AllMusic’s Favorite Pop/Rock Reissues of 2008
December 19th, 2008 | 1:45 pm est |
From the 8th through the 19th, the AllMusic Blog will be publishing our editors’ favorite albums of 2008. We’ll be covering well over a dozen genres and styles, from rap to reggae, R&B to electronic, country to Latin, blues to metal, folk to soundtracks, and several points in-between. Right now, on the AllMusic Blog, we take a look at our favorite pop/rock reissues of 2008. (Be sure to check our overall feature of new albums, reissues, and classical releases, as well as our editors’ individualized lists of favorite albums and songs.)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode: His Complete ’50s Chess Recordings
Big Dipper - Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology
Blue Ash - No More No Less
David Bowie - Live in Santa Monica ‘72
The Clash - Live at Shea Stadium
Commander Cody - The Early Years 1967-1970
Bo Diddley - Road Runner: The Chess Masters 1959-1960
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006
The Flamin’ Groovies - This Band Is Red Hot 1969-1979
Jim Ford - Point of No Return
Dallas Frazier - The R&B Sessions: Elvira/Tell It Like It Is!
Genesis - Genesis 1970-1975
Robyn Hitchcock - Luminous Groove
Jan & Dean - The Complete Liberty Singles
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
Billy Joel - The Stranger (30th Anniversary Legacy Edition)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (Bonus Tracks)
Manfred Mann - Hit Mann! The Essential Singles 1963-1969
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (Definitive Edition)
Mott the Hoople - Old Records Never Die: The Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter Anthology
The Move - Anthology 1966-1972
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (Deluxe Edition)
Pavement - Brighten the Corners (Nicene Creedence Edition)
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (Deluxe Edition)
R.E.M. - Murmur (Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition)
The Replacements - Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)
The Replacements - Tim (Expanded Edition)
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition)
Squeeze - Argybargy (Deluxe Edition)
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (Legacy Edition)
Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (Collector’s Edition)
Various Artists - A-Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan’s Legendary A-Square Records
Various Artists - The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 10: 1970
Various Artists - Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story
Various Artists - Titan: It’s All Pop!
OK, where is the Steinski “What Does It All Mean?” collection? That was one of the most important releases of the year hands down! It needs to be on this list!!!
Good to see Mudhoney. That is a fantastic reissue.
And thanks for reminding me of the A-Square release!
I’ll second Steinski. And what about Can’t Stop It! II: Australian Post-Punk 1979-84? Or the reissue of Touch by The Terminals? This list needs more music from the Southern Hemisphere.
Oh, and OMD’s Dazzle Ships was a necessary reissue, too. Such an underrated record.
The Ardent Records Story unearths gems from the Memphis garage band scene of the 60’s and the Memphis powerpop scene from the early 70’s. While there are alternate versions and unreleased tunes from the mighty Big Star the really pleasant surprise is the uniform excellence of almost all of the songs on this compilation.
This excellent compilation features the usually suspects such as Alex Chilton and Chris Bell but it also spotlights Terry Manning, Jim Dickinson, Cargoe,the Hot Dogs, Tommy Hoehn and the Scruffs.
What about the reissues of Laura Nyro’s “Nested”, or Red Box “The Cirlce and the Square”, or Frazier Chorus’s “Ray”, or The Shop Assistants, or Martha and the Muffins?
Hmm, if you’d only include one of the Burma reissues, Vs. would be the one. Signals, Calls & Marches is great catchy stuff, sure, but Vs. is the seven (out of 5) star album.