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Place/ Artist / Album / Points / Votes / #1's

1 Portishead - Third 7752 83 13
2 TV On The Radio - Dear Science, 6701 79 6
3 M83 - Saturdays = Youth 5117 78 1
4 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 5043 65 3
5 Sun Kil Moon - April 4754 52 8
6 Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. 4356 64 3
7 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours 4111 53 4
8 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 3907 48 4
9 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? 3606 48 3
10 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! 3519 48 4
11 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight 3485 38 6
12 Blitzen Trapper - Furr 3471 40 6
13 Weezer - Weezer (2008) 3420 44 5
14 Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive 3375 47 4
15 Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer 3141 45 2
16 Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak 2814 51 2
17 Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair 2790 45 1
18 Walkmen – You & Me 2620 42 4
19 Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Real Emotional Trash 2608 36 2
20 Harvey Milk – Life ... The Best Game In Town 2576 35 2
21 Boris - Smile 2406 39 2
22 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 2280 36 0
23 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals 2217 40 0
24 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue 2135 37 3
25 Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna 2121 36 2
26 Spiritualized - Songs In A&E 1998 31 2
27 Fennesz- Black Sea 1930 27 1
28 Sigur Ros - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust 1925 38 0
29 Why? - Alopecia 1890 26 3
30 Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow 1816 24 1
31 Beck - Modern Guilt 1788 36 0
32 David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 1782 25 1
33 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 1730 24 2
34 Black Mountain - In The Furture 1722 35 1
35 Black Keys - Attack & Release 1708 27 0
36 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges 1695 29 2
37 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life 1666 31 1
38 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst 1617 25 0
39 Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim 1563 20 2
40 No Age - Nouns 1550 35 0
41 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 1494 26 1
42 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 1489 25 1
43 Deerhoof - Offend Maggie 1478 22 1
44 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 1 1438 21 1
45 Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation’s Dark 1420 27 0
46 Shearwater - Rook 1406 23 2
47 Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too 1404 27 0
48 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light 1397 20 2
49 Paul Westerberg – 49:00…Of Your Time/Life 1333 19 0
50 Glasvegas - Glasvegas 1285 22 1
51 Gaslght Anthem - The '59 Sound 1279 23 0
52 R.E.M. - Accelerate 1228 28 0
53 She & Him - Volume One 1183 23 1
54 Tallest Man On Earth, The - Shallow Graves 1178 16 1
55 Kings of Leon - Only By The Night 1175 22 1
56 Los Campesinos! - Hold on Youngster 1138 18 1
57 Have a Nice Life - Deathconciousness 1134 10 3
58 Dr Dog - Fate 1129 19 0
59 Parts & Labor - Receivers 1106 18 0
60 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It 1034 19 1
61 Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull 1020 19 0
62 Q-Tip - The Renaissance 1012 24 0
63 Evangelista - Hello Voyager 989 19 0
64 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles 953 23 0
65 Hot Chip - Made in the Dark 947 25 0
66 Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends 942 20 0
67 Killers, The - Day & Age 921 22 0
68 Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us 903 16 1
69 Shugo Tokumaru - Exit 898 16 1
70 Bug, The - London Zoo 896 21 0
71 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles 894 14 0
72 Genghis Tron - Board Up the House 872 14 0
73 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing 862 18 1
74 Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls 862 15 0
75 Okkervil River - The Stand Ins 856 18 0
76 Luomo - Convival 853 16 0
77 Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You 849 18 0
78 Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Greviance 833 11 2
79 Torche - Meanderthal 822 17 0
80 Matmos - Supreme Balloon 815 20 0
81 Dodos, The - Visiter 812 20 0
82 Gutter Twins - Saturnala 796 16 0
83 Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling 789 15 0
84 Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement 782 17 0
85 Lykke Li - Youth Novels 764 20 0
86 Calexico - Carried to Dust 755 19 0
87 Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy 750 10 2
88 Santogold - Santogold 744 15 0
89 Air France - No Way Down -EP 737 9 1
90 Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill 718 15 0
91 Beach House - Devotion 714 16 0
92 Melvins - Nude with Boots 713 15 0
93 Bruno Pronsato – Why Can’t We Be Like Us 696 9 1
94 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs 696 18 0
95 Jacaszek - Treny 694 9 1
96 Stereolab - Chemical Chords 691 14 0
97 El Guincho - Alegranza 689 14 1
98 Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From the Beehive 689 10 0
99 Dungen - 4 683 12 1
100 Fall, The - Imperial Wax Solvent 683 13 0

Top 40 Compilations / Reissues of 2008

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1 Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool
2 Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
3 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol.8/Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006
4 King Khan & the Shrines - 'The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines'
5 Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08
6 Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07
7 Pavement -- Brighten The Corners: The Nicene Creedence Edition
8 Neil Young - Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House
9 Gas – Nah Und Fern
10 R.E.M. – Murmur (Deluxe Edition)
11 Rivers Cuomo - Alone II: The Home Recordings
12 Whiskeytown - 'Stranger's Almanac (Deluxe Edition)'
13 Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions
14 Maroon 5 - Call and Response
15 Replacements - Tim
16 Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (Deluxe Edition)
17 Beck - Odelay (Deluxe Edition)
18 Love - Forever Changes: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
19 Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983 - 2006 Retrospective
20 African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s
21 Replacements--Pleased to Meet Me
22 Clash - Live at Shea Stadium
23 Studio - Yearbook 2
24 Otis Redding - Live In London and Paris
25 Ween - At The Cat's Cradle, 1992
26 David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72
27 U2 - Boy (expanded and remastered)
28 Replacements - Let it Be
29 Rocket From the Crypt – All Systems Go 3
30 Eels – Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006
31 Smiths - The Sound Of The Smiths
32 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model (28th Deluxe edition)
33 BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85
34 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo’s Factory
35 J.T. IV - Cosmic Lightning
36 Eels - Meet The Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 1996-2006
37 Arthur Russell - Love is Overtaking Me
38 Jesus and Mary Chain--The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities
39 Long Blondes - "Singles"
40 Carl Craig – Sessions

Finally the Misc results.

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SOMB Best Record Label:


#5. 4AD
#4. Rough Trade
#3. In The Red
#2. Matador
#1. Sub Pop

Best Music Related Movies:

#4. Arctic Monkeys: Live at the Apollo
#3. Christmas on Mars
#2. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
#1. Walk Hard


Top Live Acts:


=#10. Laura Marling / Radiohead / Yeasayer
#9. Deerhoof
#8. Monotonix
#7. The Hold Steady
#6. My Bloody Valentine
#5. Drive-By Truckers
#4. Wilco
#3. Neil Young
#2. King Kahn & The Shrines
#1. Kanye West

Best Album Tracks:


#10. Jonathan Richman - When We Refuse To Suffer
#9. Have A Nice life - Bloodhall
#8. Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses
#7. Lil Wayne - Let The Beat Build
#6. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
#5. M83 - Too Late
#4. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme
#3. Weezer - Heart Songs
#2. The Hold Steady - Jokes About Jamica
#1. Harvey milk - Motown

Best Album Openers:


#10. Lil Wayne - 3 Peat
#9. M83 - You, Appearing
#8. Portishead - Silence
#7. Laura Marling - Ghosts
#6. TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
#5. MGMT - Time To Pretend
#4. Weezer - Troublemaker
#3. The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer
#2. Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses
#1. Harvey Milk - Death Goes To The Winner


Best Album Closers:

#10. The Black Keys - Things Ain't Like They Used To Be
#9. TV on the Radio - Lover's Day
#8. The Streets - The Escapist
#7. M83 - Midnight Souls Still Remain
#6. Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
#5. Fleet Foxes - Oliver James
#4. Wolf Parade - Kissing the Beehive
#3. Weezer - The Angel & The One
#2. The Hold Steady - Slapped Actress
#1. Portishead - Threads


