Late to the Party & On to the Next - Part One: Top 100 Songs of 2013

Looking Back at 2013 and Looking Ahead to Late 2014

So I'm more than a little late to the party. In fact, when I showed up, the hosts had already cleaned, packed up, and moved out. At least I made it.

I had a simple goal for 2013: make and publish lists of my favorite songs, albums, and movies of the year. The movie list was ready in January. The music lists, however, took much longer. You see, this is only the second year I have attempted to publish year-end music lists. Last year, I finished in January. This year, I decided to be more ambitious.

I made a list of all the albums I wanted to listen to and refused to come up with my top 100 songs or top 10 albums until I made it through each and every one of those albums. And I wanted to listen to hundreds of albums.

We're a  little over halfway through 2014, and I am finally ready to be done with 2013. I learned a lot of lessons from that year. Start early. Don't procrastinate. Be picky. Don't underestimate disco.

So without further ado, let's get started with my Top 100 Songs of 2013, cut down from a long list of 924 songs: