This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 30 December 2016 (My Favourite Picks of the Year!)

December 30, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Next year will be the fifth year of uninterrupted Top 11 Playlists, a weekly set of recommendations of songs that for one reason or another float my boat for that seven day period. As wretched 2016 comes to a close, here’s a look back at my favourite picks from the last 51 weeks and 561 songs. The whole shebang has been hosted by Mediazoic.

	ARTIST	SONG	ALBUM
1	David Bowie	Tis a Pity She Was a Whore	Blackstar
2	Laura Sauvage	Rubberskin	Extraordinormal
3	SWMRS	Drive North	Drive North
4	Goat Girl	Country Sleaze	Single
5	Shame	Gold Hole	Single
6	Okilly Dokilly	White Wine Spritzer	Howdilly Dodilly
7	Kate Bush	King of the Mountain	Before the Dawn
8	Cabbage	Kevin	Le Chou EP
9	Emma Ruth Rundle	Marked for Death	Marked for Death
10	Prophets of Rage	Prophets of Rage	Single
11	Margaret Glaspy	You and I	Emotions and Math

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