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Best Songs of 2013
For the third year in a row, I felt like this was a better year for individual songs and singles than it was for albums. I suppose it makes a certain kind of sense in a digital era that the … Continue reading
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Best Songs of 2012 (10-1)
Here are the songs that I think are the finest that I had the opportunity to hear in 2012. If you want to see the other 10, go here.
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Best Albums of 2011
My thoughts about the 10 best albums of 2011.
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Tigger’s 25 Best Albums of the Aughts (00s), Part 2
And here are the final 12 albums I consider to be the best of the first decade of the 21st century. Check out the first 13 here.
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Best of the Rest: Sy Smith’s Distance
I love songs that have a subtext that reveals itself after a couple of listens. It makes multiple listens that much more enjoyable. Sy Smith’s Distance is one of these songs. On the first few listens, you think the song … Continue reading