Best Videos of the Year:

#10. Björk - Wanderlust
#9. Britney Spears - Womanizer
#8. Kanye West - Flashing Lights
#7. The BPA - Toe Jam
#6. LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
#5. Portishead - The Rip
#4. Chris Dane Owens - Shine
#3. Feist - I Feel It All
#2. Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
#1. Weezer - Pork and Beans

Best Music-Related TV Performances:

#5. A Colbert Christmas
#4. R.E.M. on Austin City Limits
#3. Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards
#2. TV on the Radio on Late Show with David Letterman
#1. Wilco on the Colbert Report

Best Music-Related Pop Culture Moments:


#10. BarackRoll'd
#9. The Animal Collective Listening Party
#8. Girls cry when David Cook beats David Archuleta
#7. "You Can Vote However You Like"
#6. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
#5. Barack Obama references "A Change Is Gonna Come" on election night
#4. Guns N' Roses return / Dr. Pepper vs. Axl Rose
#3. Sting is referred to as "Stong" on the SOMB
#2. "Another Spin for Vinyl" NYT article
#1. Jay-Z covers "Wonderwall"

Best New Artists of 2008:


#10. Krallice
#9. Fuck Buttons
#8. The Dodos
#7. Air France
#6. The Gaslight Anthem
#5. MGMT
#4. Hercules and Love Affair
#3. Santogold
#2. Vivian Girls
#1. Fleet Foxes

Artist of the Year:

#10. Deerhunter/Bradford Cox/Atlas Sound
#9. Fleet Foxes
#8. Frightened Rabbit
#7. TV on the Radio
#6. Rihanna
#5. Jay Reatard
#4. Weezer/Rivers Cuomo
#3. Portishead
#2. Lil Wayne
#1. Kanye West

Biggest Letdowns:

#10. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues For 13 Moons
#9. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
#8. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
#7. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
#6. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
#5. The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed
#4. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
#3. The Breeders - Mountain Battles
#2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
#1. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Best Album Cover:

#10. The Walkmen - You & Me
#9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
#8. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
#7. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
#6. Deerhunter - Microcastle
#5. Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
#4. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
#3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
#2. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
#1. Weezer - Weezer

Worst Album Cover:

#10. Randy Jackson's Music Club
#9. James Taylor - Covers
#8. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
#7. Britney Spears - Circus
#6. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
#5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
#4. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
#3. Megapuss - Surfing
#2. Santogold - Santogold
#1. Madonna - Hard Candy


Biggest WTF Songs:

#5. Of Montreal - (everything)
#4. Soulja Boy - YAHHH! (feat. Arab)
#3. Third Eye Blind - Non-Dairy Creamer
#2. My Morning Jacket - Highly Suspicious
#1. Weezer - The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)

Worst Singles of 2008:


#5. Flo Rida - Low
#4. Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
#3. Flobots - Handlebars
#2. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
#1. Kid Rock - All Summer Long

Best Cover Songs of 2008:

#10. Hot Chip - Wearing My Rolex (Wiley)
#9. Glen Campbell - Sing (Travis)
#8. Deerhunter - Oh It's Such A Shame (Jay Reatard)
#7. The New Pornographers - Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra)
#6. The Mai Shi - See You Again (Miley Cyrus)
#5. She & Him - You Really Got A Hold On Me (Smokey Robinson)
#4. Cheap Time - People Talk (The Toys)
#3. Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Radiohead)
#2. Wilco and Fleet Foxes - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan/The Band)
#1. Radiohead - The Rip (Portishead)

Hope these have been interesting!

I can,t believe Skeletal Lamping didn,t get worst album cover, its grotesque and completely over the top, a bit like the album itself.