RUBIN'S ROCK N ROLL DISCOGRAPHY

Power Pop Larry
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OK, HERE ARE POWERPOPLARRY's 2008 LISTS!!!

(The opinions expressed here are not the opinions of www.rockmusiclist.com!)

FIRST OFF: TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2008...

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

1- THE FLAMING LIPS: "Christmas On Mars"(Warner Bros./WMG)

2- HANS ZIMMER & JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD: "The Dark Knight" Soundtrack (Deluxe 2CD Box with remixes) (Warner Sunset/ Warner Bros./WMG)

RUNNERUPS:

110- ANASTACIA: "Heavy Rotation" (Mercury/IDJMG/UMG UK )

109- TINA ARENA: "Songs Of Love & Loss, Vol. 2" (Capitol/EMI Australia )

108- DR. DOG: "Fate" (Park The Van)

107- THE B-52's: "Funplex" (Astralwerks/Virgin/EMI)

106- THE WOMBATS: "A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation" (14^th Floor/ Roadrunner/Atlantic/WMG)

105- PANIC AT THE DISCO: "Pretty. Odd." (Decaydence/Fueled By Ramen/ Atlantic/WMG)

104- LENKA: "Lenka" (Epic/Sony)

103- KERLI: "Love Is Dead" (Island/IDJMG/UMG)

102- GREG LASWELL: "Three Flights To Alto Nido" (Vanguard)

101- DEF LEPPARD: "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" (Bludgeon Riffola/Island/ IDJMG/UMG)……………………………………………………………………………                                                                                                                   

THE LIST:

100- GUNS N' ROSES: "Chinese Democracy"(Black Frog/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

99- INNERPARTYSYSTEM: "Innerpartysystem" (Stolen Transmission/Island/ IDJMG/UMG)

98- PORTISHEAD: "Third" (Go Beat/Mercury/IDJMG/UMG)

97- EMMYLOU HARRIS: "All I Intended To Be" (Nonesuch/Warner Bros/WMG)

96- NEWTON FAULKNER: "Handmade By Robots" (Brightside-Aware/Columbia/ Sony)

95- LIGHTS: "Lights" EP (Doghouse-Warner Bros/WMG)

94- LABELLE: "Back To Now" (Verve/UMG)

93- JON MELLENCAMP: "Life, Death, Love & Freedom" (Hear Music/Concord)

92- THE CURE: "4:13 Dream" (Suretone/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

91- NIKKA COSTA: "Pebble To A Pearl " (Go Funk Yourself!-Stax/Concord)

90- JAMES MORRISON: "Songs For You, Truths For Me" (Polydor/Interscope/ UMG)

89- ESTELLE: "Shine" (Homeschool/Atlantic/WMG)

88- KEANE: "Perfect Symmetry" (Interscope/UMG)

87- ALANIS MORISSETTE: "Flavors Of Entanglement" (Deluxe) (Maverick/ Warner Bros/WMG)

86- MADONNA: "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros/WMG)

85- (TIE) ALISON MOORER: "Mockingbird" (New Line/Warner Indie/WMG)

      SHELBY LYNNE: "Just A Little Lovin" (Lost Highway/IDJMG/UMG)

84- ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS: "Momofuku" (Lost Highway/ IDJMG/UMG)

83- NOAH & THE WHALE: "Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down" (Young & Lost Club-Cherrytree/Interscope/UMG)

82- JENNIFER HANSON: "Thankful" (Universal South/UMG)

81- THE KNUX: "Remind Me In Three Days…" (Le Chic Freak-Interscope/UMG)

80- DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" (New West)

79- DIDO: "Safe Trip Home" (Cheeky/Arista/Sony)

78- HONEY HONEY: "First Rodeo" (Ironworks-Universal Republic/UMG)

77- GIRL TALK: "Feed The Animals" (Illegal Art)

76- ASHTON SHEPHERD: "Sounds So Good" (MCA Nashville/UMG)

75- METALLICA: "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros/WMG)

74- HAYES CARLL: "Trouble In Mind" (Lost Highway/IDJMG/UMG)

73- LEE ANN WOMACK: "Call Me Crazy" (MCA Nashville/UMG)

72- JAMEY JOHNSON: "That Lonesome Song" (Mercury/IDJMG/UMG)

71- (TIE) SECRET MACHINES: "Secret Machines" (TSM-Worlds Fair)

      SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS: "Alpinisms" (Ghostly International)

70- BRAD PAISLEY : "Play" (Arista/Sony)

