LISTS: 2008
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194 lists
Music: Pazz and Jop
Village Voice
1/21/09
Music: Top 50 Songs
HypeMachine
1/11/09
Music: Top 50 Albums
HypeMachine
1/11/09
Music: Top 50 Artists
HypeMachine
1/11/09
Music: 50 Best Albums
Rhapsody (Chuck Eddy)
1/06/09
Music: 10 Worst Albums
IGN
1/03/09
Music: 20 Biggest Flops
DC Metromix
1/02/09
Music: Best Albums
Pretty Much Amazing
1/02/09
Music: Jazz Tumult
All About Jazz
1/02/09
Music: Flyest Vocal Effects
Passion of the Weiss
1/02/09
Music: 20 Most Annoyingly Catchy Songs
Now Public
1/02/09
Music: Top 20 Songs
Best Week Ever
1/02/09
Music: Best Books About Popular Music
KEXP
12/31/08
Music: Best Remixes
Pretty Much Amazing
12/31/08
Music: 20 Great Concerts
Stereogum
12/30/08
Music: Favorite Albums
Pop Candy
12/30/08
Music: Best Of
Howard Wolfson
12/30/08
Music: My Favorite Albums
Information Leafblower
12/30/08
Music: Ten Best Classical Music Recordings
The New Yorker (Alex Ross)
12/30/08
Music: Top 10 Reissues
City Pages
12/30/08
Music: Best And Worst Hip-Hop Moments
Ypulse
12/30/08
Music: Best Covers
Pretty Much Amazing
12/30/08
Music: Best And Worst Music
Ypulse
12/30/08
Music: 5 Worst Album Covers
Dallas Observers
12/29/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Jam!
12/29/08
Music: Year-End Online Music Lists
Largehearted Boy
12/28/08
Music: Top 10 Criminally Ignored Albums
Suicide Girls
12/28/08
Music: Best Music
Michaelangelo Matos
12/28/08
Music: Favorite Albums
Ario's Digital Detritus
12/27/08
Music: Best Albums
Off The Radar
12/27/08
Music: Mashup of Billboard Top 25 Hits
DJ Earworm
12/26/08
Music: Top 35 Albums of 2008
Fimoculous.com
12/26/08
Music: Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs
City Pages
12/26/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Seattle PI
12/26/08
Music: Top 10
Kate Nash (Filter)
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Albums and Top 25 Singles
Slate
12/25/08
Music: Top Songs
Loudersoft
12/25/08
Music: Year in Review
IGN
12/25/08
Music: Music Awards
IGN
12/25/08
Music: Year in Music
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
12/25/08
Music: Our Favorite Things
Boston Herald
12/25/08
Music: Songs Of The Year
NPR
12/25/08
Music: Ten Best Hip-hop Mix Tapes
Vulture
12/25/08
Music: Top Music Trends
Telegraph UK
12/25/08
Music: Best Rap Albums
About.com
12/25/08
Music: 10 Best Overlooked Albums
Spin
12/25/08
Music: Top Singles
Eye Weekly
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs
SF Weekly
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
The Morning News
12/25/08
Music: Best Albums
Metro Pulse
12/25/08
Music: 25 Best Cover Songs
The Hypeful
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 World Music CDs
About.com
12/25/08
Music: Favorite Mixes
All Music
12/25/08
Music: The Year That Was
The Age
12/25/08
Music: Critics Top 10s
Billboard
12/25/08
Music: Worst Lyrics
Village Voice
12/25/08
Music: 20 Best Songs
Spin
12/25/08
Music: Best Mixtapes
Pop Matters
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Hipster Collective
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Americana Albums
L.A. Weekly
12/25/08
Music: Top 25 Albums
Magnet
