s message is that with each new step there are more and more reasons to love this band. READ POST »

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2. 9M83 • Saturdays=Youth

   921 Total Album Points 90 Total List Mentions 5.3 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Saturdays... is an album best listened to alone, or at 3am at an open-minded party. READ POST »

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3. 8Sigur Ros • Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

   945 Total Album Points 92 Total List Mentions 5.2 Avg Album Rank

   

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   After 8 listens, the album keeps growing on me. Sigur Ros did it again and make any wait for their music worth every minute. READ POST »

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4. 7Cut Copy • In Ghost Colours

   967 Total Album Points 87 Total List Mentions 4.6 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Luckily I had occasion to listen to the whole thing more closely, and the sleek dance grooves on display wound up winning me over. READ POST »

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5. 6Portishead • Third

   1126 Total Album Points 101 Total List Mentions 4.5 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Third is a remarkably vivid work that sustains the group's legacy and offers an overdue chapter in their subtle musical development. READ POST »

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6. 5MGMT • Oracular Spectacular

   1289 Total Album Points 128 Total List Mentions 5.4 Avg Album Rank

   

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   I didn't expect it to be this good. This is the first band in a while that truly manage to produce perfect pop & remain effortlessly cool. READ POST »

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7. 4Bon Iver • For Emma, Forever Ago

   2187 Total Album Points 180 Total List Mentions 3.6 Avg Album Rank

   

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   It's the musical equivalent of reading someone else's diary. READ POST »

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8. 3Vampire Weekend • Vampire Weekend

   2198 Total Album Points 211 Total List Mentions 5.1 Avg Album Rank

   

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   Even without an album Vampire Weekend has made one of the year’s most impressive debuts. READ POST »

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9. 2TV On The Radio • Dear Science

   2413 Total Album Points 204 Total List Mentions 3.9 Avg Album Rank

   

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   A big melting pot of genres all fused together into one innovative sound. READ POST »

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10. 1Fleet Foxes • Fleet Foxes

    2747 Total Album Points 234 Total List Mentions 4 Avg Album Rank

    

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    It’s like watching the sun rise over distant mountaintops, over and over, familiar and captivating all at once. READ POST »

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