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Song of the Day #4,191: ‘Never Talk About It’ – Tift Merritt

Merry Christmas, everyone! My best to you and yours this holiday season.

Now, back to the music.

Best Albums of the 2010s – #3
See You On the Moon – Tift Merritt (2010)

Yesterday I mentioned the “best of the 2010s so far” list I compiled five years ago. On that lineup, Tift Merritt’s 2010 See You On the Moon showed up at #9.

It’s a great illustration of how time can enhance (or diminish) the power of a piece of work that the same album now sits at #3.

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Song of the Day #3,386: ‘The Things That Everybody Does (Live)’ – Tift Merritt

The best 30 Day Music Challenge categories are the ones left completely open to the participant’s interpretation. How you interpret the challenge is as meaningful as the song you ultimately pick.

Such is the case with Day 23’s direction to name ‘A Song That You Think Everybody Should Listen To.’ Does that mean a song you find important, so if everybody listened to it the world would somehow become a better place? Or a little-heard song that you feel needs the exposure?

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Song of the Day #2,754: ‘Live Till You Die’ – Tift Merritt

seeyouonthemoonI don’t know that any of my favorite artists have quite the effect on me that Tift Merritt does.

Maybe it’s the intelligence and humanity in all of our songs, the generosity of spirit, the earnestness and warmth. Maybe it’s her rich, welcoming vocals. Maybe it’s just the fact that she’s the only one of my favorites I’ve met in person, and I’ve met her twice.

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Song of the Day #2,313: ‘Engine To Turn’ – Tift Merritt

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Best Albums of the 10s So Far
#6 – Tift Merritt – See You On the Moon

 
The second Tift Merritt album on this list is her finest record yet, 2010’s See You On the Moon.

I love this album so much I almost ran out of songs to feature on the blog. Of Merritt’s five studio albums, this is the one that best captures her Joni Mitchell-meets-Emmylou Harris sound and spirit.

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Song of the Day #1,859: ‘See You On the Moon’ – Tift Merritt

seeyouonthemoon#9 – See You On the Moon – Tift Merritt

I ranked Tift Merritt’s fourth album, See You On the Moon, at #3 on my 2009 year-end list, and now it’s one of two albums from that year to make this list.

The album it leap-frogged is Elvis Costello’s National Ransom, a fine record indeed but not one I find myself returning to often.

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