CMJ TOP 20: December 28, 2008
| 1. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping |
| 2. I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? |
| 3. David Byrne and Brian Eno - ENO Everything That Happens Will Happen Today |
| 4. The Decemberists - Always The Bridesmaid: A Singles Series |
| 5. Her Space Holiday - XOXO Panda, And The New Kid Revival |
| 6. School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms |
| 7. Dears - Missiles |
| 8. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed |
| 9. Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions |
| 10. Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads |
| 11. Bloc Party - Intimacy |
| 12. Love is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night |
| 13. TV On The Radio - Dear Science |
| 14. The Cure - 4:13 Dream |
| 15. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cardinology |
| 16. Eagles Of Death Metal - Heart On |
| 17. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt |
| 18. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls |
| 19. Anathallo - Canopy Glow |
| 20. Killers - Day and Age |