Christmas Playlist

1. "Winter Reveries", Hans Zimmer, Toys Original Soundtrack
2. "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow", Knoxville First Baptist Church Choir
3. "Christmas Lullaby", Songs For A New World
4. "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch", Aimee Mann, One More Drifter In The Snow
5."God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen", Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan, Maybe This Christmas
6. "12.5 Days Of Christmas", unknown acapella group
7. "Winter Weather", Squirrel Nut Zippers, Christmas Caravan
8. "O Come O Come Emmanuel", Sufjan Stevens, Songs For Christmas, vol.1 - Noel
9. "When The River Meets The Sea", cast of Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas
10. "The Closing Of The Year", Tori Amos, Toys Original Soundtrack

I compiled a playlist of some of my favorite music of the year. In an effort to keep things under control I forced myself to only include songs that were released in 2008. A shame, considering some of my favorite and most-played albums were a year or two old. Such is life.

I'm not going to attempt to pick favorites, although there were definitely some albums I listened to more than others. All of this music is stuff that I really like for one reason or another. And this list could have been two or three times as long. I devoured a ton of music this year, and still feel like a missed quite a bit.

Here is the list, in roughly the order that I listened to them: