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Annual top playlists
The best of the year… According to my streaming service, at least.
2016
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) | Album Name |
|---|---|---|
| Cynthy-Ruth | Black Merda! | The Psych-Funk of Black Merda |
| Edged In Blue | Rory Gallagher;Tony Arnold | Etched In Blue |
| Dear Mr. Fantasy | Traffic | Mr. Fantasy |
| Let It Happen | Tame Impala | Currents |
| Gold And Silver | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| The Thrill Is Gone | B.B. King;Tracy Chapman | Deuces Wild |
| No Other | Gene Clark | No Other |
| Under My Thumb | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath (UK Version / Remastered) |
| The Less I Know The Better | Tame Impala | Currents |
| Run Thru | My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves |
| Fine Corinthian Leather | Charlie Hunter | Baboon Strength |
| Box of Rain - Live at the Civic Center | Grateful Dead | Selections from Spring 1990 Box |
| The Court of the Crimson King - Live | Greg Lake | London '81 (Live) |
| Eminence Front | The Who | It's Hard (Remastered) |
| Ziggy Stardust - 2012 Remaster | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
| Fire on the Mountain - 2013 Remaster | Grateful Dead | Shakedown Street |
| Le Sommeil - Live | Anis | Rodéo Boulevard |
| Feeling Good | Nina Simone | I Put A Spell On You |
| Balek - 2006 Remastered Version | Marc Moulin | Placebo Years 1971 - 1974 |
| School - Live At Pavillon de Paris/1979 | Supertramp | Paris (Reissue Remastered) |
| I'm in Your Mind | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | I'm In Your Mind Fuzz |
| Why Won't They Talk To Me? | Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| Sketch for A Summer | The Durutti Column | The Return Of The Durutti Column |
| Un soir chez Norris | Pierre Cavalli | Un soir chez Norris (Evasion 1971) - Single |
| A Day In The Life | Wes Montgomery | Bumpin' On Sunset (Jazz Club) |
| Walk On By | El Michels Affair | Truth & Soul presents A Tribute to Isaac Hayes |
| Louise et Thelma - Live | Anis | Rodéo Boulevard [Edition Fnac Collector] |
| Band On The Run | Paul McCartney;Wings | Wingspan (UK Version) |
| Looks like Rain - Live October 1989 - April 1990 | Grateful Dead | Without a Net (Live) |
| Aladdin Sane - 2013 Remaster | David Bowie | Aladdin Sane |
| Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) | John Lennon;The Plastic Ono Band;Yoko Ono | Power To The People - The Hits |
| You Wish | Nightmares On Wax | In A Space Outta Sound |
| Little Wing | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Couldn't Stand The Weather |
| Terrapin Station Medley - 2014 Remaster | Grateful Dead | Terrapin Station |
| We Won’t Get Fooled Again | Murray Head | My Back Pages |
| Of a Lifetime | Journey | Journey |
| Mon métro | Anis | La Chance |
| Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - 2012 Remaster | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
| Cherry Chapstick | Yo La Tengo | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out |
| Fire on the Mountain - Live at Winterland, December 31, 1978 | Grateful Dead | The Closing of Winterland: December 31, 1978 |
| Godzilla | Fu Manchu | Godzilla's / Eatin' Dust |
| Listen To Me | Baby Huey | The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend |
| Kid Charlemagne | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam |
| Heaven Is In Your Mind | Traffic | Mr. Fantasy |
| I Follow You | Melody's Echo Chamber | Melody's Echo Chamber |
| Endors Toi | Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| Power To The People | John Lennon;The Plastic Ono Band | Power To The People - The Hits |
| Athens | Charlie Hunter | Baboon Strength |
| Spirits In The Night | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Nightingales And Bombers |
| Rubin And Cherise | Jerry Garcia Band;Jerry Garcia | Cats Under the Stars |