69- LADY GAGA: "The Fame" (Streamline-KonLive-Cherrytree/Interscope/UMG)

68- PATTI ROTHBERG: "Double Standards" (DoubleOnTundra-Megaforce/RED)

67- LESLEY ROY: "Unbeautiful" (Religion Music-Jive/Zomba/Sony)

66- MUDCRUTCH: "Mudcrutch" (Reprise/Warner Bros/WMG)

65- SLOAN: "Parallel Play" (Murderrecords-Yep Roc)

64- LOCKSLEY: "Don't Make Me Wait" (Feature)

63- ERYKAH BADU: "New Amerykah Pt. One (4^th World War)" (Universal Motown/UMG)

62- OURS: "Mercy…Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy" (American/ Columbia/Sony)

61- SHE & HIM: "Volume One" (Merge)

60- (TIE) BEYONCE: "I Am…Sasha Fierce" (Music World Music/Columbia/Sony)

      SOLANGE: "Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams" (Music World Music-

      Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

59- LYKKI LI: "Youth Novels" (LL-Atlantic/WMG)

58- DELTA GOODREM: "Delta" (Sony Australia-Decca/Mercury/IDJMG/UMG)

57- THE BLACK KEYS: "Attack & Release" (Nonesuch/Warner Bros/WMG)

56- BECK: "Modern Guilt" (DGC/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

55- ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO: "Real Animal" (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI)

54- WEEZER: "Weezer (Red Album)" (DGC/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

53- SIGUR ROS: "Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust" (XL)

52- THE PRETENDERS: "Break Up The Concrete" (Shangri-La/ADA)

51- GLEN CAMPBELL: "Meet Glen Campbell" (Capitol/EMI)

50- VAMPIRE WEEKEND: "Vampire Weekend" (XL)

49- REM: "Accelerate" (Warner Bros/WMG)

48- AMY MACDONALD: "This Is The Life" (Decca/Mercury/IDJMG/UMG)

47- DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH??: "You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into" (Almost Gold/Columbia/Sony)

46- (TIE) MILEY CYRUS: "Breakout" (Deluxe) (Hollywood/UMG)

       METRO STATION: "Metro Station" (Columbia/Sony)

45- RANDY NEWMAN: "Harps & Angels" (Nonesuch/Warner Bros/WMG)

44- KATY PERRY: "One Of The Boys" (Capitol/EMI)

43- RICK SPRINGFIELD : "Venus In Overdrive" (Gomer-New Door/UMG)

42- OASIS: "Dig Out Your Soul" (Big Brother-Reprise/Warner Bros/WMG)

41- RAPHAEL SAADIQ: "The Way I See It" (Columbia/Sony)

40- RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS: "Cardinology" (Lost Highway/IDJMG/ UMG)

39- ADELE: "19" (XL-Columbia/Sony)

38- BLACK KIDS: "Partie Traumatic" (Almost Gold/Columbia/Sony)

37- TOKIO HOTEL: "Scream" (Cherrytree/Interscope/UMG)

36- KINGS OF LEON : "Only By The Night" (RCA/Sony)

35- (TIE) LIL WAYNE : "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal Motown/UMG)

       KANYE WEST: "808's & Heartbreak" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG/UMG)

34- P!NK: "Funhouse" (Laface/Zomba/Sony)

33- COLDPLAY: "Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends/Prospekt March" (Capitol/EMI)

32- TAYLOR SWIFT: "Fearless" (Big Machine/UMG)

31- KAISER CHIEFS: "Off With Their Heads" (B-Unique/Universal Motown/ UMG)

30- THE KILLERS: "Day & Age" (Island/IDJMG/UMG)

29- BRIAN WILSON: "That Lucky Old Sun" (Capitol/EMI)

28- ROBYN: "Robyn" (Konichiwa-Cherrytree/Interscope/UMG)

27- THE DUKE SPIRIT: " Neptune " (Shangri-La/ADA)

26- SNOW PATROL: "A Hundred Million Suns" (Fiction/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

25- LUCINDA WILLIAMS: "Little Honey" (Lost Highway/IDJMG/UMG)

24- DUFFY: "Rockferry" (Mercury/IDJMG/UMG)

23- JENNY LEWIS: "Acid Tongue" (Warner Bros/WMG)

22- TIFT MERRITT: "Another Country" (Fantasy/Concord)

21- (TIE) GIRLS ALOUD: "Out Of Control" (Fascination/Polydor/UMG UK )