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
San Jose Mercury News
12/25/08
Music: Best Albums
Pop Matters
12/25/08
Music: Five Best Songs You (Probably) Didn't Hear
Esquire
12/25/08
Music: Critics Picks
USA Today
12/25/08
Music: Best Hip-Hop
Pop Matters
12/25/08
Music: Favorite Reggae Albums
All Music
12/25/08
Music: Rock Star Feuds
The Guardian
12/25/08
Music: Year In Songs
City Paper
12/25/08
Music: Readers Poll
Pitchfork
12/25/08
Music: Best Hip Hop Albums, Singles and Mixtapes
Notes from a Different Kitchen
12/25/08
Music: Best Of
The Wire
12/25/08
Music: Best Albums
Mother Jones
12/25/08
Music: Top Albums
More Cowbell
12/25/08
Music: 100 Best Tracks
Pitchfork
12/25/08
Music: Best Jazz
Pop Matters
12/25/08
Music: Year in Music
SFBG
12/25/08
Music: Top 10 Jazz Albums
Slate
12/25/08
Music: Top 30 Albums
Hypeful
12/25/08
Music: Least Essential Albums
The Onion
12/24/08
Music: Your Favorite Band('s Merchandise) Sucks
The Onion
12/24/08
Music: The Top Ten List That Never Was (And Never Will Be)
Flavorwire
12/23/08
Music: Top 15 Mashups
Culture Bully
12/22/08
Music: Top 10 Songs
Palm Beach Post
12/22/08
Music: Best Music
Free Williamsburg
12/22/08
Music: Listamania
Fader
12/22/08
Music: 10 Best Records
Momus
12/21/08
Music: Year in Music
New York Times (Jon Caramanica)
12/20/08
Music: Eureka! Albums
Tiny Mix Tapes
12/20/08
Music: Year in Music
New York Times (Jon Pareles)
12/20/08
Music: Year in Music
New York Times (Nate Chinen)
12/20/08
Music: Year in Music
New York Times (Ben Ratfliff)
12/20/08
Music: Best and Worst
Time Out
12/20/08
Music: Best and Worst Classical Music
Time Out
12/20/08
Music: 10 Best CDs
Entertainment Weekly (Leah Greenblatt)
12/20/08
Music: 10 Best CDs
Entertainment Weekly (Chris Willman)
12/20/08
Music: 10 Best Singles
Entertainment Weekly
12/20/08
Music: Favorite Albums
Tiny Mix Tapes
12/20/08
Music: Year in Classical Music
New York Times
12/20/08
Music: Best Albums
Obscure Sound
12/19/08
Music: 50 Best Albums
Pitchfork
12/19/08
Music: 39 Most Memorable Pop Music Moments
L.A. Times
12/19/08
Music: Top 50 British Tracks
BBC America
12/19/08
Music: Best of 2008
Travelers Diagram
12/17/08
Music: Year In Classic Rock
94.7 The Globe
12/17/08
Music: Top 10 Most Annoying Pop Songs
About.com
12/17/08
Music: Favorite Albums, Songs and Concerts
Done Waiting
12/17/08
Music: The Top Pop
NPR
12/16/08
Music: Top Tens
KEXP
12/16/08
Music: Top 50 Albums
Noripcord
12/16/08
Music: Best Selling Albums, Most Downloaded Songs
Nielsen
12/15/08
Music: Favorite Albums
Cutting and Witty
12/11/08
Music: Best Electronic(a) Albums
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Music: Best World Music
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Music: Albums of the Year
Rolling Stone
12/11/08
Music: Singles of the Year
Rolling Stone
12/11/08
Music: 40 Best Albums
Spin
12/11/08
Music: End of the Year
Dusted
12/11/08
Music: Best Songs
MTV
12/11/08
Music: Top Albums
Chicago Tribune
12/11/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Adult Alternative
12/11/08
Music: Top 20 Albums
CrazyMonk
12/11/08
Music: Year's Dumbest Lyrics
Guardian
12/11/08
Music: Top Artists
MTV UK
12/11/08
Music: 100 Best Tracks
Fact Magazine
12/11/08
