Thursday 7 January 2010

Top 100 songs from BBC 6music listeners – 2009

Far from perfect but a much more palatable list than the one provided by listeners of the admittedly-not-for-very-long-but-still-once-great XFM. This was a list voted for by listeners to BBC 6music, although admittedly from a shortlist of 100 songs, so it must be a real bugger if you came in at no 100. It’s clearly a tribute to how well fans of the Basildon boys managed to organise themselves as they got four times as many votes as second-placed Muse. (originally posted 7/1/10 on my old blog)

1. Depeche Mode – Wrong
2. Muse – Uprising
3. Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
4. Morrissey – I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
5. Florence And The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
6. Jay Z ft Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
7. Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
8. Kasabian – Fire
9. Frank Turner – The Road
10. Lily Allen – The Fear
11. Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
12. Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc.
13. Placebo – The Never-Ending Why
14. Camera Obscura – French Navy
15. Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
16. M83 – Kim & Jessie
17. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
19. Echo And The Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too
20. La Roux – In For The Kill
21. Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone
22. Wintersleep – Weighty Ghost
23. Bad Lieutenant – Sink Or Swim
24. Prodigy – Omen
25. Patrick Wolf – Hard Times
26. Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
27. Royksopp – Happy Up Here
28. Animal Collective – My Girls
29. Green Day – Know Your Enemy
30. Jamie T – Sticks ‘N’ Stones
31. Biffy Clyro – That Golden Rule
32. Foo Fighters – Wheels
33. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
34. Mariachi El Bronx – Cell Mates
35. Bat For Lashes – Daniel
36. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
37. Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
38. White Lies – Farewell To The Fairground
39. Fanfarlo – The Walls Are Coming Down
40. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
41. Idlewild – Readers & Writers
42. Wild Beasts – Hooting & Howling
43. Ash – True Love 1980
44. Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity Of Huge
45. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
46. Big Pink – Dominos
47. Richard Hawley – For Your Lover Give Some Time
48. Radiohead – Harry Patch (In Memory Of)
49. Deadmau5 – I Remember
50. Editors – Papillon
51. XX – Islands
52. Little Boots – New In Town
53. Cribs – Cheat On Me
54. Manic Street Preachers – Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
55. Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
56. Phoenix – Lisztomania
57. Bloc Party – One More Chance
58. Vampire Weekend – Laughing With
59. Joy Formidable – Whirring
60. Eels – The Look You Give That Guy
61. Pearl Jam – The Fixer
62. Noah & The Whale – Blue Skies
63. Madness – Dust Devil
64. Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
65. Ian Brown – Stellify
66. Maccabees – No Kind Words
67. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me At The Equinox
68. PJ Harvey And John Parish – Black Hearted Love
69. Golden Silvers – True Romance
70. Friendly Fires – Kiss Of Life
71. Passion Pit – The Reeling
72. Miike Snow – Animal
73. Super Furry Animals – Inaugural Trams
74. TV On The Radio – Dancing Choose
75. Horrors – Whole New Way
76. Basement Jaxx – Raindrops
77. Jarvis Cocker – Angela
78. Wilco – You Never Know
79. Gossip – Heavy Cross
80. Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin The
81. Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
82. Amadou & Mariam – Masiteladi
83. Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today
84. Mos Def – Quiet Dog
85. Justice feat. Uffie – Tthhee Ppaarrttyy
86. Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros – 40 Day Dream
87. Vampire Weekend – Horchata
88. Metric – Sick Muse
89. Dinosaur Jr – Over It
90. Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
91. Reverend And The Makers – Silence Is Talking
92. Flaming Lips – Silver Trembling Hands The
93. Maximo Park – The Kids Are Sick Again
94. Monsters Of Folk – Say Please
95. Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster
96. Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa The
97. School Of Seven Bells – My Cabal
98. Speech Debelle – Spinnin
99. A Camp – Stronger Than Jesus
100. Alessi’s Ark – Over The Hill

Monday 4 January 2010

XFM “greatest” 100 songs ever or something equally unbelievable

Once upon a time there was a station called XFM. And it played great alternative music that you couldn’t hear anywhere else.

