The 25 best albums of 2008
8 February 2023, 18:11 | Updated: 4 August 2023, 18:59
Do you remember 2008? The year of Electric Feel, The Seldom Seen Kid and the return of The Verve.
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MGMT - Oracular Spectacular: Released 22nd January 2008
The duo of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser released their debut album, featuring Electric Feel, Time To Pretend and Kids.
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Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend: Released 29th January 2008
The debut album from the band featured the tracks A-Punk, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa and Oxford Comma.
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Adele - 19: Released 28th January 2008
The hugely-successful singer released her debut album, which included the classic Hometown Glory.
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Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim: Released 4th February 2008
The folk singer's debut album arrived in 2008, and was later nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.
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Hot Chip - Made In The Dark: Released 4th February 2008
The electronica outfit released their third album, which included the hit Ready For The Floor.
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The Young Knives - Superabundance: Released 10th March 2008
The trio released their second full length album, which included the track Turn Tail.
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Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid: Released 17th March 2008
Guy Garvey and his crew issued their fourth, and most commercially successful, album, which featured Grounds For Divorce and One Day Like This.
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Foals - Antidotes: Released 24th March 2008
Yannis and co released their debut in 2008, featuring the hit Cassius.
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The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement: Releasd 15th April 2008
Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and former Rascals man Miles Kane collaborated on this epic album, which featured the stirring title track.
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Portishead - Third: Released 28th April 2008
The trip hop pioneers released their first album in eleven years in 2008.
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Santogold - Santogold: Released 29th April 2008
Santi White's debut album included the massive track L.E.S. Artistes.
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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago: Released 12th May 2008
Justin Vernon and his band released their debut album, which included the enduring favourite, Skinny Love.
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The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing: Released 16th May 2008
The duo of Katie White and Jules De Martino released their debut album, which included the hit That's Not My Name.
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Paul Weller - 22 Dreams: Released 2nd June 2008
The ninth solo album from The Modfather featured guest appearances from Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Graham Coxon and Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Craddock.
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Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends: Released 12th June 2008
The fourth album from Chris Martin and co included the title track, Life In Technicolor and Violet Hill.
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Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes: Released 3rd June 2008
The eponymous debut from the Seattle chamber rockers featured the classic White Winter Hymnal.
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Bloc Party - Intimacy: Released 21st August 2008
The band's third album included Ares, Signs, One Month Off and Mercury.
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The Verve - Forth: Released 25th August 2008
Richard Ashcroft and co reunited for their fourth and final album, which included the track Love Is Noise.
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Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires: Released 1st September 2008
The St Albans dance trio released their debut album, which featured the tunes Paris, Jump In The Pool and Skeleton Boy.
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Glasvegas - Glasvegas: Released 8th September 2008
The Glaswegian dark rockers released their debut, which included Geraldine, Daddy's Gone and Flowers And Football Tops.
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Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke: Released 19th September 2008
Pip Brown released her debut album, which included the hits Paris Is Burning, My Delirium and Dusk Til Dawn.
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Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night: Released 19th September 2008
The Followills' fourth album featured the massive songs Sex On Fire, Use Somebody and Notion.
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Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul: Released 6th October 2008
The Gallaghers released their seventh and final album to date, which included The Shock Of The Lightning and I'm Outta Time.
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The Killers - Day And Age: Released 18th November 2008
Brandon Flowers and co released their third album, which included the hits Human, Spaceman and Dustland Fairytale.
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Guns N'Roses - Chinese Democracy: Released 23rd November 2008
At last! The long-awaited new GNR album arrived unexpectedly in November of 2008 after a fifteen year wait.
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