Sunday, December 20, 2009

My Favorite Music of the Decade

The end of the decade has got me thinking back on the songs that I've loved the most these past ten years...

First, the honorable mentions:

Too Cool To Be Forgotten – Lucinda Williams (Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 1998)

Hold On – Tom Waits (Mule Variations, 1999)

Thank You – Dido (No Angel, 1999)

Carlene – Phil Vassar (Phil Vasser, 2000)

Red Dirt Girl – Emmylou Harris (Red Dirt Girl, 2000)

The Road Not Taken – Bruce Hornsby (Here Come the Noisemakers, 2000)

Stuck in a Moment – U2 (All That You Can’t Leave Behind, 2000)

Mitwa – Alka Yagnik (Lagaan, 2001)

The Space Between – Dave Matthews Band (Everyday, 2001)

My City of Ruins – Bruce Springsteen (The Rising, 2002)

Lose Yourself – Eminem (8 Mile, 2002)

Grey Street – Dave Matthews Band (Busted Stuff, 2002)

The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash (American IV, 2002)

This Side – Nickel Creek (This Side, 2002)

Hey Ya – Outkast (Speakerboxxx, 2003)

I Go Back – Kenny Chesney (When the Sun Goes Down, 2004)

All the Road Running – Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler (All the Road Running, 2006)

Grey Sky Eyes – Carbon Leaf (Indian Summer, 2006)

Heart Full of Holes – Mark Knopfler (Kill to Get Crimson, 2007)


And, my very favorites...


Same Old River – Sam Bush (Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride, 2000)

My Town – Montgomery Gentry (My Town, 2002)

When I Leave for California – William Walter (Rough Around the Edges, 2006)

Viva la Vida – Coldplay (Viva la Vida, 2008)

Domani – Artisti Uniti per l’Abruzzo (Domani, 2009)