Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2020

(waiting to collect my first (?) fp’s)

Really fun month of listening for me, especially for singles. Potential best of the year material noted with an asterisk.

Albums
* Ariana Grande - Positions
* Dizzee Rascal - E3AF (Upgraded to great on multiple listens)
* The Hawtplates - Make Me Down
* Simmy - Tugela Fairy (Made of Stars)
Actress - Karma & Desire
Carolina Eyck - Elephant in Green
DaBaby - My Brother’s Keeper
Felbm - Tape 4 (very Haruomi Hosono)
Homeboy Sandman - Don’t Feed the Monster
Juana Molina - ANRMAL Live in Mexico
Linda Buckley - From Oceans Floor
Masego - Studying Abroad
Mort Garson - Music from Patch Cord Productions
Omarion - The Kinection
Progetto Tribale - Vol 7
Victoria Monet - Jaguar

Tracks
* Burna Boy - 20 10 20
* Busiswa and Mr JazziQ - Makazi ( need to get deeper on the album)
* Fatima Yamaha - Unwashed (late pass on the LP, will get there before end of year)
* Jazmine Sullivan - Pick Up Your Feelings
* Katie Pruitt - Ohio, After the Gold Rush
* Morray - Quicksand
* Omarion and T-Pain - Can You Hear Me?
* Q Twins with Claudio and Kenza - Vuma
* Roisin Murphy - Narcissus
* SG Lewis with Lucky Daye - Feed the Fire
* Theo Parrish and Maurissa Rose - This Is For You
Ferg and Monica - Big A$AP
Abra Cadabra - Spin this Coupe
AC/DC - Shot in the Dark, Kick You When You’re Down
Alessandro Cortini, Matteo Vallicelli (looking forward to hearing this album)
Alpoko Don - Mad at Myself
And Brun - After the Great Storm, Crumbs
Arina Grande - Shut Up
Austra and Cecile Believe - Mountain Baby (Octo Octa’s Contemplation Remix)
BackRoad Gee and Lethal Bizzle and JME - Enough Is Enough
Bella - Something You Like
Benjamin Louis Brody and Ian Chang - ASMR II
Bibio - Madame Grotesque (this album seems great so far)
Bicep with Clara La San - Saku
Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas - The Creator Has a Master Plan
Camper with Brandy - Sleep
Carolina Eyck - Northern Lights
Chip with JME and Dizzee Rascal - Ignite
Chris Stapleton - You Should Probably Leave
Coco and Breezy with Dawn Richard - U.
DaBaby - Handgun, More Money More Problems, Gucci Peacoat
Da Les with Focalistic, Kamo Mphela and Jobe London - Elon Musk
Danalogue with Alabaster de Plume - All Who Wonder Are Not Lost (definitely need to dig into this album
Dauwd - Idris
David Banner, Ne-Yo, Big KRIT, T-Pain (!) - Come Home
Davido - FEM
DC Young Fly with Fetty Wap - No Choice
De Mogul SA with Sino Msolo - Amanyan-nyan
Dizzee Rascal - Only One King
DJ Q - All That I Could
Elvis Costello - Revolution 49, No Flag, They’re Not Laughing At Me Now (need to get through the album a few more times)
Gillian Welch - There’s a First Time for Everything, Peace in the Valley
Homeboy Sandman - Hello Dancer, Don’t Look Down, Trauma
Howie Lee - The Unreasonable Song
Indochine and Christine and the Queens - 3SEX
Ir Sais, Sean Paul and Davido - Dream Girl (Global Remix)
Jim White - Money in a Silo, Highway of Lost Hat
Folamour and Jitwam - Sun After Rain
Julian De’Angelo - N’aie Pas Peur (Exchange Mix)
K1N5 - Bando
Kettma - Anniversary
Lady Leshurr - Quarantine Speech
Lil Nas X - HOLIDAY (hey this is really good!)
Lone and KETTAMA - The Way You Feel
LOONA - Universe, Oops!
Mariah Carey - Cool on You
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl - Lemon Trees, Last Minute Smears
Masego - Mystery Lady
Micem and Serge Beynaud - Affronter
Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa - Prisoner (sure, why not)
NMESH - Cimcool 15kv Distribution
Octo Ota - River
Olamide - Green Light
Omah Lay - Godly
Omarion - Mutual, Involved, Unbothered,
Onehohtrix Point Never - Answering Machine
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto (Copycat Killer Version)
Roman Flügel - Pattern 9
Smashing Soweto - Weekend
Saweetie with Jhene Aiko - Back to the Streets
Seba Kaapstad - Konke
SG Lewis - Chemicals
Shordie Shordie - Good Evening
Simmy - Wamuhle, Indaba, Konke, Mabhungu
Statik Selektah, Conway the Machine, 2 Chainz, Killer Mike - Play Around
Sturgill Simpson - Railroad of Sin, Sometimes Wine
Sun-El Musician with Ami Saku - Mandinaye
SUSS - Echo Lake
Tion Wayne and MIST - Deludeed
Victoria Manet - Jaguar, Moment, Experience, Touch Me
Volpe Co. - Don’t Touch Your Face

