2008: Top 25 Albums

First posted 1/8/2021.

Dave’s Music Database: Top Albums of 2008

Based on a combination of year-end lists and overall status in Dave’s Music Database, these are the top 25 albums of 2008: Taylor Swift Fearless Lady Gaga The Fame Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends Kings of Leon Only by the Night Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend Portishead Third Lil Wayne Tha Carter III Beyoncé I Am…Sasha Fierce Adele 19 Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static TV on the Radio Dear Science Duffy Rockferry Metallica Death Magnetic MGMT Oracular Spectacular Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (composers) Mamma Mia! soundtrack Erykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. 1: 4th World War T.I. Paper Trail Shery Crow Detours R.E.M. Accelerate John Mellencamp Life, Death, Love and Freedom Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid Kanye West 808’s & Heartbreak Nickelback Dark Horse Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”