Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums Of 2008

Rolling Stone is back with its list for the top 50 albums of 2008. From hip hop to country, this year’s list featured a strange mix of newcomers, legends and a lot of artist that don’t seem to belong. The top spot earned by TV on the Radio seemed well deserved but bands like Metallica and Gunz N Roses were ranked surprisingly high considering the other names on the table. Having Bob Dylan at number two was probably the right choice but John Mellancamp‘s album being ranked ahead of Magnetic Field‘s Distortion might raise some eyebrows as to how legit this oddly compiled list really is.

Check out the list below…

50. No Age – Nouns
49. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
48. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
47. Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
46. The Academy Is… – Fast Times at Barrington High
45. Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward
44. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
43. Nas – Untitled
42. David Byrne and Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
41. AC/DC – Black Ice
40. Jonas Brothers – A Little Bit Longer
39. Taylor Swift – Fearless
38. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
37. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
36. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
35. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
34. Stephen Malkmus – Real Emotional Trash
33. Ne-Yo – Year Of The Gentleman
32. Jamey Johnson – The Lonesome Song
31. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
30. Duffy – Rockferry
29. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
28. The Knux – Remind Me in Three Days…
27. Brian Wilson – That Lucky Old Sun
26. Mudcrutch – Mudcrutch
25. The Magnetic Fields – Distortion
24. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
23. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
22. Jackson Browne – Time the Conquerer
21. Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads
20. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
19. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part 1 (4th World War)
18. Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
17. B.B. King – One Kind Favor
16. Randy Newman – Harps and Angels
15. The Black Keys – Attack & Release
14. Ryan Adams And The Cardinals – Cardinology
13. Blitzen Trapper – Furr
12. Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
11. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
10. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
09 Metallica – Death Magnetic
08. Beck – Modern Guilt
07. Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
06. Santogold – Santogold
05. John Mellencamp – Life, Death, Love and Freedom
04. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
03. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
02. Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs:The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
01. TV on the Radio – Dear Science

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