This year I listened to every bit of new music I got my hands on, and, starting in January, began this list. Over the year, I was surprised at the results, what would get crossed off, what came back, and how some of what finally made it to the list below I didn’t care for at all when I first heard it. This is, in fact, usually the case: Music that is immediately appealing offers little reason for you to go back, again and again, and listen again, and closer that next time around.