#40 Girl of Your Dreams Bobbie Cryner 1996 Cryner’s achingly honest writing on the best of this album’s tracks rivals the greatest music to come out of Nashville during this era. Her nuanced portraits of
#50 Seminole Wind John Anderson 1992 The comeback album to end all comeback albums. Anderson resurfaced with a new label and suddenly hit the top of the charts again, despite all of the competition surrounding
#60 Songs for the Daily Planet Todd Snider 1994 Snark hit country music in full-force when Snider made his kick-ass debut album. Produced by the usually timid Tony Brown, Snider’s sharp wit tackled everything from
#70 Little Love Letters Carlene Carter 1993 Carter honed her rockabilly-tinged style on the follow-up to her hit album I Fell in Love, and while there was only one hit this time around (“Every Little
Alzheimer’s Disease may seem an unlikely topic to deal with in song. It’s certainly difficult to deal with in a way that isn’t too maudlin or melodramatic, and the sensitive nature of a degenerative disease
#80 Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn 1991 Their monster debut album is still their most memorable, mostly because the formula sounded so fresh the first time out. There’s a contagious energy to the production
CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON, “Taking Back My Brave” This is much better than her last single. Lyrically strong, with a good vocal performance. The production kinda just lays there, though. Could’ve used more muscle. DARRYL WORLEY,
Over the past few years, with the establishment of iTunes and other online music stores, more music fans are getting their fix digitally than ever before. However, much like country consumers held on to the
#90 Put Yourself In My Shoes Clint Black 1990 Following up what is arguably the greatest debut country album of all-time was no easy feat, but Black acquitted himself admirably with his second collection. The
#100 Alibis Tracy Lawrence 1993 Lawrence was one of the top hit makers of the nineties, and he achieved that status by releasing ridiculously catchy up-tempo hits coupled with beautiful, waltzing ballads. His second album,