In a flailing attempt to bring closure to the year and an introduction to the next, I have asked my writers to make a series of lists. Here for you now is the first list: Top Songs of the Year. FYI – Billy came up with the idea of doing a top 12, but didn’t play the game himself. However, Scott and I did a top twelve in order, Candice did 7 and Billy did 25 in no order.
Scott – Click Here to Subscribe and see his entire top 25 in order
Ranked Artists Song
1. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
2. Wilco – Art of Almost
3. Lykki Li – Silent my Song
4. Tune-Yards – Bizness
5. M83 – Reunion
6. The National – Exile Vilify
7. Bon Iver – Perth
8. Battles - My Machines
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Morning Thought
10. St. Vincent – Surgeon
11. EMA – California
12. Panda Bear – Slow Motion
Nick’s List – You Can’t get Adele’s – Someone link You, any more.
Rank Artists Song
1. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
2.Dolorean – Country Clutter
3. Adele- Someone Like You
4. Decemberists -Down to the Water
5. Andrew Bird – Bein’ Green
6. Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
7. Tom Waits – Bad as Me
8. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins -Bubble
9. Tune-Yards – Bizness
10. My Morning Jacket – Victory Dance
11. TV on The Radio – Second Song
12. Man Man – Knuckledown
Candice (In No Order)
Artist Song
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Adele – Rolling in the Deep
Peter Bjorn and John – Second Chance
Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
Rebecca Black – Friday
The Decemberists – Down to the Water
Lady Gaga – Judas
So after all the Scoring, the Dudeletter Top 20. Click to hear it all.
1. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
2. Tune-Yards – Bizness
3. Dolorean – Country Clutter
4. The Decemberists – Down to the Water
5. Wilco – Art of Almost
6. Adele – Someone Like You
7. Lykki Li – Silent my Song
8. Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
9. Andrew Bird – Bein’ Green
10. M83 – Reunion
11. The National – Exile Vilify
12. Bon Iver – Perth
13. Tom Waits – Bad as Me
14. Battles – My Machine
15. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Bubble
16. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
17. Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr. – Morning Thought
18. My Morning Jacket – Victory Dance
19. R. E. M. – Discoverer
20. Bright Eyes – One for You One for Me.
And, in the end, finally, Billy – O, wait, there are actually 52.
1. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
2. Amos Lee – Violin
3. Beirut – Santa Fe
4. Bibio – Take Off Your Shirt
5. Bon Iver – Calgary
6. Booker T. Jones – Representing Memphis
7. Brett Dennen – Comeback Kid (That’s My Dog)
8. Brett Dennen – Dancing At A Funeral
9. Coldplay – Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
10. Cut Copy – Where I’m Going
11. Danger Mouse – Two Against One (feat. Jack White)
12. David Lowery – Raise ‘Em Up On Honey
13. Dawes – A Little Bit of Everything
14. Eliza Doolittle – Rollerblades
15. Emmylou Harris – New Orleans
16. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
17. Ford & Lopatin – Emergency Room
18. Foster The People – Helena Beat
19. Fun. – We Are Young – feat. Janelle Monáe
20. Generationals – Ten-Twenty-Ten
21. Givers – Ceiling Of Plankton
22. Grouplove – Tongue Tied
23. Jack and White – Double Trouble
24. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine
25. Jeff Bridges – What A Little Bit Of Love Can Do
26. Lady Gaga – Born This Way
27. Low – Try to Sleep
28. M83 – Midnight City
29. Mates of State – Palomino
30. Mates of State – Total Serendipity
31. My Brightest Diamond – High Low Middle
32. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
33. My Morning Jacket – Our World
34. Owl City – Deer In The Headlights
35. Ponytail – Easy Peasy
36. Portugal. The Man – Got It All (This Can’t Be Living Now)
37. Portugal. The Man – So American
38. Quiet Company – The Biblical Sense Of The Word
39. R.E.M. – Discoverer
40. R.E.M. – Oh My Heart
41. R.E.M. – ÜBerlin
42. R.E.M. – We All Go Back To Where We Belong
43. Seryn – We Will All Be Changed
44. Swimming – Neutron Wireless Crystal
45. Tennis – Marathon
46. The Head And The Heart – Down In The Valley
47. The Roots – The OtherSide
48. The War On Drugs – Baby Missiles
49. We Are Augustines – Headlong Into The Abyss
50. Wilco – Dawned On Me
51. Yuck – Georgia
52. Zaz – Je Veux