since i stopped writing music, i found that i also paid less attention to albums and honed in on individual songs. many of these songs were on repeat for entire work-days and i revisited them often throughout 2022. (below the TIDAL playlist is the full list in text.)
- "Leaving the City" by Róisín Murphy from Ruby Blue
- "If I Should Lose You" by Nina Simone from Wild is the Wind
- "Old McDonald" by Ella Fitzgerald from Whisper Not
- "feeling like / November" by Cali Bellow from whatever I Love you
- "Lightning" by Charli XCX from CRASH
- "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish from Happier Than Ever
- "Luxury Liner" by Emmylou Harris from Luxury Liner
- "American Coffee" by Jenny Hval from Classic Objects
- "SDSS1416+13B" (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter) by Scott Walker from Bish Bosch
- "Obstacle 1" by Interpol from Turn On The Bright Lights
- "Never Too Much" by Luther Vandross
- "Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel from Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
- "Who Do You Think You Are" by Spice Girls from Spice
- "From A Shell" by Lisa Germano from Lullaby For Liquid Pig
- "Alberto Balsam" by Aphex Twin from …I Care Because You Do
- "Sin dones" by Juana Molina from Halo
- "Let Me Know" by Róisín Murphy from Overpowered
- "Tropical Hot Dog" by Captain Beefheart from Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
- "Clumsy" by Oli XL from Rouge Intruder, Soul Enhancer
- "Schism" by TOOL from Lateralus
- Oikeamielisten Sali" by Oranssi Pazuzu from Mestarin kynsi
- "Runner" by Alex G from God Save The Animals
- "Domestic Scene" by The Radio Dept. from Clinging to a Scheme
- "America's Boy" by Broadcast from Tender Buttons
- "Cudi Montage" by KIDS SEE GHOSTS from KIDS SEE GHOSTS
- "Underwater" by Sun's Signature from Sun's Signature
- "Amelia" by Joni Mitchell from Hejira
- "Why" by Chat Pile from God's Country
- "A Coin in Nine Hands" by Nicolas Jaar from Sirens (Deluxe)
- "New Years' Snow" by Satanicpornocultshop from Arkhaiomelisidonophunikheratos
- "Hey" by Low from HEY WHAT
- "Marry Me" by St. Vincent from Marry Me
- "Come into My World" by Kylie Minogue from Fever
- "Dedicated To The Press" by Betty Davis from Nasty Gal
- "My Baby Wants a Baby" by St. Vincent from Daddy's Home
- "And I Remember Every Kiss" by Jens Lekman from Night Falls Over Kortedala
- "Title and Registration" by Death Cab for Cutie from Transatlanticism
- "Execution" by David Thomas Broughton from The Complete Guide to Inefficiency
- "People's Parties" by Joni Mitchell from Court and Spark
- "I Close My Eyes" by David Thomas Broughton from Crippling Lack
- "Cue Fanfare" by Prefab Sprout from Swoon
- "I See a Darkness" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy from I See a Darkness
- "After All" by Alex G from God Save The Animals
- "Madeleine-Mary" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy from I See a Darkness
- "Grief and a Headhunter's Rage" by Mamaleek from Diner Coffee
- "What They Call Us" by Fever Ray
- "To Sheila (Early Banjo Version)" by Smashing Pumpkins from Adore (Super Deluxe)
- "Kaval Sviri (The Flute Plays)" by Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Vol. 2
- "Would've, Could've, Should've" by Taylor Swift from Midnights (3am Edition)
- "Fossora" by Björk from Fossora
- "Cranes in the Sky" by Solange from A Seat at the Table
- "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" by Patty Waters from Sings
- "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar" by Jonathan Richman from I, Jonathan
- "Candy Season" by Librarians from Present Passed
- "Tender Buttons" by Broadcast from Tender Buttons
- "I'M THAT GIRL" by Beyoncé from RENAISSANCE
- "Good Intentions, Bad Advice" by Nicky Flowers from Nicky Flowers
- "Gravity's Angel" by Laurie Anderson from Mister Heartbreak
- "Gronlandic Edit" by of Montreal from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
- "Something Cool" by June Christy from Something Cool
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by The Four Lads
- "Written on the Forehead" by PJ Harvey from Let England Shake
- "Provider" by Frank Ocean from Provider
- "What Would I Want? Sky" by Animal Collective from Fall Be Kind
- "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush from The Kick Inside
- "My Way" by Frank Sinatra from My Way
- "I'm a Fool to Want You" by Billie Holiday from Lady in Satin
- "Imposter Syndrome" by Circa Survive from Two Dreams
- "Even Better" by Circa Survive from Two Dreams
- "Time, As a Symptom" by Joanna Newsom from Divers
- "Ein Traum" by Lingua Ignota from Pentiment
- "1995" by The Radio Dept. from Lesser Matters
