EOY List Aggregate: 2018 Old Music: Country/Americana/Folk

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Bobbie Gentry: The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters (Capitol -8CD) {10}: PM_r:5, V:+(2); am_bx:+, j_cm:10, ny_x:+, vgg:2
  2. Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s (Legacy) {6}: am_o:+ -- RC:B+, TH:**
  3. The Louvin Brothers: Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings (Modern Harmonic) {4}: am_o:+ -- TH:***
  4. King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller (BMG) {4}: V:+(1); am_c:+, vao:10 -- TH:**
  5. George Jones & the Jones Boys: Live in Texas 1965 (Ace) {3}: -- RC:***
  6. Lefty Frizzell: An Article From Life: The Complete Recordings (Bear Family -20CD) {2}: am_bx:+, ny_x:+
  7. Hillbillies in Hell: Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974): The Rapture (Omni) {2}: PO:+; jdt:+
  8. Hillbillies in Hell: Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974): The Resurrection (Omni) {2}: PO:+; jdt:+
  9. Johnny Cash: Forever Words (Columbia) {2}: V:+(1); vao:8
  10. The Beginning of the End: The Existential Psychodrama in Country Music 1956 to 1972 (Omni) {2}: PO:+; jdt:+
  11. Twentieth Annual Southern Music Issue: Featuring North Carolina (Oxford American) {2}: PO:+; xhs:+
  12. Don Gibson: Best of the Hickory Records Years (1970-1978) (Omnivore) {1}: am_o:+
  13. Charlie McCoy: Real McCoy/Charlie McCoy/Good Time Charlie/Fastest Harp in the South (BGO -2CD) {1}: jdt:+
  14. Willie Nelson: Things to Remember: The Pamper Demos (Real Gone Music) {1}: PO:+
  15. Buck Owens & His Buckaroos: The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967-1970 (Omnivore) {1}: am_o:+
  16. Jerry Reed: Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country/Cookin'/Georgia Sunshine/Me & Jerry (BGO -2CD) {1}: jdt:+
  17. Charlie Rich: Too Many Teardrops: The Complete Groove & RCA Recordings (Ace) {1}: am_o:+
  18. Texas Cotton [Original Soundtrack] (Texas Cotton) {1}: scm:+

Notes

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