Pitchfork's Best Albums Of 2008

The almighty Pitchfork has spent all week posting the Best Tracks Of 2008 and Best Albums Of 2008. Check out the albums below. A few good ones, some I have yet to hear, and definitely a bunch of good ones missing.



50. Ponytail – Ice Cream Spiritual [We*Are*Free]
49. Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night [Slumberland]
48. High Places – High Places [Thrill Jockey]
47. The Tallest Man On Earth – Shallow Grave [Gravitation]
46. Beach House – Devotion [Carpark]
45. Lykke Li – Youth Novels [LL/Atlantic]
44. Marnie Stern – This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That [Kill Rock Stars]
43. Shearwater – Rook [Matador]
42. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Lie Down In The Light [Drag City]
41. David Byrne and Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today [self-released]
40. The Very Best – Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit Are The Very Best [Ghettopop/Green Owl]
39. Times New Viking – Rip It Off [Matador]
38. The Bug – London Zoo [Ninja Tune]
37. Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill [Type]
36. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing [self-released]
35. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals [Illegal Art]
34. Arthur Russell – Love Is Overtaking Me [Audika]
33. Frightened Rabbit – Midnight Organ Fight [Fat Cat]
32. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! [Mute UK/Anti-]
31. Fennesz – Black Sea [Touch]
30. Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster… [Wichita/Arts & Crafts]
29. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive [Vagrant]
28. Flying Lotus – Los Angeles [Warp]
27. Max Tundra – Parallax Error Beheads You [Domino]
26. Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel [Kranky]
25. Titus Andronicus – The Airing Of Grievances [Troubleman Unlimited]
24. Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna [The Social Registry]
23. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark [Astralwerks]
22. Santogold – Santogold [Downtown]
21. Kanye West – 808s And Heartbreak [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam]
20. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing [ATP]
19. The Walkmen – You & Me [Gigantic]
18. The Mae Shi – HLLLYH [Team Shi]
17. Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life [Matador]
16. Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls [Mauled By Tigers/In The Red]
15. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles [Last Gang]
14. Air France – No Way Down [Something In Construction]
13. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) [Motown]
12. Lindstrøm – Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]
11. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III [Cash Money/Universal]
10. DJ/rupture – Uproot [The Agriculture]
09. Hercules And Love Affair – Hercules And Love Affair [DFA/Mute]
08. M83 – Saturdays=Youth [Mute]
06. TV On The Radio – Dear Science [4AD/Interscope]
05. Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. [Kranky]
04. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours [Modular/Interscope]
03. No Age – Nouns [Sub Pop]
02. Portishead – Third [Island]
01. Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant [EP]/Fleet Foxes [Sub Pop]



Honorable Mention

Abe Vigoda – Skeleton [Post Present Medium]
Calexico – Carried To Dust [Quarterstick]
Department Of Eagles – In Ear Park [4AD]
The Dodos – Visiter [Frenchkiss]
The Dutchess And The Duke – She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke [Hardly Art]
Harvey Milk – Life...The Best Game In Town [Hydra Head]
Hauschka – Ferndorf [Fat Cat]
Philip Jeck – Sand [Touch]
Nico Muhly – Mothertongue [Bedroom Community]
Nomo – Ghost Rock [Ubiquity]
Osborne – Osborne [Spectral Sound]
Quiet Village – Silent Movie [!K7]
Jay Reatard – Matador Singles ’08 [Matador]
Santogold/Diplo – Top Ranking [Mad Decent]
Snowman – The Horse, The Rat And The Swan [Dot Dash]
Sun Kil Moon – April [Caldo Verde]
Torche – Meanderthal [Hydra Head]
Ricardo Villalobos – Vasco [EP] [Perlon]
WHY? – Alopecia [Anticon]
Women – Women [Jagjaguwar]


* I realize that reading these lists may get old, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing and feel like sharing what my fellow blogger's dig.