…or not so much.
After reading Jack’s post on the subject, I gave some thought to doing my very own Best of 2005, until I realized, with some degree of horror, that I barely listened to anything at all this year. Actually that’s not true – I listened with almost Kabbalistic fervor to just two albums, Mysterious Production of Eggs by Andrew Bird, and the monumental Come On Feel the Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens.
This became extra clear to me last night, when in preparation for an upcoming road trip, I sat down to create a list of my 20 favorite songs of the year, and couldn’t do it. Not because I don’t have 20 favorite songs – but because my objective list would be comprised almost exclusively of those two albums. And “The Bleeding Heart Show” from Twin Cinemas. And probably “Feel Good, Inc.”
The point being, I ended up with an 18-track mix CD, of which 7 tracks are from one of those two albums. I feel like a miserable bastard.