Greetings one and all to season 11 of this fine podcast. As is the custom around here, we've been compiling the best songs we've heard all year long for this very special episode - the 8th installment in our year end spectacular. David Daskal, Shannon Hurley and Linda Trujillo were more than up to the task this year, as the four of us play the best bangers and bops of 2021. If anyone tells you there's no good music today, you can send them this link for definitive proof of their pathetic ignorance. 2021 as a crummy year had a few bright spots, and you'll hear 20 of them by the time we're done.Stream this groovy playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mPtVDvpzrZc9ggMgSZ76p?si=badfbebdf1fa4181Get links to the Patreon Thing, the archives, social media and more at our lovely and talented website:https://alltimetoptenpod.comShannon's very active music career can be followed at her website:https://shannonhurley.com

We absolutely adore the Numbers Girl around these parts. Her seemingly effortless way of announcing each pick warms the soul, and we couldn't possibly do the show without her. The good news we just signed her to another 10 year contract and as a thank you for 10 years of service, we are dedicating this special episode to The Queen Of The Count. Joe Lavelle's brain is a funny place and it came up with this ludicrous topic, and we figured it would be a fitting way to wrap up season 10. These are our picks for the SONG TITLES WE WANT THE NUMBERS GIRL TO SAY. Stream this mighty playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2j6yl9x3xwpsXC45U5Ce4p?si=b32d90020d9e403eJoe's long running and very expensive passion project is called Joe Lavelle's Brandy Sidecar, and it needs to be heard to be believed! Get your copy at Joe's Bandcamp:https://brandysidecar.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-3-epGet the Patreon Thing in your face and links to other stuff at our website:https://alltimetoptenpod.com/

A crooner can perform magic with their voice. They can take a lyric and weave endless amounts of nuance into it with seemingly effortless ease. A master crooner will put you in your feelings whether you want them to or not. Employing melancholy, sadness, wry wit, humor, or unabashed joy, these singers can make your heart melt. When ATTT decided to enter the world of the crooner, we chose to take a hard left turn the moment we got there. What we found was all of the nuance and class of the legends, but our crooners made their bones being unconventional, and in all cases presented here - complete originals. Joining us on our trip in to the land of the unconventional crooner is first time guest, singer-songwriter Jason Berk. Come help us explore this odd but strangely alluring universe. Stream this playlist on Spotify if you want more:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GcoW1i5iUQ1RmdeaouLCU?si=6e4dbc2621f5497dEverything Jason Berk Music can be found at his website:https://www.jasonberkmusic.com/All of your ATTT needs can and will be fulfilled at alltimetoptenpod.com:https://alltimetoptenpod.com

You know the deal. These songs were retired from ATTT for being too damn good and getting played too many times. Therefore, it's no surprise that TOP TWENTY SONGS RETIRED BY ATTT Part 2 is the greatest playlist of all time. Shannon Hurley, Joe Lavelle, Ryan Blake and Dustin Prince help us bring these transcendent songs back for one more go around, as we celebrate 10 Years Of All Time Top Ten!If you don't believe it's the greatest ever, give the Spotify playlist a spin:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0onhYIWNm1wAIQF1iasg6y?si=a83a5cdec0a14b05Everything ATTT is at our website https://alltimetoptenpod.comJoe Lavelle's Brandy Sidecar is his most ambitious musical project. Get the Christmas 3 EP today at his bandcamp:https://brandysidecar.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-3-epShannon Hurley's music is at https://shannonhurley.comRyan Blake's new album Silence In The Traffic is available on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/1IaF1zB2qQ5sHbZONOtLnr?si=WlLatSk6T2SNmiSigKe9Yw

It's been a long time coming, but we did it. We outlasted Seinfeld by a year! ATTT turns 10 years old this week, and to celebrate we've invited a bunch of our beloved regulars - Joe Lavelle, Shannon Hurley, Dustin Prince and the Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake - to help us dig through the past decade's worth of episodes and temporarily "un-retire" those songs that have passed the 5 spin threshold. In rock n roll nobody ever really retires. Even after they're in the cold hard ground, our favorite rock stars still tour as holograms, or in a delightful spin through your eardrums as you revisit your favorite songs. We're here to stand up for those songs that went over the hill and we're bringing them back for our 10 year celebration. Pound for pound this might be the best playlist ever.Here's the Spotify playlist for part 1 if you don't believe it:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/596WrhQlCWhYuvZdiDRbNx?si=2cc3ed85d7ce4358Get access to the Patreon thing and other goodies at our website:https://alltimetoptenpod.comGet on our social media to interact with us about the upcoming new countdown series, the ATTT 1000, the 1,000 greatest songs we've ever heard. 

mensch/men(t)SH/noun1. a person of integrity and honor.2. Fuzzbee MorseAs Thanksgiving approaches and the first 10 years of this podcast wind down, we are most thankful for all the kind, funny and genuine people we've met in the last decade. There have been many good souls along the way but none could possibly be menschier than the one and only Fuzzbee Morse, who we hadn't seen in person in nearly 2 years. We had a wonderful time talking about our favorite mensches in music, Fuzzbee regaled us with stories of those he has encountered over the years in his Forrest Gump-like life in rock n roll, and we played some amazing tunes, highlighting the mensches that do their best to be upstanding citizens, and advocates for the need to spread good vibes. Stream this fine playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2yi2XCjlr0IjTTkivJirxe?si=ad75c92463ee4635The Supermensch Supreme Fuzzbee Morse's MUSIC can be found at his Bandcamp:https://fuzzbee.bandcamp.comGet to the Patreon thing and more at our website:https://alltimetoptenpod.com

Behold the biggest no-brainer in the history of ATTT. We love lists. Special guest Ryan Stockstad loves lists. We hope you love them too, as we deliver the first of many volumes of List Songs. These beautiful tunes bring you lists, lists of everything from reasons to kill yourself to things that we care about to people that died. There's nothing we can't make a list out of on this show, and these songwriters have won our hearts with their list-making ways.Stream this lovely playLIST on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Xg2YgXXZZk77uByRl5qJr?si=1e0b6aad376b471cIt would take us an hour to list off all the things we love about Sir Ryan Stockstad. For one he's got a ton of great ideas for web content. Check out his latest project - Macon County Movie Club on the LA Frankenstein channel:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjWAPdF9m6GnMCJRNiwcRp0lxd8voWfvqGet yourself to the ATTT website posthaste to get access to the Patreon thing and everything else we're up to:https://alltimetoptenpod.com

Look out! This week we're letting our freak flag fly high on ATTT. We're going to allow ourselves to become true artists and we will refuse to be defined. Anyone tries to define us this week will have another thing coming. Just like us, the bands and artists featured on this week's list are tough to define and have been called by lots of names. By far the laziest name applied to these freewheeling artists is the dreaded "eclectic". Well we're not going to insult their artistry by pinning them down to a genre, not that they'd let us. The mighty Gabe Scalone is on hand to help count down the greatest BANDS AND ARTISTS THAT BLUR GENRE LINES. Make art or get out of the way.Stream this playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4viTLyI7b4dVmW2F60Mmhf?si=c72b5888f1414549Get thee to the ATTT website for links to the Patreon thing, the archives and more:https://alltimetoptenpod.com 

ATTT wraps up our 3 week road trip with an honest to goodness family reunion. We finally made it out to the midwest after more than 2 years away, and what they say about absence and the heart growing fonder couldn't be more accurate. We were delighted to bring back the queen mother Elizabeth Eisen for an episode about time away and getting back together with loved ones. Fair warning, Top Ten Songs About Reunions just might tug at your heartstrings a bit, but we could all use the sentiment these days.Stream this playlist on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uMJVLAL3U3IAzpoBpF6gk?si=44c6ea2d1671422aThe delightful Liz Eisen is a world class artist. Check out some of her stuff on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eeisenaugust/Get access to the Patreon thing and everything else ATTT at our website:https://alltimetoptenpod.com

Behold! The musical scientists that run ATTT have discovered the only morally acceptable way for two bespectacled middle-aged white guys to talk about their favorite reggae songs on a podcast. The Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake may not be a bonafide reggae artist, but he has been a serious and authentic reggae fan for decades. His bright idea is to focus on a curious and surprisingly fruitful subgenre in the reggae universe - reggae songs by non-reggae artists. The songs featured in this week's episode come from bands and artists that are decidedly not reggae artists but for whatever reason decided they to take a flyer on reggae. To be sure, there are disastrous entries into this mode but we have found 10 truly worthy tracks that have the Blakey Bonafides and many of them even feature some of the titans in the genre helping out behind the scenes. Trust us, it's not as ridiculous as it sounds!Stream this playlist on Spotify, if you don't believe:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WGvVnWynwB67IuyBcPLCI?si=92ed1a5b3bc04ba1Ryan Blake's debut album Silence In The Traffic is now available on all streaming platforms including Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/1IaF1zB2qQ5sHbZONOtLnr?si=x2y8_MTVSCCISRtAc5cwZgGet on the Patreon thing and more at our website:https://alltimetoptenpod.com