No surprise about the top artist and top three songs and as it should be considering I called it as my album of the year in March. I listed to it again (twice in a row) recently and wondered if I was still right, but it just cemented my opinion - it’s so beautifully layered. I love it.

Genuinely surprised by Real Estate’s Water Underground being at number four. I obviously like it and it is in my “Picks of 2024” playlist, but it doesn’t feel like I’ve played it that much. I do wonder if my top songs are actually pretty close? I started building that “Picks of 2024” list in January and Real Estate’s album was out in February so it has had a lot of opportunity to be played when I listen to that playlist on shuffle, but then there were tracks I added in Janurary - Bullion and Carly Rae Jepsen’s Rare at number 5 for instance. Anyway, I’ll be publishing that list at the end of the month.