| Rank | Album | Artist | Released | Reviews | Last Review |
| 1 | | Little Death | Pete and the Pirates | February 17 | 7 listens | 05/31/08 |
| 2 | | The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In | Thee Oh Seas | April 8 | 4 listens | 12/13/08 |
| 3 | | A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night | Love is All | November 11 | 3 listens | 12/13/08 |
| 4 | | Distortion | The Magnetic Fields | January 15 | 8 listens | 12/13/08 |
| 5 | | Who's In Your Dreams (EP) | Strawberry Whiplash | January 29 | 3 listens | 05/31/08 |
| 6 | | Spark Large | Marching Band | August 5 | 2 listens | 11/23/08 |
| 7 | | Tour de Hearts | Friska Viljor | June 3 | 2 listens | 11/27/08 |
| 8 | | Falling Off the Lavender Bridge | Lightspeed Champion | February 5 | 3 listens | 12/13/08 |
| 9 | | Hold On Now, Youngster | Los Campesinos! | April 1 | 4 listens | 05/15/08 |
| 10 | | This is Ivy League | This is Ivy League | April 1 | 2 listens | 11/24/08 |
| 11 | | We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed | Los Campesinos! | November 25 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 12 | | The Midnight Organ Fight | Frightened Rabbit | April 15 | 3 listens | 12/13/08 |
| 13 | | Exit | Shugo Tokumaru | September 2 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 14 | | Youth Novels | Lykke Li | August 19 | 1 listen | 02/21/09 |
| 15 | | Jim | Jamie Lidell | April 29 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 16 | | This is Not the World | The Futureheads | June 3 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 17 | | Girls and Weather | The Rumble Strips | July 22 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 18 | | Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust | Sigur Ros | June 24 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 19 | | I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too | Martha Wainwright | June 10 | 2 listens | 12/05/08 |
| 20 | | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | January 29 | 5 listens | 05/31/08 |
| 21 | | Ten Years Younger (EP) | Bubblegum Lemonade | January 29 | 3 listens | 05/31/08 |
| 22 | | Here Comes the Wind | Envelopes | February 19 | 3 listens | 12/09/08 |
| 23 | | A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden | These United States | March 4 | 2 listens | 08/03/08 |
| 24 | | Songs in A&E | Spiritualized | May 26 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 25 | | Alphabet Graveyard | Gentlemen Auction House | July 22 | 1 listen | 12/01/08 |
| 26 | | Nouns | No Age | May 6 | 2 listens | 12/20/08 |
| 27 | | Welcome to the Welcome Wagon | Welcome Wagon | December 9 | 1 listen | 01/02/09 |
| 28 | | Surf City (EP) | Surf City | November 25 | 1 listen | 02/07/09 |
| 29 | | Ty Segall | Ty Segall | December 9 | 1 listen | 03/07/09 |
| 30 | | Do It! | Clinic | April 8 | 3 listens | 05/15/08 |
| 31 | | Arm's Way | Islands | May 20 | 3 listens | 12/13/08 |
| 32 | | o | Tilly and the Wall | June 17 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 33 | | The Supreme Genius King Khan and The Shrines * | King Khan and The Shrines | June 17 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 34 | | At Mount Zoomer | Wolf Parade | June 17 | 3 listens | 07/09/08 |
| 35 | | Migration | Sambassadeur | January 22 | 2 listens | 03/02/08 |
| 36 | | Red Yellow & Blue | Born Ruffians | March 4 | 2 listens | 04/25/08 |
| 37 | | Visiter | The Dodos | March 18 | 2 listens | 04/25/08 |
| 38 | | Moonbeams | Throw Me the Statue | February 19 | 2 listens | 08/03/08 |
| 39 | | Electronic Projects for Musicians | The Apples in Stereo | April 1 | 2 listens | 05/31/08 |
| 40 | | Rabbit Habits | Man Man | April 8 | 3 listens | 12/20/08 |
| 41 | | Voume One | She & Him | March 18 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 42 | | We Brace Bee Stings and All | Thao | January 29 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 43 | | In Ear Park | Department of Eagles | October 7 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 44 | | Susan's in the Sky | Bubblegum Lemonade | September 2 | 1 listen | 11/15/08 |
