http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2008.shtml
The ranking as it stands as of this posting:
Rank Bitrate Artist Album
1 ~200 Amadou & Mariam Welcome to Mali
2 ~170 The Bug London Zoo
3 320 Plush Fed
4 192 TV On The Radio Dear Science
5 320 Neil Young Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House
6 192 Shugo Tokumaru Exit
7 ~200 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
8 ~200 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
9 320 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
10 320 Hercules and Love Affair Hercules and Love Affair
11 192 Robyn Robyn
12 ~250 Fennesz Black Sea
13 ~250 Steinski What Does It All Mean?
14 320 Randy Newman Harps amd Angels
15 ~230 Protest The Hero Fortress
16 320 Shearwater Rook
17 ~220 Harvey Milk Life... The Best Game In Town
18 256 Portishead Third
19 ~220 The Hold Steady Stay Positive
20 ~190 Kasai Allstars In the 7th Moon...
21 ~180 Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista
22 ~200 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life
23 ~170 The Music Tapes Music Tapes For Clouds and Tornadoes
24 256 Teddy Thompson A Piece of What You Need
25 ~220 Sam Phillips Don't Do Anything
26 320 B. B. King One Kind Favor
27 ~230 Alejandro Escovedo Real Animal
28 256 Q-Tip The Rennaissance
29 192 Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark
30 ~200 Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed