
Data gathered from pitchforkmedia.com, wikipedia.org, discogs.com and allmusic.com.
Where multiple release dates existed the earliest was used.
Genre was determined by the first style listed for the track’s artist at allmusic.com.
Where that was not available genre was determined by pitchforkmedia.com and/or the artist’s myspace page.
Pitchfork Media’s 100 Best Tracks of 2008 can be found here.
Corrections are welcome.





19 Comments »
I wish we had something like this for ads that came out in 2008.
I love all this stuff, it’s fantastic by the way. Like visual porn, you know!
Andrea 01.28.09So Paul Westerberg’s 49:00 wasn’t considered one track or do Pitchfork have something against Paul Westerberg?
Y. K. 01.28.09@Andrea: All porn is visual.
rocco 01.28.09@rocco google ‘porn for the blind’ :)
Andrea 01.29.09destroy indies
viktro 01.29.09indie rock is not a genre.
jamesey 01.29.09Why would you use a pie chart for genre?
DStingray 01.29.09@ Y.K.
It’s a comparison on the 100 BEST songs, not the 100 DOUCHE songs
DW 01.29.09Ugh, look at all that indie rock GARBAGE!!!! Let it die already!
Corb 01.30.09yes, indie rock IS a genre.
Corb 01.30.09That genre chart has a really narrow range. Half of it is just subgenres of indie rock. : /
lolrofl 01.30.09Indie rock is so fucking gay, every fan thinks is so fucking special and unique. Fuck that this shit is multiplied every year, and now more than ever in the public eye. I know a guy who listens to MGMT who’s favorite band it TI fuck you! Heavy Metal will never die! Eat shit nigger!
Jarad 01.30.09Dissecting hip. Love it.
Arajay 01.30.09isn’t allmusic’s genre labels really more of concern? and post-punk revival is a genre. indie rock is like an umbrella.
jadenguy 01.30.09ah. Spring is in the air.
andy 01.30.09ironically, i bet most of the “indie rock” as a genre on their top 100 was actually released by a major label or a label with major affiliations, ownership, or distribution.
slim 01.31.09jadenguy – allmusic.coms genre labels are much too broad to be interesting, at least in my opinion.
slim – wait a few days and see your implied question answered.
dorothy 02.02.09I like this pie chart.
I also like pie.
Do you have a pie chart, that shows the 100 best pies, as rated by pie charts ?
I don’t care for charts, really .
mikey 02.02.09Can anyone tell me what software was made to build these charts?
jenniferc@gmail.com if you know please!
Slot Cars 03.08.09COMMENT?