| Sketches of China | Paul Kantner;Grace Slick;David Freiberg | Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun |
| Too Much Alcohol - Live | Rory Gallagher | Etched In Blue |
| Inside Looking Out - Remastered | Grand Funk Railroad | Grand Funk (Red Album) |
| Let Me Roll It | Paul McCartney;Wings | Wingspan (UK Version) |
| Lady Writer | Dire Straits | Dire Straits / Communique |
| Cellophane | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | I'm In Your Mind Fuzz |
| Survival - Remastered LP Version | Yes | Yes |
| California Dreamin' | Eddie Hazel | Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs |
| China Cat Sunflower - Live in Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72 | Grateful Dead | Veneta, OR 8/27/72: The Complete Sunshine Daydream Concert |
| Flowers Of The Night | Paul Kantner;Grace Slick;David Freiberg | Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun |
| Bourée - Live; 2006 Remaster | Jethro Tull | A Little Light Music |
| Reggatta De Blanc - Remastered 2003 | The Police | Reggatta De Blanc |
| Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) | Neil Young;Crazy Horse | Rust Never Sleeps |
| Berkshire Poppies | Traffic | Mr. Fantasy |
| C'est quand qu'on va où ? | Renaud | À la belle de mai |
| Vítám Vás | Mythematica | Mythematica |
| White Bird | It's A Beautiful Day | It's a Beautiful Day |
| Catherine Of Aragon | Rick Wakeman | The Six Wives Of Henry VIII |
| Starman - 2012 Remaster | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
| Jam Man | Chet Atkins | Chet Picks On The Grammys |
| Shakedown Street - 2013 Remaster | Grateful Dead | Shakedown Street |
| Bombay Calling | It's A Beautiful Day | It's a Beautiful Day |
| The Moment | Tame Impala | Currents |
| Pensées amères | Anis | La Chance |
| Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! | Jethro Tull | The Anniversary Collection |
| Estimated Prophet | Grateful Dead | Terrapin Station |
| Celestine | Banco De Gaia | Big Men Cry (Special Edition) |
| Court of the Crimson King | Cannata | My Back Pages |
| Suzie Q | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| After Midnight | Merl Saunders;Jerry Garcia | Well Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia |
| Green Onions / Hush - Live at Wacken 2013 | Deep Purple | From the Setting Sun… (In Wacken) |
| Endors Toi - Live | Tame Impala | Live Versions |
| Southern Man - Live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 4 Way Street |
| Marry You | Eric Clapton;B.B. King | Riding with the King |
| Je Suis Une Bande De Jeunes | Renaud | Place De Ma Mob |
| Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast | Pink Floyd | Atom Heart Mother |
| Dino's Song | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| Black Magic Woman | Santana | Ultimate Santana |
| Keep On Lying | Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| The Black Riders & Flight to the Ford | Bo Hansson | Lord of the Rings |
| Porter Hayes | Charlie Hunter | Baboon Strength |
| Morning Sunshine | The Idle Race | Back To The Story |
| Pride Of Man | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| Southern Man | Neil Young | After the Gold Rush |
| Simple Sister (Live in Ledreborg) - Live in Ledreborg, Denmark | Procol Harum;The Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir | In Concert with The Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir |
| Going Home - Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London/1983 | Dire Straits | Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
| Marcia Baila | Les Rita Mitsouko | Acoustiques |
| Feel like a Stranger - Live at the Omni, Atlanta, GA, April 2, 1990 | Grateful Dead | Selections from Spring 1990 Box |
| Bad Penny | Rory Gallagher | Etched In Blue |
2017
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) | Album Name |
|---|---|---|
| Cat Black | Marc Bolan | Beyond The Risin’ Sun |
| Can't You See What You're Doing To Me | Albert King | Stax Classics |
| Seventeen | Clara Clara | Bugarach |
