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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 29, 2008 19:56:03 GMT 1
30 La Roux 'Quicksand' (30-17-06-04- 02*) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMBNZ6mDSYkThe second (but not final) top 50 appearance for a quirky female who appears on the BBC Sound of 2009 list. If this wonderful slice of Electropop is anything to go by she'll be someone I keep a close eye on next year. 029 The Long Blondes 'Century' (30-16-03- 02- 02- 02-05-08-16-24-35) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZaUyGTMyEoWell this was a surprise. 2006's 'Someone To Drive You Home' was a great album and was mainly ballsy indie. This lead sngle to the second album 'The Couple' couldn't have been further from it, but all of its electo synthiness was fabulous. More of the same on the album, which made for an even more enjoyable listen than their first. I think it suits Kate's voice more, too. 028 Elbow 'The Bones Of You' (26-16-10-08- 01- 01- 01-02-06-07-11-12-18*) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNU4T6rGgzgFrom my album of the year this was always going to be number one. It was released in a fairly quiet time too which certainly helped its chances of making the top. It's a wonderful anthem, not quite as anthemic as 'Grounds for Divorce' or as euphoric as 'One Day Like This' but fantastic nonetheless. 027 Santogold 'L.E.S. Artistes' (37-28-19- 12-17-18-21-24-29-34-37-35-40-36-40) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeM2Xw7ZP5YSomehow Santogold managed to miss the top 10 of my chart this year with her three singles peaking at 12, 12 & 11. She's always reminded me a bit of M.I.A. but not that much. This is I think by far the standout track on here very good and accessible debut album. 026 Los Campesinos! 'My Year In Lists' (24-11-03- 02-03-06-09-15-18-24-33-40) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk0vQhxyR5YAt just under two minutes in length this is the shortest song from my top 200. The song epitomises Los Campesinos' debut perfectly. Shouty male and female indie with a lot going on in the background. Lovely. One of these is in my chart and almost at the same position. Did you know the girl singer in Los Campesinos is Russian? Elbow? And no, I didn't.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 29, 2008 19:56:18 GMT 1
10 Pendulum 'Propane Nightmares' (34-14-04- 01-02-04-04-07-14-20-28-36-39) I've always felt that Pendulum's first album 'Hold Your Colour' was an underrated gem, it's been great to see it become a very consistant seller over the past three years. What I've heard from 'In Silico' has been a fairly large departure, a lot is watered down and there are a lot more vocals. I guess 'Propane Nightmares' could fit that description too and I'm sure a lot of purists don't like it. However I've adored this song since I first heard it. It may not be their best song but the song is infectious in every way, it still has an excellent bassline in parts of the song and its a real crowdpleaser. One of the very few songs which I can hear on every night out I go on and I won't ever think 'oh, not again!'
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 29, 2008 20:02:42 GMT 1
009 The Futureheads 'The Beginning Of The Twist' (18-10-05- 02-05-10-13-17-23-30) Back in 2005 I adored The Futureheads, 'Hounds of Love' was my number one single of the year and the album was in my top 3 of the year. 2006's 'News & Tributes', although good, was ultimately a disappointment and lead to them being dropped. My interest in the band waned and I can't say I was overly bothered with their comeback, until I heard it that was. This took them back into the charts and back into many's hearts. It was back to classic futureheads, anthemic, catchy and loud. It was edgier, noisier and ultimately much better than anything on their previous album. A great return to form and an album to match. This song was the highlight of the recent live set of theirs I saw too!
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 29, 2008 20:26:57 GMT 1
008 PNAU ft Ladyhawke 'Embrace' (04-03- 01- 01-04-06-04-05-07-11-13-19-26-37) I first came across this in the summer, I knew of Ladyhawke but I'd never heard of Australian dance act PNAU. As much as I love Ladyhawke I think this is much better than anything that appears on here debut album, it's a fantastic anthem and is crying out to be a massive hit. Choon.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 29, 2008 20:37:15 GMT 1
007 Digitalism 'Pogo' (19-03- 01- 01- 01- 01-03-07-10-10-13-15-22-23-29-38) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu5ppg0c4k [Original Version] Although originally a single from 2007 which made little impact on me, this was re-released in the spring as a remix package with remixes from CSS, Hey Today!, Beni, The Horrors and best of all Shinich Osawa (although for some reasons all of his remixes on youtube sound nothing like the one on the download ep!). After buying their album the original has grown on me quite a lot and I do hold it in high regard but I still feel there are better remixes on this years EP!
