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.)

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Best Music of 2018


[Updated to reflect listener poll results.]

All in all, quite a good year for recorded music (at least IMHO).
 
Songs (AAA division) 
  1. Life To Fix – The Record Company (#48 WXPN Top 50, #83 WTMD Top 89)
  2. New Love – The National Reserve
  3. Homesick – The Marcus King Band (#26 WXPN, #85 WTMD)
  4. I Dreamt We Spoke Again – Death Cab For Cutie
  5. Sure Feels Good Anyway – Amy Ray
  6. I Don’t Wanna Be Without You – James Hunter Six
  7. Severed – Decemberists (#25 WXPN)
  8. It Was You – Norah Jones
  9. Live In The Moment – Portugal. The Man
  10. High Horse – Kacey Musgraves (#2 WXPN)
  11. Bad Bad News – Leon Bridges (#5 WXPN, #4 WTMD)
  12. Before The Next Teardrop Falls – Al Green
  13. Not Many Miles To Go – Rosanne Cash
  14. You Worry Me – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (#30 WXPN)
  15. I’d Rather Go Blind – Grace Potter
  16. Feed The Fire – Dawes (#37 WXPN)
Songs (other) 
  1. Pray For Me – The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar
  2. One Kiss – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa
  3. No Roots – Alice Merton
  4. New Rules – Dua Lipa
  5. Nice For What – Drake
  6. How Long – Charlie Puth
  7. Finesse – Bruno Mars & Cardi B
  8. Growing Pains – Alessia Cara
  9. Attention – Charlie Puth
  10. Boo’d Up – Ella Mai 
Albums 
  1. Whatever It Takes – The James Hunter Six
  2. Passwords – Dawes
  3. She Remembers Everything – Rosanne Cash (#7 mvyradio Top 25)
  4. Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
  5. Thank You For Today – Death Cab For Cutie (#18)
  6. Motel La Grange – The National Reserve
  7. All Of This Life – The Record Company
  8. 13 Rivers – Richard Thompson
  9. Tearing At The Seams – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (#4)
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