Sadly that doesn’t make anyone any money and those days are long gone, as can be reflected in XFM’s Greatest Songs Ever listeners’ poll which took place at the end of 2009.

The Killers at no 1? 9 from Oasis? 4 from Kasabian? Are there really only four songs in the world better than Sex On Fire? Did XFM twin itself with Nuts or Zoo or something and I didn’t even notice? Oh why oh why am I even typing this. (originally posted on my old blog 4/1/10)

1. Killers - Mr Brightside
2. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
3. Oasis - Live Forever
4. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
5. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
6. Elbow - One Day Like This
7. Oasis - Wonderwall
8. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
9. Muse - Plug In Baby
10. Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger
11. Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
12. Libertines - Don’t Look Back Into The Sun
13. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
14. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
15. Coldplay - Yellow
16. Muse - Hysteria
17. Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
18. Killers - All These Things I’ve Done
19. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
20. Libertines - Can’t Stand Me Now
21. Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
22. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
23. Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
24. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
25. Strokes - Last Nite
26. Kasabian - Club Foot
27. Libertines - Time For Heroes
28. Clash - London Calling
29. Smiths - How Soon Is Now
30. Muse - Time Is Running Out
31. Smiths - This Charming Man
32. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
33. Stereophonics - Dakota
34. Who - My Generation
35. Blur - Song 2
36. Stone Roses - Fool’s Gold
37. Kasabian - L.S.F.
38. Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
39. Pulp - Common People
40. Radiohead - Creep
41. Muse - Starlight
42. Beatles - Hey Jude
43. Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
44. Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
45. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
46. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
47. David Bowie - Life On Mars
48. Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
49. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
50. Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
51. Killers - When You Were Young
52. Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
53. Doves - There Goes The Fear
54. Snow Patrol - Run
55. Jam - A Town Called Malice
56. Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
57. Coldplay - Fix You
58. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
59. New Order - Blue Monday
60. Kasabian - Fire
61. Killers - Somebody Told Me
62. Beatles - A Day In The Life
63. Oasis - Slide Away
64. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
65. Oasis - Supersonic
66. Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
67. Jam - Going Underground
68. Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
69. Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
70. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
71. Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
72. Foo Fighters - Everlong
73. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
74. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
75. Coldplay - Clocks
76. Bloc Party - Helicopter
77. Oasis - The Masterplan
78. Who - Baba O’Riley
79. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
80. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
81. Kasabian - Empire
82. David Bowie - Heroes
83. Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
84. Green Day - American Idiot
85. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
86. Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol
87. Stone Roses - Waterfall
88. Jam - That’s Entertainment
89. Feeder - Just A Day
90. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
91. Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
92. Coldplay - The Scientist
93. Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again
94. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
95. Oasis - Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
96. Bloc Party - Banquet
97. Doves - Pounding
98. MGMT - Time To Pretend
99. Athlete - Wires
100. Kings Of Leon - The Bucket

Friday 1 January 2010

More end of year lists: my last.fm charts

Been listening to music a lot more on my iPod this year, and the scrobbling software isn’t always very accurate.

Nevertheless a list is a list and I can only assume it’s rightish!

All of these charts reflect the last 12 months.

Most played artists:

