1. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars – It starts like Chic before mainlining James Brown and it is so good you might wanna kiss yourself. A great piece of funky disco – A
2. Loop De Li – Bryan Ferry – which rhymes with “learn to lie’ and the song channels early 80s Roxy Music and how – A-
3. Walk right back – The Everly Brothers – Classic close harmony – A+
4. Hold me close – David essex – Excellent teen idol from the mid 1970s – A+
5. The Miracle Of (Joey ramones) – U2 – As weak as the pointless parenthesis and as fussy and self absorbed as a band can be, still it is much better with just an acoustic guitar – B
6. The Doomsday Book – …And You will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – I think I underestimated these guys, a ferocious guitar wall – B+
7. This Is The Love – Spandau Ballet – Kinda soulful in a George Michael way – B
8. Rabid Animal – Lake Street Drive – Great voice, great piano hook, smart lyric. What’s not to like? – A-
9. If I was A River – Willie Nile – Doesn’t work for me – B-
10. King Of The South – Big K.R.I.T. – Very flavorful rapper, his voice is tense but fluid – A-
