2008 Albums

The following is a list of albums released in 2008.

For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2008 events. For previous years, see List of album releases by year.

First quarter

January

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Jan. 1, 2008	Unhuman Disease	Perpetuus Agonia	Metal • Death Metal		Stilwell, OK
Jan. 2, 2008	Reba McEntire	Love Revival	Country	MCA Nashville	Kiowa, OK
Jan. 8, 2008	Dwight Twilley	Rarities, Volume Two	Pop • Rock	Gigatone	Tulsa, OK
	Stephen Speaks	Symptoms of Love	Rock • Pop Rock		Tulsa, OK
Jan. 22, 2008	Evangelicals	The Evening Descends	Rock • Indie Rock • Psychedelic Rock	Dead Oceans	Norman, OK

February

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Feb. 5, 2008	Dwight Twilley	Rarities, Volume Three	Pop • Rock	Gigatone	Tulsa
	Watermelon Slim & the Workers	The Wheel Man	Blues	NorthernBlues	Tulsa, OK
Feb. 9, 2008	Rainbows are Free	Rainbows are Free	Metal • Stoner Rock • Proto Metal • Doom Metal		Norman, OK
Feb. 19, 2008	Injunuity	Unconquered	World • Native American • Rock • Alternative Rock		Ada, OK
	OneRepublic	Hit 3 Pack: Stop and Stare – Video EP (The Stripped Sessions)	Pop • Pop Rock • Alternative Rock	Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 26, 2008	Ludo	You're Awful, I Love You	Rock • Alternative Rock	Island	St. Louis, MO
	Pillar	Fireproof	Rock • Hard Rock • Christian • Christian Rock	Essential	Tulsa, OK
	Violence to Vegas	Princess to Poison	Rock • Post-Hardcore • Metal • Alt-Metal	The Feeding Ground	Tulsa, OK

March

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Mar. 4, 2008	Dwight Twilley	Rarities, Volume Four	Pop • Rock	Gigatone	Tulsa
Mar. 11, 2008	Gravity Propulsion System	Days Like Razors	Rock • Alternative Rock	Ascetic	Oklahoma City, OK

Second quarter

April

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Apr. 1, 2008	AM	Side by Side: Duets Vol. 1	Rock • Folk Rock • Alternative Rock	AM	Los Angeles, CA
Apr. 5, 2008	Callupsie	Callupsie	Rock • Alternative Rock • Math Rock	Hard Work Records	Tulsa, OK
Apr. 8, 2008	Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey	Lil' Tae Rides Again	Jazz • Instrumental • Jazz Fusion	Hyena	Tulsa, OK
	Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey	Rich Mahogany	Jazz • Instrumental • Jazz Fusion	Hyena	Tulsa, OK

May

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
May 6, 2008	Toby Keith	35 Biggest Hits	Country	Show Dog Nashville	Norman, OK
May 13, 2008	SafetySuit	Life Left to Go	Rock • Alternative Rock • Pop Rock	Universal Motown	Nashville, Tennessee
May 20, 2008	Sandi Patty	Songs for the Journey	Contemporary Christian • Christian	Fair Trade	Oklahoma City, OK
May 23, 2008	Hanson	Leave the Light On	Rock • Pop Rock • Indie Rock • Power Pop	3CG	Tulsa, OK
May 30, 2008	The Effects	And It Is...	Rock • Garage Rock		Tulsa, OK

June

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
June 17, 2008	Horseshoe Road	Reel-to-Reel	Folk		Oklahoma City, OK
	Lee Wiley	Live on Stage: Town Hall, New York	Jazz	Audiophile	Tulsa, OK
June 24, 2008	Watermelon Slim & the Workers	No Paid Holidays	Blues	NorthernBlues	Tulsa, OK

Third quarter

July

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
July 2008	Brandon Jenkins	Tough Times Don't Last (Re-Release)	Country • Red Dirt • Texas Country	Smith	Austin, TX

