Frag's Top 50 of 2005! **complete**

[frag]

Here it is...

Pos Title Artist CHART RUN
1 Rebellion (Lies) Arcade Fire 2-2-1-1-2-3-3-5-8-9-9-12-16-17
2 The Great Escape We Are Scientists 1-2-1-1-2-3-3-5-6-10-10-18
3 Apply Some Pressure Maximo Park 4-4-6-6-9-13-15-15
4 Forget Myself Elbow 1-1-1-2-2-3-5-6-10-11-15-18-19
5 Love Me Like You Magic Numbers 6-1-1-2-7-8-8-11-14-18
6 Power Out Arcade Fire
7 Munich Editors
8 Feeling A Moment Feeder
9 Taste The Last Girl Sons And Daughters 7-2-3-4-3-3-6-9-14-16
10 Banquet Bloc Party

11 It's A Hit Rilo Kiley 1-1-2-2-5-5-13
12 Pushing The Senses Feeder 1-1-2-6-7-11-14-17
13 Decent Days And Nights Futureheads
14 Blood Editors 1-3-3-3-7-13-13-18
15 Forever Lost Magic Numbers
16 In The Morning Coral
17 Leaders Of The Free World Elbow 1-1-2-2-5-6-10
18 Cold Wind Arcade Fire 2-1-1-3-7-12-18
19 Galvanize Chemical Brothers
20 Positive Tension Bloc Party

21 Graffiti Maximo Park
22 Shatter Feeder 1-2-2-3-7-10-14-20
23 E Talking Soulwax
24 Evil Interpol
25 Hounds Of Love Futureheads
26 Slow Hands Interpol 3-8-15-15-19
27 Wake Up Arcade Fire
28 Hoppipolla Sigur Ros 7-1-1-5
29 Best Of You Foo Fighters 8-6-5-8-8-9-10-19-17
30 Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age

31 Martell Cribs 9-8-5-7-9-14-16-17-19-18-20
32 Teen Angst M83 5-4-9-9-9-10-12-16
33 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 1-2-2-4-8-11-13-19
34 Somebody Told Me (re-issue) Killers
35 Oh Yeah Subways
36 Mirror Kissers Cribs 4-7-8-17-17
37 Black And White Town Doves
38 Dance Me In Sons And Daughters
39 Blue Orchid White Stripes 9-10-12-15-18
40 Love Steals Us From Loneliness Idlewild

41 Be Yourself Audioslave 2-2-6-11-20
42 Jesus Of Suburbia Green Day 15-6-3-6-8-12
43 Ooh La La Goldfrapp 3-2-3-7-11-17-16-17-19
44 Black Horse And The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall
45 Area Futureheads 10-3-2-3
46 The Denial Twist White Stripes 15-9-7-5-2
47 Emily Kane Art Brut
48 Just Friends Nine Black Alps 14-8-5-3-4-9-14
49 Good Weekend Art Brut 4-4-9-12-13-15
50 Going Missing Maximo Park 4-5-4-8-12-10-14


And a few songs that just missed out...
51 Arms Around Me Departure
52 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand
53 Neighbourhood #2 (Laika) Arcade Fire

For comments...
PAGE 1: #26 - #50
PAGE 2: #3 - #25
PAGE 3: #1 and #2

[Admin]

Oooh, I liked that Departure tune as well.

[frag]

Here we go! When a song featured in my chart (which has only been running since July), I've included the chart run up to and including the end of December.

41 Be Yourself Audioslave 2-2-6-11-20
42 Jesus Of Suburbia Green Day 15-6-3-6-8-12
43 Ooh La La Goldfrapp 3-2-3-7-11-17-16-17-19
44 Black Horse And The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall
45 Area Futureheads 10-3-2-3
46 The Denial Twist White Stripes 15-9-7-5-2
47 Emily Kane Art Brut
48 Just Friends Nine Black Alps 14-8-5-3-4-9-14
49 Good Weekend Art Brut 4-4-9-12-13-15
50 Going Missing Maximo Park 4-5-4-8-12-10-14

[frag]

One more lot before bed.

31 Martell Cribs 9-8-5-7-9-14-16-17-19-18-20
32 Teen Angst M83 5-4-9-9-9-10-12-16
33 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 1-2-2-4-8-11-13-19
34 Somebody Told Me (re-issue) Killers
35 Oh Yeah Subways
36 Mirror Kissers Cribs 4-7-8-17-17
37 Black And White Town Doves
38 Dance Me In Sons And Daughters
39 Blue Orchid White Stripes 9-10-12-15-18
40 Love Steals Us From Loneliness Idlewild

"Somebody Told Me" was a #1 after its original release in early 2004. "Dance Me In" will be in my chart later this month... only Sons and Daughters have another song to come in this rundown.

