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Favorite Music As Of 2008
By an Amazon.com customer
MagicMagic by Bruce Springsteen
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.41
Springsteen's best album since Tunnel Of Love. Furious, eloquent and rocking. Not a bad song here.
Live in Aught-ThreeLive in Aught-Three by James McMurtry & the Heartless Bastards
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.98
Perhaps the finest songwriter working today. Wry, dry and mocking. A tolerant misanthrope.
The Devil You KnowThe Devil You Know by Todd Snider
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.50
Snider seems to improve with each outing. The first half dozen songs are as good as anything I've heard in a long time.
Life'll Kill YaLife'll Kill Ya by Warren Zevon
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $9.60
I've always felt that Zevon was a kindred spirit of mine. Sardonic, death-obsessed and self-deprecating. A great talent who died too young.
Train a Comin'Train a Comin' by Steve Earle
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.51
Steve's best album, and that's saying something. Part of a stunning mid-90's triple shot that includes I Feel Alright and El Corazon. To me, he's a towering figure in American music whose reputation will continue to grow.
Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90'sLast Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's by Dwight Yoakam
Buy used from: $0.48
I love Dwight Yoakam, but maybe not enough to collect his entire canon. A collection of truly great songs that I never tire of.
Sweet WarriorSweet Warrior by Richard Thompson
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.16
Shotgun WillieShotgun Willie by Willie Nelson
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.89
At Folsom PrisonAt Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
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Dreaming My DreamsDreaming My Dreams by Waylon Jennings
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