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 ;)