1. Good Times Theme – Silver Screen Symphony – Easy Credit rip offs? Temporary layoffs? The theme from the Inner City ethnic comedy couldn't decide if they believed in them or not, but for all the edge, it was a blueprint for the arrived Jeffersons and top of the food chain. The song is a catchy so and so, pure, er, dy-no-mite – Grade: A-
2. Go feat Karen O – Santigold – One song won't save her new album, but one song could lift her chartwise – Grade: A
3. Can't Smile Without You – Barry Manilow – "You came along, just like a song?" It must have always existed – Grade: A+
4. Summer Romance – Maren Parusel – You see, she COULD do this whenever she chose to – Grade: A
5. In Color – Jamey Johnson – Hard country for hard times Great depression story of cotton farmers – Grade: A
6. Besos de Coral – Elvis Crespo – The horns on this song hold the hook and every time they make an entrance you wanna dancer harder – Grade" A+
7. Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers – 30 years on, this is what's left of California dreaming – Grade: A+
8. Every Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young – Yet another type of California dreaming – Grade: A+
9. End Of The Line – Sleigh Bells – Magnificent opening for RHCP Saturday night, but their sound can feel like a cul de sac… this song points to their way out – Grade: A
10.Jenny From The Block – Jennifer Lopez – Of course she's lying. That's the point – Grade :A