AllMusic’s Favorite Country Albums of 2008
December 15th, 2008 | 4:03 pm est |
Trace Adkins – X
Bobby Bare – Bare/Sleeper Wherever I Fall
Dierks Bentley – Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory
Glen Campbell – Meet Glen Campbell
Hayes Carll – Trouble in Mind
Carlene Carter – Stronger
Rodney Crowell – Sex and Gasoline
Lefty Frizzell – Steppin’ Out: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe/Touch ‘Em with Love
Merle Haggard – Hag: Concepts, Live & the Strangers — The Capitol Recordings 1968-1976
Rebecca Lynn Howard – No Rules
Alan Jackson – Good Time
Toby Keith – 35 Biggest Hits
Hal Ketchum – Father Time
Robyn Ludwick – Too Much Desire
Skeets McDonald – Heart Breakin’ Mama: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Frankie Miller – Blackland Farmer: The Complete Starday Recordings
John Michael Montgomery – Time Flies
Willie Nelson – One Hell of a Ride (Box Set)
Buck Owens – Act Naturally: The Buck Owens Recordings 1953-1964
Brad Paisley – Play: The Guitar Album
Reckless Kelly – Bulletproof
Sugarland – Love on the Inside
Mack Vickery – Live at the Alabama Women’s Prison
Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters – Cold Hard Facts of Life (Bear Family)
Hank Williams – The Unreleased Recordings
Lee Ann Womack – Call Me Crazy
Great list, but wish that Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” made it! :) One of my favorite country albums of the year.
A lot of those are reissues/ Greatest Hits.
Nice to see Buck Owens and Merle Haggard on here, as well as Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack. I would have added “Leaving Town” by Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, even though it is technically Bluegrass.
Also, “Sleepless Nights” by Patty Loveless and “Around the Bend” by Randy Travis were good cds.
Ryan Bingham’s ‘Mescalito’ was an overlooked gem. Either had to be here or in Americana. Nice list though, Thanks!
What about hank 3 ?
HANK III is the most underappreciated and over looked country musician around today.
What about Ashton Shepherd? Album of the year, in any genre!
Nice. Banger > Taylor Swift + Mom Jeans