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Top 89 Staff Picks: Jill Riley, Host

November 27, 2012

Jill Riley
Jill Riley.
MPR / APM


Songs

1. Metric — "Youth Without Youth"

2. Trampled By Turtles — "Alone"

3. Beach House — "Myth"

4. Magnetic Fields — "Andrew in Drag"

5. The Shins — "Simple Song"

6. Father John Misty — "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"

7. Of Monsters and Men — "Little Talks"

8. Calexico — "Splitter"

9. The Lumineers — "Ho Hey"

10. Charles Bradley — "Heartaches and Pain"



Albums

1. Metric — Synthetica

2. Various Artists — Twin Cities Funk and Soul Compilation

3. Jack White — Blunderbuss

4. Beach House — Bloom

5. Tramped By Turtles — Stars and Satellites

6. The Shins — Port of Morrow

7. Alabama Shakes — Boys and Girls

8. Father John Misty — Fear Fun

9. Grizzly Bear — Shields

10. Best Coast — The Only Place

Polls

Top 89 songs of 2012

Top 89 albums of 2012

Mark Wheat, Host

Mary Lucia, Host

Barb Abney, Host

Steve Seel, Host

Jill Riley, Host

Bill DeVille, Host

Jim McGuinn, Program Director

Jade Tittle, Assistant Producer & Host

David Safar, Music Director

Mac Wilson, Host

Jacquie Fuller, Host

Derrick Stevens, Production Manager

Lindsay Kimball, Assistant Program Director

Jon Schober, Local Music Assistant/Music Assistant

Brett Baldwin, Managing Digital Producer

Leah Garaas, Intern

Nate Ryan, Associate Web Producer, Multimedia

Jake Rudh, Host

Matt Perkins, Marketing Manager

Scott Olstad, Associate Web Producer

Peter Valelly, Associate Web Producer

Andrea Swensson, Local Current blogger