Note: This post takes up my favorite songs number 51-101. 1-50 is here. As before, this list does not include ambient music or jazz, two genres I also love. This list is a product of nearly 40 years of intensive music listening, so it is, at a minimum, highly curated. You may know some of these songs, perhaps not others, and if any of them peak your interest, that would be a fantastic outcome.
51. It’s a Long Line (But It Moves Quickly) — The Mendoza Line
52. Leave the City — Jason Molina
53. Shut In — Strand of Oaks
54. Dallas — Silver Jews
55. Trains Across the Sea — Silver Jews
56. Tether to Tassel — Michael Knott
57. Cherry Bomb — The Runaways
58. Head On — The Jesus and Mary Chain
59. Cherry Came Too — The Jesus and Mary Chain
60. Hollywood Lawn — Jenny Lewis
61. On the Beach — Neil Young
62. Roll Another Number (For the Road) — Neil Young
63. Acid Tongue — Jenny Lewis
64. UFO — Larry Norman
65. Wino of the Red Is Stained — L.S. Underground
66. Heads Gonna Roll — Jenny Lewis
67. Sultan So Mighty — Vic Chesnutt
68. Blow Him Apart — The Felice Brothers
69. Common People — Pulp
70. Powderfinger — Neil Young
71. I Walk a Thin Line — Fleetwood Mac
72. What’s a Simple Man to Do — Steve Earle
73. Cherry Licorice — The Felice Brothers
74. Still a Cage — Ryan Adams
75. Against Pollution — The Mountain Goats
76. Happy When It Rains — The Jesus and Mary Chain
77. Clean Steve — Robyn Hitchcock
78. All Rooms A/C Cable Free — The Extra Glenns
79. Foreign Object — The Mountain Goats
80. Dance Music — The Mountain Goats
81. You Moved In — Smog
82. The Man I’ve Always Been — Craig Finn
83. Star 18 — The Hold Steady
84. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) — Bob Dylan
85. Up to Me — Bob Dylan
86. Atlantic City — East River Pipe
87. Newmyer’s Roof — Craig Finn
88. Tangletown — Craig Finn
89. Phone Went West — My Morning Jacket
90. Smokin’ From Shooting — My Morning Jacket
91. Handshake Drugs — Wilco
92. Light Aircraft on Fire — The Auteurs
93. Burn Warehouse, Burn — Baader Meinhof
94. Sentimental Fool — Lloyd Cole
95. Teenage Wristband — The Twilight Singers
96. Death or Glory — The Clash
97. Not a Love Song — Pale Waves
98. The Extent of My Remarks — Slow Dazzle
99. The Prosecution Rests — Slow Dazzle
100. Pay For Me — The National
Honorable Mentions:
101. Day Disguise — Hope Sandoval
102. Hard Time — Daniel Johnston
103. Close to Me — The Cure
104. Violent Past— Low
105. The Man I’ve Always Been — Craig Finn
106. Tyrone — My Morning Jacket
107. Exactly Where I’m At — Ween
108. Sometimes Always — Jesus and Mary Chain
109. Street Hassle — Lou Reed
110. Horses — Palace Music