50. Anderson .Paak - "The Season / Carry Me"
Honestly it was hard to pick standouts from his album with almost everything being so good, so I
went with the track that gave you two amazing-sounding songs for the price of one. A steal I tell ya.
49. Charli XCX f/ Hannah Diamond - "Paradise"
Wasn't lying when I said it was the synergy that made
Vroom Vroom maybe my favorite release of '16 full
out, because the top pick on its own ... well as u'll see there are 48 higher. But still what a song, when you're on
your way to crashing your Maserati through a cotton candy cloud and just nothing else will do. It makes me very happy <3
48. School of Seven Bells - "Ablaze"
The surviving SVIIB member had to have known everything on this album would be looked at through a lens of Ben Curtis's death, for better of worse. But looking at the lyrics I gotta admire the conscious choice to frame things as a celebration of his life with little mention of what was to come, and the music blasts off in a similarly alive fashion.
47. David Bowie - "I Can't Give Everything Away"
And then here's another death-related work that refuses to be just that. The closing song on David Bowie's
closing album ends things definitely on the man's own terms, sauntering at us like a pop song from parallel
dimension and serving as a gentle reminder that no matter what else happens, the music stays with us.
46. Carly Rae Jepsen - "First Time"
Ok whoever thought of that intro technique (I bet it was Carly and Carly alone) is such a genius, but like
with the Vince pick, you could start the song 10 seconds in and still be left with living proof of like the
world's very best pop singer working at the top of her game.
Great EP opener
Such a lovely album closer.
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Maybe 'Parasite' woulda been a more apt title cuz
