The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 11 December 2008. It was the 37th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com. [1]
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| Track | Artist | Country of origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kids" | | ||
| 2 | "Geraldine" | |||
| 3 | "Two Doors Down" | |||
| 4 | "Time to Pretend" | MGMT | | |
| 5 | "Electric Feel" | MGMT | | |
| 6 | "Heartbreaker" | |||
| 7 | "Paris" | |||
| 8 | "Paper Planes" | |||
| 9 | "Sex on Fire" | | ||
| 10 | "A-Punk" | | ||
| 11 | "Love Is Noise" | |||
| 12 | "Ready for the Floor" | |||
| 13 | "One Day like This" | |||
| 14 | "Kiss with a Fist" | |||
| 15 | "Paris Is Burning" | | ||
| 16 | "The Shock of the Lightning" | |||
| 17 | "Soul on Fire" | |||
| 18 | "Blind" | | ||
| 19 | "I'm Outta Time" | Oasis | ||
| 20 | "Bruises" | | ||
| 21 | "Golden Age" | | ||
| 22 | "Standing Next to Me" | |||
| 23 | "Year of the Pig" | | ||
| 24 | "L.E.S. Artistes" | | ||
| 25 | "Young Love" | |||
| 26 | "Headdress" | | ||
| 27 | "The Age of the Understatement" | The Last Shadow Puppets | ||
| 28 | "Grounds for Divorce" | Elbow | ||
| 29 | "Township Funk" | |||
| 30 | "Dog Days Are Over" | Florence and the Machine | ||
| 31 | "Ghosts" | Laura Marling | ||
| 32 | "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" | | ||
| 33 | "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" | Vampire Weekend | | |
| 34 | "Space and the Woods" | |||
| 35 | "Back of the Van" | Ladyhawke | | |
| 36 | "Stuck on Repeat" | |||
| 37 | "Wearing My Rolex" | |||
| 38 | "Black and Gold" | | ||
| 39 | "Oxford Comma" | Vampire Weekend | | |
| 40 | "We're Back" | | ||
| 41 | "Dance wiv Me" | Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome | ||
| 42 | "Focker" | Late of the Pier | ||
| 43 | "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" | Glasvegas | ||
| 44 | "Courtship Dating" | | ||
| 45 | "Crimewave" | / | ||
| 46 | "Batcat" | |||
| 47 | "Machine Gun" | |||
| 48 | "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" | | ||
| 49 | "Flowers & Football Tops" | Glasvegas | ||
| 50 | "Oh My God" | |
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