1. Power: Go look up the lyrics, and try to tell me that this isn’t a brilliant single. Kanye has truly outdone himself. The song actually sounds powerful. You can literally hear him digging himself out of the hole he dug. But he doesn’t apologize for who he is and what he’s done, which only makes it even sweeter. He might be a rapper, but in this song he’s a rock star.
2. I Can Change: It’s no secret that I think James Murphy is a genius. Behold his brilliance: “Love is a curse, shoved in a hearse. Love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry.” But I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is his best yet. Yes, better than All My Friends or Someone Great. Inspired by his divorce, he starts out pledging to never change, but quickly promises to change if “it helps [her] fall in love.” So real. So well done. So so so well done.
3. Dancing On My Own: I love everything about this song. Literally everything. The crazy amazing dirty synth beat. Her adorable Euro pop pixie voice. The lyrics. The feeling I get when I sing: “But I’m not the girrrrrrl you’re taking home. oooooh. I KEEP DANCING ON MY OWN!” into my hairbrush. Such a perfect pop song.
4. Zero: This might be old, but that Karen O is a superstar.
5. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains): When people say that this sounds like Blondie, I say FUCK YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE BLONDIE BECAUSE BLONDIE IS FUCKING AWESOME.
6. Into the Groove: Classic. Beyond classic. Legendary, in fact.
7. Locked Inside: Oh sweet Jesus, it sounds like Motown. And I do love Motown. And not just because I love Detroit. You can just see the women in matching outfits and gloves waving their synchronized fingers in the air.
8. Bills, Bills, Bills: Don’t get me wrong. Say My Name was gold, but I always loved this one. It’s just so sassy. “Your triflin’ with another kind of brother.” Dayum.
9. Right On: The best use of sampling since, like, ever. My lord, The Roots are just too talented for their own good. This is what rap really is. This is what it should be. Not all the Lil’ Blanks and Young Blanks and all that crap. This is talent.
10. Back to Black: Oh Amy, this is such an amazing track. Please come back. Pop music needs you.
11. Go Outside: Okay, Hillary can testify on my behalf for this one. Cults sucked live. Like seriously sucked. But they are excellent recorded. This is really freaking catchy, and now that they are signed to a major label, I wouldn’t be surprised if this became a minor hit.
12. Dancing Queen: My favorite. The best pop song of all time. No contest.
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