sorry Mr Gilberto, obviously I know your name is actually spelt Joao, not Joae. Altough Joe Gilberto has quite a nice salt-of-the-(Brazilian)-earth ring to it.

Just occurred to me, all of my favourite folk albums of 2008 were around the half-hour mark too. They were also, incidentally, all home-recorded self-released CDRs, and their design and packaging would probably have been described by many as "unprofessional". i couldn't care less: they were my favourite albums of last year.

Plus the most expensive of the bunch was 9 quid including p&p while the cheapest was 3. (Should anyone be interested they were: My Dearest Dear by Michael Rossiter; Help the Overdog by Flake Brown; and Boycott Coca Cola by the Boycott Coca Cola Experience.)