As one of my non-humor asides, I like to update my top albums of the year list now and then. Here is my current chart, with many changes still likely to occur by December 31, with Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Brad Paisley, Two Cow Garage, AC/DC and Hank III releasing records before the end of the year. Feel free to comment with your favorites or you can just make fun of my musical taste.
1. Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
2. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
3. Hayes Carll - Trouble in Mind
4. Chris Knight - Heart of Stone
5. Sun Kil Moon - April
6. Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song
7. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
8. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
9. Fleet Foxes - s/t
10. Reckless Kelly - Bulletproof
11. Bruce Robison - The New World
12. Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life
13. The Steeldrivers - s/t
14. Blue Mountain - Midnight in Mississippi
15. Mudcrutch - s/t
16. Drag The River - You Can't Live This Way
17. Vampire Weekend
18. Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball
19. The Moondoggies - Don't Be a Stranger
20. Aaron Watson - Angels and Outlaws
21. Damien Jurado - Caught In The Trees
22. Metallica - Death Magnetic
23. Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher
24. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
25. The Black Crowes - Warpaint
26. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
27. Paul Thorn - A Long Way From Tupelo
28. Candlebox - Into the Sun
29. Randy Rogers Band - s/t
30. Old 97s - Blame It On Gravity
Nice list!
ReplyDeleteI commented on Chips' list over at Amber Waves of Twang only to realize you had preceded me!
I don't have enough time or resources to keep up with all the great new releases, but these are some of my new ones:
1. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers, she is just so talented and cool, my favorite female artist.
2. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal, a great, multi-dimensional album.
3. Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark, another
great collection of stories.
I've always loved Blue Mountain, that will be my next purchase.
Also on my "Need to buy" list are Tift Merrit, Old 97's and Lucinda Williams.
I highly recommend Alejandro Escovedo's "Real Animal".
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