Thursday, December 24, 2009

Favorite free and legal MP3s of 2009

It's time for the third annual "Fingertips Favorites" list, presenting the free and legal MP3s that were my absolute favorites of the year. As with previous years, you'll note there are two lists: one of my top 10 favorite free and legal MP3s of 2008, and, this year, one of my next 10 favorite free and legal MP3s of 2008. Not only is it too hard to narrow it down to just 10, but this year I'm thinking I could feasibly exchange any (or all) songs in the second 10 for songs in the first 10. It's all guesswork, and everything is really good.



TOP 10 FAVORITE FREE AND LEGAL MP3s, 2009

"Johanna" - Think About Life  [more]
"What You Said" - The Decks  [more]
"River of Dirt" - Marissa Nadler  [more]
"Davy Crockett" - South Ambulance  [more]
"Trophy Wife" - The Winter Sounds  [more]
"Gloomy Monday Morning" - The Black Hollies  [more]
"The River" - Audra Mae  [more]
"She Comes To Me" - Adam Arcuragi  [more]
"Goodbye" - The Argument  [more]
"The Letter" - The Veils  [more]

Honorary Top 10: "Loaded" - The Idle Hands (no longer available) [more]


10 MORE FAVORITE FREE AND LEGAL MP3s, 2009

"When the Devil's Loose" - A. A. Bondy  [more]
"My Maudlin Career" - Camera Obscura  [more]
"Madeline, Every Girl" - Cameron McGill & What Army  [more]
"It Hurts Me All the Time" - Faunts  [more]
"Die Young" - The Sweet Serenades  [more]
"Tammie" - the Dø  [more]
"White As Diamonds" - Alela Diane  [more]
"Lalita" - The Love Language  [more]
"Harold T. Wilkins" - Fanfarlo  [more]
"Miracle" - Sally Shapiro  [more]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice work narrowing down to your favorites. It's work I know. Thank you. "The Letter" is to one of my top songs of 2009, too.