best of Achilles Bo18: Soundtrack Songs 21-30

[Achilles.]

 

 

Welcome to my Best of 2018!

 

Last year, I compiled my best year-end list ever (at the time; this year's takes the cake!)... and lost all interest in posting it, so only two people saw and commented! So, naturally, I'm going to be even more ambitious this year!

 

100 Singles
50 Albums
30 Soundtrack Songs
25 Tracks
10 Country Singles
Awards

And possibly some film, television, and/or most played lists.

Edited December 11, 2018 by Achilles.

[Achilles.]

Achilles Year End Stats

 

 

Top 10 Albums: Most Appearances (Highest Placement)

Taylor Swift: 3 (#1 Red, 1989)
Beyonce: 2 (#2 Beyonce)
David Bowie: 2 (#2 Blackstar)
Kesha: 2 (#5 Rainbow)
Natalia Kills: 2 (#1 Perfectionist)
Lady Gaga: 2 (#3 Born This Way)
Miranda Lambert: 2 (#2 Platinum)
Leona Lewis: 2 (# As I Am)
Lorde: 2 (#1 Melodrama)
Ashley Monroe: 2 (#6 Like A Rose)
Kacey Musgraves: 2 (#1 Same Trailer Different Park)

 

Top 10 Singles: Most Appearances (Highest Placement)
Taylor Swift: 7 (#1 Shake It Off, Wildest Dreams)
Lady Gaga: 4 (#1 Edge of Glory)
Selena Gomez: 3 (#8 Bad Liar)
Adele: 2 (#2 Set Fire to the Rain)
David Bowie: 2 (#1 The Stars Are Out Tonight, Lazarus)
Evanescence: 2 (#7 What You Want)
Natalia Kills: 2 (#3 Saturday Night)
Adam Lambert: 2 (#2 Better Than I Know Myself)
Of Monsters and Men: 2 (#3 Little Talks)
Sam Smith: 2 (#3 Latch)

2017 in Review

 

Top 10 Albums

1. Lorde, Melodrama
2. MUNA, about u
3. Taylor Swift, reputation
4. St. Vincent, Masseduction
5. Sufjan Stevens, Planetarium
6. Harry Styles, Harry Styles
7. Kelly Clarkson, Meaning of Life
8. Perfume Genius, No Shape
9. Declan McKenna, What Do You Think About the Car?
10. Kesha, Rainbow

 

Top 50 Singles
[Note: One Per Lead Artist]

1. Muna, I Know A Place
2. Lorde, Green Light
3. Kesha, Praying
4. Sufjan Stevens, Mystery of Love
5. Mila Jam, Faces
6. Paramore, Fake Happy
7. Various Artists, Saturn
8. Selena Gomez, Bad Liar
9. Declan McKenna, The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home
10. Rina Sawayama, Alterlife

11. Harry Styles, Sign of the Times
12. St. Vincent, New York
13. Perfume Genius, Slip Away
14. Taylor Swift, ...Ready For It?
15. Charli XCX, Boys
16. Martin Garrix, There For You (feat. Troye Sivan)
17. SZA, The Weekend
18. Wrabel, The Village
19. Khalid, Young Dumb & Broke
20. Sylvan Esso, Die Young

21. Kygo, It Ain't Me (feat. Selena Gomez)
22. Scissor Sisters & MNDR, SWERLK
23. The National, I'll Still Destroy You
24. Sara Bareilles, If I Dare
25. Shawn Mendes, There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
26. Rachel Platten, Broken Glass
27. Katy Perry, Chained to the Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)
28. Rita Ora, Your Song
29. Kelela, LMK
30. Leland, Mattress

31. Arcade Fire, I Give You Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
32. Hayley Kiyoko, Feelings
33. Kehlani, Distraction
34. Dua Lipa, New Rules
35. Carly Rae Jepsen, Cut to the Feeling
36. Cardi B, Bodak Yellow
37. Marshmello, Wolves (feat. Selena Gomez)
38. Bleachers, Don't Take the Money
39. The xx, I Dare You
40. Fever Ray, To the Moon and Back

41. Prince Royce, Deja Vu (feat. Shakira)
42. Miley Cyrus, Younger Now
43. Lady Gaga, The Cure
44. Sam Smith, Too Good at Goodbyes
45. Astrid S, Such A Boy
46. Marc E Bassy, Plot Twist
47. Shakira, Me Enamore
48. Haim, Want You Back
49. Hurts, The Beautiful Ones
50. Brockhampton, Junky

Edited December 10, 2018 by Achilles.

[umich]

Will try to follow this.

[Achilles.]

2 hours ago, umich said:

Will try to follow this.

Seems like you’re the only one.

 

 

I think I’m gonna do Soundtrack Songs first. That list feels most settled right now. Maybe tomorrow!

[Blue Rose]

2 hours ago, umich said:

Will try to follow this.

Follow mine too, legend 

 

—-

 

The albums in the gauntlet

Perched for this

[potent]

Green Light and Praying in your top 10 from last year

Fake Happy is okay too.

[Remmy]

Whew at the Troye reference  Ready to see him scalp

 

I spot plenty of gems on your previous lists, plus we had the same #1 album last year

[ARTPØP]

7 hours ago, Achilles. said:

1. Lorde, Melodrama

3. Taylor Swift, reputation

7. Kelly Clarkson, Meaning of Life

10. Kesha, Rainbow

 

7 hours ago, Achilles. said:

2. Lorde, Green Light
3. Kesha, Praying

6. Paramore, Fake Happy

14. Taylor Swift, ...Ready For It?
15. Charli XCX, Boys

21. Kygo, It Ain't Me (feat. Selena Gomez)

34. Dua Lipa, New Rules
35. Carly Rae Jepsen, Cut to the Feeling
36. Cardi B, Bodak Yellow
37. Marshmello, Wolves (feat. Selena Gomez)

42. Miley Cyrus, Younger Now
43. Lady Gaga, The Cure

 

Yassss great 2017  ; perched for 2018 

[Achilles.]

14 minutes ago, Remmy said:

Whew at the Troye reference  Ready to see him scalp

A pity he didn’t release a country song this year so he could collect the whole set, but I guess he can’t always be on top.

[Mezik]

I'm back.  

 

And we're in the same situation where we both gave up last year, except you finished yours I didn't.  

[khalyan]

Here for every list other than the country one  

[Achilles.]

19 hours ago, Superpower said:

The albums in the gauntlet

Perched for this

But there can only be one album to rule them all! Oh wait, that’s a different franchise....

 

18 hours ago, potent said:

Green Light and Praying in your top 10 from last year

Fake Happy is okay too.

 

15 hours ago, ARTPØP said:

 

 

Yassss great 2017  ; perched for 2018 

 

2 hours ago, Mezik said:

I'm back.  

 

And we're in the same situation where we both gave up last year, except you finished yours I didn't.  

 

2 hours ago, AALIYAH DANA said:

Perched. And it seems like you’ll be serving taste based on your previous years

 

2 hours ago, jpow said:

Here for every list other than the country one  

 

Thanks for the comments! First update coming as soon as I upload the graphics and format the post... It features, um, some songs people might care about, I guess. Also some songs people won’t care about. Most of my lists are funny that way. 

Edited December 11, 2018 by Achilles.

[Achilles.]

21-30

 

30. Bleachers - Alfie’s Song (Love, Simon)

 

Alfie? I don’t know her. This song? Not really a fan. It’s a cute bop, but that’s all.

 

 

 

29. Lin Manuel Miranda - Lovely London Sky (Mary Poppins Returns)

 

The opening number of Mary Poppins Returns introduces us to the absolutely gorgeous, must-win-the-Oscar score... and Lin Manuel Miranda’s accent. It sets the stage nicely, but isn’t exactly a standout.

 

 

 

28. Sade - The Big Unknown (Widows)

 

Flop song from a flop film.

