Albums released in 2008 that I listened to more than once and still have a non-trivial number of songs in my iTunes library as of today. Best way I can think of to describe what I liked last year without resorting to an arbitrary top ten/whatever list.
- Alastair Galbraith – Orb
- Antietam – Opus Mixtum
- Aterciopelados – Rio
- Au Revoir Borealis – Dark Enough For Stars
- Auburn Lull – Begin Civil Twilight
- Avrocar – Against The Dying Of The Light
- The B-52’s – Funplex
- Barbara Morgenstern – BM
- Bardo Pond – Batholith
- Barn Owl – From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light
- Beangrowers – Not In A Million Lovers
- Belong – Colorloss Record
- Belong – Same Places
- Benoît Pioulard – Temper
- Bitcrush – Epilogue In Waves
- The Black Angels – Directions To See A Ghost
- The Breeders – Mountain Battles
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre – My Bloody Underground
- Brightblack Morning Light – Motion To Rejoin
- The Broken West – Now Or Heaven
- Caesars – Strawberry Weed
- Calexico – Carried To Dust
- Camille – Music Hole
- Caramelitus – El Otro Habitat EP
- Cat Power – Jukebox
- Celer – Discourses Of The Withered
- Cloudland Canyon – Lie In Light
- Clue To Kalo – Lily Perdida
- Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night
- David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
- David Gilmour – Live In Gdansk
- The Declining Winter – Goodbye Minnesota
- Duffy – Rockferry
- The Duke Spirit – Neptune
- Ed Kuepper – Ed Kuepper Live
- Ed Kuepper – Ed Kuepper Live Vol. 2
- Ed Kuepper – Ed Kuepper Live Vol. 3: The Euroboot Album
- The Fall – Imperial Wax Solvent
- Fennesz – Black Sea
- First Communion Afterparty – Sorry For All The Mondays And To Those Who Can’t Sing
- Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
- Gas – Nah Und Fern
- Grails – Doomsdayer’s Holiday
- Grails – Take Refuge In Clean Living
- Grouper – Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill
- Headless Heroes – The Silence Of Love
- Helen Boulding – New Red Dress
- Hollow Ox – Hollow Ox
- Infadels – Universe In Reverse
- James Blackshaw – Litany Of Echoes
- Jane Birkin – Enfants D’hiver
- Jasper TX – Black Sleep
- Jasper TX – Closet Ghosts
- Jasper TX – This Quiet Season
- Je Suis Animal – Self-Taught Magic From A Book
- Juliana Hatfield – How To Walk Away
- Kontakte – Soundtracks To Lost Road Movies
- Ladytron – Velocifero
- Lakes Of Russia – Stars Decorate The Fire
- Lau Nau – Nukkuu
- Lawrence English – Kiri No Oto
- Lights Out Asia – Eyes Like Brontide
- Lola Dutronic – In Berlin
- The Long Blondes – Couples
- The Lovetones – Dimensions
- M83 – Saturdays = Youth
- Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets – Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets
- Nicole Atkins – Digs Other People’s Songs
- Our Sleepless Forest – Our Sleepless Forest
- Piano Magic – Dark Horses EP
- Portishead – Third
- The Postmarks – By The Numbers
- The Quarter After – Changes Near
- Quiet Village – Silent Movie
- R.E.M. – Accelerate
- The Raveonettes – Sometimes They Drop By
- The Raveonettes – Wishing You A Rave Christmas
- Red Sparowes – Aphorisms
- Sam Phillips – Don’t Do Anything
- School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
- Scott Tuma – Not For Nobody
- Secret Machines – Secret Machines
- The Shortwave Set – Replica Sun Machine
- Sophie Hunger – Monday’s Ghost
- Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis – Indian Giver
- Spiritualized – Songs In A&E
- Stereolab – Chemical Chords
- Steve Kilbey – Painkiller
- Suki Ewers – Kind Of Hazy
- Thee American Revolution – Buddha Electrostorm
- Ulaan Khol – Ulaan Khol I
- Ulaan Khol – Ulaan Khol II
- The Verve – Forth
- Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls
- The Walkmen – You & Me
- White Hinterland – Luniculaire EP
- Windy & Carl – Songs For The Broken Hearted
- Windy Weber – I Hate People
- Wire – Object 47
- Wooden Shjips – Wooden Shjips Vol. 1
- Wye Oak – If Children
- Yellow6 – When The Leaves Fall Like Snow
- Yo La Tengo – They Shoot, We Score
