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Top 89 albums of 2008

89.3 The Current - Great Music Lives Here
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January 01, 2009

89.3 The Current - Great Music Lives Here
89.3 The Current - Great Music Lives Here
MPR

Here are the results of the Top 89 albums of 2008, as picked by our listeners.

1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons ...
4. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5. Cloud Cult – Feel Good Ghosts (Tea – Partying Through Tornadoes)
6. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
7. Sigur Ros – Med Sud i Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
8. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
9. The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
10. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
11. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
12. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
13. Beck – Modern Guilt
14. DeVotchka – A Mad And Faithful Telling
15. The Black Keys – Attack and Release
16. She and Him – Volume One
17. Blitzen Trapper – Furr
18. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
19. Mates Of State – Re – Arrange Us
20. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
21. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
22. Ray Lamontagne – Gossip In The Grain
23. Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
24. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
25. Tapes 'n Tapes – Walk It Off
26. Santogold – Santogold
27. Portishead – Third
28. Haley Bonar – Big Star
29. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
30. Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)
31. Jeremy Messersmith – The Silver City
32. Dr. Dog – Fate
33. Mason Jennings – In The Ever
34. Ben Folds – Way To Normal
35. Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
36. Doomtree – Doomtree
37. Calexico – Carried To Dust
38. Kate Nash – Made of Bricks
39. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
40. Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals
41. The Kills – Midnight Boom
42. Cold War Kids – Loyalty To Loyalty
43. Adele – 19
44. Michael Franti and Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers
45. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
46. Cat Power – Jukebox
47. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
48. Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads
49. M83 – Saturdays=Youth
50. Drive – By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation's Dark
51. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals – Cardinology
52. R. E. M. – Accelerate
53. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
54. Black Kids – Black Kids
55. Bloc Party – Intimacy
56. Chris Koza – The Dark, Delirious Morning
57. Ratatat – LP3
58. Magnetic Fields – Distortion
59. Aimee Mann – Smilers
60. The Walkmen – You and Me
61. Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
62. Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
63. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
64. Eagles of Death Metal – Heart On
65. Murs – Murs For President
66. The Heavy – Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
67. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
68. Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
69. The Fratellis – Here We Stand
70. Mike Doughty – Golden Delicious
71. Ani Difranco – Red Letter Year
72. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
73. Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
74. Solid Gold – Bodies Of Water
75. The Verve – Forth
76. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
77. Elvis Costello – Momofuku
78. The Kooks – Konk
79. Billy Bragg – Mr. Love and Justice
80. Martha Wainwright – I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
81. The Roots – Rising Down
82. Nada Surf – Lucky
83. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
84. Moby – Last Night
85. The Dodos – Visiter
86. Paul Westerberg – 49
87. Yael Naim – Yael Naim
88. Lykke Li – Youth Novels
89. Passion Pit – Chunk of Change