Every year i burn a 20 Best Songs of the Year mix. i was waiting around to hear all of Dylan's Christmas album before before making the list official, but since initial returns indicate that it is about the same amount of creepy as Hannibal Lecter singing nursery rhymes, i'll just get it out there. Here it is folks, my top 20 for 2009, sequenced for optimum listening pleasure:
1.Waving Flag-K'Naan
2.This Tornado Loves You-Neko Case
3.Empire State of Mind-Jay-Z
4.The Rake's Song-The Decemberists
5.The Fear-Lily Allen
6.Blood Bank-Bon Iver
7.French Navy-Camera Obscura
8.Sunken Union Boat-John Vanderslice
9.The Walls are Coming Down-Fanfarlo
10-Actor Out of Work-St-Vincent
11.Help, I'm Alive-Metric
12.I'm Confused-Handsome Furs
13.Never Had Nobody Like You-M. Ward
14.Good Love-Bat For Lashes
15.Nicorette-Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
16.Lisztomania-Phoenix
17.Crush on You-BrakesBrakesBrakes
18.Fitz and the Dizzyspells-Andrew Bird
19.Please Read the Letter-Robert Plant & Allison Krause
20.Through&Through&Through-Joel Plaskett
And dere you go. Pretty good year i think. Big releases due in 2010 (Hello there Arcade Fire) so i'm an excited mannish boy. i've been compiling these lists since 1995, so i think i'll blog 'em for posterity in a little bit...Rocket Reducer out.
I really like Skinny Love by Bon Iver as well.
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Dear Mr Reducer,
ReplyDeleteI finally found the piece of paper where I wrote your blog address. I shall check out your list. I already own #19 and #14 but hadn't given them a particularly close listen yet. I love 1 & 3 (and Keys has a non-rap version of it on her new album, it's very pretty). A few of the others I own their older albums, or other tracks. The rest I shall investigate.
- T.C.
Oh, and that Bob Dylan Christmas album was the most hilarious thing I've heard in years. I almost bought it for that reason. Almost.
ReplyDeleteI cannot say the same for "Christmas Shoes" which I just looked up because of your twitter. And now I hate you.