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The Best Albums of 2008

A good year for music. These are the albums that I play(ed) most often and rated highly.

1. Amadou and Mariam: Welcome to Mali
2. Anja Schneider: Beyond the Valley
3. Santogold: Santogold
4. Hercules and Love Affair: Hercules and Love Affair
5. Portishead: Third
6. Shackleton & Appleblim: Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated by Vandals
7. White Denim: Workout Holiday
8. TV on the Radio: Dear Science
9. Calexico: Carried to Dust
10. Abe Vigoda: Skeleton

Pitchfork's list of the top 50 albums of 2008. The best albums of 2008 according to Dutch music critics.