NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2008

The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 11 December 2008. It was the 37th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.

Albums

Note: UK artists

• Bold: Album contains Song of the Year

#	Album	Artist	Country of origin
1	Oracular Spectacular	MGMT	United States
2	Dear Science	TV on the Radio	United States
3	Glasvegas	Glasvegas	United Kingdom
4	Vampire Weekend	Vampire Weekend	United States
5	Antidotes	Foals	United Kingdom
6	Nights Out	Metronomy	United Kingdom
7	Santogold	Santogold	United States
8	Twenty One	Mystery Jets	United Kingdom
9	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	United States
10	Friendly Fires	Friendly Fires	United Kingdom
11	Stainless Style	Neon Neon	United Kingdom / United States
12	Crystal Castles	Crystal Castles	Canada
13	Fleet Foxes	Fleet Foxes	United States
14	Alas, I Cannot Swim	Laura Marling	United Kingdom
15	The Age of the Understatement	The Last Shadow Puppets	United Kingdom
16	Ladyhawke	Ladyhawke	New Zealand
17	The Seldom Seen Kid	Elbow	United Kingdom
18	Fantasy Black Channel	Late of the Pier	United Kingdom
19	The Chemistry of Common Life	Fucked Up	Canada
20	Songs in A&E	Spiritualized	United Kingdom
21	Falling Off the Lavender Bridge	Lightspeed Champion	United Kingdom
22	Dig Out Your Soul	Oasis	United Kingdom
23	Anywhere I Lay My Head	Scarlett Johansson	United States
24	For Emma, Forever Ago	Bon Iver	United States
25	Third	Portishead	United Kingdom
26	Forth	The Verve	United Kingdom
27	Hercules and Love Affair	Hercules and Love Affair	United States
28	Do You Like Rock Music?	British Sea Power	United Kingdom
29	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Australia
30	Made in the Dark	Hot Chip	United Kingdom
31	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Coldplay	United Kingdom
32	The Hawk is Howling	Mogwai	United Kingdom
33	Microcastle	Deerhunter	United States
34	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed	Los Campesinos!	United Kingdom
35	Dropping the Writ	Cass McCombs	United States
36	The Midnight Organ Fight	Frightened Rabbit	United Kingdom
37	Beautiful Future	Primal Scream	United Kingdom
38	Modern Guilt	Beck	United States
39	Does You Inspire You	Chairlift	United States
40	Midnight Boom	The Kills	United Kingdom / United States
41	Beat Pyramid	These New Puritans	United Kingdom
42	Alpinisms	School of Seven Bells	United States
43	Partie Traumatic	Black Kids	United States
44	Youth Novels	Lykke Li	Sweden
45	Attack & Release	The Black Keys	United States
46	Box of Secrets	Blood Red Shoes	United Kingdom
47	The '59 Sound	The Gaslight Anthem	United States
48	Fortress Round My Heart	Ida Maria	Norway
49	Intimacy	Bloc Party	United Kingdom
50	Lies	Heartbreak	Argentina

Countries represented

• United Kingdom = 26
• United States = 19
• Canada = 2
• New Zealand = 1
• Australia = 1
• Sweden = 1
• Norway = 1
• Argentina = 1

Singles

Note: UK artists

#	Track	Artist	Country of origin
1	"Kids"	MGMT	United States
2	"Geraldine"	Glasvegas	United Kingdom
3	"Two Doors Down"	Mystery Jets	United Kingdom
4	"Time to Pretend"	MGMT	United States
5	"Electric Feel"	MGMT	United States
6	"Heartbreaker"	Metronomy	United Kingdom
7	"Paris"	Friendly Fires	United Kingdom
8	"Paper Planes"	M.I.A.	United Kingdom
9	"Sex on Fire"	Kings of Leon	United States
10	"A-Punk"	Vampire Weekend	United States
11	"Love Is Noise"	The Verve	United Kingdom
12	"Ready for the Floor"	Hot Chip	United Kingdom
13	"One Day like This"	Elbow	United Kingdom
14	"Kiss with a Fist"	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
15	"Paris Is Burning"	Ladyhawke	New Zealand
16	"The Shock of the Lightning"	Oasis	United Kingdom
17	"Soul on Fire"	Spiritualized	United Kingdom
18	"Blind"	Hercules and Love Affair	United States
19	"I'm Outta Time"	Oasis	United Kingdom
20	"Bruises"	Chairlift	United States
21	"Golden Age"	TV on the Radio	United States
22	"Standing Next to Me"	The Last Shadow Puppets	United Kingdom
23	"Year of the Pig"	Fucked Up	Canada
24	"L.E.S. Artistes"	Santogold	United States
25	"Young Love"	Mystery Jets featuring Laura Marling	United Kingdom
26	"Headdress"	Amazing Baby	United States
27	"The Age of the Understatement"	The Last Shadow Puppets	United Kingdom
28	"Grounds for Divorce"	Elbow	United Kingdom
29	"Township Funk"	DJ Mujava	South Africa
30	"Dog Days Are Over"	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
31	"Ghosts"	Laura Marling	United Kingdom
32	"I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You"	Black Kids	United States
33	"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"	Vampire Weekend	United States
34	"Space and the Woods"	Late of the Pier	United Kingdom
35	"Back of the Van"	Ladyhawke	New Zealand
36	"Stuck on Repeat"	Little Boots	United Kingdom
37	"Wearing My Rolex"	Wiley	United Kingdom
38	"Black and Gold"	Sam Sparro	Australia
39	"Oxford Comma"	Vampire Weekend	United States
40	"We're Back"	Heartbreak	Argentina
41	"Dance wiv Me"	Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome	United Kingdom
42	"Focker"	Late of the Pier	United Kingdom
43	"It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry"	Glasvegas	United Kingdom
44	"Courtship Dating"	Crystal Castles	Canada
45	"Crimewave"	Crystal Castles vs. Health	Canada / United States
46	"Batcat"	Mogwai	United Kingdom
47	"Machine Gun"	Portishead	United Kingdom
48	"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Australia
49	"Flowers & Football Tops"	Glasvegas	United Kingdom
50	"Oh My God"	Ida Maria	Norway

Artists with multiple entries

3 Entries

• MGMT (1, 4, 5)
• Vampire Weekend (10, 33, 39)
• Glasvegas (2, 43, 49)

2 Entries

• Mystery Jets (3, 25)
• The Last Shadow Puppets (22, 27)
• Elbow (13, 28)
• Florence and the Machine (14, 30)
• Ladyhawke (15, 35)
• Late of the Pier (34, 42)
• Laura Marling (25, 31)
• Crystal Castles (44, 45)

Countries represented

• United Kingdom = 27
• United States = 14
• Canada = 3
• New Zealand = 2
• Australia = 2
• South Africa = 1
• Argentina = 1
• Norway = 1