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Interns’ Picks: Top Albums and Singles of 2008

12/24/08, 11:55 am EST

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 – “Acid Tongue”
Bon Iver – “Skinny Love”
Britney Spears – “Womanizer”


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Anonymous | 12/24/2008, 12:42 pm EST

Your interns do not know a damn thing about quality albums.

Anonymous | 12/24/2008, 12:53 pm EST

The future looks awfully grim if the next generation of rock writers think Fleet Foxes made the best album of the year. Zzzzzzzz….

You are both wrong | 12/24/2008, 2:17 pm EST

This is one of the first year-end lists that I’ve seen Portishead included on.

I say well done.

M. | 12/24/2008, 7:10 pm EST

At least someone can make a good list!

Anonymous | 12/24/2008, 8:48 pm EST

I disagree with the negative comments. Not only do the interns have amazing taste in music, I have it on record that they’re all ridiculously good-looking

anne ngwaiata | 12/24/2008, 8:53 pm EST

WOO TRACY

Shaina | 12/24/2008, 11:43 pm EST

Tracy, did you vote Conor Oberst? I bet you did and I agree 100000000%.

Kyosti | 12/24/2008, 11:55 pm EST

well pretty much what ive expected, but you never see anything more underground on Rolling Stone’s lists…Still like those artists, but still…PitchFork has some pretty good lists. BTW Portishead third should have been on the Rollingstone’s list of best albums. Very good album

Anonymous | 12/25/2008, 1:11 am EST

No best split 7″? Come on…Iron Lung//Hatred Surge. Don’t pussy out on me.

Anonymous | 12/25/2008, 6:26 am EST

soo has anyone ever heard of radiohead? i heard inrainbows was alright. maybe it should fucking be on this fucking list. then again britney womanizer is a damn good song which is so fucking predictable. thanks mainstream and thank you rolling stones interns for your great taste and marketing influenced ratings.

Anonymous | 12/25/2008, 6:29 am EST

where is radiohead?

Anonymous | 12/25/2008, 12:09 pm EST

dear anonymous, in rainbows became available in 2007, fuck off

well, | 12/25/2008, 12:15 pm EST

i don’t understand the negative comments on this post. sure these are predictable choices, but they are predictable for a reason.

In Rainbows | 12/25/2008, 12:21 pm EST

Came out in 2007 you frigging morons.

radiohead | 12/27/2008, 2:22 am EST

is crap!!! go get some taste you bloody fucks

Rockgod | 12/27/2008, 6:00 pm EST

Here is a list of good music from 08……very nice list

ralph | 12/28/2008, 12:07 pm EST

In Rainbows was released digitally in 2007, but the physical product came out in 2008.

chris | 12/29/2008, 4:38 am EST

for those who are bitching about in rainbows… DEAL WITH IT!

Radiohead is overrated

Anonymous | 1/3/2009, 11:44 pm EST

you guys are creppy. and so are the interns. creepily stupid.

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