NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2008

The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 11 December 2008. It was the 37th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com. [1]

Albums

Note: UK artists
# Album Artist Country of origin
1 Oracular Spectacular MGMT  United States
2 Dear Science TV on the Radio  United States
3 Glasvegas Glasvegas  United Kingdom
4 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend  United States
5 Antidotes Foals  United Kingdom
6 Nights Out Metronomy  United Kingdom
7 Santogold Santogold  United States
8 Twenty One Mystery Jets  United Kingdom
9 Only by the Night Kings of Leon  United States
10 Friendly Fires Friendly Fires  United Kingdom
11 Stainless Style Neon Neon  United Kingdom /  United States
12 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles  Canada
13 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes  United States
14 Alas, I Cannot Swim Laura Marling  United Kingdom
15 The Age of the Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets  United Kingdom
16 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke  New Zealand
17 The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow  United Kingdom
18 Fantasy Black Channel Late of the Pier  United Kingdom
19 The Chemistry of Common Life Fucked Up  Canada
20 Songs in A&E Spiritualized  United Kingdom
21 Falling Off the Lavender Bridge Lightspeed Champion  United Kingdom
22 Dig Out Your Soul Oasis  United Kingdom
23 Anywhere I Lay My Head Scarlett Johansson  United States
24 For Emma, Forever Ago Bon Iver  United States
25 Third Portishead  United Kingdom
26 Forth The Verve  United Kingdom
27 Hercules and Love Affair Hercules and Love Affair  United States
28 Do You Like Rock Music? British Sea Power  United Kingdom
29 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds  Australia
30 Made in the Dark Hot Chip  United Kingdom
31 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay  United Kingdom
32 The Hawk is Howling Mogwai  United Kingdom
33 Microcastle Deerhunter  United States
34 We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed Los Campesinos!  United Kingdom
35 Dropping the Writ Cass McCombs  United States
36 The Midnight Organ Fight Frightened Rabbit  United Kingdom
37 Beautiful Future Primal Scream  United Kingdom
38 Modern Guilt Beck  United States
39 Does You Inspire You Chairlift  United States
40 Midnight Boom The Kills  United Kingdom /  United States
41 Beat Pyramid These New Puritans  United Kingdom
42 Alpinisms School of Seven Bells  United States
43 Partie Traumatic Black Kids  United States
44 Youth Novels Lykke Li  Sweden
45 Attack & Release The Black Keys  United States
46 Box of Secrets Blood Red Shoes  United Kingdom
47 The '59 Sound The Gaslight Anthem  United States
48 Fortress Round My Heart Ida Maria  Norway
49 Intimacy Bloc Party  United Kingdom
50 Lies Heartbreak  Argentina

Countries represented

Singles

Note: UK artists
# Track Artist Country of origin
1 "Kids" MGMT  United States
2 "Geraldine" Glasvegas  United Kingdom
3 "Two Doors Down" Mystery Jets  United Kingdom
4 "Time to Pretend" MGMT  United States
5 "Electric Feel" MGMT  United States
6 "Heartbreaker" Metronomy  United Kingdom
7 "Paris" Friendly Fires  United Kingdom
8 "Paper Planes" M.I.A.  United Kingdom
9 "Sex on Fire" Kings of Leon  United States
10 "A-Punk" Vampire Weekend  United States
11 "Love Is Noise" The Verve  United Kingdom
12 "Ready for the Floor" Hot Chip  United Kingdom
13 "One Day like This" Elbow  United Kingdom
14 "Kiss with a Fist" Florence and the Machine  United Kingdom
15 "Paris Is Burning" Ladyhawke  New Zealand
16 "The Shock of the Lightning" Oasis  United Kingdom
17 "Soul on Fire" Spiritualized  United Kingdom
18 "Blind" Hercules and Love Affair  United States
19 "I'm Outta Time" Oasis  United Kingdom
20 "Bruises" Chairlift  United States
21 "Golden Age" TV on the Radio  United States
22 "Standing Next to Me" The Last Shadow Puppets  United Kingdom
23 "Year of the Pig" Fucked Up  Canada
24 "L.E.S. Artistes" Santogold  United States
25 "Young Love" Mystery Jets featuring Laura Marling  United Kingdom
26 "Headdress" Amazing Baby  United States
27 "The Age of the Understatement" The Last Shadow Puppets  United Kingdom
28 "Grounds for Divorce" Elbow  United Kingdom
29 "Township Funk" DJ Mujava  South Africa
30 "Dog Days Are Over" Florence and the Machine  United Kingdom
31 "Ghosts" Laura Marling  United Kingdom
32 "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" Black Kids  United States
33 "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" Vampire Weekend  United States
34 "Space and the Woods" Late of the Pier  United Kingdom
35 "Back of the Van" Ladyhawke  New Zealand
36 "Stuck on Repeat" Little Boots  United Kingdom
37 "Wearing My Rolex" Wiley  United Kingdom
38 "Black and Gold" Sam Sparro  Australia
39 "Oxford Comma" Vampire Weekend  United States
40 "We're Back" Heartbreak  Argentina
41 "Dance wiv Me" Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome  United Kingdom
42 "Focker" Late of the Pier  United Kingdom
43 "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" Glasvegas  United Kingdom
44 "Courtship Dating" Crystal Castles  Canada
45 "Crimewave" Crystal Castles vs. Health  Canada /  United States
46 "Batcat" Mogwai  United Kingdom
47 "Machine Gun" Portishead  United Kingdom
48 "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds  Australia
49 "Flowers & Football Tops" Glasvegas  United Kingdom
50 "Oh My God" Ida Maria  Norway

Artists with multiple entries

3 Entries

2 Entries

Countries represented

References

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