“Buy the box set and the kind of stuff / You’ve bought before a million times…”
BY MIKE METTLER – JANUARY 15, 2021
Back on January 1, I shared my list for The SoundBard’s Top 31 Albums of 2020. Now, it’s only fitting to follow-up said list with the year’s Top 31 Songs. Whether you choose to digest your own favorite tracks via hi-res streaming services, hi-res audio downloads, and/or 7-, 10-, or 12-inch 45s, this past year delivered a wonderfully wide wave of full-length aural wonders, all of them poignant chronicles of the good, the bad, and the ugly facets of a quite turbulent rotation around the sun. In reverse order, here are The SoundBard’s Top 31 individual tracks of 2020, along with an accompanying A/V clip (and/or link) for instant enjoyment.
31. Public Enemy: “What Ya Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?”
30. My Morning Jacket: “Spinning My Wheels”
29. Nektar: “Love Is/The Other Side”
28. Deep Purple: “Man Alive”
27. Miley Cyrus: “Midnight Sky”
26. Ozzy Osbourne: “Under the Graveyard”
25. Paul McCartney: “Long Tailed Winter Bird”
24. Outlaws: “Southern Rock Will Never Die”
23. Steve Howe: “On the Balcony”
22. Joe Satriani: “Teardrops”
21. Tame Impala: “It Might Be Time”
20. Pearl Jam: “Dance of the Clairvoyants”
19. Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum: “Love American Style”
18. Billie Eilish: “Therefore I Am”
17. The Dirty Knobs: “F**k That Guy”
16. Julian Taylor: “The Ridge”
15. The Chicks: “March March”
14. Bruce Springsteen: “One Minute You’re Here”
13. Cutting Crew: “I Just Died in Your Arms (Orchestral)”
12. Bob Dylan: “Murder Most Foul”
11. Sheryl Crow: “You Don’t Know How It Feels”
10. The Rolling Stones: “Living in a Ghost Town”
9. Elvis Costello: “Radio Is Everything”
8. Secret Machines: “Let’s Stay Alive”
7. The Lickerish Quartet: “Lighthouse Spaceship”
6. H.E.R.: “I Can’t Breathe”
5. Mammoth WVH: “Distance”
4. Todd Sucherman: “Last Flight Home”
3. Gord Downie: “Untitled”
2. Crack The Sky: “Tribes”
1. Steven Wilson: “Personal Shopper”
Until next time. . .