       SUGABABES: "Catfights & Spotlights" (Universal-Island/UMG UK )

       THE SATURDAYS: "Chasing Lights" (Fascination/Polydor/UMG UK )

20- SHERYL CROW: "Detours" (A&M/Interscope/UMG)

19- MY MORNING JACKET: "Evil Urges" (ATO/RED)

18- AIMEE MANN: "@#%&*! Smilers" (SuperEgo)

17- BUTCH WALKER : "Sycamore Meadows" (Power Ballad-Original Signal)

16- AC/DC: "Black Ice" (Columbia/Sony)

15- JEM: "Down To Earth" (ATO/RED)

14- CAROLINA LIAR: "Coming To Terms" (Atlantic/WMG)

13- THE TING TINGS: "We Started Nothing" (Columbia/Sony)

12- FALL OUT BOY: "Folie A Deux" (Decaydence/Fueled By Ramen-Island/ IDJMG/UMG)

11- THE FIREMAN: "Electric Arguments" (MPL-ATO/RED)

10- DONNA SUMMER: "Crayons" (Burgundy/Sony)

9- JONAS BROTHERS: "A Little Bit Longer" (Hollywood/UMG)

8- THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS: "When The World Comes Down" (Doghouse-DGC/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

7- SHINY TOY GUNS: "Season Of Poison" (Universal Motown/UMG)

6- MGMT: "Oracular Spectacular" (Columbia/Sony)

5- SANTOGOLD: "Santogold" (Lizard King-Downtown/Atlantic/WMG)

4- LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: "Gift Of Screws" (Reprise/Warner Bros/WMG)

3- ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS: "Turbo Ocho" (Emma Java)

2- GLASVEGAS: "Glasvegas" (Columbia/Sony)

#1 OF 2008 IS: TV ON THE RADIO: "Dear Science" (DGC/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)

Here's the rest:

TOP 50 REVIEWED 2008 TITLES I MISSED
1- BLITZEN TRAPPER: “Furr” (Sub Pop)
2- BLOC PARTY: “Intimacy” (Atlantic/WMG)
3- JACKSON BROWNE: “Time The Conqueror” (Inside Recordings)
4- DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO: “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today” (Todo Mundo)
5- NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: “Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!” (Mute-Anti-/Epitaph)
6- CIVET: “Hell Hath No Fury” (Hellcat/Epitaph)
7- RODNEY CROWELL: “Sex & Gasoline” (Work Song-Yep Roc)
8- THE DEARS: “Missiles” (Dangerbird)
9- DEERHUNTER: “Microcastle” (Kranky)
10- DEVOTCHKA: “A Mad & Faithful Telling” (Anti-/Epitaph)
11- AMY DIAMOND: “Music In Motion” (Bonnier, Sweden)
12- ELBOW: “The Seldom Seen Kid” (Fiction/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
13- LIAM FINN: “I’ll Be Lightning” (Yep Roc)
14- FLEET FOXES: “Fleet Foxes” (Sub Pop)
15- THE FRATELLIS: “Here We Stand” (Drop The Gun-Cherrytree/Interscope/ UMG)
16- GOLDFRAPP: “Seventh Tree” (Mute/EMI)
17- AL GREEN: “Lay It Down” (Blue Note/EMI)
18- HANK III: “Damn Right, Rebel Proud” (Sidewalk/Curb/WMG)
19- THE HELIO SEQUENCE: “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” (Sub Pop)
20- HER SPACE HOLIDAY: “XOXO: Panda And The New Kid Revival” (Mush)
21- HEY MONDAY: “Hold On Tight” (Epic/Sony)
22- THE HOLD STEADY: “Stay Positive” (Vagrant/Interscope/UMG)
23- HOT CHIP: “Made In The Dark” (DFA/Astralwerks/Virgin/EMI)
24- IDA MARIA: “Fortress ‘Round My Heart” (RCA/Sony)
25- I’M FROM BARCELONA: “Who Killed harry Houdini??” (Mute/EMI)
26- I-NINE: “Heavy Weighs The King” (Tenstar-J/Sony)
27- BON IVER: “For Emma, Forever Ago” (Jagjaguwar)
28- KARMINA: “Backwards Into Beauty” (CBS)
29- LADYHAWKE: “Ladyhawke” (Modular/Interscope/UMG)
30- THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS: “The Age Of The Understatement” (Domino)
31- PATTI LOVELESS: “Sleepless Nights” (Saguaro Road)
32- STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS: “Real Emotional Trash” (Matador)
33- MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO & SO’s: “Animal!!/Not Animal” (Epic/Sony)
34- LAURA MARLING: “Alas I Cannot Swim” (Astralwerks/Virgin/EMI)
35- LISA MISKOVSKY: “Last Year’s Songs” (Universal/UMG, Sweden)
36- THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: “Heretic Pride” (4AD/Beggar’s Group)
37- NO AGE: “Nouns” (Sub Pop)
38- OF MONTREAL: “Skeletal Lamping” (Polyvinyl)
39- OKKERVIL RIVER: “The Stand-In’s” (Jagjaguwar)
40- PHANTOM PLANET: “Raise The Dead” (Decaydence/Fueled By Ramen/ Atlantic/WMG)
41- PORTASTATIC: “Some Small History” (Merge)
42- THE PRESETS: “Apocalypso” (Modular/Interscope/UMG)
43- RA RA RIOT: “The Rhumb Line” (Barsuk)
44- THE RASMUS: “Black Roses” (Island/IDJMG/UMG, Finland)
45- SHARLEEN SPITERI: “Melody” (Mercury/IDJMG/UMG, UK)
46- STEREOLAB: “Chemical Chords” (4AD/Beggar’s Group)
47- TEDDY THOMPSON: “A Piece Of What You Need” (Verve Forecast/UMG)
48- THOSE DANCING DAYS: “In Our Space Hero Suits” (Wichita, UK)
49- JULIETA VENEGAS: “MTV Unplugged” (Norte/Sony)
50- THE VERVE: “Forth” (Parlophone/EMI, UK-On Your Own/Megaforce/RED)

