Friday, January 26, 2018

2017 Best Of Mix

At the end of each year I make myself a 20 song mix tape. Essentially it's my favorite songs of the year counting down from 20 to 1. Here is my mix for this year.

  1. Utopia by Austra
    • I find this song to be pretty.  
  2. No Distraction by Beck
    • This was one of my kids favorite dance tunes of the year.
  3. Shc by Foster the People
    • Best Smiths guitar rift since The Smiths were making music.  
  4. Where We Go by Pink
    • Pink still knows how to make a solid pop song.
  5. Ride or Die by Mabel
    • I like this song, that's it. 
  6. Cycle by Teen Daze
    • I was stuck on this song for a few weeks at one point this year.
  7. Better With You by Austin Mahone
    • This was a big hit with my youngest for a time this year.  
  8. Where Do We Go From Here?  by Ruelle
    • Until I sat down to make this list, I'm not sure I realized how much I liked this song.
  9. The Wake of Your Life by Mew
    • About as good of an alternative pop tune as I've heard in 20 years.
  10. Talk to Me by Run the Jewels
    • No song better defined the anger of early 2017 more than this song for me.
  11. Inspired by Miley Cyrus
    • No song better defined the hope of late 2017 more than this song for me.
  12. O.I.L. by Kevin Ross
    • I really liked this Kevin Ross album.  Had this album on repeat for about a month at one point this year.
  13. Lost in California by Little Big Town
    • Maybe the prettiest song of the year.  
  14. Zizzing by Ani Difranco
    • She always gets me with at least one song.  Just love this one. 
  15. Malibu by Miley Cyrus
    • This is a great pop song.  Good lyrics, great melody.  Great vocal performance.
  16. The Apple by RaeLynn
    • This one got overplayed for me this year, but it's a great song. 
  17. Long Song Away by Kevin Ross
    • If the Kevin Ross album was on repeat for a while this year, this song was the main reason it was on repeat. 
  18. Sucker by Lilly Hiatt
    • I really liked the Lilly Hiatt album.  I love this song.  
  19. She's Not Him by Miley Cyrus
    • The third Miley Cyrus song in this list all in the top 10.  Sound like the album of the year?  A great love pop song. 
  20. Love Triangle by RaeLynn
    • By far the best pop song of the year that I heard.  Lyrically it's very smart and her vocal performance is spot on.  



3 comments:

  1. Love it that you always put in the playlist.

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  2. I think I will now be stuck for a couple of weeks on "Cycle" by Teen Daze.

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  3. Also enjoying Miley Cyrus's "Inspired" and "Malibu," as well as RaeLynn's "The Apple" and "Love Triangle." RaeLynn played in Madisonville last summer.

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