The 10 best records of 2008: The Times (online)

1 FLEET FOXES Fleet Foxes (Bella Union) 

2 CUT COPY In Ghost Colours (Modular) 

3 PAUL WELLER 22 Dreams (Island) 

4 NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute)

5 BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago (4AD) 

6 AIDAN JOHN MOFFAT I Can Hear Your Heart (Chemikal Underground) 

7 AL GREEN Lay It Down (Blue Note) 

8 KANYE WEST: 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-a-Fella/Mercury)

9 REM Accelerate (Warner Bros) 

10 MY MORNING JACKET Evil Urges (Rough Trade)