What 6 albums of the year?

[Allhallowsday]

Each year, particularly as I get older, I discover records or re-evaluate re-embrace records I had not appreciated, even ones I've owned for a long time... Ever own a record a long time and then get into it?  Do you find a handful of records each year that charge you up, get you excited?  (Excepting, of course, you Reverend Powell, tho' not jaded!)   Obviously, I like to mine the oldies. 

We've had a lot of lists, yet I have been listening to the same six records for the last 9 months, so I thought, why not a thread?  No "10" or "100" just six right outta my a**...

AMY WINEHOUSE Back To Black
BIG STAR Third / Sister Lovers 
BIG STAR Radio City 
BIG STAR #1 Record 
NICK DRAKE Pink Moon
JUNE CHRISTY Gone For The Day / Fair And Warmer  

Have you had any records this year?  Please, no more than six!      

[RCMerchant]

1. The Stooges-Ist album
2.Elvis Gold
3.Charlie-Lies
4.Ramones-Loco Live
5.Halloween Hottennanny-Various artists
6.Dead Kennedys-Give Me Convience,or Give Me Death

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojti8oEZI7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojBOKFk8Jk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEfcmDLyBHM

[Psycho Circus]

1. Def Leppard -"Songs From The Sparkle Lounge"
2. Whitesnake -"Good To Be Bad"
3. Black Stone Cherry -s/t
4. Disneyland After Dark -"No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims"
5. Agent Steel -"Unstoppable Force"
6. Overkill -"Immortalis"

[Rev. Powell]

I was afraid this was going to be a thread mentioning the top 6 albums of 2008--I'd have trouble with that one.  This one is easier.

1. Alfred Brendel, "BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Nos. 16-19, 21-23, 26)".  Great sonatas like "The Tempest" and "Les Adieuxs".

2. Alfred Brendel, "LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Sonata / Totenta".  I'd never really listened to Liszt before and these concertos blew me away.

3. Johnny Cash, "American V: A Hundred Highways".  Finally got around to checking out the last release in this series.

4. Tom Waits, "Orphans".  I had a lot of these "rare" cuts already, but its still a bonanza for fans.

5. The Drive-by Truckers, "Pizza Deliverance".  This band's a welcome new discovery for me.

6. Ruth Brown, "Blues on Broadway."  Bluesy, soulful, sometimes risque takes on Broadway standards.

Too soon to tell because I just got it, but Southside Johnny and the La Bamba Big Band's "Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits" could well work its way onto this list before year's end.

[BeyondTheGrave]

Most of my stuff is punk/hardcore but these are what gets me amped currently:

G.B.H-Leather,Studs and Bristles
Lost Cause-Kill whats Inside
Dr.Octagon-Dr.Octagonecologyst
Hard Skin-Hard Nuts and Hard Cu***
BlackListed-Heavier Than Heaven Lonelier Than God
No Turning Back-Holding On