Top 50 Tracks of 2019

Happy New Year everybody and welcome to the '20s! We are closing our 2019 account with the selection of our Top 50 Tracks of the Year, a collection of outstanding songs from albums, singles and EPs released in the past 12 months that sum up our listening habits and set the benchmark of excellence for the music we care about.

To help us in the difficult task of narrowing down a year's worth of great new music to just 50 tracks, we are sticking to the rule of choosing just one song from each artist or band (usually one of their singles), although in many cases even that choice proved difficult.

However, there was no doubt about what song should be honored with C.M.C.'s Track of the Year title, as "Not" by Big Thief is that rare piece of music that hits you immediately with its intense emotional power and haunts you long after the end of the six wonderful minutes of tearful joy it offers. The greatest moment yet in Adrianne Lenker's magnificent songbook and one for the list of The Best Songs of the '10s! More on this subject soon, but first here are our Top 50 Tracks of 2019:

Top 50 Tracks of 2019

1. Not - BIG THIEF

2. Blankenship - DIIV

3. Seventeen - SHARON VAN ETTEN

4. The barrel - ALDOUS HARDING

5. All my happiness is gone - PURPLE MOUNTAINS

6. Rylan - THE NATIONAL



7. Big - FONTAINES D.C.



8. Green & Blue - THE MURDER CAPITAL



9. In the capital - ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER



10. All mirrors - ANGEL OLSEN



11. This life - VAMPIRE WEEKEND
12. I want your dreams - PETER PERRETT
13. Woman - KAREN O & DANGER MOUSE
14. High Alice - JENNY HVAL
15. Deadzone - LADYTRON
16. Future love - RIDE
17. Element - DEERHUNTER
18. White stuff - ROYAL TRUX
19. Rechargeable - SNAPPED ANKLES
20. Ducter - BLACK MIDI
21. Feet - FAT WHITE FAMILY
22. Summon the fire - THE COMET IS COMING  
23. Stitch it up - MARK LANEGAN BAND
24. Sketch artist - KIM GORDON
25. Not the news - THOM YORKE
26. Hurry on home - SLEATER-KINNEY
27. The 20 teens - WIVES
28. Shiny new model - BODEGA
29. Wasted nun - CHERRY GLAZERR
30. Tough enough - EX HEX
31. Jesus’ son - PRIESTS
32. The one - MARIKA HACKMAN
33. Red Bull & Hennessy - JENNY LEWIS
34. Walking away from love - STEVE MASON
35. The hunger - BAT FOR LASHES
36. On the Luna - FOALS
37. Daddy issues - PIP BLOM
38. Got you - AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
39. On graveyard hill - PIXIES
40. Warranty - MEAT PUPPETS
41. Addicted to the day - BLUE ORCHIDS
42. Lineas en hojas - LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE
43. Lost heads - MOON DUO
44. Future shade - BLACK MOUNTAIN
45. Help me stranger - THE RACONTEURS
46. Taste - TY SEGALL
47. Lost faith - BOB MOULD
48. Falling down the stairs of your smile - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
49. LPs - JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE
50. Sunglasses - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD