2024 Song of The Year
It’s Christmas Eve once again, which means it’s time for the Song of The Year for 2024. Looking at the new and rediscovered albums for the year, there are quite a few to choose from.
The runners up are pretty much all from Lee Resevere, a new artist I’ve started listening to, and includes:
- Should I Run, by Kristen Martell, arranged by Lee Rosevere
- Miles Wide, from Synths Working Overtime, by Lee Rosevere
- We’ve Been Here Before and Hide Your Heart, from Stationary Loops, by Lee Rosevere
But there can only be one winner, and this year it’s Oxygene, Pt. 20 by Jean-Michel Jarre. 👏
Oxygene is actually an album in my regular rotation, but I always stopped listening to it after Part 19. The strange organ at the start of Part 20 put me off. But one day this year, feeling a little down, I decided to work my way through it and give it a listen, and after the 30 or so seconds, it turned into quite a lovely piece. A nice contrast to the rest of the disk, and a suitable conclusion to the album itself. I’ve even grown to like the organ at the start.
Honourable Mentions this year include:
- Dark Sky Island, by Enya.
- The Truman Show OST, by Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass.
- Before Too Long, by Paul Kelly.
An actually bumper crop this year in terms of music. Let’s hope 2025 is just as good.