The Ten Worst Hits of 2013 (10-6)
Welcome to Day 2 of Listmas 2013, where we’re starting our look at the worst hit songs of 2013! Before we begin, a few quick notes on this and it’s sibling “best hits” list: these are the capital H...
View ArticleThe Gibby Fifty: My Fifty Top Songs of the Year
Welcome to Day 6 of Listmas! Today, I’m looking at my top fifty favorite songs of the year. The list is in alphabetical order by song, so don’t read too much into the rankings. Enjoy! 1. “25 Bucks” by...
View ArticleThe Worst Hits of 2014 (10-6)
Welcome to Listmas, our annual year-end recap week here at Ranting About Music! From today through next Sunday, I’ll have content up each day; check the bottom of this entry for a full schedule. It’s...
View ArticleThe Worst Hits of 2014 (5-1)
Let’s end this. 5. Maroon 5 – “Maps” Is “Maps” even a real song? I mean, I know I’ve heard it before, and I could even sing that flimsy guitar riff, but it feels like half the song’s missing. The verse...
View ArticleThe Best Hits of 2014 (10-6)
Hello, and welcome to Day 3 of Listmas 2014. Now that we have the ugliness of the worst of the year behind us, let’s look at the hits we enjoyed, hm? Honorable Mention: Jeremih ft. YG – “Don’t Tell...
View ArticleTop 11 Favorite Albums of 2014
Welcome to Listmas Day Five, where we’re finally leaving the gridlock of the charts and song-by-song analysis for the open territories of entire albums. As with Listmases long, long ago, the albums...
View ArticleThe Gibby Fifty: Favorite 50 Songs of 2014
It’s Saturday guys, no heavy reading here. List is arranged alphabetically by artist, limited to one entry per main artist, and nothing from the best hits list qualified because you can already assume...
View Article2014 Superlatives and Odds n Ends
Welcome to Day 7 here of Listmas ’14. Thanks for reading this week, and all year long with Ranting About Music! If you want to check out the rest of Listmas, links to everything are at the bottom....
View ArticleTop Ten Favorite Albums Of 2015
Merry Listmas, y’all! Welcome to Listmas, Ranting About Music’s annual year-end week of coverage, where I recap my favorite albums, favorite (and least favorite!) hits of the year, songs of the year,...
View ArticleTop Ten Worst Hits of 2015 (10-6)
Welcome back for day 2 of Listmas! Today begins four days of coverage on the pop charts looking at the best and worst hits of the year. Pop was odd in 2015: it was a pretty good if not astronomical...
View ArticleTop Ten Worst Hits of 2015 (5-1)
Another one. 5. Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky – “Good For You” Selena Gomez has made a career out of adaptability. While that normally goes in her favor, it also means she’s sunk when a song can’t...
View ArticleTop Ten Best Hits of 2015 (10-6)
Welcome back for Day 4 of Listmas! After looking at the worst of the worst yesterday, we’re back to examine the bright spots of this year’s pop chart. Same rules apply (gotta make the cut, peak this...
View ArticleTop Ten Best Hits of 2015 (5-1)
No introduction today! 5. Taylor Swift – “Style” & Tove Lo – “Talking Body” I debated for a while on how to place these two before finally putting them together because I like them about the same....
View ArticleThe Gibby Fifty: 50 Favorite Songs of 2015
After days and days of words, paragraphs, and annoyingly rogue YouTube formats, we’re taking it easy today. Here’s a list of my favorite 50 songs of the year; no tricks, no gimmicks. Per usual, the...
View ArticleThe Year in Rant: 2015 Odds n Ends
Today’s entry concludes Listmas week here at Ranting About Music! It was a big year at the office, where we dabbled in more live music reviews and a features-heavy summer, and I want to thank everyone...
View ArticleTop 11 Favorite Albums of 2016
It’s Listmas, everybody! Welcome to Ranting About Music!’s annual end of the year blowout, where we take a look back at the albums, the hits, the highs, and the lows of this past year in music! Per...
View ArticleRanting About Music’s Top 17 Favorite Albums of 2017
LISTMAS TIME!! Welcome to Listmas, the annual end of the year mania here at Ranting About Music!, where we look back on highs and lows of the year in music. As always, this means you’ll see a new post...
View ArticleListmas Odds and Ends 2017
Hello everyone! Welcome to our final little day here at Listmas 2017 at Ranting About Music! We’re gonna close on a fairly light but very list-y day today with some superlatives and awards before...
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