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 29, 2008 20:47:50 GMT 1
You've posted this so fast!
Lots of stuff from your list reached my chart, some of your unexpected hits reached my chart too although they're not in my top 50 of the year - Britney's "Piece Of Me" and Estelle's "American Boy" both reached my chart which is also unusual for them. Dizzee Rascal didn't but perhaps should have done - I guess I needed to give it more of a chance, I got exposed to it in the gym later on but I only give singles one week and I possibly didn't even playlist it. I'd rather be charting these some a lot of the "indie" I have which I just can't get into (although others seem to get into it so it must be just me).
Of some of your others, Shortwave Set did well in my chart this year. I've had at least one song by them before but not sure I charted it at all. I also definitely charted My Year In Lists, I think it was top 20 in my chart.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 29, 2008 20:52:12 GMT 1
006 Death Cab For Cutie 'I Will Possess Your Heart' (29-18-07-03- 02-04-08-11-20-25-28-38) Until this year I can't say I was that much of a DCFC fan. I loved The Postal Service (Ben Gibbard's other band) but I'd never really been inspired by these, they were ok but I'd never think about buying an album. I saw they had a new single out in May and saw it was over 8 minutes long (it's the longest song in my top 200) and thought it's probably good as a result of its length. I wasn't wrong. The song is nicely split into two fairly even parts. The first four minutes are a gorgeous instrumental and second four is the same melodies but with added vocals. The lyrics are beautiful (like a book elegantly bound but in a language you can't read), a real triumph and by far my favourite song of theirs.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 30, 2008 10:27:39 GMT 1
I went for the full-length version of IWPYH at first then got bored of waiting so long for the song to start so I got the short version too.
Another of you though only to have got into DCFC in 2008. (hamster being the other). I got into them in 2002 with "A Movie Script Ending" being the first song of theirs I ever heard, but I looked them up and saw they'd been around for about 3 years or so already before that.
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Post by Panda on Dec 30, 2008 15:19:30 GMT 1
Futureheads have a song in my top 20 but it's not that one...
Digitalism are in my top 100.
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Post by Jordan on Dec 30, 2008 18:15:21 GMT 1
Death Cab for Cutie!!! Loved their album this year.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 19:13:18 GMT 1
05 Mystery Jets ft Laura Marling 'Young Love' (08- 01- 01- 01-02-03-05-07-11-15-20-26-37) I never really liked the songs off Mystery Jets first album so this was a pleasant surprise. An tale of two youngsters who fall for each other but know nothing about them, all condensed into an uplifting three and a half minute pop song. Joyous!
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 20:04:58 GMT 1
You've posted this so fast! Lots of stuff from your list reached my chart, some of your unexpected hits reached my chart too although they're not in my top 50 of the year - Britney's "Piece Of Me" and Estelle's "American Boy" both reached my chart which is also unusual for them. Dizzee Rascal didn't but perhaps should have done - I guess I needed to give it more of a chance, I got exposed to it in the gym later on but I only give singles one week and I possibly didn't even playlist it. I'd rather be charting these some a lot of the "indie" I have which I just can't get into (although others seem to get into it so it must be just me). Of some of your others, Shortwave Set did well in my chart this year. I've had at least one song by them before but not sure I charted it at all. I also definitely charted My Year In Lists, I think it was top 20 in my chart. Yeah I've posted it faster as I usually would as I often get a bit bored of it and I'll have less time in January! Good to see quite a few were hits for you too.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 30, 2008 20:18:25 GMT 1
I hope you'll have enough time to comment on mine though...
