Something More Fantastical

It was a tense 48 hours but my computer is back! Keeping up with my blog was almost the most short-lived resolution I have ever made. Anyway, I'm glad I won't disappoint the three people who actually read this.

The one thing that wasn't terrible in 2010 was the music. These were the songs I fell in love with in 2010. They aren't necessarily songs that debuted in 2010-- they were just songs that I was constantly listening to.

Songs with an asterisk = covers of songs (i.e.: the artist listed is not the original artist of the song)

Songs with a caret = my personal top ten within the list

The five albums listed are amazing throughout. Each song is fantastic.

01) A Better Son/ Daughter ^ ~ Rilo Kiley

02) All My Best* ~ My Morning Jacket

03) Ali in the Jungle ~ The Hours

04) Angel from Montgomery* ~ Old Crow Medicine Show

05) Banana Splits ~ The Dickies

06) Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)* ~ Justin Vernon

07) But the Days and Nights Are Long ^ ~ Cheryl Wheeler

08) Change of Time ~ Josh Ritter

09) Confidence ^ ~ "Sound of Music" Soundtrack

10) Dance to the Music ~ Sly and the Family Stone

11) Deeper Well ^ ~ The Wailin' Jennys

12) Downpour ~ Brandi Carlile

13) Fuck You ^ ~ Cee Lo Green

14) Heaven* ~ Brandi Carlile

15) Hot Mess ~ Cobra Starship

16) How You Like Me Now ~ The Heavy

17) Home ~ Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes

18) Lark ~ Josh Ritter

19) Late Night Grande Hotel ^ ~ Nanci Griffith

20) Lightweight ~ Jen + Abby

21) Mahna Mahna* ~ Cake

22) Old Fashioned ~ Cee Lo Green

23) Postcard Home ~ The Lost Trailers

24) Kick Ass ^ ~ Mika & Redone

25) King of Anything ~ Sara Bareilles

26) Raise Your Glass ^ ~ P!nk

27) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ~ The Platters

28) Spanish Pipedream ^ ~ The Avett Brothers

29) The Call ~ Regina Spektor

30) The Curse ~ Josh Ritter

31) The Great Pretender ~ The Platters

32) There's A Pot A Brewin' ~ The Little Ones

33) This Door Swings Both Ways ~ Herman's Hermits

34) This Too Shall Pass ^ ~ OK Go

35) This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us ~ Sparks

36) Tightrope ~ Janelle Monae

37) Wait Til You See Me Smile ~ Alicia Keys

38) We Are Golden ~ Mika

39) With A Little Bit of Luck ~ "My Fair Lady" Soundtrack

Albums

Brothers ~ The Black Keys

I and Love and You ~ Avett Brothers

I Learned the Hard Way ~ Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

Lungs ~ Florence + the Machine

Wake Up ~ John Legend & the Roots