 

 

 

27. Tim McGraw - Gravity (Free Solo)

 

A documentary about a guy who climbs mountains without safety ropes or some **** was destined to be accompanied by fairly generic piano-led torch song about overcoming obstacles. Tim McGraw keeps it from being sappy or overbearing, so kudos to him.

 

 

 

26. Cast - Nowhere to Go but Up (Mary Poppins Returns)

 

Angela Lansbury, sounding as phenomenal as ever, leads the Poppins cast through the film’s rousing finale. The song is the spiritual successor of “Let’s Go Fly A Kite”—which gets a shoutout and is sampled in the outro. That’s mostly why this song features on this countdown; “Kite” is my favorite song from the original film.

 

 

 

25. Selena Gomez - Back to You (13 Reasons Why)

 

Selena Gomez keeps dropping these smash bops one a time and it. is. so. frustrating! Why put this on some suicide show’s soundtrack when you could just release a whole album? Whatever. Try for that Emmy, queen!

 

 

 

24. Jennifer Hudson - I’ll Fight (RBG)

 

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson does not seem to emerge from hibernation except to perform tributes, and “I’ll Fight” is one such tribute. “I’ll Fight” taps into the trailblazing personal history of Supreme Court justice and noted savior of America Ruth Bader Ginsburg to deliver a catch-all empowerment anthem perfectly suited to the times. It’s all about allyship and taking care of each other.

 

 

 

23. Kesha - Here Comes the Change (On the Basis of Sex)

 

Kesha was also inspired by Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she penned this acoustic song about hope and change and parenthood. In some ways, “Here Comes the Change” feels like the direct followup to “Praying.” Then, she hoped someone was praying for themselves: praying for atonement, for self-improvement, for mercy. Now, she prays for herself and for us all: for change, for equality, for love to win.

 

 

 

22. Lady Gaga - Heal Me (A Star is Born)

 

“Heal Me” scored fictional pop star Ally a smash #1 single and a Grammy win for Best New Artist, which makes its nearest real-world equivalent... “All About that Bass.” Except it’s, like, really ****ing good. It’s laden with hooks, beautifully sung, and perfectly implements a feminist-lite spoken-word bridge (complete with giggle! Taylor’s impact!). If this had been on LG6, it would have been Gaga’s best single in half a decade.

 

 

 

21. Khalid + Normani - Love Lies (Love, Simon)

 

One of the year’s biggest slow-burning hits, “Love Lies” is probably the best song from each of its featured artists (definitely hers, almost definitely his).

Edited December 11, 2018 by Achilles.

[prézli]

Back to You? Ahh...

 

Kesha  

[Mezik]

I love Back to You.  

 

Love Lies is cute, and I kept on waiting for it to play during the movie but was disappointed when it wasn't even played in the background.  

 

Tim McGraw's Gravity? Really....  

[gagacasanova]

Back to You. Ugh ****ing LOVE IT

[madonnas]

You were so kind to include Back to You and Love Lies, at least someone will! 

[TRF.]

Love Lies is a really nice song!

[Blue Rose]

Love Lies  

I love Sade but The Big Unknown didn’t slay me at all.

[TheWayWeWere]

wait, I forgot about Sade's new song  

Back to You should've been smasha  it's perfect

I'll Fight is great  JHud needs to return with album next year

Heal Me  we love Pop Ally 

[Remmy]

Best Soundtrack Songs: I also don't know Alfie But "Alfie's Song" is much more than just a cute bop!
Haven't listened to any of the Mary Poppins stuff yet, trying to wait until I see the movie at some point.
I like Selena and love Kesha, but I wasn't feeling those songs from them. Love Lies Heal Me

 

On 12/11/2018 at 1:57 AM, Achilles. said:

A pity he didn’t release a country song this year so he could collect the whole set, but I guess he can’t always be on top.

Don't finalize that list yet, Bloom (Yeehaw Edition) is on the way!

[aesthetic bih]

Can't wait for the awards.

[thecptz]

back to you is a cute girl

[Temporal]

Nawt 30 soundtrack songs  Your 2017 Best Of was... taste. So I'm perched for dis

[Cloröx]

No Delicate on your 2017 list???? 

 

I need an explanation