THE WORST 25 ALBUMS OF 2008
25- VARIOUS/BENNY & BJORN: “Mamma Mia” Soundtrack (Decca/Mercury/ IDJMG/UMG)
24- JASON MRAZ: “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” (Atlantic/WMG)
23- NICKELBACK: “Dark Horse” (Roadrunner/Atlantic/WMG)
22- SAVING ABEL: “Saving Abel” (Virgin/EMI)
21- DONNIE KLANG: “Just A Rolling Stone” (Bad Boy/Atlantic/WMG)
20- VANESSA HUDGENS: “Identified” (Hollywood/UMG)
19- IL DIVO: “The Promise” (SYCO/Columbia/Sony)
18- FRAMING HANLEY: “The Moment” (Silent Majority)
17- CRAIG MORGAN: “That’s Why” (RCA/Sony)
16- TERRENCE HOWARD: “Shine Through It” (Columbia/Sony)
15- WAYNE BRADY: “A Long Time Coming” (Peak/Concord)
14- FAITH HILL: “Joy To The World” (Warner Bros/WMG)
13- LADY ANTEBELLUM: “Lady Antebellum” (Capitol/EMI)
12- KENNY CHESNEY: “Lucky Old Sun” (BNA/Sony)
11- SHWAYZE: “Shwayze” (Suretone/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
10- JANET JACKSON: “Discipline” (Island/IDJMG/UMG)
9- BARRY MANILOW: “The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties” (Arista/Sony)
8- PHIL STACEY: “Phil Stacey” (Lyric Street/Hollywood/UMG)
7- KRISTY LEE COOK: “Why Wait” (19/Arista/Sony)
6- TRACE ADKINS: “X” (Capitol/EMI)
5- HINDER: “Take It To The Limit” (Universal Republic/UMG)
4- THE DELTA SPIRIT: “Ode To Sunshine” (Rounder/IDJMG/UMG)
3- LEONA LEWIS: “Spirit” (SYCO/J/Sony)
2- JAMES TAYLOR: “Covers” (Hear Music/Concord)
#1 WORST OF 2008: THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS: “Doll Domination” (Interscope/UMG)

TOP 50 SINGLES/GUILTY PLEASURES/SONGS I DIDN’T EXPECT TO LIKE BUT ACTUALLY DID IN 2008
RUNNERUPS
55- HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: “Undead!!” (Octone/A&M/Interscope/UMG)
54- STAIND: “Believe” (Flip/Atlantic/WMG)
53- CONOR OBERST: “I Don’t Want To Die (In A Hospital)” (Merge)
52- HEY MONDAY: “Homecoming” (Epic/Sony)
51- FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS: “Whoa Oh!! (Me Vs Everyone)” (Universal Motown/UMG)