1. Franz Ferdinand – 101
2. They Might Be Giants – 72
3. Blur – 71
4. The Joy Formidable – 52
5. Hafdis Huld – 41
6. Starsailor – 27
7. Pop Will Eat Itself – 24
8. Patrick Wolf – 21
9. Elastica – 20
9. Kaiser Chiefs – 20
9. The Lovely Eggs – 20
12. British Sea Power – 18
12. Brownies – 18
12. Buzzcocks – 18
12. Super Furry Animals – 18
12. The Duke Spirit – 18
17. Hyperbubble – 17
17. Kate Bush – 17
19. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine – 15
19. Yes – 15
21. Genesis – 14
21. Richard Cheese – 14
21. Saint Etienne – 14
24. Charlotte Hatherley – 13
24. Resque – 13
24. Therapy? – 13
27. Art Brut – 12
27. Radiohead – 12
27. Sultans of Ping F.C. – 12
27. We Were Promised Jetpacks – 12
31. Katie and the Ayres – 11
31. Space – 11
33. Baddies – 10
33. Maxïmo Park – 10
33. The Divine Comedy – 10
33. The Mighty Roars – 10
33. The Trash Can Sinatras – 10
38. Everything Everything – 9
38. The Duckworth Lewis Method – 9
38. The Others – 9
38. Tom Allalone & The 78s – 9
42. Baïkonour – 8
42. Be Your Own Pet – 8
42. Bloc Party – 8
42. Focus – 8
42. Hatfield and the North – 8
42. Rage Against the Machine – 8
42. Spoon – 8
42. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – 8
42. The Cardigans – 8
42. The Fighting Cocks – 8
52. Eliza – 7
52. Gestir – 7
52. Madness – 7
52. Metric – 7
52. MJ Hibbett & the Validators – 7
52. Pale – 7
52. Placebo – 7
59. A House – 6
59. Cerys Matthews – 6
59. Department S – 6
59. Fiona Bevan – 6
59. FM Belfast – 6
59. Graham Coxon – 6
59. Half Man Half Biscuit – 6
59. Jarvis Cocker – 6
59. Marc Almond – 6
59. Mew – 6
59. Monocle Rose – 6
59. Pink Floyd – 6
59. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box – 6
59. Senseless Things – 6
59. Senser – 6
59. Spongebob Squarepants – 6
59. The Young Knives – 6
76. ¡Forward, Russia! – 5
76. Bad Manners – 5
76. Broadcast – 5
76. Elvis Costello – 5
76. Kasabian – 5
76. Mascot Fight – 5
76. Miike Snow – 5
76. My Life Story – 5
76. Mystery Jets – 5
76. Rulers Of The Planet – 5
76. The Boxer Rebellion – 5
76. The Hot Puppies – 5
76. The Jam – 5
76. The Rakes – 5
76. The Robocop Kraus – 5
76. Trash Monroe – 5
76. White Rose Movement – 5
76. XTC – 5
94. A – 4
94. A Place to Bury Strangers – 4
94. Ace Out – 4
94. Alexei Sayle – 4
94. Amiina – 4
94. Battles – 4
94. Bis – 4
94. Black Moth Super Rainbow – 4
94. Bleech – 4
94. Blizzards – 4
94. Botnleðja – 4
94. Coldplay – 4
94. Dodgy – 4
94. Future of the Left – 4
94. Kenickie – 4
94. Lush – 4
94. Mark Ronson – 4
94. Prodigy – 4
94. Queen – 4
94. Rose Elinor Dougall – 4
94. Severe – 4
94. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – 4
94. Starts – 4
94. Stuart James – 4
94. Swell Maps – 4
94. Ten Tigers – 4
94. Test Icicles – 4
94. The Chalets – 4
94. The Dead 60s – 4
94. The Stone Roses – 4
94. Ultra Vivid Scene – 4
94. Ungdomskulen – 4
94. Untitled Musical Project – 4

The most played tracks were:

1. Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls – 14
2. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses – 9
2. The Joy Formidable – The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade – 9
2. The Lovely Eggs – I Like Birds But I Like Other Animals Too – 9
2. The Mighty Roars – Elvis Lives And He Drinks Sake – 9
6. Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome – 8
6. Franz Ferdinand – Katherine Kiss Me – 8
6. Franz Ferdinand – Twilight Omens – 8
6. Patrick Wolf – Hard Times – 8
6. The Joy Formidable – Cradle – 8
6. The Joy Formidable – Whirring – 8
6. The Lovely Eggs – Have You Ever Heard A Digital Accordion? – 8
13. Art Brut – Alcoholics Unanimous – 7
13. Blur – Pressure On Julian – 7
13. Franz Ferdinand – Send Him Away – 7
13. Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words – 7
13. The Joy Formidable – While The Flies – 7
18. Blur – Turn It Up – 6
18. Blur – Villa Rosie – 6
18. Department S – Wonderful Day – 6
18. Franz Ferdinand – Turn It On – 6
18. Hafdis Huld – Ski Jumper – 6
18. Monocle Rose – Alley Cat – 6
18. Saint Etienne – Barnyard Brouhaha – 6
18. The Joy Formidable – The Last Drop – 6
26. Blur – Advert – 5
26. Fiona Bevan – The Balance – 5
26. Franz Ferdinand – Backwards On My Face – 5
26. Franz Ferdinand – Dream Again – 5
26. Franz Ferdinand – Katherine Hit Me – 5
26. Hafdis Huld – Diamonds On My Belly – 5
26. Metric – Gold Guns Girls – 5
26. Starsailor – Good Souls – 5
26. The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Age Of Revolution – 5
26. The Joy Formidable – 9669 – 5
26. The Joy Formidable – Ostrich – 5
37. Alexei Sayle – Web User Advert Mar 2001 – 4
37. Baïkonour – Look… Wa! – 4
37. Battles – TRAS 3 – 4
37. Be Your Own Pet – Food Fight – 4
37. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise – 4
37. Blur – Blue Jeans – 4
37. Blur – Chemical World – 4
37. Blur – Colin Zeal – 4
37. Blur – For Tomorrow – 4
37. Blur – Miss America – 4
37. Blur – Oily Water – 4
37. Blur – Star Shaped – 4
37. Blur – Sunday Sunday – 4
37. Franz Ferdinand – Be Afraid – 4
37. Franz Ferdinand – Die On The Floor – 4
37. Hafdis Huld – My Heart Beats – 4
37. Hafdis Huld – Tomoko – 4
37. Hyperbubble – I Like Birds But I Like Other Animals Too – 4
37. Placebo – For What Its Worth (Radio Edit) – 4
37. Rose Elinor Dougall – Start/Stop/Synchro – 4
37. Spoon – Everything Hits at Once – 4
37. Swell Maps – Mining Villages – 4
37. The Duke Spirit – Love Is An Unfamiliar Name – 4
37. The Joy Formidable – Austere – 4
61. Alexander Rybak – Fairytale – 3
61. Bad Manners – Cider Drinker – 3
61. Baddies – Holler For My Holiday – 3
61. Baikonour – Oben Beg mk3 CBC theme – 3
61. Bleech – Is It True That Boys Don’t Cry – 3
61. British Sea Power – Carrion / All In It (Pressbutton remix) – 3
61. British Sea Power – Men Together Today – 3
61. Brownies – Dance Romance – 3
61. Brownies – It Kills – 3
61. Charlotte Hatherley – White – 3
61. Cherbourg – Man – 3
61. Codeine Velvet Club – I Am The Resurrection – 3
61. Elastica – Annie – 3
61. Elastica – Generator (Peel Session 22 Sep 1999) – 3
61. FM Belfast – Lotus (Killing In The Name Of) (Clean) – 3
61. Focus – Anonymus II – 3
61. Franz Ferdinand – Bite Hard – 3
61. Franz Ferdinand – Can’t Stop Feeling – 3
61. Franz Ferdinand – Feel The Envy – 3
61. Franz Ferdinand – Live Alone – 3
61. Graham Coxon – This House – 3
61. Hyperbubble – Non Biodegradable Hazardous Waste Disposal – 3
61. Katie and the Ayres – Pop Song (live mix) – 3
61. Katie and the Ayres – Sorry In Japanese (live mix) – 3
61. Killed by 9V batteries – this city is lit when you’re on top of it – 3
61. Maxïmo Park – Wraithlike – 3
61. Pale – Stop It I Might Like It – 3
61. Period Pains – Spice Girls who do you think you are – 3
61. Peter Bjorn and John – It Don’t Move Me – 3
61. Pop Will Eat Itself – Shortwave Transmission On ‘Up To The Minuteman Nine’ – 3
61. