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Post by Panda on Dec 18, 2008 15:13:58 GMT 1
I've started compiling my end of year chart!
I'm down to the final 200, which I will post (in alphabetical order) shortly.
I wouldn't say it's been a vintage year. I was struggling a little to actually have a final 200 as there's quite a few I could've easily discarded at this stage. However, there have been some very good songs released this year and the top end of the chart should be very solid, at least.
First, a reminder of the previous top 3s in my end of year chart:
1995: 1. Chemical Brothers - Leave Home 2. Radiohead - Just 3. Foo Fighters - This Is A Call
1996: 1. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 2. Charlatans - One To Another 3. Prodigy - Breathe
1997: 1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android 2. Blur - Song 2 3. Supergrass - Richard III
1998: 1. Ultrasound - Stay Young 2. Massive Attack - Teardrop 3. Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief
1999: 1. Living End - Prisoner Of Society 2. Blur - Coffee & TV 3. Add N To (X) - Metal Fingers In My Body
2000: 1. Llama Farmers - Snow White 2. Doves - The Cedar Room 3. Lowgold - In Amber
2001: 1. Elbow - Any Day Now 2. Elbow - Powder Blue 3. Radiohead - Pyramid Song
2002: 1. Cooper Temple Clause - Film-Maker 2. White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl 3. Supergrass - Never Done Nothing Like That Before
2003: 1. Radiohead - There There 2. Ballboy - A Europewide Search For Love 3. McKay - Take Me Over
2004: 1. Mansun - Slipping Away 2. Hope Of The States - The Red The White The Black The Blue 3. Thirteen Senses - Thru The Glass
2005: 1. Subways - Rock & Roll Queen 2. Viva Voce - Alive With Pleasure 3. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
2006: 1. Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me 2. Howling Bells - Setting Sun 3. Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
2007: 1. Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse 2. Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken The Memory 3. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
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Post by Panda on Dec 18, 2008 16:16:34 GMT 1
The final 200:
The Accidental - Wolves Adele - Chasing Pavements Albert Hammond Jr - GfC Asobi Seksu - Me & Mary Attic Lights - Bring You Down Attic Lights - God Attic Lights - Never Get Sick Of The Sea Audio Bullys - Gimme That Punk The Automatic - Steve McQueen Beasts Of Eden - Malou Beck - Gamma Ray Be Your Own Pet - Black Hole Be Your Own Pet - Super Soaked Be Your Own Pet - The Kelly Affair Biffy Clyro - Mountains Biffy Clyro - Who's Got A Match? Big Linda - Golden Girl Bjork - Declare Independence Bjork - Wanderlust Black Francis - The Seus Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You Black Lips - Leroy Faster Black Tide - Shout Blakes - Two Times Blood Red Shoes - Say Something Say Anything Blood Red Shoes - This Is Not For You Bombay Bicycle Club - Evening/Morning Breeders - We're Gonna Rise British Sea Power - No Lucifer British Sea Power - Waving Flags Cage The Elephant - In One Ear Cajun Dance Party - The Race Chaka Khan - Disrespectful Charlatans - Oh! Vanity Clik Clik - Did You Wrong Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me Come On Gang - Wheels Correcto - Do It Better Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Letter From God To Man Datarock - Computer Camp Love David Holmes - I Heard Wonders Dears - Money Babies Death Cab For Cutie - Cath... Digitalism - Pogo Dinosaur Pile-Up - My Rock & Roll Duffy - Mercy Duffy - Warwick Avenue Duke Spirit - The Step And The Walk Editors - Push Your Head Towards The Air Elbow - Grounds For Divorce Elbow - One Day Like This Elle Milano - Laughing All The Way To The Plank El Perro Del Mar - Glory To The World Envelopes - Party Envy Corps - Story Problem The Feeling - Join With Us Felix Da Housecat - Radio (Shinichi Osawa Remix) Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers Five O'clock Heroes - Who Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal Flobots - Handlebars Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over Florence & The Machine - Kiss With A Fist Flyleaf - I'm So Sick Foxboro Hot Tubs - She's A Saint Not A Celebrity Friendly Fires - Paris Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker Funkerman - Speed Up Furry Phreaks - All Over The World Futureheads - Radio Heart Futureheads - The Beginning Of The Twist Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Glasvegas - Geraldine Goldfrapp - A&E Goldfrapp - Happiness Guillemots - Get Over It Guillemots - Kriss Kross Hercules & Love Affair - Blind Hot Chip - One Pure Thought Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor Howling Bells - Into The Chaos IAMX - Spit It Out IAMX - The Alternative iLiKETRAiNS - The Christmas Tree Ship In Case Of Fire - This Time We Stand Infadels - Free Things For Poor People It Hugs Back - Other Cars Go Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die Joan As Policewoman - Holiday Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong - Where Do Yo Go Johnny Foreigner - Eyes Wide Terrified Johnny Foreigner - Our Bi-Polar Friends Johnny Foreigner - Salt Peppa & Spindarella Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat Kills - Cheap And Cheerful Kills - Last Day Of Magic Kills - Tape Song Kills - U R A Fever King Blues - My Boulder Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be Kooks - Sway KT Tunstall - If Only Ladyhawke - Dusk Till Dawn Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning Ladytron - Runaway Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me Late Of The Pier - Heartbeat Liam Finn - Better To Be Lorraine - When I Return To The World Los Campesinos! - Death To Los Campesinos! Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists Lykke-Li - I'm Good I'm Gone Lykke-Li - Little Bit Maccabees - Toothpaste Kisses Make Model - The LSB Manda Rin - DNA Mara Carlyle - But Now I Do Mars Volta - Wax Simulacra Mexican Institute Of Sound - Escribeme Pronto MIA - Paper Planes Middle Class Rut - Busy Bein' Born Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy Miss Kittin - Grace Mogwai - Bat Cat Morrissey - All You Need Is Me Morrissey - That's How People Grow Up The Music - The Spike Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!! Noah & The Whale - 5 Years' Time Oasis - I'm Outta Time Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning Operator Please - Get What You Want Operator Please - Just A Song About Ping Pong Patchwork Grace - The Lovecats Pendulum - Propane Nightmares Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency Portishead - Machine Gun Portishead - Magic Doors Portishead - The Rip Primal Scream - Can't Go Back Raconteurs - Salute Your Solution Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead - Nude Raveonettes - Blush Raveonettes - Forever In Your Arms Red Light Company - Meccano REM - Man Sized Wreath Sam Sparro - Black And Gold School Of Seven Bells - Half Asleep Sebastien Tellier - Divine Shinedown - Devour Shortwave Set - Glitches And Bugs Shortwave Set - No Social Shortwave Set - Now Til 69 Sia - The Girl You Lost To Cocaine Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur Silvery - Devil In The Detail 65daysofstatic - Dance Parties (Mechanised) Sky Larkin - Fossil I Snow Patrol - Take Back The City Sonny J - Enfant Terrible Son Of Dave - Hellhound Sons And Daughters - Darling Sons And Daughters - This Gift Speck Mountain - Blood Is Clean The Splendour - Audio Stereo MC's - Black Gold Subways - Alright Subways - I Won't Let You Down Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha Man Team Waterpolo - So Called Summer Tegan & Sara - The Con 30 Seconds To Mars - From Yesterday This City - Kids With Fireworks Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix) Those Dancing Days - Hitten Those Dancing Days - Run Run Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw Ting Tings - Be The One Ting Tings - Great DJ Ting Tings - That's Not My Name Tinman - Emotional Response Travis - J Smith Travis - Something Anything The Verve - Love Is Noise The Verve - Rather Be Violet Violet - Twin On Twin Walkmen - The Blue Route We Are Scientists - After Hours We Are Scientists - Chick Lit White Denim - Let's Talk About It White Stripes - Conquest Whitey - Non Stop Wombats - Moving To New York XX Teens - How To Reduce The Chances Of Being A Terror Victim You Me At Six - If I Were In Your Shoes Young Knives - Turn Tail Young Knives - Up All Night
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Post by frag on Dec 18, 2008 18:06:14 GMT 1
About 86 of those 200 reached my chart... many others were considered, but failed to reach the top 30. Not all of the 86 will have a chance of reaching my top 100.
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2008 18:32:35 GMT 1
The first set of songs will be coming up shortly. First, as is traditional, I will reveal the song that missed the top 100 by one place: Attic Lights - God
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2008 19:10:11 GMT 1
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 22, 2008 20:37:23 GMT 1
4 of these are in my top 100 and another 3 made my chart Very good start
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Post by frag on Dec 22, 2008 21:28:35 GMT 1
Loving the little flags as usual Can't stream at the moment (bro is playing CS), but of the seven I know from that list, one should make my top 100.
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Post by frag on Dec 22, 2008 21:31:12 GMT 1
The first set of songs will be coming up shortly. First, as is traditional, I will reveal the song that missed the top 100 by one place: Attic Lights - GodWith two weeks to go, this is 111th in my statistical Year-End chart, so it has an outside chance of being considered for my top 100. 'Never Get Sick Of The Sea' will be considered, even though it ended up lower statistically.
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2008 0:06:46 GMT 1
Thanks, gentlemen... Attic Lights may make an appearance, yet...
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2008 2:03:59 GMT 1
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 23, 2008 10:16:05 GMT 1
Attic Lights was a #4 hit in my chart so will almost certainly be in my top 70 or so of the year.
Strange, I have most of those in your top 200 on my playlist but very few of them did well in my chart and a significant number failed to impress me. I guess we like different types of indie.
Looking at your top 3s of previous years, we both had Ultrasound at #1 in 1998 but with different songs. Stay Young was in my top 40 of the year but I'll Show You Mine was my actual #1.
