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Best Americana of 2008
Life, Death, Love And FreedomLife, Death, Love And Freedom by John Mellencamp
Buy new: £15.78 / Used from: £8.79
Mellencamp just gets better and better
Off Track BettingOff Track Betting by Nels Andrews
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.98
Fantastic melancholia
Peter and the Murder and the CrowsPeter and the Murder and the Crows by Peter Bruntnell
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.00
7 albums in and still a hidden talent that begs discovery
Brighter Than Creation's DarkBrighter Than Creation's Dark by Drive-By Truckers
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £8.47
Softer, subtler, still delivering the goods
MudcrutchMudcrutch by Mudcrutch
Buy new: £10.28 / Used from: £5.97
30 years in the making and almost worth the wait
Man DescendingMan Descending by Justin Rutledge
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £19.46
Sublime
Asking For FlowersAsking For Flowers by Kathleen Edwards
Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £6.77
Her best yet, album of the year
Rattlin' BonesRattlin' Bones by Kasey Chambers
Buy new: £16.98
Stunning album from underrated Australian and partner
Just Us KidsJust Us Kids by James McMurty
Buy new: £8.98
Dry, sly, dirty and hard hitting. Another blinder
Another CountryAnother Country by Tift Merritt
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £4.99
Slows down the pace and ups the ante
Last Side of the MountainLast Side of the Mountain by Chris Eckman
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £5.75
Eastern European Americana anyone? Works and then some
CardinologyCardinology by Ryan Adams
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.52
Takes a few listens
Carried to DustCarried to Dust by Calexico
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.49
Welcome return to form
The Felice BrothersThe Felice Brothers by The Felice Brothers
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.20
So what if they sound like The Band?
Lose BigLose Big by Eef Barzelay
Buy new: £18.09 / Used from: £5.11
Second solo album from Clem Snide frontman
Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.79
Almost as good as the hype would have us believe
OH (Ohio)OH (Ohio) by Lambchop
Buy new: £14.28 / Used from: £3.99
Best Lambchop since Nixon
VagabondsVagabonds by Gary Louris
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.95
Great music from Jayhawks man
AprilApril by Sun Kil Moon
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.00
Shows Mr Bon Iver how it should be done
Accelerate (digipack)Accelerate (digipack) by R.E.M.
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.50
Predictable choice perhaps, but it is their best in ages
Sex and GasolineSex and Gasoline by Rodney Crowell
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £14.02
Yet another blinder from former Mr Rosanne Cash
Gift of ScrewsGift of Screws by Lindsey Buckingham
Buy new: £10.28 / Used from: £12.92
Bonkers sounds alongside classic Mac
All I Intended to BeAll I Intended to Be by Emmylou Harris
Buy new: £10.08 / Used from: £12.92
No Americana list should ever be without, etc etc etc
Little HoneyLittle Honey by Lucinda Williams
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £8.04
The cheerful sound of Ms Williams - no really!