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 ForgottenLucinda Williams (Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 1998)

Hold OnTom Waits (Mule Variations, 1999)

Thank YouDido (No Angel, 1999)

Carlene Phil Vassar (Phil Vasser, 2000)

Red Dirt GirlEmmylou Harris (Red Dirt Girl, 2000)

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

Stuck in a MomentU2 (All That You Can’t Leave Behind, 2000)

Mitwa Alka Yagnik (Lagaan, 2001)

The Space BetweenDave Matthews Band (Everyday, 2001)

My City of RuinsBruce Springsteen (The Rising, 2002)

Lose YourselfEminem (8 Mile, 2002)

Grey Street Dave Matthews Band (Busted Stuff, 2002)

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

This SideNickel Creek (This Side, 2002)

Hey YaOutkast (Speakerboxxx, 2003)

I Go BackKenny Chesney (When the Sun Goes Down, 2004)

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

Grey Sky EyesCarbon Leaf (Indian Summer, 2006)

Heart Full of HolesMark Knopfler (Kill to Get Crimson, 2007)


And, my very favorites...


Same Old RiverSam Bush (Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride, 2000)

My TownMontgomery Gentry (My Town, 2002)

When I Leave for CaliforniaWilliam Walter (Rough Around the Edges, 2006)

Viva la VidaColdplay (Viva la Vida, 2008)

DomaniArtisti Uniti per l’Abruzzo (Domani, 2009)