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Interns’ Picks: Top Albums and Singles of 2008

 

Published 12/24/2008 by Rolling Stone at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

You’ve read Rolling Stone ’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s how our army of interns ranked the year’s best: Albums of the Year Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes The Black Keys - Attack & Release Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend Beck - Modern Guilt Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Conor Oberst My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends The Hold Steady - Stay Positive Portishead - Third Singles of the Year Fleet Foxes - “White Winter Hymnal” Santogold - “LES Artists” Cat Power - “I Believe In Your” The Black Keys - “Strange Times” Kings of Leon - “Sex on Fire” Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - “Souled Out!!!” Kanye West - “Heartless” Jenny Lewis - ... (link)

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