The Guardian - Jaarlijst 2008
| 1 | TV on the radio | Dear science | 2008 |
| 2 | Bon Iver | For Emma, forever ago | 2007 |
| 3 | Elbow | The seldom seen kid | 2008 |
| 4 | Portishead | Third | 2008 |
| 5 | MGMT | Oracular spectacular | 2008 |
| 6 | Fleet foxes | Fleet foxes | 2008 |
| 7 | Vampire weekend | Vampire weekend | 2008 |
| 8 | Glasvegas | Glasvegas | 2008 |
| 9 | Erykah Badu | NuAmerykah part one : the fourth World War | 2008 |
| 10 | Lil Wayne | Tha carter III | 2008 |
| 11 | White denim | Workout holiday | 2008 |
| 12 | Santogold | Santogold | 2008 |
| 13 | Nas | Untitled | 2008 |
| 14 | Laura Marling | Alas I cannot swim | 2008 |
| 15 | Fucked up | The chemistry of common life | 2008 |
| 16 | Hercules & Love affair | Hercules & Love affair | 2008 |
| 17 | Los Campesinos! | Hold on now, youngster … | 2008 |
| 18 | Arthur Russell | Love is overtaking me | 2008 |
| 19 | Bug | London zoo | 2008 |
| 20 | Hot chip | Made in the dark | 2008 |
| 21 | Late of the pier | Fantasy black channel | 2008 |
| 22 | Nick Cave and the Bad seeds | Dig!!! Lazarus dig!!! | 2008 |
| 23 | Q-tip | The Renaissance | 2008 |
| 24 | Neon neon | Stainless style | 2008 |
| 25 | Diplo & Santogold | Top ranking | 2008 |
| 26 | Stephen Malkmus & Jicks | Real emotional trash | 2008 |
| 27 | Mount Eerie | Dawn | 2008 |
| 28 | Duffy | Rockferry | 2008 |
| 29 | July skies | The weather clock | 2008 |
| 30 | Cass McCombs | Dropping the writ | 2008 |
| 31 | Walkmen | You & me | 2008 |
| 31 | Thalia Zedek band | Liars and prayers | 2008 |
| 32 | Metronomy | Nights out | 2008 |
| 33 | Dark captain, light captain | Miracle kicker | 2008 |
| 34 | Sian Alice group | 59.59 | 2008 |
| 35 | Last shadow puppets | The age of the understatement | 2008 |
| 36 | Estelle | Shine | 2008 |
| 37 | Benge | Twenty systems | 2008 |
| 38 | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | 2008 |
| 39 | Abe Vigoda | Skeleton | 2008 |
| 40 | Marnie Stern | This is it and I am it and you are it and so is that and he is it ... | 2008 |
| 41 | Gaslight anthem | The '59 sound | 2008 |
| 42 | Roots | Rising down | 2008 |
| 43 | Coffins | Buried death | 2008 |
| 44 | Sway | The signature LP | 2008 |
| 45 | Spiritualized | Songs in A&E | 2008 |
| 46 | Melanin 9 | Hi fidelity | 2008 |
| 47 | Felice brothers | The Felice brothers | 2008 |
| 48 | Mystery jets | Twenty one | 2008 |
| 49 | Justice | A cross the universe | 2008 |
| 50 | Young Jeezy | The recession | 2008 |