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Top 89 Staff Picks: Bill DeVille, host

Host Bill DeVille shares his favorite songs and albums of 2017.
Host Bill DeVille shares his favorite songs and albums of 2017.Luke Mills | MPR graphic

by Bill DeVille

December 01, 2017

Top 10 songs of 2017



1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - "If We Were Vampires"
2. The War On Drugs - "Up All Night"
3. Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
4. Mavis Staples - "If All I Was Was Black"
5. Beck - "Up All Night"
6. Ryan Adams - "To Be Without You"
7. Spoon - "Do I Have to Talk You Into It"
8. Margo Price - "A Little Pain"
9. Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - "Over Everything"
10. JD McPherson - "Lucky Penny"

Honorable mentions
Hippo Campus - "Monsoon"
Hurray for the Riff Raff - "Living In the City"
Nikki Lane - "Jackpot"
Queens of the Stone Age - "Feet Don't Fail Me"
Ron Gallo - "Young Lady, You're Scaring Me"
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "Matter of Time"
Sylvan Esso - "Kick Jump Twist"
Tinariwen - "Sastanàqqàm"
Valerie June - "Shakedown"
The Suburbs - "Hey Muse"
Low Cut Connie - "Revolution Rock n Roll"
Thomas Abban - "Symmetry & Black Tar"

Top 10 albums of 2017



1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
2. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
3. Margo Price - All American Made
4. Spoon - Hot Thoughts
5. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
6. Hurray For the Riff Raff - The Navigator
7. Robert Plant - Carry Fire
8. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
9. Beck - Colors
10. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of A Woman

The Current Hosts' and Staffers' Top 89 of 2017

Brett BaldwinBill DeVilleJay GablerJadeCecilia JohnsonLindsay KimballMary LuciaJim McGuinnSean McPhersonShelley MillerMike NovitzkiBrian OakeAnna ReedJill RileyNate RyanDerrick StevensAndrea SwenssonLuke TaylorMark WheatMac WilsonJesse Wiza