Bests and Essentials Lists

What's almost as fun as listening to music? Talking about music!

Years of collective opinions

Our annual Best of the Year Listener Poll: Every year we've asked you to tell us what you've discovered and loved by listening to WFUV, and we tell you our personal favorites, too. We've also asked for your all-time Essential favorites in several forms. This works best as a dialogue, right?

The Best Of...

Poll results, staff faves and lists of releases by year.

Best Music of 2011: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2011 Releases
Best Music of 2010: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2010 Releases
Best Music of 2009: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2009 Releases
Best Music of 2008: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2008 Releases
Best Music of 2007: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2007 Releases
Best Music of 2006: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2006 Releases
Best Music of 2005: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2005 Releases
Best Music of 2004: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2004 Releases
Best Music of 2003: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2003 Releases
Best Music of 2002: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2002 Releases
Best Music of 2001: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2001 Releases
Best Music of 2000: Listener Poll | Staff Picks | 2000 Releases

FUV All-Time Essentials

Essential Artists: Listener Poll | Staff Picks [2006]
Essential Albums: Listener Poll | Staff Picks [2006]
Essential Songs: Listener Poll | Staff Picks [2006]

Other fun stuff:

First Records: Staff - Artists and DJs talk about the first albums they bought [2011]
First Records: Listeners - Listeners chime in with their firsts [2011]
Wedding Songs: Listeners - Favorite love songs [2002]