The Best Albums of 2008

This page last updated on May 12, 2008.

John Metzger's Top Albums of 2008

1) Radiohead - In Rainbows

2) Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers

3) James McMurtry - Just Us Kids

4) A.A. Bondy - American Hearts

5) Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8

6) Steve Winwood - Nine Lives

7) Van Morrison - Keep It Simple

8) Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited

9) Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans

10) Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

11) Tift Merritt - Another Country

12) Kate Walsh - Tim's House

13) Patty Larkin - Watch the Sky

14) Toumast - Ishumar

15) Willie Nelson - Moment of Forever

16) The Wood Brothers - Loaded

17) Moby - Last Night

18) Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream about Swimming Across the Sea

19) Richard Julian - Saturday Morning in Sunday's Shoes

20) Kate Maki - On High

21) Kris Delmhorst - Shotgun Singer

22) Marian McPartland - Twilight World

23) Ray Bonneville - Goin' By Feel

24) Shawn Mullins - Honeydew

25) Victor Wooten - Palmystery

26) Bob Frank - Red Neck, Blue Collar

27) George Strait - Troubadour

28) BoDeans - Still

29) The Cat Empire - So Many Nights

30) moe. - Sticks and Stones

Best Boxed Sets (3 or More CDs/DVDs)

None Reviewed.

Best Reissues

1) Carole King - Tapestry: Legacy Edition

2) Michael Jackson - Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition

3) Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust: Legacy Edition

4) Lisa Loeb - The Purple Tape

5) Wynton Marsalis - Standards & Ballads

6) Electric Light Orchestra - The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, Volume 2: Ticket to the Moon

Best Live Albums / DVDs

1) Grateful Dead - Road Trips Vol. 1, No. 2: October '77

2) Chick Corea & Gary Burton - The New Crystal Silence

3) Albert Collins - Live at Montreux: 1992

4) Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969

5) B.B. King - Live

6) Horace Silver - Live at Newport '58

7) Donovan - The Donovan Concert: Live in L.A.

8) Anthony Gomes - Live

9) New York Dolls - Live at the Fillmore East: December 28 & 29, 2007

10) The Clash - The Clash Live: Revolution Rock

Best Holiday Outings / Reissues / Compilations

None Reviewed.

Best Documentaries / Films

Kurt Cobain - Kurt Cobain: About a Son

Notable Enhanced Audio Releases

With the advent of DVD-Audio, SACD, and DualDisc technology, music
making — both past and present — has taken on a whole new dimension.
Classic efforts are being re-mixed and newer outings are being recorded
from an entirely different perspective. These are some of the most notable
reissues and releases of 2008.

None Reviewed.

Music for Children

None Reviewed.

Books

None Reviewed.

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