It's the last installment of the Memphis Mystery Train for 2011, so I loaded it up with some of my favorite songs from the past year (and a handful of new ones).

Here's what I played on the show this week, with the local tracks marked with an asterisk and my notes in italics:

The Vaccines - Wolf Pack
The Egyptians - Party Stomp
The Exciters - Tell Him
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Then and Not a Moment Before
Army Navy - Ode to Janice Melt
Raphael Saadiq - Radio
XTC - Life Begins at the Hop
Nouvelle Vague - Blister in the Sun
Roy Orbison - I Give Up (ed. - He just can't take it anymore, lady.)
Ray Charles - Mess Around
Guided By Voices - Glad Girls
*River City Tanlines - Lookin' for a Line
Langhorne Slim - Say Yes
*Compulsive Gamblers - Stop and Think It Over
Okkervil River - The Valley
The Pipettes - Tell Me What You Want
Belle and Sebastian - If She Wants Me
Jonathan Richman - Everyday Clothes (ed. - Johnny's ode to jeans and a t-shirt.)

Harvey Danger - Wine, Women and Song
*John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives - I Think I Fell In Love Today
Loretta Lynn - Rated X (ed. - Loretta's "haters gonna hate" anthem for divorcees.)
The Remains - Me Right Now
Sparks - Angst in My Pants
Billy Bragg and Wilco - She Came Along to Me
Run DMC - It's Tricky (ed. - "to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time.)
TV Girl - Baby, You Were There
Generationals - Goose and Gander (ed. - easliy one of the catchiest songs of 2011.)
New Pornographers - Streets of Fire
Old 97s - You Belong to My Heart
Black Keys - Howlin' For You
*Cory Branan - Walk Around
REM - Shiny Happy People
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Yellow Coat
Kitty Wells - I'll Repossess My Heart
Anna Karina - Roller Girl
Why - Rubber Traits
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

If you missed the show this week, you can catch it when it reairs tomorrow from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., or every Thursday from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. on 89.9 FM in Memphis or online at wevl.org.

Happy 2012, y'all.