This was a year of many great songs, but not many great albums. Not that I can say I listened to all of them. Below are my Top 10 Albums of the year, and my Top 65 Songs (as I couldn’t limit it to 50 this year):
Top 10 Albums:
1. Crow Bait – Sliding Through the Halls of Fate
2. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
3. Curtis Harding – Soul Power
4. Broken Bells – After the Disco
5. Augustines – Augustines
6. Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were
7. Delta Spirit – Into the Wide
8. Roll the Tanks – Broke Til Midnight
9. Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx III
10. Future Islands – Singles
Honorable Mentions: The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream, Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans, The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams, You+Me – Rose Ave
Top 65 Songs:
1. Crow Bait – 83
2. James Bay – If You Ever Want to Be In Love
3. Bryce Vine – Sour Patch Kids
4. Willie Nelson – The Wall
5. Curtis Harding – Surf
6. Broken Bells – Leave it Alone
7. Circa Zero – Levitation
8. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
9. Lake Street Drive – Bad Self Portraits
10. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
11. Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
12. Jamie T – The Prophet
13. Jack White – Lazaretto
14. Bruce Springsteen – American Skin (41 Shots)
15. The War on Drugs – Red Eyes
16. The Fray – Wherever This Goes
17. Atmosphere – My Lady Got Two Men
18. The Madden Brothers – We Are Done
19. Damon Albarn – Photographs (You Are Taking Now)
20. The Both – Milwaukee
21. Foster the People – Coming of Age
22. David Gray – Gulls
23. Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance
24. Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were
25. Augustines – Walkabout
26. Max Collins – Sports Bar
27. Taking Back Sunday – Stood a Chance
28. Nikki Lane – Seein’ Double
29. The Gaslight Anthem – Sweet Morphine
30. Death – We’re Gonna Make It
31. Strand of Oaks – For Me
32. Passenger – Scare Away the Dark
33. Kevin Miso – Zombie
34. Drive-By Truckers – Grand Canyon
35. Blanco, Husalah & Kokane – Grief and His Due
36. Bon Iver – Heavenly Father
37. Cloud Nothings – No Thoughts
38. Against Me! – Dead Friend
39. Ryan Adams – Tired of Giving Up
40. Afghan Whigs – Algiers
41. The Lawrence Arms – Paradise Shitty
42. Robert Plant – Rainbow
43. The Hold Steady – Oaks
44. Bike for Three! – Heart as Hell
45. Cold War Kids – First
46. Damien Rice – The Greatest Bastard
47. Taylor Mcferrin – Postpartum
48. George Ezra – Budapest
49. Foo Fighters – In the Clear
50. Sun Kil Moon – Carissa
51. Gruff Rhys – American Interior
52. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
53. The Decemberists – Make You Better
54. Ray LaMontagne – Supernova
55. Wild Cub – Thunder Clatter
56. Yelawolf – Till It’s Gone
57. Eno . Hyde – Daddy’s Car
58. Antemasque – In the Lurch
59. Pixies – Snakes
60. Lagwagon – Reign
61. Young the Giant – Mind Over Matter
62. Brody Dalle – Underwold
63. Tune-Yards – Water Fountain
64. Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down
65. Chrissy Hynde – Dark Sunglasses
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