[frag]

You haven't been good boys and girls, so you only get 5 today

26 Slow Hands Interpol 3-8-15-15-19
27 Wake Up Arcade Fire
28 Hoppipolla Sigur Ros 7-1-1-5
29 Best Of You Foo Fighters 8-6-5-8-8-9-10-19-17
30 Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age

Interpol have another song slightly higher up... guess what it is?
The most recent #1 hit from The Arcade Fire is only their fourth-best of 2005... they have the most songs in this year's year-end chart.
Sigur Ros make #28 on my year-end chart within two months of their debut on my weekly chart, nice going.
Foo Fighters fail to break the top 25 - this is their highest placing.
QOTSA make another minor splash with 'Little Sister'

[dandyhighwayman]

Nobody's replying, how RUDE.

Just having a rather late dinner but will do a full reply soon...

[IndiElectronica]

these long drawn out lists give me a headache... i like to wait for the final list to comment...

[frag]

dandyhighwayman said:

Nobody's replying, how RUDE.

Just having a rather late dinner but will do a full reply soon...

I know hence the indignant lack of updates...

[frag]

Well, here's the bottom half of the list, all in one easy to reply to post

26 Slow Hands Interpol
27 Wake Up Arcade Fire
28 Hoppipolla Sigur Ros
29 Best Of You Foo Fighters
30 Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age
31 Martell Cribs
32 Teen Angst M83
33 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave
34 Somebody Told Me (re-issue) Killers
35 Oh Yeah Subways
36 Mirror Kissers Cribs
37 Black And White Town Doves
38 Dance Me In Sons And Daughters
39 Blue Orchid White Stripes
40 Love Steals Us From Loneliness Idlewild
41 Be Yourself Audioslave
42 Jesus Of Suburbia Green Day
43 Ooh La La Goldfrapp
44 Black Horse And The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall
45 Area Futureheads
46 The Denial Twist White Stripes
47 Emily Kane Art Brut
48 Just Friends Nine Black Alps
49 Good Weekend Art Brut
50 Going Missing Maximo Park

[frag]

And here's a list of the songs that would have been #1 if I'd had a chart during the first half of 2005:

Unofficial FragChart #1s ~ January - June 2005
02-Jan Always - Blink 182 (2nd week)
09-Jan Evil - Interpol
16-Jan Evil - Interpol
23-Jan E-Talking - Soulwax
30-Jan Galvanize - Chemical Brothers
06-Feb Positive Tension - Bloc Party
13-Feb Positive Tension - Bloc Party
20-Feb Positive Tension - Bloc Party
27-Feb Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
06-Mar Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
13-Mar Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
20-Mar Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
27-Mar Oh Yeah - Subways
03-Apr Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age
10-Apr Feeling A Moment - Feeder
17-Apr Feeling A Moment - Feeder
24-Apr Feeling A Moment - Feeder
01-May Munich - Editors
08-May Banquet - Bloc Party
15-May Graffiti - Maximo Park
22-May In The Morning - Coral
29-May Decent Days And Nights - Futureheads
05-Jun Forever Lost - Magic Numbers
12-Jun Best Of You - Foo Fighters
19-Jun Be Yourself - Audioslave
26-Jun Be Yourself - Audioslave

And here's a list of the songs that were *actually* #1 in the 2nd half of the year:

FragChart #1s ~ July - December 2005
03-Jul Pushing The Senses - Feeder
10-Jul Pushing The Senses - Feeder
17-Jul Blood - Editors
24-Jul It's A Hit - Rilo Kiley
31-Jul It's A Hit - Rilo Kiley
07-Aug Cold Wind - Arcade Fire
14-Aug Cold Wind - Arcade Fire
21-Aug Love Me Like You - Magic Numbers
28-Aug Love Me Like You - Magic Numbers
04-Sep Forget Myself - Elbow
11-Sep Forget Myself - Elbow
18-Sep Forget Myself - Elbow
25-Sep Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
02-Oct Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
09-Oct The Great Escape - We Are Scientists
16-Oct Shatter - Feeder
23-Oct The Great Escape - We Are Scientists
30-Oct The Great Escape - We Are Scientists
06-Nov Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave
13-Nov Leaders Of The Free World - Elbow
20-Nov Leaders Of The Free World - Elbow
27-Nov Wake Up - Arcade Fire
04-Dec Wake Up - Arcade Fire
11-Dec Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
18-Dec Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
25-Dec Fairytale Of New York - Pogues & Kirsty Macoll

[Earl Purple]

Two of those of your #1s were also #1s in mine. Love Me Like You was also very unlucky not to be #1 although it's one of the higher placed #2s.