Apart from that we seem to have little overlap. I thought that Bartender And The Thief was nothing but shouty and disappointing and never got the attraction. Probably my least favourite of all their early songs. The Llama Farmers did have a few hits in my chart, their biggest ever was Yellow (no relation to the Coldplay song and a year earlier anyway).
I also remember the Ballboy one although they had a bigger hit in my chart - hey aren't they an early version of Glasvegas? I seem to remember John Peel liked them. Thirteen Senses - Thru The Glass is probably the one you have there in your later years that was a big hit in my chart too.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Dec 23, 2008 17:26:33 GMT 1
Only 'Pogo' so far is in my top 100 of the year. 'Run Run' would be though had I charted it. I do like the Kills, Guillemots, Joe Lean and Ting Tings tracks too!
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2008 20:19:48 GMT 1
I guess we like different types of indie. Maybe. Though much of what I like can be interpreted as "indie" I don't like to constrain myself with labels and genres. If I like it enough, it goes in. This may well be more apparent this year than any previously. Looking at your top 3s of previous years, we both had Ultrasound at #1 in 1998 but with different songs. Stay Young was in my top 40 of the year but I'll Show You Mine was my actual #1. I'll Show You Mine was in the lower reaches of my top 100 in '98 but I felt it was their weakest single. Apart from that we seem to have little overlap. I thought that Bartender And The Thief was nothing but shouty and disappointing and never got the attraction. Probably my least favourite of all their early songs. I really liked it at the time (I was 17), partly because it was refreshing to see a song like that do so well in the charts. I like it less now (when I did a 10 years top 200 1995-2004 a few years back it only just scraped into the 200). Plus I loved Word Gets Around so I was delighted to hear something so explosive as the first single from the next album. It all started to go downhill after that. I also remember the Ballboy one although they had a bigger hit in my chart - hey aren't they an early version of Glasvegas? Er, no... Apart from the fact they're Scottish, I fail to see any similarities. Glasvegas sound like Jesus & Mary Chain on acid.
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2008 21:05:02 GMT 1
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 23, 2008 23:47:32 GMT 1
You've never charted Death Cab For Cutie before? Their debut in my chart was A Movie Script Ending in 2002 which reached #2. British Sea Power made their debut in mine in 2001 as well I think.
As for Ultrasound, I bought all their singles, including the first Same Band one, and of course bought their album Everything Picture and saw them live too. I really thought they would be the next big indie band and that's without anything that NME was saying about them. I just think the nation wasn't ready for a new indie band yet and although they had some chart success (two top 40 hits and ISYM was technically a #1 on the budget albums chart) it was somewhat a failure.
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Post by Panda on Dec 24, 2008 2:05:05 GMT 1
You've never charted Death Cab For Cutie before? Their debut in my chart was A Movie Script Ending in 2002 which reached #2. British Sea Power made their debut in mine in 2001 as well I think. As for Ultrasound, I bought all their singles, including the first Same Band one, and of course bought their album Everything Picture and saw them live too. I really thought they would be the next big indie band and that's without anything that NME was saying about them. I just think the nation wasn't ready for a new indie band yet and although they had some chart success (two top 40 hits and ISYM was technically a #1 on the budget albums chart) it was somewhat a failure. No, never charted Death Cab For Cutie. I've just always found them a bit "meh". They were just there. Never particularly terrible but I've never found them particularly interesting either. Prior to Cath, I Will Follow You Into The Dark was probably the closest they've come to making my end of year chart. They've probably been in my monthly chart 2 or 3 times. Who knows how far Ultrasound would've gone if they'd stayed together? Everything Picture was a promising debut so it's a shame we never got to hear any more. It probably did come 3 years too early/late. The bands the ex-Ultrasound members were involved in after the split (Minuteman, the Somatics) were OK but never came close to matching anything Ultrasound did. The Somatics were particularly disappointing considering that was the band of Richard Green, who wrote most of Ultrasound's music.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 24, 2008 8:57:29 GMT 1
Ultrasound had two problems and they were both the same thing, Tiny.
It may not be right but the nation was never going to get behind a fat ugly lead singer and two he was a huge ego and I think that made tensions in the band very strong so it was always likely they would split up sooner rather than later.
Sorry to be so shallow but in the pop industry even indie pop, image can be everything.
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Post by Panda on Dec 24, 2008 16:15:37 GMT 1
I'm not sure I agree with the first point but the second is almost certainly correct.
There were warning signs there when Nigel Godrich walked out on them during the recording of their album. Also, the bass player, Vanessa, was criminally under-used. She had a great voice, certainly good enough to take the lead on some songs...
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Post by Panda on Dec 27, 2008 0:31:39 GMT 1
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 27, 2008 0:38:44 GMT 1
Just 1 of these in my top 100 but I charted 8 of them
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