Pitchfork Presents: The 100 Best Tracks of 2008

~ Recording series

Recordings

#NameArtistISRCsRatingLength
1BlindHercules and Love Affair
46:18
2White Winter HymnalFleet Foxes
4.22:27
3Ready for the FloorHot Chip
3.753:52
4L.E.S. ArtistesSantogold
4.53:25
5Kim & JessieM83
4.55:23
6Nothing Ever HappenedDeerhunter
4.55:50
7Hearts on FireCut Copy
4:52
8Collapsing at Your DoorstepAir France
44:34
9Machine GunPortishead
4:43
10American Boy (amended album version)Estelle feat. Kanye West
4:45
11Strange OvertonesDavid Byrne & Brian Eno
34:16
12Out There on the IceCut Copy
4:58
13Flashing LightsKanye West
3:58
14A Milli (explicit)Lil Wayne
3.43:42
15SabaliAmadou & Mariam
53:17
16Run to Your GraveThe Mae Shi
3:53
17Wearing My RolexWiley
2:53
18Black RiceWomen
53:15
19Where Do You Run ToVivian Girls
33:14
20Happy House (original)The Juan MacLean
12:39
21Hercules ThemeHercules and Love Affair
4:30
22Lights OutSantogold
4.53:12
23Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)Beyoncé
4.353:13
24House JamGang Gang Dance
4.354:45
25Constructive SummerThe Hold Steady
32:57
26In the New YearThe Walkmen
34:22
27No Matter WhatT.I.
4:42
28Eraser (album version)No Age
2:41
29M79Vampire Weekend
3.54:16
30Time to PretendMGMT
4.34:21
31WhispersAeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond
6:54
32Untrust UsCrystal Castles
4.253:06
34Sweet Love for Planet EarthFuck Buttons
4.59:41
35The Snow LeopardShearwater
55:08
36I Couldn't Say It to Your FaceArthur Russell
32:36
37Royal FlushBig Boi feat. André 3000 & Raekwon
53:15
38DLZTV on the Radio
4.53:48
39Love LockdownKanye West
4.154:31
40Live Your LifeT.I. feat. Rihanna
5:41
41Sleeper Hold (album version)No Age
52:26
42Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
54:12
43Entropy Reigns (in the Celestial City)Kelley Polar
4:58
44One Pure ThoughtHot Chip
4:53
45Shake That DevilAntony and the Johnsons
5:19
46Graveyard GirlM83
4.354:51
47FascinationAlphabeat
3.63:02
48Soul on FireSpiritualized
4:08
49Always Wanting MoreJay Reatard
2:11
50Cable DazedInvisible Conga People
6:11
51Golden AgeTV on the Radio
4.654:11
52Enfants (Chants)Ricardo Villalobos
17:05
53BeckyBe Your Own Pet
53:00
54Little BitLykke Li
4:40
55Love in This ClubUsher feat. Young Jeezy
2.254:20
56Oxford CommaVampire Weekend
3.853:16
58I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates MeAnnie
3:08
59FoolsThe Dodos
4:43
60Courtship DatingCrystal Castles
43:30
61Gettin’ UpQ‐Tip
53:18
62LuckyThe Tough Alliance
2:55
63KamphopoThe Very Best
2:56
64Golden Cage (Fred Falke remix)The Whitest Boy Alive
58:17
65Which SongMax Tundra
5:22
66Dance, Dance, DanceLykke Li
33:41
67Put On (explicit)Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
55:21
68RibbonsFour Tet
5:22
69The RipPortishead
4:33
70Don’t Stop the Music (album version)Rihanna
3.954:27
71GobbledigookSigur Rós
43:05
72Blue Ridge MountainsFleet Foxes
4.54:26
73A & EGoldfrapp
3:15
74The KramerWale
4:13
75Stuck on RepeatLittle Boots
56:54
76DVNO (radio edit)Justice
3:11
77I Can't Stand ItTelepathe
5:13
78The Modern LeperFrightened Rabbit
53:48
79Oh My GodIda Maria
3:15
80Poison Dart (original mix)The Bug feat. Warrior Queen
56:14
81Wishing WellLove Is All
2:45
82Sandcastle DiscoSolange
4:28
83Upon Viewing Brueghel's "Landscape With the Fall of Icarus"Titus Andronicus
4.54:25
84GilaBeach House
4:46
8516th StageOsborne
8:18
86Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks (Album Version)Los Campesinos!
54:29
87UntouchedThe Veronicas
4.354:14
88Things Are Gonna Get EasierLow Motion Disco
6:15
89Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)Ponytail
7:00
90Message From the LawSic Alps
2:34
91All I Wanna DoJamie Lidell
25:13
92I Need a Life (Four Tet remix)Born Ruffians
8:27
93River CardAtlas Sound
3:20
95Paris (Aeroplane remix)Friendly Fires feat. Au Revoir Simone
7:45
96Walking on a DreamEmpire of the Sun
3.653:16
97Sound of KuduroBuraka Som Sistema feat. DJ Znóbia, M.I.A., Saborosa & Puto Prata
3:34
98The Nun’s LitanyThe Magnetic Fields
32:58
99The ButcherOwen Pallett
4:12
100Hellhole RatraceGirls
4.56:56

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