97 Those Dancing Days - In Our Space Hero Suits
96 Daniel Martin Moore - Stray Age
95 School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
94 Thao Nguyen - We Brave Bee Stings And All
93 King Khan & The Shrines - The Supreme Genius Of King Khan & The Shrines
92 These United States - Crimes
91 Conor Oberst - S/T
90 James Yuill - Turning Down Water For Air
89 Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty
88 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
87 Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
86 Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
85 The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
84 Ladytron - Velicifero
83 Ruckus Roboticus - Playing With Scratches
82 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
81 French Kicks - Swimming
80 Sons & Daughters - This Gift
79 The Airborne Toxic Event - S/T
78 Black Mountain - In The Future
77 Spiritualized - Songs In A & E
76 Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s - Animal/Not Animal
75 Tilly & The Wall - o
74 Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us
73 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
72 The Whigs - Mission Control
71 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
70 Takka Takka - Migration
69 Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
68 The Dears - Missiles
67 The Verve - Forth
66 Bloc Party - Intimacy
65 Say Hi - The Wishes & The Glitch
64 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
63 Blitzen Trapper - Furr
62 Vellela Vellela - Flight Club EP
61 The Futureheads - This Is Not The World
60 Secret Machines - S/T
59 Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us
58 Islands - Arm’s Way
57 Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
56 Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
55 R.E.M. - Accelerate
54 Peter Adams - I Woke With Planets In My Face
53 Bound Stems - The Family Afloat
52 The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
51 The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
50 Gentleman Auction House - Alphabet Graveyard
49 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
48 The Photographic - Pictures of a Changing World
47 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
46 Friendly Fires - S/T
45 Foals - Antidotes
44 Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
43 Pomegranates - Everything Is Alive
42 Calexico - Carried To Dust
41 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
40 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
39 The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
38 The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
37 Catfish Haven - Devastator
36 Mason Proper - Olly Oxen Free
35 The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
34 The Week That Was - S/T
33 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
32 Deerhunter - Microcastle
31 The Features - Some Kind Of Salvation
30 The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
29 The Kills - Midnight Boom
28 These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
27 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Flight
26 Cut Copy - IN Ghost Colours
25 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
24 M83 - Saturdays = Youth
23 Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
22 The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
21 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazurus Dig
20 Mother Mother - O My Heart
19 The Whip - X Marks Destination
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
17 Devotchka - A Mad & Faithful Telling
16 Dr. Dog - Fate
15 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
14 Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine
13 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
12 Beck - Modern Guilt
11 The Walkmen - You & Me
10 Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
9 Portishead - Third
8 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
7 Santogold - S/T
6 Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball
5 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
4 Fleet Foxes - S/T
3 Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
2 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
1 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
"It's in the books! The 25th annual countdown of the 97 Best albums, which we determine by airplay. We feel that's the most accurate reflection of the sound of the station in 2008."
Though I am really surprised then not to see Hercules And Love Affair.