1. Just Like A Woman – Charlotte Gainsbourg – Charlotte is such a Daddy's girl, her Mom, Jane Birkin, is lost in the background somewhere. But if the vocal here isn't a tribute to Birkin, what else explains the breathy desirability?
2. Pray For Me – Anthony Hamilton – The syncopated vocal here suggest jazz, the arrangement gospel and the vocals are pure soul.
3. It's All Over Now – Bobby Womack and Bill Withers – The sleazy Rolling Stone is voyeuristic in its desire and vicious in its dismissal. Womack and Withers are soul man joyful at the dissolution of the bonds of love.
4. Korn – Narcissistic Cannibal – With Skrillex aka the kiss of death, this is a noisy, nasty fucker. Great name but…
5. Sophia – Laura Marling – My friend Rami Jojo thinks she looks sultry, I think she is an English Rose and both agree she can write a song. Here's the proof.
6. Our Day Will Come – Amy Winehouse – Even minor Winehouse was good because she put so much spirit into everything she did. N pun intended,
7. Rented Room – Craig Finn – The lesser of the two songs and it is still smarter than your average loves labors lost.
8. Olafur Arnolds – Pretty damn pretty, string instruments, a remix of his song for the indie movie "Another Happy Day"
9. Proud To Be Here – Trace Adkins – The pure sound of old fashioned country.
10. No Place Like Home For The Holiday – Perry Como – This may be my fave Christmas song of all time.