Hatchet Arts has been bad, reader. More often than not, Hatchet Arts has, while playfully positioning itself as a tastemaker, chortled at submissions of tracks it deemed below itself. So, in an appeal to end-of-the-year full journalistic transparency, Hatchet Arts presents a playlist it endorses. An appeal to self-reflexivity:

1. Night – Bill Callahan
2. We All Lose One Another – Jason Collett
3. I Think I Love You – The Partridge Family
4. The Listener – Howe Gelb
5. City of Dreams – Talking Heads
6. Famous Last Words – Sole
7. Carolina – M. Ward
8. Hurt – Johnny Cash
9. F**ked Up Kid – Kevin Drew
10. Gentle Violence – Black Lips
11. It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones
12. Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
13. Preservation – Wu-Tang Clan feat. Aesop Rock and Del Tha Funky Homosapien
14. Girlfriend Boyfriend – Prefuse 73