Top 25: Portishead, Daedelus, Foals

• Words: Jennifer Marston

We were too busy giving thanks this week to write out the usual Top 10, so instead, we've unrolled this list of our favorite albums of the year. Without further ado, we present, in no particular order (besides the fact that titles are alphabetized), the XLR8R staff's quick 'n' dirty 2008 Top 25.

Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannon Feel kranky

Beach House Devotion Carpark

Brenda Ray Walatta EM

Bun-B Il Trill Rap-a-lot

Daedelus Love to Make Music To Ninja Tune

Dizzee Rascal Maths + English Def Jux

Flying Lotus Los Angeles Warp

Foals Antidotes Sub Pop

Glass Candy Beatbox Italians Do It Better

Jeremy Jay A Place Where We Could Go K

Kelley Polar I need to Hold on While the Sky is Falling Environ

Lindstrøm Where You Go I Go Too Smalltown Supersound

Lone Lemurian Dealmaker

M83 Saturdays = Youth Mute

MGMT Oracular Spectacular Sony

The Notwist The Devil, You + Me Domino

Portishead Third Mercury

Syclops I've Got My Eye on You DFA

Spiritualized Songs in A & E Universal

The Mole High as the Sky Wagon Repair

Throw Me the Statue Moonbeams Secretly Canadian

Tobacco Fucked Up Friends anticon.

Xiu XiuWomen as Lovers Kill Rock Stars

Yelle Pop-Up Carolina

Zomes Zomes Holy Mountain