Best Albums of All Time

I’ve been spending a lot of time on http://www.besteveralbums.com, and I’ve posted my top 100 albums.

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Best of 2011-US

After 12 months and hours of listening, I have distilled the 460 songs that were new in 2011 (plus a few from 2010 that peaked in 2011) to the 40 best.  Using a Casey Casem-esque countdown procedure (also to honor the #20 song on the list) here they are. 40.  Brighter Than the Sun–Colbie Caillat […]

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Best of the Year preview

I’ve been thinking about the Best of 2011.  The year isn’t over yet, so I can’t reveal the final winners at this time. However, here is a list of the songs that I, at this time, think are the best of each year.   I imagined having a conversation with someone, who asked me what the […]

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Best of 1993–US

As usual, we start with the songs already on the Best Of All Time List: The Proclaimers–I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (BOAT #74) Billy Joel–The River of Dreams (BOAT #259) Snow–Informer (BOAT#322) Ace of Base–All That She Wants (BOAT #343) Duran Duran–Come Undone (BOAT #435) And now the best song of 1993: Spin Doctors — […]

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Best of 1994 — UK

In 1994, something happened that I thought would happen much more often, but I had to go all the way back to 1994 to see it.  The same song won for both US and UK. Now, given that there is some overlap between US hits and UK hits, one would expect that the best of […]

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Best of 2010 – US

I’m hoping the “better late than never” maxim applies here.  But I think I’ve finally got a good final list. Songs that I’ve already reviewed I’ve linked to earlier reviews.  As to the rest, I only reviewed them if I had something to say. Anyway, here it is. 1.  Miranda Lambert–Only Prettier (#61. Dec 4, […]

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Best of 2010–UK

I have finished sorting out the best song of 2010 in the United Kingdom.    I was able to finish this earlier than the US list mainly because only the Top 15 per week (to be Top 20 in 2011) were considered, so there were fewer songs to worry about–183 compared to 453 in the […]

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Best of 1994 – US

While I’ve been working on my end-of-year best of 2010, I made enough progress on the 1994 US songs to finish that. The top 6: The Cranberries–Linger The Cranberries–Dreams Celine Dion–The Power of Love Rednex–Cotton Eye Joe Melissa Etheridge–I’m the Only One Ace of Base–The Sign These were already in the BOAT list.  And now, […]

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Best of 2010, part one.

Previously, on Pop Songs and Other Lists: At the end of 2008, as I was compiling my list of best songs, as far as I was concerned the best song was clearly No Air, by Jordan Sparks and Chris Brown.  Similarly, Bad Romance by Lady Gaga was not only clearly the best song of 2009, […]

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Best of All Time–Christmas

Here’s what I’ve got in my Best of Christmas playlist.  The songs are listed in no particular order.  Years are given when I was able to find them. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year–Andy Williams, 1963 When a Child is Born–Johnny Mathis, 1976 Linus & Lucy–The Vince Guaraldi Trio, 1965 The Twelve Days […]

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