What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I have re-ranked both singles and albums in December 2024, and I have also included the original charts I wrote at the end of 2008.
| | Top albums of 2008 |
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| 1 | Sea Power | Do You Like Rock Music? |
| 2 | Young Knives | Superabundance |
| 3 | Foals | Antidotes |
| 4 | B-52s | Funplex |
| 5 | Thomas Tantrum | Thomas Tantrum |
| 6 | Futureheads | This Is Not The World |
| 7 | Be Your Own Pet | Get Awkward |
| 8 | Hot Puppies | Blue Hands |
| 9 | Katie and the Ayres | All Souls |
| 10 | Subways | All Or Nothing |
| 11 | (International) Noise Conspiracy | The Cross of My Calling |
| 12 | Ting Tings | We Started Nothing |
| 13 | Last Shadow Puppets | The Age Of The Understatement |
| 14 | Robots In Disguise | We're In The Music Biz |
| 15 | XX Teens | Welcome To Goon Island |
| 16 | Bloc Party | Intimacy |
| 17 | The Charlatans | You Cross My Path |
| 18 | Detektivbyrån | Wermland |
| 19 | Stereolab | Chemical Chords |
| 20 | Kaiser Chiefs | Off With Their Heads |
| 21 | Human Foals | Antidotes |
| 22 | Senor Coconut and his Orchestra | Around The World |
| 23 | Sigur Rós | Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust |
| 24 | Los Campesinos! | Hold On Now, Youngster... |
| 25 | Mascot Fight | Pantomime Hearse |
| 26 | Jake Shillingford | Written Large |
| 27 | Courtney Love | Nobody's Daughter |
| 28 | Grenville Harrop | Make Believe |
| 29 | Amanda Palmer | Who Killed Amanda Palmer |
| 30 | Fiona Bevan | Plant Your Heart |
| 31 | Choir Of Young Believers | This Is For The White In Your Eyes |
| 32 | ¡Forward, Russia! | Life Processes |
| 33 | Mystery Jets | Twenty One |
| 34 | Chris T-T | Capital |
| 35 | Thirst | On The Brink |
| 36 | Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip | Angels |
| 37 | Dread Zeppelin | Bar Coda |
| 38 | Emiliana Torrini | Me and Armini |
| 39 | Ra Ra Riot | The Rhumb Line |
| 40 | They Came From The Stars I Saw Them | We Are All In The Gutter But Some Of Us Are Looking At |
| 41 | Parka | Attack Of The Hundred Yard Hardman |
| 42 | Coldplay | Viva La Vida |
| 43 | Pigeon Detectives | Emergency |
| 44 | Tindersticks | The Hungry Saw |
| 45 | Long Blondes | Couples |
| 46 | Marillion | Happiness Is The Road |
| 47 | Fireman | Electric Arguments |
| 48 | Bikini Beach Band | Sour Cream for the Soul |
| 49 | Neon Neon | Stainless Style |
| 50 | They Might Be Giants | Here Come the 123s |
| 51 | Fleet Foxes | Ragged Wood |
| 52 | Portishead | Third |
| 53 | BossHoss | Shake & Shout |
| 54 | Fight Like Apes | Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion |
| 55 | The Rascals | Freakbeat Phantom |
| 56 | Colin MacIntyre | The Water |
| 57 | Teitur | The Singer |
| | Top tracks of 2008 |
| |
| 1 | Rosie and the Goldbug | War Of The Roses (Because You Said So) |
| 2 | Franz Ferdinand | Ulysses |
| 3 | Sea Power | Lights Out For Darker Skies |
| 4 | Amanda Palmer | Leeds United |
| 5 | Sons And Daughters | Darling |
| 6 | Ting Tings | Great DJ |
| 7 | Late Of The Pier | Heartbeat |
| 8 | B-52s | Funplex |
| 9 | Kaiser Chiefs | Never Miss A Beat |
| 10 | Sea Power | No Lucifer |
| 11 | Young Knives | Counters |
| 12 | Howling Bells | Into The Chaos |
| 13 | Das Pop | Underground |
| 14 | Sea Power | Waving Flags |
