Based on yet another conversation about Destroyer with David Malitz, here are my all-time top 10 Destroyer songs, presented in alphabetical order. You can find David’s list at yeahgates.com.

“Bay of Pigs” (12” single, 2009)
“Crystal Country” (from This Night, 2002)
“Death On The Festival Circuit” (from Thief, 2000)
“English Music” (from Streethawk: A Seduction, 2001)
“Goddess of Drought” (from This Night, 2002)
“No Cease Fires!” (from City of Daughters, 1998)
“Notorious Lightening” (from Your Blues, 2004)
“Queen of Languages” (from Thief, 2000)
“Rivers” (from Trouble in Dreams, 2008)
“Rubies” (from Destroyer’s Rubies, 2006)