Top 25 albums of 2008

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1)Sigur Ros—med sut ieyrum…
2)Cloud Cult—Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes
3)Elbow—The Seldom Seen Kid
4)Kanye West--808's and Heartbreak

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5)She & Him—Volume One
6)Amy MacDonald—This is the Life
7)Santogold—self-titled
8)TV on the Radio—Dear Science
9)The Helio Sequence—Keep Your Eyes Ahead

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10)Keane—Perfect Symmetry
Coldplay—Viva la Vida
My Morning Jacket—Evil Urges
Ryan Adams--Cardinology
The Raconteurs—Consolers of the Lonely
The Hold Steady—Stay Positive
The Killers—Day and Age
Patrick Park—Everyone's in Everyone (2007)
Gnarls Barkley—The Odd Couple

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Death Cab for Cutie—Narrow Stairs
The Weepies—hideaway
Liam Finn—I'll Be Lightning
Joshua Radin—Simple Times
Yoav—Charmed & Strange
Ben Sollee—Learning to Bend
Flight of the Conchords—self-titled

honorable mention: Greg Laswell—Three Flights From Alto Nido