I have already compiled it.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 20:25:33 GMT 1
004 The Last Shadow Puppets 'The Age Of The Understatement' (25-16-11-06- 01- 01- 01- 01- 01-06-06-11-14-18-23-30-36) Featuring Alex Turner the Last Shadow Puppets were always something that would intruige me. I wasn't expecting the project to be anywhere near as good as it turned out to be and it was a pleasant surprise. It's a huge departure from both Arctic Monkeys and The Rascals sounds with its 60s influences showing strongly, right from it's intro (which sounds nothing like 'Knights of Cydonia') to the very end. This only making number three means that only one of the top 3 was a personal chart number one, and the average length of the top 3 is just over 6 minutes.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 20:38:34 GMT 1
003 Camille 'Money Note' (37-16-08- 02- 02- 02-03-05-06-09-11-13-18-25-29) I'd heard of Camille before, I remember hearing one of her songs in BBC 6 Music's top 10 singles of 2006. It was acoustic, sung in French (not that that's a bad thing) and I thought it was a load of utter tosh. I heard nothing else from here until August of this year when I heard this which had recieved a digital release a couple of weeks prior. It was so far removed from what else I'd heard from her. It's very abstact and really it's a load of nonsence, but it's incredibly fun and feel-good. I find that it suits almost every mood. The song is mainly in English though there are a few French words in there, though they're mainly just muttered in the background. I'd say it's by far the 'wierdest' thing in my top 100. Oh, and she manages to take the p*ss out of both Whitney and Mariah - the lady is a goddess! This is the highest a song by a French act has ever got in my end of year chart by some distance, a record which will last for.... oooh, 10 minutes maybe?
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 20:40:12 GMT 1
I hope you'll have enough time to comment on mine though... I have already compiled it. When I've finished I'll be making sure I comment on everyone's who's commented on mine...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 20:53:56 GMT 1
002 M83 'Kim & Jessie' (36-18-09-04- 02-03-04-08-11-15-21-27-38) I'd never heard of M83 until this year (is it M eighty-three or M eight three? It's quite bad that I don't know when it's my 2nd best track of the year. The power of the internet!) however this summer single had generated quite a lot of praise on various forums I frequent and I decided it was worth downloading. Starting with a rather large boom it takes no time getting into the song or building up to anything, it's at full pace pretty much all the way through, full of keyboard goodness. Like both of the other songs in my top 3, it's a song to get lost in. Epic.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 30, 2008 21:11:28 GMT 1
001 Elbow 'One Day Like This' (21-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-05-06-09-14-16-16-10-13-15-15-20-23-24-24-27-32-26-38-37-37-35-37*)Well it's not really a shock is it? 6 weeks at number one, a record breaking 31 in my top 40 (so far!) and off the album I said was possibly my favourite ever. The song needs no introduction, I'm sure everyone's heard it, whether on the radio, through hype after winning the Mercury, or one one of the many TV shows it's been used as a soundtrack to (Euro 2008, the Olympics, Big Brother...). I've never really been an Elbow fan but this completely changed my opinion of them. It's dramtic, it's emotional, it's epic. It's also over 6 1/2 minutes in length and it never feels like it's lasted long enough. This song became my soundtrack to the summer, then autumn, and now winter. Bands should use orchestra's for this type of sound far more often. This song is (despite what last.fm says) by far my most played song of the year with well over twice the amount of plays than anything else. To sum up how much I love this song compared to everything else I think I should use iTunes-style popularity bars for my top 5. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Elbow llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll M83 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Camille llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Last Shadow Puppets lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Mystery Jets
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Post by discopolis on Dec 31, 2008 12:50:56 GMT 1
Have really enjoyed your countdown, we share quite similar tastes in some areas. Glad to see Pnau and Ladyhawke in your top ten, it's an absolute anthem! Also good to see Digitalism and Pendulum so high.
I have never heard that Camille track before... I absolutely love it! I'd read a review of her acoustic stuff and decided not to bother, but I think I'll give her a shot now. Was she one of the singers with Nouvelle Vague or is that another Camille?
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Post by discopolis on Dec 31, 2008 12:54:42 GMT 1
Oh yeah, but I cannot condone your placing of Katy Perry so high!!!
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