AllMusic's Favorite Blues Albums of 2008

The Black Keys - Attack & Release
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert Cray - Live at the BBC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Gonna Be Some Changes: 1946-54
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reverend Gary Davis - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dr. John and the Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - Dirt Don't Hurt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
B.B. King - One Kind Favor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Full Tilt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Little Caesar - Your On-The-Hour Man: Modern, Dolphin and Downey Recordings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll with You
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Duke Robillard - A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Byther Smith - Blues on the Moon, Live at the Rhythm Social Club
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Susan Tedeschi - Back to the River
 
 
 
 
 
 
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - No Paid Holidays
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Blame It on the Dogg: The Swamp Dogg Anthology 1968-1978
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Son House & the Kings of the Delta Blues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Take Me to the River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977