Since her early EPs, fans knew Courtney Barnett had bars (okay, lyrics), but on the resident banger from her debut album, she proved she had killer hooks, too. McCartney’s whimsical melody pairs nicely with the tale of getting drunk and spazzing out. Rihanna’s long-awaited album still isn’t here, but she did give 2015 a collaboration - Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney - that no one saw coming. Even more surprising than the genre and generation-spanning trio’s existence is the fact that the song itself is incredible. Originals on his LP aside, his version of “Tennessee Whiskey” remains an album highlight, showing off a falsetto that is, in fact, as smooth as Tennessee whiskey.Ģ1.
1 on the Billboard 200 and get a Grammy nod for Album of the Year. HIs CMA duet of the song with Justin Timberlake knocked down walls for the singer, who saw his album shoot to No. Stapleton turned a lot of heads with his blues-laden nod to George Jones on Traveller (David Allan Coe originally recorded the song, but Jones’ 1983 version is the biggest hit). 2 on Alternative Songs) and gave us plenty of reason to anticipate another dramatic LP reinvention from the ol’ L.A. What did Beck do four months after his downtempo melancholy LP Morning Phase won Album of the Year? Release an irresistible radio-ready track with the refrain, “d-d-d-dreams, she’s making me high!” “Dreams” benefited from Beck’s Grammy momentum to dominate its radio lane (it peaked at No. This is the rare quiet breakout hit of 2015. But what makes it beautiful is the wounded vocal melody set against gentle guitar strumming and understated strings. In one four-minute track, Cam manages to pack in frustration, despair, anguish, and torment.
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