The best album of 2009 was released in 1988 and I just rediscovered it in my collection. It’s Erik Satie’s piano compositions played by pianist Anne Queffélec.

I first fell in love with Satie as a senior in high school when I saw the cult classic Diva. Trois Gymnopédies made me want to fly to Paris and stroll wistfully about in the rain. It still does.