Best of 2008: CMT, NY Post

Today's Best of 2008 listings have country flavor as the majority come from the editors at Country Music Television (CMT). There seems to be a lot of love for The Unreleased Recordings by Hank Williams from his early-50's morning radio program. None of the CMT top tens are ranked, so we are listing only those by veteran artists.

Also out today is the New York Post's list which only names one veteran artist in the top 10 but makes up for hit with veterans getting four of the five honorable mentions.

CMT's Chet Flippo

• The Unreleased Recordings - Hank Williams
• Around the Bend - Randy Travis
• Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless
• All I Intend to Be - Emmylou Harris

CMT's Edward Morris

• Rambling Boy - Charlie Haden, Family & Friends
• Coal - Kathy Mattea
• Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass - Tribute to 1946 & 1947 - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• The Unreleased Recordings - Hank Williams

CMT's Craig Shelburne

• The Imus Ranch Record - Various Artists (including Vince Gill, Patty Loveless)

CMT's Editors: Best Compilation Albums

• The Hits...Then 'Til Now - George Jones
• 50 Greatest Hits - Reba McEntire
• One Hell of a Ride - Willie Nelson

NY Post

• 1. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay
• 2. Day and Age - The Killers
• 3. The Carter III - Lil Wayne
• 7. Two Men With the Blues - Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson
• Honorable Mention - Hope at the Hideout - Mavis Staples
• Honorable Mention - Black Ice - AC/DC
• Honorable Mention - One Kind Favor - B.B. King
• Honorable Mention - Around the Bend - Randy Travis