1. The Book Of Love – The Magnetic Fields – From their greatest album 69 Love Songs, this is a flat out masterpiece but the singing is a little iffy – A
2. It Is What It Is – Blood Orange – This guy is always playing around time and now I really wanna see him, where is he? – A
3. Candy – Robbie Williams – When songs are catchy as this fail to crack the US Charts you gotta think he never will – B+
4. High Street – Blood Orange – I am so overwhelmed by this album, a superb r&b song here, completely modern and Skepta, part of the long gone grime movement, is brilliant on the rap and the song is another great track on one of the best albums of the year – A
5. The Book Of Love – Margot Macdonald – Margot is one of the great cover artists of and she saves Stephin Merritt’s classic through a vocal and harmonies to be cherished. Margot is playing Bowery Electric December 11th – A
6. Embraceable You – Frank Sinatra and Lena Horne – Time has been very cut to this because if it ain’t the best version ever, it is still Lena and Frank – B+
7. Candlelit Bedroom – Elton John – The best Elton John song you’ll never hear – A
8. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) – Billy Hoel – You remember, “heart-akack-ack-ack
– A
9. Can’t Tell Me Nothing – Kanye West – we waited till he got his money right – A
10. POWER – Kanye West – It’s a beautiful death – A