Honourable mentions for Lucinda Williams, Dave Matthews Band and Madonna, who all released great albums this year. However:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Blue on Black
The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
But I was just pointing out that he wasn't on their training ground, he was on land adjacent to it. Not sure why you'd try to change the context, when that was you said and what I was replying to!
Well, I suppose I should congratulate Arsenal, but fuck them, fuck Arteta, fuck Gabriel and fuck their tarquin fans, especially that **** Piers Morgan!