Recently while doing a "top ten albums of all time" list for someone I had a revelation. You know the kind of things you have when you think too hard about something. It was that record albums are collections of songs. I know, huge insight. When discussing rock albums you, almost without fail, refer to individual songs on that album. When you like a certain album it is because you like most or all of the songs on that album. Or maybe it's the cover. In most cases the only thing that ties a rock/pop album together is that the songs were written around the same time. Notable exceptions are so called "concept" albums and live records.
All this to say maybe I'd rather look at lists of songs rather than lists of albums. I know it isn't the artistic approach but who cares. It works in High Fidelity...
My Top Ten Seasonal Songs (Christmas and cold stuff- I understand many are overplayed)
- Happy Xmas- Lennon
- Skating- Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Sleigh Ride- Ferrante and Teicher
- Carol of the Bells- Arthur Fiedler and Boston Pops
- Joy to the World- Ella Fitzgerald
- Listen The Snow is Falling- Yoko Ono
- Santa Claus is Back in Town- Elvis Presley
- Baby It's Cold Outside- Dean Martin
- Wonderful Christmastime- Paul McCartney
- What Christmas Means To Me- Stevie Wonder
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