My Top Twenty-Five Records
An annual list of my favorite releases
2022
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Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975
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Anaïs Mitchell, Anaïs Mitchell
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Rolling Golden Holy, Bonnie Light Horseman
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Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief
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WE, Arcade Fire
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Break Me Open, S. Carey
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11:11, Pinegrove
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Blue Rev, Alvvays
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PAINLESS, Nilufer Yanya
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I Walked With You A Ways, Plains
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(self-titled), Marcus Mumford
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BRIGHTSIDE, The Lumineers
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LOUIE, Kenny Beats
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Alpha Zulu, Phoenix
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Surrender, Maggie Rogers
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Things Are Great, Band of Horses
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Havasu, Pedro the Lion
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Life on Earth, Hurray for the Riff Raff
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Cheat Codes, Danger Mouse & Black Thought
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A Light for Attracting Attention, The Smile
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ILYSM, Wild Pink
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Lighten Up, Erin Rae
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Sometimes, Forever, Soccer Mommy
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Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy
Here’s my favorite track from each record:
2021
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Pressure Machine, The Killers
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I Don’t Live Here Anymore, The War on Drugs
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Good Woman, The Staves
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A Billion Little Lights, Wild Pink
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Collections From The Whiteout, Ben Howard
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Changephobia, Rostam
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How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, Big Red Machine
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Head of Roses, Flock of Dimes
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Screen Violence, CHVRCHES
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Little Oblivions, Julien Baker
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Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges
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Hope for Sale, Chiiild
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A Pillar of Salt, Noah Gunderson
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Sob Rock, John Mayer
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Donda, Kanye West
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Promises, Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders
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Watchhouse, Watchhouse
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Obsidian, Jónsi
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January Flower, Mat Kearney
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30, Adele
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In Heaven, Strand of Oaks
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In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile
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Take the Sadness Our of Saturday Night, Bleachers
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CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Tyler, the Creator
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Home Video, Lucy Dacus
Here’s my favorite track from each record:
2020
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Half Moon Light, The Lone Bellow
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Punisher/Copycat Killer, Phoebe Bridgers
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Shore, Fleet Foxes
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Transmigration Blues, The Dead Tongues
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Beginners, Christian Lee Hutson
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The Avalanche, Owen
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Cannot Be, Whatsoever, Novo Amor
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Reunions, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
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Free Love, Sylvan Esso
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The Slow Rush, Tame Impala
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Shape & Destroy, Ruston Kelly
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Suddenly, Caribou
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The Ascension, Sufjan Stevens
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Peopled with Dreams, John Mark McMillan
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Notes on a Conditional Form, The 1975
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Through A Dark Wood, Sea Wolf
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Chewing Cotton Wool, The Japanese House
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Imploding The Mirage, The Killers
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Shiver, Jónsi
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folklore, Taylor Swift
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Saint Cloud, Waxahatchee
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RTJ4, Run the Jewels
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Off Off On, This is the Kit
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My Love is a Hurricane, David Ramirez
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The Balladeer, Lori McKenna
Here’s my favorite track from each record:
2019
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Better Oblivion Community Center, Better Oblivion Community Center
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Phoenix, Pedro the Lion
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I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream., Tallest Man on Earth
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Eraserland, Strand of Oaks
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Terms of Surrender, Hiss Golden Messenger
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i,i, Bon Iver
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Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend
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I am Easy to Find, The National
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Lover, Noah Gunderson
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New Ways, Leif Vollebekk
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Goes West, William Tyler
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The Highwomen, The Highwomen
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Wooh Dang, Daniel Norgren
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III, The Lumineers
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Secondhand Smoke, Sean McConnell
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Jaime, Brittany Howard
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Violet Street, Local Natives
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Look Up & Fly Away, Darlingside
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Front Porch, Joy Williams
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As Far As I Can See, Phil Cook
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Ode to Joy, Wilco
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Silencia, Hammock
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American Football (LP3), American Football
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Good at Falling, The Japanese House
Here’s my favorite track from each record:
2018
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By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile
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Hundred Acres, S. Carey
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Evening Machines, Gregory Alan Isokov
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boygenius, boygenius
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C’est La Vie, Phosphorescent
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Summertime Songs, Field Report
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Big Red Machine, Big Red Machine
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Traversa, Geotic
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The Hex, Richard Swift
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Caer, Twin Shadow
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To the Sunset, Amanda Shires
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Passwords, Dawes
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Noonday Dream, Ben Howard
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Malibu Nights, LANY
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DAYTONA, Pusha T
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My New Moon, Amos Lee
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HOME, John Butler Trio
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Honey, Robyn
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Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
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WARM, Jeff Tweedy
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Kindness, A Rebel, River Whyless
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DROGAS WAVE, Lupe Fiasco
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Birthplace, Novo Amor
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Singularity, Jon Hopkins
Here’s my favorite track from each record:
2017
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Hallelujah Anyhow, Hiss Golden Messenger
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A Deeper Understanding, The War on Drugs
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DAMN., Kendrick Lamar
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Something to Tell You, HAIM
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Stranger in the Alps, Phoebe Bridgers
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The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
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Twin Solitude, Leif Vollebekk
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Just for Us, Francis and the Lights
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Prisoner, Ryan Adams
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We’re Not Going Anywhere, David Ramirez
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Crack Up, Fleet Foxes
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Afterglow, Ásgeir
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Wonderful, Wonderful, The Killers
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Near the Wild Heart of Life, Japandroids
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Turn Out the Lights, Julien Baker
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Sleep Well Beast, The National
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Colors, Beck
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Beast Epic, Iron & Wine
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Hard Love, Strand of Oaks
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Half-Light, Rostam
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Romaplasm, Baths
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Pleasure, Feist
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Hug of Thunder, Broken Social Scene
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Whiteout Conditions, The New Pornographers
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The Thrill of it All, Sam Smith
Here’s my favorite track from each record:
Happy Listening,
Jeremy D. Cherry