Happy holidays!
Singles:
1. “In Color,” Jamey Johnson
2. “Waitin’ on a Woman,” Brad Paisley
3. “This Is Me You’re Talking To,” Trisha Yearwood
4. “She Left Me for Jesus,” Hayes Carll
5. “What I Cannot Change,” Leann Rimes
6. “Last Call,” Lee Ann Womack
7. “Anything Goes,” Randy Houser
8. “Dig Two Graves,” Randy Travis
9. “Please Read the Letter,” Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
10. “Fine Line,” Little Big Town
11. “Mockingbird,” Allison Moorer
12. “Crazy Arms,” Patty Loveless
13. “This Town Needs a Bar,” Jeremy McComb
14. “Just Got Started Loving You,” James Otto
15. “Takin’ off This Pain,” Ashton Shepherd
16. “Gold,” Emmylou Harris
17. “Every Other Weekend,” Reba McEntire & Skip Ewing
18. “You Look Good In My Shirt,” Keith Urban
19. “More Like Her,” Miranda Lambert
20. “Love Don’t Live Here,” Lady Antebellum
Albums:
1. That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
2. Sleepless Nights, Patty Loveless
3. Rattlin’ Bones, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
4. A Place to Land, Little Big Town
5. Call Me Crazy, Lee Ann Womack
6. Trouble in Mind, Hayes Carll
7. Dailey & Vincent, Dailey & Vincent
8. Around the Bend, Randy Travis
9. Coal, Kathy Mattea
10. Mockingbird, Allison Moorer
Videos:
1. “She Left Me for Jesus,” Hayes Carll
2. “Waitin’ on a Woman,” Brad Paisley
3. “Last Call,” Lee Ann Womack
4. “Anything Goes,” Randy Houser
5. “Just a Dream,” Carrie Underwood
6. “Crazy Arms,” Patty Loveless
7. “In Color,” Jamey Johnson
8. “More Like Her,” Miranda Lambert
9. “Lookin’ for a Good Time,” Lady Antebellum
10a. ”Every Other Weekend,” Reba McEntire
10b. “This Is Me You’re Talking To,” Trisha Yearwood
Glad to see you included Dailey & Vincent in your list :)
Very nice lists Blake! I feel like I need to look at Jamey Johnson’s album, I love “In Color”, but I need to hear more of it to decide whether or not to get it.
Excellent list. I expected nothing less, though …
And I didn’t even think to include videos on my own list. Oh, well, there’s always next year.
I like a lot of your choices Blake, I think in a lot of ways we have similar taste as well. It’s especially gratifying that both you and Leeann put Patty’s Sleepless Nights so high in your top five.
I finally heard the Jamey Johnson album, (My brother gave it to me for Christmas) and now I see what all the fuss is about. You folks were so right about this great record. He reminds me a lot of Kris Kristofferson, and Merle and Johnny Cash as well. A worthy heir to be sure. JJ’s album is both refreshingly fresh and richly reminiscent at the same time. No fiddle though, I guess that’s a stylistic choice, but some amazing steel work on this album. And I think his twang works just fine. Some great lyrics and memorable lines…Yeah, this album is like a movie.
Now I have three of the five Grammy nominated albums. While I still strongly support Patty’s Sleepless Nights to win, if JJ’s “That Lonesome Song” or Trisha’s HH&TPOL win instead, I will certainly not consider it an outrage. But Go PL and SN!
And I believe it was based on your recommendation that I asked for Coal for Christmas, and I got my wish! Same league as Mountain Soul, and almost as good. I love this album. I had some doubts about Kathy’s folk-sounding voice (as beautiful as it is) applied to Mountain music, but her WV roots really shine through. She more than pulls it off! And Kathy does a great job on “Harlan” as well, though I like Patty’s version better and feel it’s a lot more convincing. I think my favorites from “Coal” are Blue Diamond Mines and Coal Tattoo. I love Marty Stuart’s influence on this project…what a great and talented team!
Thank you Blake, for all the great leads, and for your thoughtful and thought provoking lists and write-ups!
hey,
I see that we did have similar lists. I just never got into the Kathy Mattea record.