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NME likes MGMT, British bands in their Top Ten albums of 2008 list

11:22 a.m. · December 11, 2008 · by Andrew Winistorfer

NME has released the top fifth of their albums of the year list on their website, and the results shouldn't surprise anyone who has traipsed by the NME.com in the last 12 months: MGMT's Oracular Spectacular has claimed the top spot.

And also unsurprisingly, British bands dominate the list, with Glasvegas, Metronomy, Foals, Friendly Fires and Mystery Jets making the top ten. Plus, you might as well toss in Kings of Leon into that pile, since they're way bigger in the U.K., and the NME loves that band more than any American magazine will ever allow itself to.

TV on the Radio's Dear Science, and Vampire Weekend and Santogold's self-titled debuts round out the top ten. Here's the list in order:

10 Friendly Fires

09 Kings of Leon- Only By The Night

08 Mystery Jets- 21

07 Santogold 

06 Metronomy- Nights Out

05 Foals- Antidotes

04 Vampire Weekend

03 Glasvegas

02 TV on the Radio- Dear Science

01 MGMT- Oracular Spectacular

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