| 15 | Young Knives | Up All Night |
| 16 | Sea Power | Canvey Island |
| 17 | Hera Hjartardottir | Feels So Good |
| 18 | Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Around The Bend |
| 19 | Baikonour | Oben Beg mk3 CBC theme |
| 20 | Housse de Racket | Oh Yeah! |
| 21 | Robots In Disguise | We're In The Music Biz |
| 22 | Ida Maria | I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked |
| 23 | Hot Puppies | Clarinet Town |
| 24 | Futureheads | The Beginning Of The Twist |
| 25 | Be Your Own Pet | Food Fight |
| 26 | Futureheads | Radio Heart |
| 27 | FM Belfast | Lotus |
| 28 | Automatic | Steve McQueen |
| 29 | Boys In A Band | Black Diamond Train |
| 30 | Bertrand Soulier | L'ABCD |
| 31 | Ting Tings | Shut Up and Let Me Go |
| 32 | Foals | Red Socks Pugie |
| 33 | Fields | Are You Ready Yet? |
| 34 | B-52s | Juliet Of The Spirits |
| 35 | Pigeon Detectives | This Is An Emergency |
| 36 | Your Friends Are Architects | Stopstart |
| 37 | Ladyhawke | Paris Is Burning |
| 38 | Glam Chops | Tell Us, Are You Ready, Eddie (Eddie Are You Ready) |
| 39 | Bloc Party | Mercury |
| 40 | Be Your Own Pet | Heart Throb |
| 41 | Dirty Royals | I'm In Love |
| 42 | Baddies | Open One Eye |
| 43 | Lionheart Brothers | 50 Souls And A Discobowl |
| 44 | Ra Ra Riot | Suspended In Gaffa |
| 45 | Bloc Party | Halo |
| 46 | Delphic | Doubt |
| 47 | Bikini Beach Band | I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor |
| 48 | Ten Tigers | Superlucky |
| 49 | Ipanema | Vote For Pedro |
| 50 | I, Ludicrous | The Highland League |
| 51 | Fight Like Apes | Something Global |
| 52 | Charlatans | You Cross My Path |
| 53 | Nada Surf | See These Bones |
| 54 | Prince Edward Island | It's All Over Bar The Shouting |
| 55 | XX Teens | Only You |
| 56 | Choir Of Young Believers | Action/Reaction |
| 57 | Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man | Fatherhood |
| 58 | Long Blondes | Century |
| 59 | Katie and the Ayres | Time To Remember |
| 60 | Grenville Harrop | Make Believe |
| 61 | Elakelaiset | Tajuton Humppa (XTC cover) |
| 62 | Dandy Warhols | The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers AKA the Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty |
| 63 | Beck | Gamma Ray |
| 64 | Angry Vs The Bear | I Sing, We Sing |
| 65 | Yeasayer | 2080 |
| 67 | Thirst | My Everything |
| | Original chart - top tracks of 2008 |
| |
| 1 | Sons and Daughters | Darling |
| 2 | Manda Rin | DNA |
| 3 | Kaiser Chiefs | Never Miss A Beat |
| 4 | Hot Puppies | Clarinet Town |
| 5 | Rosie and the Goldbug | War Of The Roses (Because You Said So) |
| 6 | Amanda Palmer | Leeds United |
| 7 | Foals | Red Socks Pugie |
| 8 | Hera Hjartardottir | Feels So Good |
| 9 | Robots In Disguise | We're In The Music Biz |
| 10 | Young Knives | Counters |
| 11 | Ladyhawke | Paris Is Burning |
| 12 | Late Of The Pier | Heartbeat |
| 13 | Boys In A Band | Black Diamond Train |
| 14 | Dandy Warhols | The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty |
| 15 | Absent Kid | Retaliate First |
| 16 | B-52's | Funplex |
| 17 | Das Pop | Underground |
| 18 | Ting Tings | Great DJ |
| 19 | Fields | Are You Ready Yet |
| 20 | British Sea Power | Lights Out For Darker Skies |
| 21 | Your Friends Are Architects | Figure |
| 22 | Franz Ferdinand | Ulysses |
