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More Best Soft Rock Songs 2013

After choosing the best soft rock songs of 2013, i realized that there were so many more i wanted to share with you…

#14 BENJAMIN FRANCIS  Leftwich in the Open
#15 GERALD CLARK  It Ain’t You
#16 DAN MANGAN  We Want to Be Pleasantly Surprised, Not Expectedly Let Down
#17 AC NEWMAN  Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns
#18 JACK WHITE  Love Interruption
#19 ANDREW BIRD  Three White Horses
#20 HORSE FEATHERS  Where I’ll Be
#21 BEACHWOOD SPARKS  Forget the Song
#22 ELLIOTT BROOD  Lindsay
#23 M. WARD  The First Time I Ran Away
#24 SHARON VAN ETTEN  Warsaw
#25 VAN MORRISON  Open the Door (to Your Heart)

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13 Best Soft Rock Songs of 2012

MATT CORBY was the best newcomer of the year. His song ‘Brother’ was ticking around in Australia last year but became international this year with the release of the Into the Flame EP. He followed that with 2 more EP’s which made me agonize of which song to choose as his best of the year. ‘Made of Stone’ and ‘Take All of Me’ were eventually forsaken in lieu of ‘Brother’.

EDWARD SHARPE continues to impress. Fab new album and the first two videos are magical (you can view ‘Man on Fire’ below but you have to find ‘Child’ too). TIM PEPPER depresses me – not him but the fact that he isn’t famous yet. ‘Hard as Hell’ is only a demo but the song structure and superb lyrics shine through anyway. This is one of the best he’s done. Continue reading