Spitball Army

Not truly the “Best of,” but the tracks in today’s playlist are drawn from the recordings from roughly the last year that I enjoyed listening to the most. These are albums and EPs that I found myself listening to repeatedly. To me, that makes them better than most or, at least, my favorites.

I feel like I say that every time I put together one of these year-end lists.

The numbered list, such as it is, can be seen within this post.

Approximate playing time: 71 minutes.

1. John Lennon & Yoko Ono  “(Just Like) Starting Over” (stripped down version)
2. Little Silver  “Sleep Til Morning”
3. Josh Rouse  “Sweet Elaine“
4. Mandelring Quartett & Claire-Marie le Guay  “Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 (III. Scherzo. Molto vivace)”
5. Josh Rouse  “Lemon Tree”
6. John Lennon & Yoko Ono  “Woman” (stripped down version)
7. The Silver Seas  “From My Windowsill”
8. Daniel Tashian  “High Time”
9. The Silver Seas  “What’s the Drawback?”
10. Laura Veirs  “Summer Is the Champion”
11. Clare Burson  “The World Turns on a Dime”
12. Ed Harcourt  “Do As I Say Not As I Do”
13. Broken Bells  “The Ghost Inside“
14. Ed Harcourt  “Lachrymosity”
15. Justin Townes Earle  “Workin’ for the MTA”
16. Clare Burson  “I Will / With You”
17. Laura Veirs  “When You Give Your Heart”
18. Justin Townes Earle  “Slippin’ and Slidin'”
19. Broken Bells  “October”