FAVORITE SONGS OF 2015
I think this year has been the first one for me in which I have listened to my favorite songs of the year more times in the context of the album than as stand-alone songs. For this reason I found it very difficult to choose just one song off any given album without wanting to add another from the same album, because in my head, they’re connected, either musically, lyrically, or emotionally. I tried my best, but didn’t succeeded completely as you will wee below:
50-100 (alphabetical order):
• ANOHNI - FOUR DEGREES. • Arca – En. • Autre Ne Veut – Age of Transparency. • Beach House – Sparks / Beach House – One Thing. • Beck – Dreams. • Brandon Flowers – Can’t Deny My Love / Brandon Flowers – Lonely Town. • Chairlift – Ch-Ching. • CHVRCHES – Leave a Trace. • Cool Uncle feat. Jessie Ware – Break Away. • Courtney Barnett – Depreston. • David Bowie – ★. • Dawn Richard – Calypso. • Destroyer – Hell. • Disclosure feat. Sam Smith – Omen. • Erykah Badu feat. Andreé 3000 – Hello. • Father John Misty – The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment. • Fetty Wap – Trap Queen. • FKA twigs – in time. • Grimes – California. • Holly Herndon – Morning Sun. • Hop Along – Waitress. • Hot Chip – Huarache Lights. • Hudson Mohawke – Ryderz. • Jamie xx feat. Young Thug & Popcaan. • Justin Bieber – Sorry. • Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin. • Lana Del Ray – High by the Beach. • Lower Dens – Your Heart Still Beating. • Majical Cloudz – Downtown. • Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk. • Missy Elliot feat. Pharrell Williams – WTF (Where You From). • Moses Sumney – Seeds. • Nao – Inhale Exhale. • Natalia LaFourcade – Hasta La Raíz. • Neon Indian – Annie. • Oneohtrix Point Never – Sticky Drama. • Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds. • Selena Gomez feat. A$AP Rocky – Good For You. • Sharon Van Etten – I Don’t Want to Let You Down. • Skylar Spence – Fiona Coyne. • SOPHIE – Just Like We Never Said Goodbye. • Speedy Ortiz – Raising the Skate. • St. Vincent – Teenage Talk. • Tame Impala – Cause I’m a Man. • The Tallest Man on Earth – Sagres. • Titus Andronicus – Dimed Out. • U.S. Girls – Women’s Work. • Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone. • Viet Cong – Death. • Waxahachtee – Air.
01-50 (ranked):
50. Chromatics – Shadow. 49. Ought – Beautiful Blue Sky. 48. Courtney Barnett – Elevator Operator. 47. Janet Jackson – No Sleeep. 46. Thundercat – Them Changes. 45. Shamir – Call It Off. 44. Kelela – A Message / Kelela – Rewind. 43. Nicolas Jaar - The three sides of Audrey and why she's all alone now / Nicolas Jaar – Fight (Nymphs IV). 42. Tobias Jesso Jr. – How Could You Babe? 41. Kendrick Lamar – The Blacker the Berry / Kendrick Lamar – u. 40.The Staves – Make It Holly. 39. Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love. 38. Jenny Hval – That Battle Is Over. 37. Rihanna – Bitch Better Have My Money. 36. Empress Of – How Do You Do It? / Empress Of – Standard. 35. D.R.A.M. – Cha Cha / Drake – Hotline Bling / Erykah Badu – Cell U Lar Device. 34. Jack Ü feat. Justin Bieber – Where Are You Now? 33. Adele – When We Were Young. 32. Florence + The Machine – Ship to Wreck / Florence + The Machine – What Kind of Man. 31. Destroyer – Dream Lover. 30. Vince Staples – Norf Norf. 29. Tame Impala – Eventually. 28. Beach House – Days of Candy. 27. Grimes – Kill V. Maim. 26. TORRES – Strange Hellos. 25. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Necessary Evil / Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love. 24. Deerhunter – Breakers / Deerhunter – Living My Life. 23. Natalie Prass – My Baby Don’t Understand Me. 22. Neon Indian – Slumlord. 21. FKA twigs – glass & patron. 20. Julia Holter – Feel You / Julia Holter – Sea Calls Me Home. 19. Sleater-Kinney – New Wave. 18. Susanne Sundfør – Accelerate / Susanne Sundfør – Fade Away. 17. Miguel – coffee 16. Joanna Newsom – Divers / Joanna Newsom – Sapokanikan. 15. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Sunday Candy. 14. Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby 4 (in C for Two Virgins). 13.The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face. 12. CHVRCHES – Clearest Blue. 11. Julia Holter – Betsy on the Roof. 10. Panda Bear – Tropic of Cancer. 09. Björk – Stonemilker 08. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best. 07. Grimes – REALiTi (Demo) / Grimes – REALiTi. 06. Tame Impala – Let It Happen. 05. Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July / Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better. 04. Jamie xx feat. Romy Madley Croft – Loud Places / Jamie xx – Gosh. 03. Carly Rae Jepsen – Run Away with Me / Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION / Carly Rae Jepsen – Warm Blood / Carly Rae Jepsen – Let’s Get Lost. 02. Joanna Newsom – Anecdotes / Joanna Newsom – Tyme, As a Symptom 01. Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta / Kendrick Lamar – Alright.