THE LIST
50- WHITE LIES: “Death EP” (Fiction/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
49- KID ROCK: “All Summer Long” (Atlantic/WMG)
48- BRAD PAISLEY (w/ KEITH URBAN): “Start A Band” (Arista/Sony)
47- O.A.R.: “Shattered (Turn The Car Around)” (Everfine-Atlantic/WMG)
46- SARAH McLACHLAN: “U Want Me 2” & “Don’t Give Up On Us” (Nettwerk-Arista/Sony)
45- NIKKA COSTA: “Stuck To You” (Go Funk Yourself!!-Stax/Concord)
44- THE WOMBATS: “Let’s Dance To Joy Division” & “Moving To New York” (14th Floor/Roadrunner/Atlantic/WMG)
43- YAEL NAIM: “New Soul” (Tot Au Tard-Atlantic/WMG)
42- LIGHTS: “Drive My Soul” (Doghouse-Warner Bros/WMG)
41- KREESHA TURNER: “Don’t Call Me Baby” (Capitol/EMI)
40- HONEY HONEY: “Little Toy Gun” (Ironworks-Universal Republic/UMG)
39- THE ACADEMY IS…: “About A Girl” (Decaydence/Fueled By Ramen/ Atlantic/WMG)
38- THE VERONICAS: “Untouched” (Engine Room-Sire/Warner Bros/WMG)
37- MILEY CYRUS: “7 Things” & “See You Again” (Hollywood/UMG)
36- BEYONCE: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” & “If I Were A Boy” (Music World Music/Columbia/Sony)
35- COLDPLAY: “Viva La Vida” & “Lovers In Japan” (Capitol/EMI)
34- HAYES CARLL: “She Left Me For Jesus” (Lost Highway/IDJMG/UMG)
33- LENKA: “The Show” (Epic/Sony)
32- FALL OUT BOY: “I Don’t Care” (Decaydence/Fueled By Ramen-Island/ IDJMG/UMG)
31- TIFT MERRITT: “Broken” (Fantasy/Concord)
30- 3 DOORS DOWN: “It’s Not My Time” (Universal Republic/UMG)
29- LADY GAGA: “Just Dance”(Streamline-KonLive-Cherrytree/Interscope/UMG)
28- JEM: “Amazing” & “Keep On Walking” (ATO/RED)
27- THE FIREMAN: “Highway” (MPL-ATO/RED)
26- KELLIE PICKLER: “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful??” (19/BNA/Sony)
25- DUFFY: “Warwick Avenue” & “Mercy” (Mercury/IDJMG/UMG)
24- THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS: “Gives You Hell” (Doghouse-DGC/Geffen/ Interscope/UMG)
23- SNOW PATROL: “Take Back The City” & “Crack The Shutters” (Fiction/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
22- ADELE: “Chasing Pavements” (XL-Columbia/Sony)
21- REM: “Supernatural Superserious” (Warner Bros/WMG)
20- SANTOGOLD: “L.E.S. Artistes” (Lizard King-Downtown/Atlantic/WMG)
19- THE KILLERS: “Human” (Island/IDJMG/UMG)
18- TAYLOR SWIFT: “Love Story” & “White Horse” (Big Machine/UMG)
17- OASIS: “Shock Of The Lightning” (Big Brother-Reprise/Warner Bros/WMG)
16- WEEZER: “Pork & Beans” & “Troublemaker” (DGC/Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
15- BLACK KIDS: “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” (Almost Gold/Columbia/Sony)
14- KAISER CHIEFS: “Never Miss A Beat” (B-Unique/Universal Motown/UMG)
13- THE TING TINGS: “Great DJ”, “That’s Not My Name” & “Shut Up & Let Me Go” (Columbia/Sony)
12- MGMT: “Electric Feel” & “Kids” (Columbia/Sony)
11- RICK SPRINGFIELD: “What’s Victoria’s Secret??” (Gomer-New Door/UMG)
10- AC/DC: “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train” (Columbia/Sony)
9- METRO STATION: “Shake It” (Columbia/Sony)
8- KATY PERRY: “Hot N Cold” & “I Kissed A Girl” (Capitol/EMI)
7- AIMEE MANN: “Freeway” (SuperEgo)
6- LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: “Love Runs Deeper” (Reprise/Warner Bros/WMG)
5- ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS: “I Do” & “I Know You Know” (Emma Java)
4- CAROLINA LIAR: “Beautiful World”, “I’m Not Over” & “Last Night” (Atlantic/WMG)
3- SHERYL CROW: “Out Of Our Heads”, “Gasoline” & “Shine Over Babylon” (A&M/Interscope/UMG)
2- P!NK: “So What” (Laface/Zomba/Sony)
#1 SONG OF 2008: MIXI: “I Miss Those Days (Ghost)” (Geffen/Intercope/UMG)

