Originally written by John Roberts · 23 January 2009
The boards have spoken: these are the Top 50 Albums of 2008 according to the DiS messageboard's annual vote.
• Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
• TV on the Radio - Dear Science
• Why? - Alopecia
• Deerhunter - Microcastle
• Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
• Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
• Portishead - Third
• Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
• Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
• No Age - Nouns
• Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
• Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
• Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
• Foals - Antidotes
• M83 - Saturdays=Youth
• Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
• of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
• The Walkmen - You & Me
• Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
• Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
• Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto
• Sigur Ros - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
• Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
• Beach House - Devotion
• Youthmovies - Good Nature
• MGMT - Oracular Spectactular
• Okkervil River** - The Stand Ins
• Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
• Times New Viking - Rip It Off
• Mystery Jets - Twenty One
• Bloc Party - Intimacy
• British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
• Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
• El Guincho - Alegranza
• Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices
• Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
• Dodos - Visiter
• Boris - Smile
• Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
• Grouper - Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill
• The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
• 2562 - Aerial
• The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
• The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
• Neon Neon - Stainless Style
• The Week That Was - The Week That Was
• Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
• Agree? Disagree? At least you can't blame us for this one;)