As has become traditional, Andy picks the 30 songs that have defined his 2017 – and gives them a nifty title
Even before doing the site, going back as far as I can remember, I have made playlists for the year.
Some notes: There’s one song from each of the best albums of the year and 10 others that I just loved.
The last five are the best song from the best albums from 5-1. And yes, the band really is called Country Lips…..
So here it is: Nothing I’m Prepared To Negotiate – The Best Of 2017 (it takes the title from a line in the song “When The Night Comes In.”)
| SHE DON’T GIVE ME NO LOVIN’ | KING KING |
| I GET FUCKED UP | WARRIOR SOUL |
| FEEL THIS RIGHT | JEREMY PINNELL |
| WORLD GONE MAD | LIFE OF AGONY |
| FIRE IN ATHENA | LIONIZE |
| RAMBLIN BONES | TYLER BRYANT AND THE SHAKEDOWN |
| LAST CHANCE | JARED JAMES NICHOLS |
| WITHOUT WARNING | HORISONT |
| SMARTER | RYAN HAMILTON AND THE TRAITORS |
| GOLD RUSH | HANNAH ALDRIDGE |
| BABY GOT GONE | KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD |
| GRIZZLY BAR BILLBOARD | COUNTRY LIPS |
| TAIPEI PERSON – ALLAH TEA | STONE SOUR |
| ANXIETY | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT |
| CAN’T TURN BACK THE CLOCK | ROBIN TROWER |
| THESE HANDS | THE YOUNG’UNS |
| I KNOW | KRIS ROGERS |
| HARLAN CLANCY | TOM RUSSELL |
| BLOWHARD NATION | STEPHEN FEARING |
| BLOOD RED ROAD | SAVAGE MESSIAH |
| TAKE IT FROM ME | JARROD DICKENSON |
| WHEN THE NIGHT COMES IN | BLACK STAR RIDERS |
| HOW ANIMAL ARE YOU? | SLYDIGS |
| LITTLE GUYS | SLAID CLEAVES |
| SMALL TALK | WAYWARD SONS |
| VULTURE CITY | BITERS |
| I NEED THAT OOH | PICTUREBOOKS |
| DANCING ON A RAZOR BLADE | THE NEW ROSES |
| WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER | WALTER TROUT |
| OVER MY HEAD | BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION |
