This best of list was originally posted on AbsolutePunk.net in 2008. It has been brought over to Chorus.fm for posterity.
- Astronautalis – Pomegranate
- Lydia – Illuminate
- The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
- Augustana – Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
- Fall Out Boy – Folie a Deux
- Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
- Good Old War – Only Way to Be Alone
- City and Colour – Bring Me Your Love
- Jack’s Mannequin – The Glass Passenger
- House of Heroes – The End is Not the End
- Joshua Radin – Simple Times
- The Living End – White Noise
- Copeland – You Are My Sunshine
- The New Frontiers – Mending
- Thrice – Alchemy Index, Vols. 3 & 4: Air & Earth
- Wolftron – Flesh & Fears
- Anberlin – New Surrender
- Now, Now Every Children – Cars
- The Narrative – Just Say Yes
- The Reign of Kindo – Rhythm, Chord, and Melody
- The Matches – A Band in Hope
- Right Away, Great Captain – The Eventually Home
- Straylight Run – EP
- Rise Against – Appeal to Reason
- Tiger Lou – Partial Print
- My Favorite Highway – How to Call a Bluff
- Panic at the Disco – Pretty. Odd.
- Valencia – We All Need a Reason to Believe
- E for Explosion – Reinventing the Heartbeat
- Underoath – Lost in the Sound of Separation
This article was originally published on AbsolutePunk.net