My Top 40 Albums of 2008!!

(rank) artist - album / “my favorite song on the album”

40. Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild / “No One Was Like Vermeer”
39. The Baseball Project - Volume One: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails / “Gratitude (For Curt Flood)”
38. Mono In VCF - Mono In VCF / “Escape City Scrapers”
37. Big Blue Ball - Big Blue Ball / “Burn You Up, Burn You Down”
36. The B-52’s - Funplex / “Hot Corner”
35. Dodos - Visiter / “Ashley”
34. Inara George and Van Dyke Parks - An Invitation / “Don’t Let It Get To You”
33. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams / “Have You Made Up Your Mind”
32. James - Hey Ma / “Upside”
31. M83 - Saturdays = Youth / “We Own The Sky”
30. Steve Poltz - Traveling/Unraveling / “Once Again”
29. The Sea And Cake - Car Alarm / “Aerial”
28. Joe Jackson - Rain / “King Pleasure Time”
27. Man Man - Rabbit Habits / “The Ballad Of Butter Beans”
26. Sons & Daughters - This Gift / “Gilt Complex”
25. Victor Victor Band - Chatterbox / “Lady Of The Night”
24. Bodies Of Water - A Certain Feeling / “Darling, Be Here”
23. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid / “Some Riot”
22. Was (Not Was) - Boo! / “Crazy Water”
21. The Charlatans - You Cross My Path / “Missing Beats (Of A Generation)”
20. Ladytron - Velocifero / “Runaway”
19. DeVotchKa - A Mad And Faithful Telling / “Transliterator”
18. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping / “Gallery Piece”
17. The Dandy Warhols - …Earth To The Dandy Warhols… / “Mis Amigos”
16. Dr. Dog - Fate / “From”
15. The Black Keys - Attack & Release / “Oceans & Streams”
14. The Decemberists - Always The Bridesmaid: A Singles Series / “Record Year”
13. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes / “Ragged Wood”
12. Stereolab - Chemical Chords / “Self Portrait With ‘Electric Brian’”
11. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark / “Hold On”
10. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust / “Blush”
9. Clinic - Do It! / “Corpus Christi”
8. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today / “Wanted For Life”
7. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash / “Baltimore”
6. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku / “Harry Worth”
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend / “One (Blake’s Got A New Face)”
4. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement / “Only The Truth”
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! / “We Call Upon The Author”
2. The Magnetic Fields - Distortion / “Please Stop Dancing”
1. Sparks - Exotic Creatures Of The Deep / “I Can’t Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song”

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