August

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Aug. 8, 2006	Brandon Jenkins	Faster Than a Stone	Country • Red Dirt • Texas Country	Smith	Austin, TX
Aug. 12, 2008	Amy Kuney	Bird's Eye View	Rock • Indie • Alternative	Spin Move	Los Angeles, CA
	Sandi Patty	A Mother's Prayer	Contemporary Christian • Christian	Word	Oklahoma City, OK
Aug. 26, 2008	Jason Boland & the Stragglers	Comal County Blue	Country • Red Dirt • Texas Country	Apex	Austin, TX
	Joesf Glaude	Blues for Skip	Jazz • Instrumental	St. Cecilia's	Tulsa, OK

September

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Sept. 9, 2008	Colourmusic	F, Monday, Orange, February, Venus, Lunatic, 1 or 13	Pop • Rock • Indie Pop • Indie Rock • Neo-Psychedelia	Great Society	Stillwater, OK
Sept. 23, 2008	Hanson	Take the Walk	Rock • Pop Rock • Indie Rock • Power Pop	3CG	Tulsa, OK
Sept. 30, 2008	K.C. Clifford	Pocket Full of Hope	Folk	Free Skipper	Oklahoma City, OK

Fourth quarter

October

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Oct. 3, 2008	Jabee and Emcee Hype	Songs for Debutantes	Rap • Hip Hop		Oklahoma City, OK • PA
Oct. 10, 2008	Jabee	Blood is the New Black	Rap • Hip Hop	Little Mafia	Oklahoma City, OK
Oct. 14, 2008	Kristin Chenoweth	A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas	Christmas • Jazz • Pop • Vocal Pop	Sony	New York City, NY
Oct. 17, 2008	Other Lives	Other Lives	Rock • Alternative Rock • Indie Rock	TBD • Play it Again Sam	Stillwater, OK
Oct. 21, 2008	Wayman Tisdale	Rebound	Jazz • Smooth Jazz	Rendezvous	Tulsa, OK
Oct. 25, 2008	Junebug Spade	Junebug Spade	Rock • Alternative • Indie Pop • Garage Rock		Oklahoma City, OK
Oct. 28, 2008	OneRepublic	Live Session	Pop • Pop Rock • Alternative Rock	Los Angeles, CA
	Reba McEntire	50 Greatest Hits	Country	MCA Nashville	Kiowa, OK
	Toby Keith	That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy	Country	Show Dog Nashville	Norman, OK

November

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Nov. 4, 2008	Hinder	Take It to the Limit	Rock • Alternative Rock • Post-Grunge • Hard Rock	Universal Republic	Oklahoma City, OK
	Shiny Toy Guns	Season of Poison	Rock • Indie Rock • Synthpop • Electroclash	Motown	Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 11, 2008	The Flaming Lips	Christmas on Mars: Once Beyond Hopelessness	Electronic • Score	Warner Brothers	Oklahoma City, OK
Nov. 15, 2008	Dwell Within	Monkshood	Metal • Doom Metal	I Hate	Oklahoma City, OK
Nov. 18, 2008	Carter Sampson	Good for the Meantime	Country • Folk		Oklahoma City, OK

December

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
Dec. 2, 2008	Brooks & Dunn	Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn	Country	Arista Nashville	Nashville, TN
	My Solstice	Persistence of Vision	Rock	Yeah Siam	Tulsa, OK
Dec. 16, 2008	The All-American Rejects	When the World Comes Down	Rock • Emo Pop • Power Pop • Pop Rock • Pop Punk • Emo	DGC • Interscope	Stillwater, OK

Unknown Release Date

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Home
2008	The Byron Berline Band	My Oklahoma	Folk • Bluegrass	Double-Stop	Guthrie, OK
2008	Fist of Rage	Womb of Hypocrisy	Metal		Tulsa, OK
2008	Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey	Lil' Tae Rides Again: Live	Jazz • Instrumental • Jazz Fusion		Tulsa, OK
2008	Jim Garling	This Cowboy's On His Own	Country • Western Swing		Guthrie, OK
2008	Horde Casket	Landscape of Cadavers	Metal • Death Metal	Pathologically Explicit	Oklahoma City, OK
2008	Les Gilliam	Hank Did It This Way	Country		Ponca City, OK
2008	Pittersplatter	Triage	Electronic • Industrial • EBM		Stillwater, OK
2008	Taddy Porter	Monocle	Rock • Blues Rock		Stillwater, OK
2008	Wanda Jackson	Live at Town Hall Party 1958	Rock • Rockabilly • Country	Sundazed	Oklahoma City, OK