A Round of Sound

Finally, it’s time for the annual playlist that caps off my countdown. Rather than do a ranking of favorite songs, I choose to compile what I think is a good representation for the year in music, all on an 80 minute CD-R. Per the norm, plenty of my favorite songs couldn’t find their way on here due to length, or production techniques of the track, so in some cases I’ve got songs on here that aren’t even my favorite from its respective album.

Other notes: I managed to squeeze 20 tracks onto this years mix, same as last year. This is a very top 25 heavy playlist, as only two songs show up from albums outside my top 25. Those songs being The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die’s “Gig Life” and Tegan and Sara’s “Closer” from their very nice album Heartthrob, my #35 album of the year, which is the lowest ranked album to find a song on my playlist in 2013. Of the remaining tracks, 10 come from albums in my #11-#25 range, and 8 from albums in my top 10. The only top 10 albums that don’t have a representative on my mix are Sunbather and Reflektor. As always, the order of the Mixtape is not a ranking, but rather an order based on how the song appears on its respective album.

Below, you’ll see the tracklist, and after the jump you can listen to every track if you so choose. I’ve also created Rdio and Spotify playlists, the latter of which is embedded below. (Note, “new you” isn’t available on either service.)  There’s also my Amazon.com list which has my entire top 25 albums of the year, nice and neat in a one page form (and access to my all my lists since 2001). And last but not least, this is the 6th straight year Amy Boyd has stepped up to provide me my album art. She actually spent part of her birthday working on this, but that’s why she gets paid the big bucks. (Disclaimer: there are no bucks being transferred, much less big ones.)

2013 was a great year for music, and a very tough act to follow. Let’s see what you got, 2014.

1) “Closer” – Tegan and Sara :: Heartthrob
2) “You & I” – Local Natives :: Hummingbird
3) “The Mother We Share” – Chvrches :: The Bones of What You Believe
4) “KV Crimes” – Kurt Vile :: Wakin On a Pretty Daze
5) “Backyard Skulls” – Frightened Rabbit :: Pedestrian Verse
6) “Counting” – Autre Ne Veut :: Anxiety
7) “Song for Zula” – Phosphorescent :: Muchacho
8) “Borrowed Time” – Parquet Courts:: Light Up Gold
9) “Royals” – Lorde :: Pure Heroine
10) “Step” – Vampire Weekend :: Modern Vampires of the City
11) “The Wire” – Haim :: Days Are Gone
12) “Byegone” – Volcano Choir :: Repave
13) “Sea of Love” – The National :: Trouble Will Find Me
14) “Dropla” – Youth Lagoon :: Wondrous Bughouse
15) “new you” – My Bloody Valentine :: m b v
16) “Hold On, We’re Going Home” – Drake :: Nothing Was The Same
17) “Avocado, Baby” – Los Campesinos! :: No Blues
18) “She Will” – Savages :: Silence Yourself
19) “Gig Life” – The World Is A Beautiful Place… :: Whenever, If Ever
20) “Doin’ It Right”  – Daft Punk :: Random Access Memories

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[“Closer” – Tegan and Sara :: Heartthrob]

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[“You & I” – Local Natives :: Hummingbird]

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[“The Mother We Share” – Chvrches :: The Bones of What You Believe]

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[“KV Crimes” – Kurt Vile :: Wakin On a Pretty Daze]

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[“Backyard Skulls” – Frightened Rabbit :: Pedestrian Verse]

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[“Counting” – Autre Ne Veut :: Anxiety]

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[“Song for Zula” – Phosphorescent :: Muchacho]

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[“Borrowed Time” – Parquet Courts:: Light Up Gold]

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[“Royals” – Lorde :: Pure Heroine]

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[“Step” – Vampire Weekend :: Modern Vampires of the City]

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[“The Wire” – Haim :: Days Are Gone]

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[“Byegone” – Volcano Choir :: Repave]

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[“Sea of Love” – The National :: Trouble Will Find Me]

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[“Dropla” – Youth Lagoon :: Wondrous Bughouse]

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[“new you” – My Bloody Valentine :: m b v]

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[“Hold On, We’re Going Home” – Drake :: Nothing Was The Same]

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[“Avocado, Baby” – Los Campesinos! :: No Blues]

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[“She Will” – Savages :: Silence Yourself]

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[“Gig Life” – The World Is A Beautiful Place… :: Whenever, If Ever]

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[“Doin’ It Right”  – Daft Punk :: Random Access Memories]

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