Drumroll, please! If you missed our marathon countdown of WPRB’s top 103 releases of 2008 on New Year’s Eve, fret not. Here’s the full list, to satisfy your statistical/quantification needs.

The list was calculated by collecting our weekly Top 30 charts and assigning point values to each position. Ties were broken randomly by the computer.

Thanks to all of those who tuned in, shared their thoughts (by phone or other electronic means), or checked out the live webcam!

WPRB’s 103 RELEASES OF 2008

1 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark (DFA/EMI)
2 CRYSTAL CASTLES Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
3 THE DODOS Visiter (Frenchkiss)
4 HIGH PLACES High Places (Thrill Jockey)
5 RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (Self-released/XL)
6 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend (XL)
7 AWESOME COLOR Electric Aborigines (Ecstatic Peace!)
8 ENDLESS BOOGIE Focus Level (No Quarter)
9 OXFORD COLLAPSE Bits (Sub Pop)
10 RATATAT LP3 (XL)

11 STEREOLAB Chemical Chords (4AD)
12 LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold On Now, Youngster (Arts & Crafts)
13 SEBADOH Bubble And Scrape [Reissue] (Sub Pop/Domino)
14 XIU XIU Women As Lovers (Kill Rock Stars)
15 MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)
16 FUJIYA AND MIYAGI Lightbulbs (Deaf Dumb And Blind Communications)
17 DESTROYER Trouble In Dreams (Merge)
18 THROW ME THE STATUE Moonbeams (Secretly Canadian)
19 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Water Curses EP (Domino)
20 THE COOL KIDS The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries)

21 BISHOP ALLEN The Broken String (Dead Oceans)
22 KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The
Shrines (Vice)
23 DEERHUNTER Microcastle (Kranky)
24 THE RAVEONETTES Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
25 HEALTH Health (Lovepump United)
26 STEINSKI What Does It All Mean? 1983-2008 Retrospective (Illegal Art)
27 DAEDELUS Love To Make Music To (Ninja Tune)
28 WHITE WILLIAMS Smoke (Tigerbeat6)
29 FELIX DA HOUSECAT Virgo Blaktro And The Movie Disco (Nettwerk)
30 FLYING LOTUS Reset EP (Warp)

31 PONYTAIL Ice Cream Spiritual (We Are Free)
32 LADYTRON Velocifero (Nettwerk)
33 DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 (Virgin)
34 THE BLACK KEYS Attack And Release (Nonesuch)
35 EAT SKULL Sick To Death (Siltbreeze)
36 BEACH HOUSE Devotion (Carpark)
37 THE BREEDERS Mountain Battles (4AD)
38 THE HOLD STEADY Stay Positive (Vagrant)
39 THE WALKMEN You And Me (Gigantic)
40 THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN We Brave Bee Stings And All (Kill Rock Stars)

41 JUANA MOLINA Un Dia (Domino)
42 THE HIGH DECIBELS The High Decibels (Rolling Jack)
43 DINO FELIPE No Fun Demo (No Fun Productions)
44 DEFIANCE, OHIO The Fear, The Fear, The Fear (No Idea)
45 RODRIGUEZ Cold Fact (Light In The Attic)
46 ELF POWER In A Cave (Rykodisc)
47 DEERHOOF Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
48 THE FAINT Fasciinatiion (Blank.wav)
49 KOUSHIK Out My Window (Stones Throw)
50 THE CUTE LEPERS Can’t Stand Modern Music (Blackheart)

51 CSS Donkey (Sub Pop)
52 GANG GANG DANCE Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)
53 TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science (Interscope)
54 REEFER Reefer (Alphapup)
55 BLACK MOUNTAIN In The Future (Jagjaguwar)
56 STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Real Emotional Trash (Matador)
57 PAS/CAL I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura (Le Grand Magistery)
58 HIGH PLACES 3/07- 9/07 (Thrill Jockey)
59 CLINIC Do It! (Domino)
60 FIERY FURNACES Remember (Thrill Jockey)

61 DRY RIB Whose Last Trickle (Hyped2Death)
62 DR DOG Fate (Park The Van)
63 CYNE Pretty Dark Things (Hometapes)
64 GOLDFRAPP Seventh Tree (Mute)
65 CRYSTAL STILTS Crystal Stilts EP (Woodsist)
66 BURIAL Untrue (Hyperdub)
67 BOTTOMLESS PIT Hammer Of The Gods (Comedy Minus One)
68 THE A-SIDES Silver Storms (Vagrant)
69 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Anti-)
70 ABE VIGODA Skeleton (Post-Present Medium)

71 THE TEENAGERS Reality Check (XL)
72 DENGUE FEVER Venus On Earth (M80)
73 OF MONTREAL Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
74 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Scared Famous (Human Ear)
75 VARIOUS ARTISTS You Don’t Know: Ninja Cuts (Ninja Tune)
76 SHE AND HIM Volume One (Merge)
77 NO AGE Nouns (Sub Pop)
78 HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Hercules And Love Affair (DFA/Mute)
79 THE CONSTANTINES Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
80 BOYS NOIZE Oi Oi Oi Remixed (Last Gang)

81 THE NOTWIST The Devil, You And Me (Domino)
82 EGO SUMMIT The Room Isn’t Big Enough (Old3C)
83 CAT POWER Jukebox (Matador)
84 BEIRUT The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing)
85 TILLY AND THE WALL o (Team Love)
86 THE RUBY SUNS Sea Lion (Sub Pop)
87 PHOSPHORESCENT Pride (Dead Oceans)
88 PANDA RIOT She Dares All Things (Self released)
89 OXFORD COLLAPSE The Hann-Byrd EP (Comedy Minus One)
90 TOKYO POLICE CLUB Smith EP (Paper Bag)

91 THE MAGNETIC FIELDS Distortion (Nonesuch)
92 AU Verbs (Aagoo)
93 BLACK DICE Load Blown (Paw Tracks)
94 SBACH Sbach (Suicide Squeeze)
95 PUBLIC RECORD Public Record (High Two)
96 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Flight Of The Conchords (Sub Pop)
97 THE LINES Memory Span [Reissue] (Acute )
98 THE DANDY WARHOLS Earth To The Dandy Warhols (Beat The World)
99 BILL CALLAHAN Woke On A Whaleheart (Drag City)
100 TIMES NEW VIKING Rip It Off (Matador)

101 FUCKED UP The Chemistry Of Common Life (Matador)
102 SPECTRUM MEETS CAPTAIN MEMPHIS Spectrum Meets Capain Memphis (Birdman)
103 FABULOUS DIAMONDS Fabulous Diamonds (Siltbreeze)

You can view the show’s playlist here! For those curious about countdown host Maria T’s personal favorites of 2008, check the playlist here.