As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Best Music of 2014


Here’s my annual list of favorite songs and albums. I’ll update this post once the results are in from the three radio station polls in which I voted. [DONE]

Songs (WXPN list) 
  1. Happy – Pharrell Williams (#20 WXPN Top 200)
  2. You Go Down Smooth – Lake Street Dive (#14 WXPN, #48 WTMD Top 89)
  3. After The Disco – Broken Bells
  4. The Moment – Toad The Wet Sprocket
  5. Coming Of Age – Foster The People (#111 WXPN, #38 WTMD)
  6. Bad Self Portraits – Lake Street Dive (#6 WXPN, #31 WTMD)
  7. Holding On To Life – Broken Bells (#65 WTMD)
  8. Turn It Around – Lucius (#113 WXPN)
  9. Black & Blue – The Secret Sisters
  10. Modern Blue – Roseanne Cash (#199 WXPN)
Other Favorite Songs (not played on WXPN) 
  1. Use Me Up – Lake Street Dive (album track)
  2. Love Never Felt So Good – Michael Jackson
  3. Classic – MKTO
  4. Ain’t It Fun – Paramore
  5. The Story Of My Life – One Direction
  6. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
  7. American Dream – MKTO
  8. Problem – Ariana Grande 
Favorite Albums
  1. Bad Self Portraits – Lake Street Dive (#1 mvyradio Top 25)
  2. Into The Mirror: Del Amitri Live In Concert
  3. The River & The Thread – Roseanne Cash (#2)
  4. Put Your Needle Down – The Secret Sisters
  5. Twelve Stories – Owen Danoff
  6. High Hopes --  Bruce Springsteen (#25)
  7. Bluesamericana – Keb' Mo' (#6)
  8. Give The People What They Want – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (#8)

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