So I have this tradition (which I stole from my bestie Brett) to make a top albums of the year list, every year. It helps keep me up on my music, but serves as a sort of reminder of how my year went. I think of albums as friends who weathered season after season in life with me. They are the soundtrack of my thoughts and heart for the year. I usually try to only include albums released in the same year, but ya know, a girl can get a year or two behind from time to time.
Though I wasn’t as able to keep up with the music scene this year while on the race, I got some good stuff from fellow squadmates…songs and stories that accompanied me through losing my grandmother, leaving home, and surviving the storms and celebrations of the last 7 months in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
My favorites. My friends. My list. World Race edition 2010.
1. Austin Crane- Valley Maker
2. Mumford and Sons- Sigh No More
3. The National- High Violet
4. Local Natives- Gorrilla Manor
5. Broken Social Scene- Forgiveness Rock Record
6. Jonathan David Helser- The Awakening
7. Paolo Nutini- Sunny Side Up
8. Andrew Bell- The Ladder
9. Florence and the Machine- Lungs
10. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Honorable Mentions
Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
Whitley- The Submarine
Brett Dennen- Hope for the Hopeless
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down- Know Better Learn Faster
Faded Paper Figures- Dynamo
Favorite songs
B.O.B. – “Airplanes”
The Fray/ Timbaland- “Undertow”
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros-“Home”
Lissie- “Everywhere I go”
Temper Trap- “Sweet Disposition”
Fink- “If only”
Knann- “Wavin’ flag” ( the official song of O squad in Africa)
