Thanks to Chris D!...

My late-night Toronto carousing buddy, Chris D (posting), forwards these "best of 2008" listings from the Boston Globe staff:

Sarah Rodman (article):

SHE & HIM, "Volume One" (Merge)

GUNS N' ROSES, "Chinese Democracy" (Geffen)

THE ROOTS, "Rising Down" (Def Jam)

SUGARLAND, "Love on the Inside" (Mercury)

VAMPIRE WEEKEND, "Vampire Weekend" (XL)

AL GREEN, "Lay It Down" (Blue Note/EMI)

JOE JACKSON, "Rain" (Rykodisc)

THE HOLD STEADY, "Stay Positive" (Vagrant)

RAPHAEL SAADIQ, "The Way I See It" (Columbia)

TV ON THE RADIO, "Dear Science" (DGC/Interscope)

Steve Greenlee (article):

BENNIE MAUPIN "Early Reflections" (Cryptogramophone)

HOUSTON PERSON WITH RON CARTER "Just Between Friends" (HighNote)

DAVE LIEBMAN "Negative Space" (Verve)

TODD SICKAFOOSE "Tiny Resistors" (Cryptogramophone)

DAVE DOUGLAS "Moonshine" (Greenleaf Music)

DONNY McCASLIN "Recommended Tools" (Greenleaf Music)

ADAM RUDOLPH'S MOVING PICTURES "Dream Garden" (Justin Time)

PETER BROTZMANN AND PEETER UUSKYLA "Born Broke" (Atavistic)

WADADA LEO SMITH'S GOLDEN QUARTET "Tabligh" (Cuneiform)

MARIO PAVONE "Trio Arc" (Playscape Recordings)

Others:
Scott Alarik- (article)
Siddhartha Mitter- (article)
Jonathan Perry- (article)
Christopher Muther- (article)
Joan Anderman- (article)
Jeremy Eichler- (article)
James Reed- (article)