Okay, I'm sure I'll be frantically filling this up with a lot more from copious end of year listing but let's call it on Christmas. You know what I haven't been able to stop listening to all month is Bob James' 1977 hit "Angela (Theme from Taxi)", so a very honorable mention there. Best of the year asterisked. A very very good year for music! Not for anything else.

Albums
* Fatima Yamaha - Spontaneous Order
* Jake Blount - Spider Tales
* Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
* Sir Richard Bishop - Oneiric Formulary
Bryant Taylorr - Rare
Gabe Lee - Honky Tonk Hell
Leon Chang - Return to Bird World
Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice
Ron Obasi - Sun Tapes

Tracks
* Christopher Willis - Mickey's Song (The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse End Credits Theme)
* Joff Bush - Bluey Theme Song
* Justine Darcenne - Off Days
* Felbm - Filatelie
* Jacque Satre - Anatole Trance
* Masego - Mystery Lady
* Stylo G - Oh Lawd
* Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies - Another Holiday
* Viagra Boys - Ain't Nice
Aimee Mann - Avalanche
The Aces - Daydream
Alkaline - Buryberry
Ana Tijoux - Antifa Dance
ARTHUR - 8 Melodies
Ashley Ray - Dirty Work
Bambounou - Tftt
Basketmouth with Flavour and Phyno - Papa Benji
Boy Harsher - ROV (New Beat Edit Part Time Punks Session)
Brian Brown with Reaux Marquez - Runnin
Bryant Taylorr - Strange Rooms
Caroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (AG Cook Remix)
Cate le Bon - Here It Comes Again, Miami
Caveboy - NYP
Chekov - Swerl
Chuck Indigo with JORDAN Xx - Okay Today
CS + Kreme - April Fool's Day
Justine Darcenne - I'm OK with That, It'll Be You (with Blake Waters)
Denis Sulta - Ambition is a Beautiful Poison (Brunswick Hotel Mix)
DJ Stokie with Loxion Deep and Kabza de Small - Senorita
Doja Cat - Say So
Erica Banks - Buss It
Falz and Niniola - Squander
Fantastic Man - Body Hurt (Tensino Mix)
Fantastic Shadows - The Time for Peace is Now
Flatbush Zombies - Afterlife
Gabe Lee - Imogene, Honky Tonk Hell
Ghost Power - Asteroid Witch
Ron Gilmore with Tim Gent and Jamiah - Take My Time
Haiey Whitters - Ten Year Town, Heartland
Honey Dijon with Hadiya George - Not About You
Howie Lee - The Wriggled Mind
I Waata - Digi Loan, Start It
Jahvillani - Lizzad Pon Limb, Smooth (with Skillibeng)
Joeboy - Lonely
Julia Wu with SHOU - Qi Shi Yi Fen Zhi Yi Jia Yi
Keedron Bryant - I Just Wanna Live
Kem - Lie to Me
Lee Hye - Erase You
Lous and the Yakuza - Amigo
Man Power with Amy Douglas - Acid God
Max de Wardener and Kit Downes - The Sky Has a Film
Miley Cyrus - WTF Do I Know, Gimme What I Want, Midnight Sky
Mr G - Gathering NYC
Mya - I'ma Do It
Nathan Fake - Arboretum
Nicole Atkins - AM Gold
Nilufer Yanya - Tears
Object Blue and TSVI - Turing Machine
Obongjayar - 10K
Oxlade - AWAY
Pangaea - Like This
Payroll Giovanni - Tired of Being Single
Pearson Sound - Alien Mode
Porij - 150
Psalmwves - Back At It
Rapsody - 12 Problems
Reol - The Sixth Sense
Ron Obassi - Eastside Marauders, Dem Crackas (with $hrames)
Sada Baby - Aktivated
SG Lewis with Rhye - Time
Shenseea - Bad Alone
Sleaford Mods - Shortcummings
Sleep D - Freak of...
Sylvan Esso - Rooftop Dancing
Taylor Swift - August
Teejay - Bubble Nuh, City of Gods
Tienhaara - Avaa hiukset, Medusa
Tom Petty - Harry Green ("he stopped a redneck from kickin' my ass")
US Girls - 4 American Dollars
Yusufkanbai - do and undo
Zain SA - PE Yano
Zeroh - Aquamane