Staff Picks - Rachael Maddux (assistant editor)

Here's the list of my top albums of 2008, which I begrudgingly cobbled together after being told, no, I was not allowed to vote for last year's Everybodyfields album in all ten spots. Don't believe anyone who tells you music journalists have it easy! Life is hard.

1. She & Him - Volume One
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
4. Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
5. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
6. Hope For Agoldensummer - Ariadne Thread
7. Thao Nguyen - We Brave Bee Stings & All
8. Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
10. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst