SARAHSPY’S top 20 albums of 2008 so far

Nearing the year’s halfway mark, I’m taking stock of the albums I’ve been overplaying the most. Here they are in order — my top 20 list of 2008 releases thus far.

1. She & Him - Volume One
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2. Portishead - Third
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3. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
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4. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
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5. Cat Power - Jukebox
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6. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts
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7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
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8. The Epochs - The Epochs
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9. Hot Chip - Made In the Dark
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10. Black Mountain - In the Future
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11. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
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12. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
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13. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
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14. The Roots - Rising Down
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15. Tapes ‘n Tapes - Walk It Off
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16. The Big Sleep - Sleep Forever
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17. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
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18. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
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19. Foals - Antidotes
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20. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
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