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This is my list… just need to get it out..

I need to confess that I listen to way more “old” music during a year. Lot’s of old bootlegs & old classics. Hallgeir (my partner in crime here @ JV) is the one always checking out new music, and giving me input.

Anyways, I manage to get my share and there were many great albums released this year as well. For me Jason Isbell’s “Southeastern” was number uno.. by quite a distance, but a late runner: John Moreland’s “In The Throes” came knockin’ when the polls were closing.

I only allow a maximum of 2 songs each artist.

Top 25

1. Jason Isbell – Elephant
   –
   I buried her a thousand times,
   giving up my place in line,
   but I don’t give a damn about that nowThere’s one thing that’s real clear to me,
   no one dies with dignity.
   We just try to ignore the elephant somehow.

2. John Moreland – God’s Medicine
   –
   I guess by now, I’m supposed to be a man
   They said I’d find some kind of freedom when I forgot I had a say
   But my grandmother still gives me ten bucks on my birthday
   And she told me that sleep is god’s medicine
   And you’re gonna die someday
   
3. Son Volt – Angel Of The Blues
   –
   And there was never any doubt
   Plans to make carried out
   Time keeps slipping through
   Angel of the blues
   
4. Jason Isbell – Yvette
   
5. Kacey Musgraves – Silver Lining
   
6. Patty Griffin – Not A Bad Man
   
7. Guy Clark – My Favorite Picture of You
   
8. Holly Williams – Railroads
   
9. John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore
   
10. Lars Winnerback – Vem Som Helst Blues
    
11. Austin Lucas – Rings
    
12. Ashley Monroe – Like A Rose
    
13. Mavis Staples –  Holy Ghost
    
14. The National – Pink Rabbits
    
15. The South – The Further Inside You Go…
    
16. John Murry – Little Coloured Baloons
    
17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street
    
18. Holly Williams – The Highway
    
19. Son Volt – Down The Highway
    
20. Patty Griffin – Don’t Let Me Die In Florida
    
21. Lars Winnerback – Ett Slags Liv
    
22. Austin Lucas – Alone In Memphis
    
23. Kacey Musgraves – Follow Your Arrow
    
24. John Grant – Vietnam
    
25. The David Mayfield Parade – Love Will only Break Your Heart
    

Spotify Playlist:

Check out:

• The 5 Best box sets and reissues of 2013
• Best albums of 2013 number 5 to 1
• Best albums of 2013 number 15 to 6
• Best albums of 2013 number 25 to 16

-Egil