01 Top 77 Albums of 2008
Radio K’s Top 77 albums of 2008 countdown just wrapped up a few minutes ago!
View the Top 77 albums of 2008 as voted on by listeners here.
View the DJ top 10 lists here.
A huge thanks from all of us at the station – DJs, staff, and volunteers – to all the listeners who voted this year and to the Electric Fetus for their continued support of the annual Top 77 countdown!
(Note: Italics indicate a local album)
| 1 | Deerhunter | Microcastle | Kranky |
| 2 | Portishead | Third | Mercury |
| 3 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| 4 | TV on the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 5 | Beach House | Devotion | Carpark |
| 6 | Vampire Hands | Me and You Cherry Red | Self-released |
| 7 | WHY? | Alopecia | Anticon |
| 8 | Santogold | Santogold | Downtown |
| 9 | Doomtree | Doomtree | Doomtree |
| 10 | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago [reissue] | Jagjaguwar |
| 11 | The Cool Kids | The Bake Sale [EP] | Chocolate Industries |
| 12 | Sigur Ros | Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust | XL |
| 13 | Land of Talk | Some Are Lakes | Saddle Creek |
| 14 | Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | Anti |
| 15 | Atmosphere | When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold | Rhymesayers |
| 16 | Department of Eagles | In Ear Park | 4AD |
| 17 | Lykke Li | Youth Novels | LL |
| 18 | M83 | Saturdays = Youth | Mute |
| 19 | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | XL |
| 20 | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International |
| 21 | Wolf Parade | At Mount Zoomer | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours | Modular |
| 23 | Dosh | Wolves and Wishes | Anticon |
| 24 | Ratatat | LP3 | XL |
| 25 | The Kills | Midnight Boom | Domino |
| 26 | Jay Reatard | Matador Singles 08 | Matador |
| 27 | Yeasayer | All Hour Cymbals | We Are Free |
| 28 | Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles | Last Gang |
| 29 | Hercules and Love Affair | Hercules and Love Affair | Mute |
| 30 | The Walkmen | You and Me | Gigantic |
| 31 | Beck | Modern Guilt | Interscope |
| 32 | Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles | Orange Peels and Rattlesnakes | Self-released |
| 33 | Marnie Stern | This Is It… | Kill Rock Stars |
| 34 | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Real Emotional Trash | Matador |
| 35 | King Khan and the Shrines | The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines | Vice |
| 36 | Roma di Luna | Casting the Bones | Self-released |
| 37 | The Hold Steady | Stay Positive | Vagrant |
| 38 | Emiliana Torrini | Me and Armini | Rough Trade |
| 39 | Hot Chip | Made in the Dark | DFA/Astralwerks |
| 40 | Tobacco | F*****d Up Friends | Anticon |
| 41 | Andrew Bird | Soldier On [EP] | Fargo |
| 42 | Black Mountain | In The Future | Jagjaguwar |
| 43 | Deerhoof | Offend Maggie | Kill Rock Stars |
| 44 | Dodos | Visiter | Frenchkiss |
| 45 | Sunset | The Glowing City | Autobus |
| 46 | The Magnetic Fields | Distortion | Nonesuch |
| 47 | Cloud Cult | Feel Good Ghosts | Earthology |
| 48 | CSS | Donkey | Sub Pop |
| 49 | Gospel Gossip | Sing Into My Mouth | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| 50 | Burial | Untrue | Hyperdub |
| 51 | Dizzee Rascal | Maths and English | Def Jux |
| 52 | Haley Bonar | Big Star | Afternoon |
| 53 | Sun Kil Moon | April | Caldo Verde |
| 54 | Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy | Lie Down in the Light | Drag City |
| 55 | Dark Dark Dark | The Snow Magic | Blood Onion |
| 56 | David Byrne and Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Self-released |
| 57 | F**k Buttons | Street Horrrsing | ATP |
| 58 | No Age | Nouns | Sub Pop |
| 59 | Spiritualized | Songs in A&E | Sanctuary |
| 60 | Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) | Universal |
| 61 | Foals | Antidotes | Sub Pop |
| 62 | Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple | Downtown |
| 63 | The Black Keys | Attack and Release | Nonesuch |
| 64 | The Ting Tings | We Started Nothing | Columbia |
| 65 | Mates of State | Rearrange Us | Barsuk |
| 66 | Anni Rossi | Afton [EP] | 4AD |
| 67 | Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire | Lost Wisdom | P.W. Elverum & Sun |
| 68 | Stereolab | Chemical Cords | 4AD |
| 69 | Silver Jews | Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea | Drag City |
| 70 | Thee Oh Sees | The Master’s Bedroom… | Tomlab |
| 71 | Tapes ‘n Tapes | Walk It Off | XL |
| 72 | The Raveonettes | Lust Lust Lust | Vice |
| 73 | Times New Viking | Rip It Off | Matador |
| 74 | White Magic | New Egypt | Southern |
| 75 | Women | Women | Jagjaguwar |
| 76 | First Communion Afterparty | Sorry For All The Mondays and to Those Who Cannot Sing | Mpls Ltd |
| 77 | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | Modular |
Bradford Cox from Deerhunter was nice enough to stop by the Radio K studio Monday before their show at the Triple Rock to guest DJ with Jenny. You can also check out an instudio from Disappears, who opened for Deerhunter and Times New Viking, on our multimedia page soon!
Deerhunter – Guest DJ Set on Radio K
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