Something has happened to me - I've got old I think. A few years ago I used to really love bands like those that are doing well in your chart but I don't seem to care too much for some of them anymore. Like Art Brut and Arcade Fire - well Art Brut are quite witty, I guess, and "raw". I haven't got the appeal of Arcade Fire yet.

Most of those in your top 50 of the year did reach my chart, or at least they look familiar to me, but then I do get pretty much every release on my playlist, and most of them are not big hits in my chart.

[frag]

Those songs that got to #1 in your chart aswell, EP... Pogues and Rilo Kiley?

[Milliways]

I'll have to post mine soon--I've changed it slightly since I told you about it.

Of yours (26-50), I can't see any songs that correspond with my chart (but some of the bands are in with other tracks). #45 is the only one I can say might have been in.

[Admin]

Look forward to it kingb!

[greendemon]

i've replied to most of these via msn

also, people are ignoring my recently revived top 300

[dandyhighwayman]

As promised...

26 Slow Hands Interpol
27 Wake Up Arcade Fire
28 Hoppipolla Sigur Ros
29 Best Of You Foo Fighters
30 Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age
31 Martell Cribs
32 Teen Angst M83
33 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave
34 Somebody Told Me (re-issue) Killers
35 Oh Yeah Subways
36 Mirror Kissers Cribs
37 Black And White Town Doves
38 Dance Me In Sons And Daughters
39 Blue Orchid White Stripes
40 Love Steals Us From Loneliness Idlewild
41 Be Yourself Audioslave
42 Jesus Of Suburbia Green Day
43 Ooh La La Goldfrapp
44 Black Horse And The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall
45 Area Futureheads
46 The Denial Twist White Stripes
47 Emily Kane Art Brut
48 Just Friends Nine Black Alps
49 Good Weekend Art Brut
50 Going Missing Maximo Park


Nothing bad yet to feature at all!

[frag]

dandyhighwayman said:

Nothing bad yet to feature at all!

I should hope not!

Here's another five for your delectation...

21 Graffiti Maximo Park
Really unlucky to miss the top 20, this one... may have been quite a bit higher if it wasn't for a certain other song.

22 Shatter Feeder 1-2-2-3-7-10-14-20
Released only after a fans' petition... I, for one, am very glad it was released. Certainly quite a bit better than the single it was originally B-side of... 5 points if you guess it.

23 E Talking Soulwax
This song starts off really well... great danceable music.

24 Evil Interpol
Just edging out "Slow Hands"... it was a close call!

25 Hounds Of Love Futureheads
The year Kate Bush finally had a song in my chart is also the year that this brilliant cover is made... this was one of the highlights of the Futureheads' set that I saw at the Reading festival...

well, the part of it I saw before buggering off to Iron Maiden. Well I couldn't miss Iron Maiden live, could I?? ;D

[greendemon]

butbut bloc party...

meh, you know i didn't mind they were actually pretty spectacular, i have to admit

[Maximo Mark]

21 Graffiti Maximo Park
22 Shatter Feeder
23 E Talking Soulwax Prefer NY Excuse
24 Evil Interpol Fantastic, Interpol are great but this seems to be in a completely different league to everything else of theirs
25 Hounds Of Love Futureheads My number one of teh year. Fantastic
26 Slow Hands Interpol
27 Wake Up Arcade Fire
28 Hoppipolla Sigur Ros
29 Best Of You Foo Fighters
30 Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age
31 Martell Cribs
32 Teen Angst M83
33 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave
34 Somebody Told Me (re-issue) Killers Would be a a year ago but got bored of it
35 Oh Yeah Subways
36 Mirror Kissers Cribs
37 Black And White Town Doves
38 Dance Me In Sons And Daughters
39 Blue Orchid White Stripes
40 Love Steals Us From Loneliness Idlewild
41 Be Yourself Audioslave
42 Jesus Of Suburbia Green Day
43 Ooh La La Goldfrapp
44 Black Horse And The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall Her best by a MILE
45 Area Futureheads
46 The Denial Twist White Stripes
47 Emily Kane Art Brut
48 Just Friends Nine Black Alps
49 Good Weekend Art Brut
50 Going Missing Maximo Park

Pretty much all good, just not heard Art Brut or one of Audioslave's

[frag]

8 more now... (i have my reasons for this ;D)

13 Decent Days And Nights Futureheads
14 Blood Editors 1-3-3-3-7-13-13-18
15 Forever Lost Magic Numbers
16 In The Morning Coral
17 Leaders Of The Free World Elbow 1-1-2-2-5-6-10
18 Cold Wind Arcade Fire 2-1-1-3-7-12-18
19 Galvanize Chemical Brothers
20 Positive Tension Bloc Party

I think that all of these that are from the first half of the year would also have made #1.

And look - bloc party! higher than any Iron Maiden song in this rundown ;D