1. Started From The Bottom – Drake – Ominous sample and an auto tune vocal on a loop going round and round which, in typical Drake fashion makes bragging feel like a form of deep deep depression. In other words: Awesome – Grade: A-
2. Friendship – Charles Ives – Dora Ohrenstein's soprano caresses the lovely piano played melody. SImple and stunning as it builds to the briodge than backtracks – Grade: A
3. Capricorn II – Wayne Shorter – From two albums (or ten years) ago, he breathes melody through the song – Grade: A_
4. Gradual Return – Trixie Whitley – Pop star – Grade: A
5. Ode To Sleep – Twenty One Pilots – Pop rap (pop rap?) via the Mid-West from Fueled By Ramen. Better than that sounds – Grade: B+
6. Cater 2 U – Destiny's Child – Not bad love ode – Grade: B-
7. Bats – The Joy Formidable – A song of the year – Grade: A
8. Punkyougirl – Adam Ant – PS: if we are holding Jimmy Saville to such stringent child abuse laws, shouldn't Mick Jagger be indicted? Not to mention Adam Ant – Grade: B+
9. Pomp And Circumstance – London Philharmonic Orchestra – Speedy! – Grade: B+
10. You Don't Tell Me What To Do – Kris Kristofferson – Sounds boatloads like latter day cash – Grade: A-