Best (My Favorite) Songs of 2024

 

Best (My Favorite) Songs of 2024

To wrap up this 2024 year-end review, here are some of my favorite songs from the year. Almost all are taken from my favorite albums of the year, cause that's just how I listen to music, but there are a couple not from my favorite albums. I also broke this down into the regular songs (less than 14 min. length) and the Epics (>14 min. length), as those are a special category, mostly limited to Prog. Overall, then, here are 40 of my favorite songs, 30 regular, and 10 epics. 

Best Songs of 2024 (less than 14 min length)
30. One of the Many - Rick Miller
29. Enter the Ring - Steve Hackett
28. Burial Ground - The Decemberists
27. Magic Piano - Crowded House
26. Dance of the Will-o-the-Wisps - CEN-Projekt
25. Dark Morality - Returned to Earth
24. Revelationview - Kaipa
23. Betrayal - Pure Reason Revolution
22. Luck and Strange - David Gilmour
21. My Rhythm and My Rhyme - Burton Cummings
20. Coming of Age - Mile Marker Zero
19. Imposter! - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerica
18. It Leads To This - The Pineapple Thief
17. Ever Interceding - Neal Morse and The Resonance
16. Come to Light - Meer
15. Golden Years - The Lemon Twigs
14. Collapse the Wave - IZZ
13. Esoterica - Kyros
12. Broken - Kite Parade
11. Heavy Pencil - Rosalie Cunningham
10. Chichikov Bogd - Ritual
9. In the Autumn - Beardfish
8. True Messenger - Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks
7. Pay the Price - Bend Sinister
6. The Dream of Rhonabwy - Albion
5. All Day - Guster
4. Going Home - Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes (featuring more than 50 all-star guitarists and guests)
3. Different Kind of Day - Cloud Cult
2. The Fool - Circe Link and Christian Nesmith
1. Summer Set You Free - Barock Project

Best Epics (14 min or longer)
10. Non Sum Non Cura - Haven of Echoes
9. Life in the Wires - Frost
8. Platforms of Illusion - Emerald City Council
7. Out in the Open - Beardfish
6. No Hill for a Climber - Neal Morse and The Resonance
5. Back in Time - Oddleaf
4. Artemis - Versa
3. Once Upon a Dream - Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks
2. The Chariot - Circe Link and Christian Nesmith
1. Beneath the Masts - Big Big Train  

Well that about does it for 2024, which actually was a very good year for music, lots of really cool and creative stuff. Here's hoping for an even better 2025. May you all have a happy and healthy New Year, and always keep listening to music, both old and new.