| 45 | | This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That... | Marnie Stern | October 7 | 2 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 46 | | Acid Tongue | Jenny Lewis | September 23 | 1 listen | 12/15/08 |
| 47 | | IV | Nerf Herder | April 29 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 48 | | Airing of Grievances | Titus Andronicus | May 13 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 49 | | Stay Positive | The Hold Steady | July 15 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 50 | | Chemical Chords | Stereolab | August 19 | 2 listens | 11/23/08 |
| 51 | | No Deliverance | Toadies | August 19 | 2 listens | 11/23/08 |
| 52 | | The Week That Was | The Week That Was | August 17 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 53 | | Now or Heaven | The Broken West | September 9 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 54 | | The Family Afloat | Bound Stems | September 9 | 2 listens | 11/26/08 |
| 55 | | It's Time! Singles & Eps 2005-08 * | caUSE co-MOTION | October 28 | 2 listens | 12/02/08 |
| 56 | | (Well You Know) Stuff is Like We Yeah! | 22-Pistepirkko | March 25 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 57 | | The Stand-Ins | Okkervil River | September 9 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 58 | | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | David Byrne & Brian Eno | August 18 | 1 listen | 12/01/08 |
| 59 | | Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea | Silver Jews | June 16 | 1 listen | 12/15/08 |
| 60 | | Receivers | Parts and Labor | October 21 | 1 listen | 01/19/09 |
| 61 | | Japanese Motors | Japanese Motors | October 7 | 1 listen | 02/21/09 |
| 62 | | Lust Lust Lust | The Raveonettes | February 19 | 2 listens | 04/26/08 |
| 63 | | Walk It Off | Tapes 'n Tapes | April 8 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 64 | | Third | Portisehead | April 29 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 65 | | Strawberry Weed | Caesers | August 19 | 2 listens | 11/24/08 |
| 66 | | The Rhumb Line | Ra Ra Riot | August 19 | 2 listens | 11/24/08 |
| 67 | | The Whitsundays | The Whitsundays | January 22 | 3 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 68 | | Real Emotional Trash | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | March 4 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 69 | | Consolers of the Lonely | The Raconteurs | March 25 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 70 | | Narrow Stairs | Death Cab for Cutie | May 13 | 2 listens | 11/02/08 |
| 71 | | I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke and Laura | PAS/CAL | July 22 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 72 | | Not Animal | Margot & The Nuclear So & So's | October 7 | 2 listens | 11/26/08 |
| 73 | | A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation | The Wombats | June 24 | 2 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 74 | | Alpinisms | School of Seven Bells | October 28 | 1 listen | 12/01/08 |
| 75 | | The Devil, You + Me | The Notwist | June 17 | 1 listen | 01/01/09 |
| 76 | | Lucky | Nada Surf | February 5 | 3 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 77 | | Directions to See a Ghost | The Black Angels | May 13 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 78 | | Something for All of Us | Brendan Canning | July 22 | 2 listens | 11/22/08 |
| 79 | | You & Me | The Walkmen | August 19 | 2 listens | 11/23/08 |
| 80 | | EP | Crystal Antlers | October 7 | 2 listens | 11/24/08 |
| 81 | | The Wishes and the Glitch | Say Hi | February 5 | 3 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 82 | | Oracular Spectacular | MGMT | January 22 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 83 | | Attack & Release | The Black Keys | April 1 | 2 listens | 11/02/08 |
| 84 | | Konk | The Kooks | April 15 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 85 | | Sea From Shore | School of Language | February 5 | 2 listens | 11/25/08 |
| 86 | | Diamond Hoo Ha | Supergrass | June 10 | 2 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 87 | | Skeletal Lamping | Of Montreal | October 21 | 2 listens | 12/02/08 |
| 88 | | Crimes | These United States | September 23 | 2 listens | 11/30/08 |
| 89 | | Explosion | White Denim | October 19 | 2 listens | 12/03/08 |
| 90 | | Heart On | Eagles of Death Metal | October 28 | 1 listen | 12/01/08 |
| 91 | | Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It | Oppenheimer | June 3 | 1 listen | 01/01/09 |
| 92 | | Pershing | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | April 8 | 1 listen | 01/02/09 |
| 93 | | Do You Like Rock Music? | British Sea Power | February 12 | 4 listens | 11/11/08 |
| 94 | | For Emma, Forever Ago | Bon Iver | February 19 | 2 listens | 04/11/08 |
| 95 | | Heretic Pride | The Mountain Goats | February 19 | 2 listens | 11/09/08 |
| 96 | | Roll With You | Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves | April 29 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 97 | | Olly Oxen Free | Mason Proper | September 23 | 2 listens | 11/30/08 |
| 98 | | Vivian Girls | Vivian Girls | September 30 | 2 listens | 11/30/08 |
| 99 | | Parallax Error Beheads You | Max Tundra | October 13 | 2 listens | 12/06/08 |
| 100 | | The Evening Descends | Evangelicals | January 22 | 3 listens | 11/11/08 |
| 101 | | Sea Lion | The Ruby Suns | March 4 | 3 listens | 11/02/08 |
| 102 | | These Are the Good Times People | The Presidents of the United States of America | March 11 | 3 listens | 10/04/08 |
| 103 | | Accelerate | R.E.M. | April 1 | 2 listens | 10/04/08 |
| 104 | | Sun Giant (EP) | Fleet Foxes | April 8 | 2 listens | 09/26/08 |
| 105 | | Le Genie Humain | Orwell | February 12 | 2 listens | 11/15/08 |
| 106 | | Trouble in Dreams | Destroyer | March 18 | 2 listens | 11/09/08 |
| 107 | | Santogold | Santogold | April 29 | 2 listens | 11/02/08 |
| 108 | | We Started Nothing | The Ting Tings | June 3 | 2 listens | 09/27/08 |
| 109 | | In the Future | Black Mountain | January 22 | 2 listens | 10/04/08 |
| 110 | | Dear Science | TV on the Radio | September 23 | 2 listens | 11/30/08 |
| 111 | | Evil Urges | My Morning Jacket | June 10 | 2 listens | 11/30/08 |
| 112 | | Some Racing, Some Stopping | Headlights | February 19 | 2 listens | 10/04/08 |
| 113 | | Weezer (Red Album) | Weezer | June 3 | 2 listens | 09/27/08 |
| 114 | | No, Virginia... | The Dresden Dolls | May 20 | 1 listen | 09/26/08 |
| 115 | | Como Te Llama? | Albert Hammond, Jr. | July 8 | 1 listen | 11/01/08 |
| 116 | | 4 | Dungen | September 30 | 1 listen | 12/01/08 |
| 117 | | No Way Down | Air France | June 17 | 1 listen | 01/02/09 |
| 118 | | Get Awkward | Be Your Own Pet | March 18 | 2 listens | 05/12/08 |
| 119 | | Nobody Beats Me | L'Orchidée d'Hawaï | May 6 | 2 listens | 09/27/08 |
| 120 | | Saturdays=Youth | M83 | April 15 | 2 listens | 12/02/08 |
| 121 | | Modern Guilt | Beck | July 8 | 3 listens | 11/02/08 |
| 122 | | Slick Dogs and Ponies | Louis XIV | January 29 | 2 listens | 09/26/08 |
| 123 | | The Age of the Understatement | The Last Shadow Puppets | May 6 | 2 listens | 09/26/08 |
| 124 | | The Bedlam in Goliath | The Mars Volta | January 29 | 1 listen | 09/26/08 |
| 125 | | Rip It Off | Times New Viking | January 22 | 2 listens | 09/26/08 |
| 126 | | Mountain Battles | The Breeders | April 8 | 2 listens | 09/26/08 |
| 127 | | The Seldom Seen Kid | Elbow | April 22 | 0 listens | |
| 128 | | Missles | The Dears | October 21 | 0 listens | |
| 129 | | Alopecia | Why? | March 11 | 0 listens | |
| 130 | | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | June 3 | 0 listens | |
| 131 | | Shallow Grave | The Tallest Man on Earth | April 8 | 0 listens | |
| 132 | | She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke | The Dutchess and the Duke | July 8 | 0 listens | |
| 133 | | Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes | The Music Tapes | August 19 | 0 listens | |
| 134 | | Ropechain | Grampa Jookabox | November 4 | 0 listens | |
| 135 | | US E.Z. | Sic Alps | July 15 | 0 listens | |
| 136 | | Re-arrange Us | Mates of State | May 20 | 0 listens | |
| 137 | | Retribution Gospel Choir | Retribution Gospel Choir | March 18 | 0 listens | |