There being so little popular consensus or even popular awareness of what music is released compared to the more limited number of movies each year, we won’t get much of a debate going here on my annual favorite-CDs list. Still, I’ve been doing these lists since 2012, and they serve as personal markers on what I listened to and liked the previous years.
As I type this I was tempted to juggle titles around on the list, except that I already put them in order for the photo. So, consider the list below a rough guide to my (why not?) Top 13, placed in descending order below and the opposite in the photo above:
13. Bob Dylan: “Travelin’ Thru, 1967 to 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15”
12. Bruce Springsteen: “Western Stars”
11. Adia Victoria: “Silences”
10. Lizzo: “Cuz I Love You”
9. Various Artists: “The Daisy Age”
8. The National: “I Am Easy to Find”
7. L7: “Scatter the Rats”
6. Chuck Cleaver: “Send Aid”
5. Kim Gordon: “No Home Record”
4. Weyes Blood: “Titanic Rising”
3. Sleater-Kinney: “The Center Won’t Hold”
2. Todd Snider: “The Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3”
and my No. 1 pick:
Billie Eilish: “When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”
Your turn: Did you listen to any of the above, or to anything new this year that you liked?