| Robber Barons | Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler / The Dream |
| Jail-House-Frog | Amon Düül II | Wolf City |
| Muscle Man | Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse |
| Song of a Sinner | Top Drawer | Solid Oak |
| Mr. Moonshine | Fat Mattress | Fat Mattress |
| Lemmingmania | Amon Düül II | Lemmingmania |
| Copernicus | Satellite Jockey | Modern Life, Vol. 1 |
| The Dream | Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler / The Dream |
| We: We Are Them | Siena Root | Different Realities |
| Burning Sister | Amon Düül II | Yeti |
| Hazard Profile Part 1 | Soft Machine | Bundles |
| Chapel Hill | Sonic Youth | Dirty |
| Evil Woman | Spooky Tooth | The Best Of Spooky Tooth |
| Wave Goodbye | Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse |
| Lady Fantasy - Medley | Camel | Mirage |
| Halluzination Guillotine | Amon Düül II | Yeti |
| The Red Telephone | Love | Forever Changes |
| Skylight | Satellite Jockey | Falling |
| Mantra | The Lovetones | Provenance - Collected Works |
| The Four Horsemen | Aphrodite's Child | 6 6 6 |
| Cosmic Echoes | Lord Echo | Melodies |
| Green Bubble Raincoated Man | Amon Düül II | Lemmingmania |
| Auto Neutron | Fat White Family | Champagne Holocaust |
| The Mountain | Heartless Bastards | The Mountain |
| Once Upon a Time There Was a World | Kaleidoscope | Kaleidoscope |
| A House Is Not a Motel | Love | Forever Changes |
| Cocaine Man | Baxter Dury | Floor Show |
| The Sky Children | Kaleidoscope | Dive Into Yesterday |
| Pretty Pimpin | Kurt Vile | b'lieve i'm goin down… |
| Spirits In The Night | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Nightingales And Bombers |
| White Hidden Fire | Weird Owl | Nuclear Psychology |
| Orange Skies | Love | Da Capo |
| Finger | Ty Segall | Melted |
| Mother Sky | CAN | Anthology |
| Semi Multicoloured Caucasian | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Ice Cream For Crow |
| Initiation | Mondo Drag | The Occultation of Light |
| Vapour Trail | Ride | Nowhere |
| See Emily Play | Pink Floyd | Relics |
| White Light/White Heat | The Velvet Underground | White Light / White Heat |
| Uncle Remus | Frank Zappa | Apostrophe(') |
| I'm So Tired | Fugazi | Instrument Soundtrack |
| The Court of the Crimson King | Steve Hackett | The Tokyo Tapes |
| Hurdy Gurdy Man | Donovan | The Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| Theresa's Sound-World | Sonic Youth | Dirty |
| Tales Of Brave Ulysses | Cream | Disraeli Gears |
| Getaway | Dr. John | Locked Down |
| Why Won't They Talk To Me? | Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| Gloomy Reflections | Shinki Chen | Shinki Chen |
| Cellophane | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | I'm In Your Mind Fuzz |
| Opposite House | Cass McCombs | Mangy Love |
| Kim Chee Taco Man | Kelley Stoltz | Double Exposure |
| Goodbye Bread | Ty Segall | Rock & Folk |
| Man It Feels Like Space Again | Pond | Man It Feels Like Space Again |
| Overture | The Who | Tommy |
| The Unknown | The Asteroid #4 | Hail to the Clear Figurines |
| Alone Again Or | Love | Forever Changes |
| Nothing Left to Lose | The Wipers | Best Of The Wipers And Greg Sage |
| Long Is the Road | Satellite Jockey | Modern Life, Vol. 1 |
| Jennifer | Faust | Faust IV |
| Shake the Dope Out | The Warlocks | Phoenix |
| Endors Toi | Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| The Big Idea | Black Books | The Big Idea |
| Adolescence | The Murlocs | Young Blindness |
| Nico | Mr. Elevator | Nico & Her Psychedelic Subconcious |
| Desert Raven | Jonathan Wilson | Gentle Spirit |
| Mind Flowers | Ultimate Spinach | Behold & See |
| The Only One | The Dolly Rocker Movement | Our Days Mind the Tyme |
| The Windmill of the Autumn Sky | The Asteroid #4 | The Windmill of the Autumn Sky |
| Little Wing | Derek & The Dominos | Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs |
| Sorrow | Blues Creation | Demon & Eleven Children |
| He’s Alright | Kurt Vile | Childish Prodigy |
| Never Had A Girl | The Misunderstood | The Legendary Goldstar Album & Golden Glass |
| Planet Junior | Babe Rainbow | Planet Junior |
| Southern Man | Neil Young | After the Gold Rush |
| Light or Night | The Holydrug Couple | Moonlust |
| The Slumbering Ones | Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound | When Sweet Sleep Returned |
| See Emily Play | David Bowie | Pinups |
| Speak To The Wind | Spindrift | The Legend Of God's Gun |
| Weightless Again | The Handsome Family | Through The Trees |
| The Dazzled | Crystal Stilts | Alight Of Night |
| Do You Feel It | Holy Wave | Relax |
| Vitamin C | CAN | Los Abrazos Rotos |
| Everybody Knows | Wooden Shjips | Back to Land |
| Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) | Neil Young;Crazy Horse | Rust Never Sleeps |
| Emigrant Song | Amon Düül II | Made In Germany |
| Peaches En Regalia | Frank Zappa | Hot Rats |
| Of a Lifetime | Journey | Journey |
| Un soir chez Norris | Pierre Cavalli | Un soir chez Norris (Evasion 1971) |
| Corpse | Shinki Chen | Shinki Chen |
| Lost My Mind | Froth | Patterns |
| Hot Smoke and Sasafrass (Stereo) | Cox;Prince;The Bubble Puppy | A Gathering of Promises |
| Ultimate Painting | Ultimate Painting | Ultimate Painting |
| Purple | Shuggie Otis | Original Album Classics |
| Wherever You Go | Built To Spill | You in Reverse |
| Pink Lady Lemonade You're From Outer Space | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Pink Lady Lemonade |
| I Heard You Looking | Yo La Tengo | Extra Painful |
| Just Like Arcadia | Psychic TV | Best Ov Psychic TV - Time's Up |
2018
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) | Album Name |
|---|---|---|
| Father And Son | Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Tea For The Tillerman |
| Cosmic Runner | Solar Bears | Supermigration |
| Closing Hymn | The Electric Prunes | Release Of An Oath |
| Dayzed Inn Daydreams | Ariel Pink | pom pom |
| Arcadian Flowers | Trummor & Orgel | Reflections From A Watery World |
| Jail-House-Frog | Amon Düül II | Wolf City |
| China Cat Sunflower - Live in Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72 | Grateful Dead | Veneta, OR 8/27/72: The Complete Sunshine Daydream Concert (Live) |
| What’s In It For? | Avi Buffalo | Avi Buffalo |
| Vis-A-Vis | Allah-Las | Allah-Las |
| Dilation | Satan's Pilgrims | Psychsploitation |
| Dove | Cymande | Cymande |
| Goin' Against Your Mind | Built To Spill | You in Reverse |
| Cat Black | Marc Bolan | Beyond The Risin’ Sun |
| Seventeen | Clara Clara | Bugarach |
| A Time for Us | Joe Pass | Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian, Vol. 2 |
| Where Do The Children Play? | Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Tea For The Tillerman |
| Evil Woman | Spooky Tooth | The Best Of Spooky Tooth |
| Cats Under The Stars | Jerry Garcia Band;Jerry Garcia | Cats Under the Stars |
| Gold And Silver | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Quicksilver Messenger Service |
| Playing Dead | Night Beats | Sonic Bloom |
| Chapel Hill | Sonic Youth | Dirty |
| White Hidden Fire | Weird Owl | Nuclear Psychology |
| Some Sunsick Day | Morgan Delt | Phase Zero |
| The Axis | Thee Oh Sees | A Weird Exits |
| Sweet Jane | The Velvet Underground | Loaded |
| Only Shallow - Remastered Version | my bloody valentine | Loveless |
| Why Are We Sleeping? | Soft Machine | The Soft Machine |
| Cherry Chapstick | Yo La Tengo | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out |
| Come Out of Her | Fraction | Moon Blood |
| The Sky Children | Kaleidoscope | Dive Into Yesterday |
| You Keep Me Hanging On | Vanilla Fudge | Vanilla Fudge |
| Club Intro | Mild High Club | Timeline |
| The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack | The Nice | Five Bridges |
| Sandy | Allah-Las | Allah-Las |
| Smoke and Mirrors | Kikagaku Moyo | Forest of Lost Children |
| Fredag | Dungen | 4 |