Music: 50 Best Singles
Pop Matters
12/11/08
music: 10 Best Classical Music Performances
New Yorker
12/11/08
Music: Top 20 Albums
Stereo Sanctitity
12/11/08
Music: Top 10 Songs
Time
12/11/08
Music: Best Indie Pop Albums
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Music: Favorite Jazz Albums
AllMusic
12/11/08
Music: Gummy Awards
Stereogum
12/11/08
Music: Best Of
NY Post
12/11/08
Music: Best Metal Albums
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Music: Top 10 Country Albums
CMT
12/11/08
music: Best Recordings
New Yorker
12/11/08
Music: Top 11 Debut Albums
NPR
12/11/08
Music: Best Singer-Songwriter Albums
Pop Matters
12/11/08
Music: Best Albums
Chicago Sun-Times - Jim DeRogatis
12/11/08
Music: Best Music
The Onion
12/10/08
Music: Favorite Rock Albums
All Music
12/09/08
Music: Top 100
Piccadilly Records
12/08/08
Music: Top 50 Albums
Guardian Observer
12/08/08
Music: 80 '08
Idolator
12/08/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Entertainment Weekly (Stephen King)
12/08/08
Music: The Year in Pop
New York Magazine
12/08/08
Music: Best Of
Sasha Frere-Jones
12/08/08
Music: 100 Best Records
Times of London
12/08/08
Music: Top 42 Songs
MP3 Hugger
12/08/08
Music: Best Albums
Guardian Observer
12/08/08
Music: Top 10 Tracks
Guardian Observer
12/08/08
Music: Top 8 Tracks
Drowned in Sound
12/08/08
Music: Top 20 Albums
About.com
12/08/08
Music: Top Albums
About.com
12/08/08
Music: Sound of 2009
BBC
12/08/08
Music: Best Songs
Chicago Metromix
12/08/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Time
12/08/08
Music: Best Songs
Gorilla vs. Bear
12/08/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Women Folk
12/08/08
Music: Top 20 Albums
Fact
12/05/08
Music: Albums That Rocked
Daily Trojan
12/05/08
Music: Best Music
Exclaim!
12/05/08
Music: Top 10
Ryan Adams (Filter)
12/05/08
Music: Grammy Award Nominations
Grammy Awards
12/05/08
Music: Top 15 Albums
Kingblind
12/04/08
Music: Top 20 Albums
This Recording
12/04/08
Music: Top 8 Albums
Drowned In Sound
12/03/08
music: Top Albums And Songs On iTunes
Apple
12/03/08
Music: Top 10 Artists
Last.fm
12/03/08
Music: Top 10 Albums
Last.fm
12/03/08
Music: Top 10 Tracks
Last.fm
12/03/08
Music: Top 10
Ladytron (Filter)
12/01/08
Music: Favorite Albums
Largehearted Boy
12/01/08
Music: Top 25 Holiday Songs
ASCAP
12/01/08
Music: Favorite Songs
SneakMove
12/01/08
Music: Favorite Albums
Gorilla vs. Bear
12/01/08
Music: 10 Great Debut Albums
About.com
12/01/08
Music: Top 25
XLR8R
12/01/08
Music: Top 50 Metal Albums
Metal Edge
11/30/08
Music: Best Albums (Artists)
Guardian Observer
11/30/08
Music: Top 33 Albums
Blender
11/29/08
Music: Top 50 Albums
Uncut
11/29/08
Music: Top 50 Albums
Mojo
11/29/08
Music: Top 50 Albums
Q
11/29/08
Music: Albums of the Year
Rough Trade
11/23/08
Music: Best Music
Paste
11/21/08
Music: Best Music
Amazon.com
11/19/08
Music: Top-Selling CDs
InSound
11/19/08
Music: 20 Best Remixes
Fact Magazine
11/19/08
Music: Best Records
Cargo Records
11/19/08
Music: Album of the Year
Uncut
11/19/08
Music: Top 20 Country Music Songs
About.com
11/19/08
Music: Best Albums
Metacritic
11/19/08
Music: Best Metal
Pitchfork
11/19/08


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