Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2008 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2008, these are the rest of the best electronic/synth pop tracks of 2008. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2007 and November 30, 2008.

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1. Bloc Party “Mercury” Intimacy (Atlantic)

2. Hot Chip “Bendable Posable” Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)

3. Hot Chip “Wrestlers” Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)

4. MGMT “Electric Feel” Oracular Spectacular (Red Ink/Columbia)

5. The Streets “I Love You More (Than You Like Me)” Everything Is Borrowed (Vice)

6. The Streets “The Sherry End” Everything Is Borrowed (Vice)

7. Brazilian Girls “Losing Myself” New York City (Verve)

8. Robyn “Konichiwa Bitches” Robyn (Cherry Tree/Interscope)

9. Tricky “Veronika” Knowle West Boy (Domino)

10. The Faint “Forever Growing Centipedes” Fasciination (Blank.Wav)

11. Does It Offend You, Yeah? “We Are Rockstars” You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into (Sony)

12. Hot Chip “Shake A Fist” Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)

13. Hot Chip “Hold On” Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)

14. The Streets “The Way of the Dodo” Everything Is Borrowed (Vice)

15. Dizzee Rascal “Flex” Maths & English (Definitive Jux)

16. MGMT “Kids” Oracular Spectacular (Red Ink/Columbia)

17. Shy Child “Pressure To Come” Noise Won’t Stop (Kill Rock Stars)

18. Shy Child “Noise Won’t Stop” Noise Won’t Stop (Kill Rock Stars)

19. The Faint “Mirror Error” Fasciination (Blank.Wav)

20. Junkie XL “More” Booming Back At You (Nettwerk)

21. Junkie XL “Mad Pursuit” Booming Back At You (Nettwerk)

22. Kerli “Walking On Air” Love Is Dead (Island/Def Jam)

23. Santogold vs. Switch and FreQ Nasty “Creator” Santogold (Downtown)

24. Tricky “Bacative” Knowle West Boy (Domino)

25. Crystal Castles “Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. Health)” Crystal Castles (Lies/Last Gang)

26. Fujiya & Miyagi “Pussyfooting” Lightbulbs (Deaf Dumb & Blind)

27. Shy Child “Angel of Mercy” Noise Won’t Stop (Kill Rock Stars)

28. Shy Child “Astronaut” Noise Won’t Stop (Kill Rock Stars)

29. The Streets “Alleged Legends” Everything Is Borrowed (Vice)