TOP 40 REISSUES/BOXSETS/LIVE ALBUMS OF 2008
40- LITTLE BIG TOWN: “A Place To Land” (Capitol/EMI)
39- TALLY HALL: “Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum” (Quack-Atlantic/WMG)
38- THE ROLLING STONES: “Shine A Light” (Polydor/Interscope/UMG)
37- BECK: “Odelay” (Deluxe) (Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
36- THE WHITE STRIPES/THE RACONTEURS: “Reissues” (Third Man-Warner Bros/WMG)
35- GOO GOO DOLLS: “Volume 2” (Warner Bros/WMG)
34- NEIL YOUNG: “Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House, 1968” (Reprise/ Warner Bros/WMG)
33- BILLY JOEL: “The Stranger (30th Anniversary Box)” (Columbia/Legacy/Sony)
32- CHICAGO: “XXXII: Stone Of Sisyphus” (Rhino/WMG)
31- HUNTER S THOMPSON: “Gonzo!!” (Shout! Factory)
30- U2: “Box Of 1st 4 Albums: Deluxes” (Interscope/UMG)
29- THE EELS: “Meet The Eels” & “Useless Trinkets” (Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
28- VARIOUS: “Essential 3.0” Series (Legacy/Sony)
27- RIHANNA: “Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded” (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG/UMG)
26- ZZ TOP: “Eliminator (25th Anniversary Deluxe)” (Warner Bros/Rhino/WMG)
25- TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS: “40th Anniversary Anthology” (AURA-Rhino/WMG)
24- CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL: “Deluxe Album Reissues” (Fantasy/Concord)
23- LIZ PHAIR: “Exile In Guyville (15th Anniversary Edition)” (ATO/RED)
22- THE SMITHS: “The Sound Of The Smiths (Deluxe)” (Sire/Warner Bros/Rhino/ WMG)
21- HANK WILLIAMS SR: “The Unreleased Recordings” (Time Life)
20- VARIOUS: “Love Train: The Sound Of Philadelphia” (Philadelphia International/Legacy/Sony)
19- BOB DYLAN: “Tell-Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8” (Columbia/Sony)
18- SARAH MCLACHLAN: “Closer: The Best Of” & “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: Legacy Edition” (Arista/Legacy/Sony)
17- NINA SIMONE: “To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story” (RCA/Legacy/Sony)
16- VARIOUS: “Revolutions In Sound: Warner Bros Records, The First 50 Years (1958-2008)” (Warner Bros/Rhino/WMG)
15- ASHFORD & SIMPSON: “The Warner Bros Years: Hits, Remixes & Rarities” (Warner Bros/Rhino/WMG)
14- WHITE ZOMBIE: “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” (Geffen/Interscope/UMG)
13- JOHNNY CASH: “At Folsom Prison” (Box) (Columbia/Legacy/Sony)
12- VARIOUS: “Motown: The Complete No. 1’s” & “The Complete Motown Singles, Vol 10 (1970) & Vol. 11A (1971)” (Motown/Universal Motown/UMG)
11- LED ZEPPELIN: “Definitive Collection” (Swan Song/Atlantic/Rhino/WMG)
10- ASH: “1977 (Deluxe 3CD Edition)” (Infectious/Warner Bros/Rhino/WMG UK)
9- YAZOO: “In Your Room” (Sire/Warner Bros/Rhino/WMG-Mute/EMI)
8- THE KINKS: “Picture Book” (Sanctuary, UK)
7- CHEAP TRICK: “Budokan!! (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Epic/Legacy/Sony)
6- “FRAGGLE ROCK”: The Complete Series (HIT Entertainment)
5- THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN: “The Power Of Negative Thinking” (Rhino/WMG)
4- THE REPLACEMENTS: “Deluxe Album Reissues” (Twin Tone/Rykodisc/Sire/ Reprise/Warner Bros/Rhino/WMG)
3- GENESIS: “1970-1975” (Virgin/EMI UK-Atlantic/Rhino/WMG) & “From Genesis To Revelation” (Varese Sarabande/UMG)
2- ROY ORBISON: “The Soul Of Rock And Roll” (Orbison-Monument/Legacy/ Sony)
#1 REISSUE OF 2008: DENNIS WILSON: “Pacific Ocean Blue/Bambu” (Caribou/Epic/Legacy/Sony)

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