| 23 | Future Of The Left | Manchasm |
| 24 | Foals | Cassius |
| 25 | Housse de Racket | Oh Yeah! |
| 26 | Ida Maria | I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked |
| 27 | Friendly Fires | Paris |
| 28 | We Are Scientists | Chick Lit |
| 29 | Prince Edward Island | It's All Over Bar The Shouting |
| 30 | Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man. | Fatherhood |
| 31 | Jenny Owen Youngs | Hot In Herre |
| 32 | Chris T-T | Where Were You? |
| 33 | Scenario Rock | Skitzo Dancer (Part 1) |
| 34 | Ipso Facto | Six & Three Quarters |
| 35 | British Sea Power | No Lucifer |
| 36 | Beck | Gamma Ray |
| 37 | Automatic | Steve McQueen |
| 38 | Asobi Seksu | Me & Mary |
| 39 | Sigur Rós | Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur |
| 40 | Utah Saints | Something Good 08 (Van She tech remix) |
| 41 | Matt Trakker | Hypathetic |
| 42 | Howling Bells | Into The Chaos |
| 43 | Future Of The Left | The Hope That House Built |
| 44 | Bloc Party | Halo |
| 45 | Parlotones | Here Comes The Man |
| 46 | Prince Edward Island | Partlife |
| 47 | Stars and Sons | In The Ocean |
| 48 | Vicky Pollard | Tender Demand |
| 49 | Bloodgroup | Hips Again |
| 50 | Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Around The Bend |
| 51 | Dirty Royals | I'm In Love |
| 52 | Long Blondes | Century |
| 53 | Mystery Jets | Hand Me Down |
| 54 | Nancy | Keep Cooler |
| 55 | Frank Turner | Reasons Not To Be An Idiot |
| 56 | Chris T-T | This Gun Is Not A Gun |
| 57 | British Sea Power | Canvey Island |
| 58 | Bertrand Soulier | L'ABCD |
| 59 | Stereolab | Fractal Dream Of A Thing |
| 60 | Ten Tigers | Superlucky |
| 61 | Glam Chops | Tell Us Are You Ready Eddie |
| 62 | Candy And The Raincloud | In It |
| 63 | Jyrojets | Dead On Arrival |
| 64 | Fight Like Apes | Something Global |
| 65 | Landon | Only 20 |
| 66 | Poppy and the Jezebels | UFO |
| 67 | Vileevils | Fucking & Fighting |
| 68 | (International) Noise Conspiracy | I Am The Dynamite |
| 69 | Charlatans | Oh! Vanity |
| 70 | I, Ludicrous | Argument In The Laundrette |
| 71 | Kaiser Chiefs | Good Days Bad Days |
| 72 | Thirst | My Everything |
| 73 | Pigeon Detectives | This Is An Emergency |
| 74 | Ra Ra Riot | Suspended In Gaffa |
| 75 | Jessica Fletchers | Downtown |
| 76 | Colin MacIntyre | Stalker |
| 77 | Coldplay | Violet Hill |
| 78 | Choir Of Young Believers | Action/Reaction |
| 79 | Yeasayer | 2080 |
| 80 | Jameson | Small Terraced Town |
| 81 | Last Shadow Puppets | Standing Next To Me |
| 82 | Crystal Castles | Courtship Dating |
| 83 | Futureheads | Radio Heart |
| 84 | Jake Shillingford | You Can't Uneat The Apple |
| 85 | Sara Bareilles | Love Song |
| 86 | Rosalita | What Would Your Mother Say |
| 87 | Serj Tankian | Empty Walls |
| 88 | Grenville Harrop | Make Believe |
| 89 | Does It Offend You, Yeah? | Epic Last Song |
| 90 | Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip | Look For The Woman |
| 91 | Subways | Alright |
| 92 | Neon Neon | Dream Cars |
| 93 | Lionheart Brothers | 50 Souls And A Discobowl |
| 94 | Beautiful Life | Ritalin Boy |
| 95 | V Major | Filth |
| 96 | Detektivbyran | Partyland |
| 97 | Cling | Groovyshoes |
| 98 | XX Teens | Only You |
| 99 | dEUS | Slow |
| 100 | Grates | Burn Bridges |
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