| Uncle Remus | Frank Zappa | Apostrophe(') |
| Flowers Of The Night | Paul Kantner;Grace Slick;David Freiberg | Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun |
| What's in My Head? | Fuzz | Fuzz |
| Everybody Knows | Wooden Shjips | Back to Land |
| Gloomy Reflections | Shinki Chen | Shinki Chen |
| Hazard Profile Part 1 | Soft Machine | Bundles |
| When The Sun Hits | Slowdive | Souvlaki |
| Flower King Of Flies | The Nice | Five Bridges |
| Orange Skies | Love | Da Capo |
| Carrion Crawler | Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler / The Dream |
| Radioactivity | Kraftwerk | Radio-Activity |
| Southern Man | Neil Young | After the Gold Rush |
| Highway Star | Deep Purple | Machine Head |
| Spirits in the Night | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Nightingales & Bombers |
| Halluzination Guillotine | Amon Düül II | Yeti |
| Fur Elise / Moonlight Sonata | Vanilla Fudge | The Beat Goes On |
| Strength of Strings | Gene Clark | No Other |
| Cosmic Messenger | Jean-Luc Ponty | Cosmic Messenger |
| Anemone | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request |
| (Don't Fear) The Reaper | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents Of Fortune |
| Sticky Hulks | Thee Oh Sees | Mutilator Defeated at Last |
| Skylight | Satellite Jockey | Falling |
| Waiting Around For Grace | Pond | Man It Feels Like Space Again |
| Rubin And Cherise | Jerry Garcia Band;Jerry Garcia | Cats Under the Stars |
| Just Like Honey | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Psychocandy |
| Wolf City | Amon Düül II | Wolf City |
| Lady Fantasy - Medley | Camel | Mirage |
| Pinball Wizard | The Who | Tommy |
| Je suis la montagne | Moodoïd | Moodoïd - EP |
| Purple | Shuggie Otis | Freedom Flight |
| The Four Horsemen | Aphrodite's Child | 6 6 6 |
| Frog Went a Courtin' | Flat Duo Jets | Two Headed Cow |
| Peace Train | Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Teaser and the Firecat |
| The Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson | Radical Action To Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (Live) |
| Brand - New - Life | Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth |
| You Set the Scene | Love | Forever Changes |
| The Chain - Live at ATP May 2009 | Sleepy Sun | Open Eyes EP |
| No Other | Gene Clark | No Other |
| Scarlet Begonias | Grateful Dead | From the Mars Hotel |
| Baba O'Riley - Shepperton Live Version | The Who | The Kids Are Alright |
| Young Men Dead | The Black Angels | Passover |
| You're Gonna Miss Me | 13th Floor Elevators | The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators |
| Peaches En Regalia | Frank Zappa | Hot Rats |
| Space to Bakersfield | Black Mountain | IV |
| Mother Sky | CAN | Anthology |
| Song of a Sinner | Top Drawer | Solid Oak |
| 1000 Dreams | Dead Meadow | Warble Womb |
| Cuttin' Out | Donovan | What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid |
| Eyes Were Young | Little Barrie | Shadow |
| Old Man - 2009 Remaster | Neil Young | Harvest |
| Root Down (And Get It) - Live | Jimmy Smith | Root Down |
| Tried so Hard | Gong | Camembert Electrique |
| Baby Please Don't Leave Me | Buddy Guy | Sweet Tea |
| Paranoid Android | Brad Mehldau | Largo |
| What a Dream I Had | Cool Ghouls | A Swirling Fire Burning Through the Rye |
| Hallogallo | NEU! | NEU! |
| Watermelon In Easter Hay | Frank Zappa | Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III |
| Althea - Live October 1989 - April 1990 | Grateful Dead | Without a Net (Live) |
| Helpless | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Deja Vu |
| Wild World | Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Tea for the Tillerman |
| Copernicus | Satellite Jockey | Modern Life, Vol. 1 |
| Lemmingmania | Amon Düül II | Lemmingmania |
| Grey Lanes | Jacco Gardner | Hypnophobia |
| With A Little Help From My Friends | Joe Cocker | With A Little Help From My Friends |
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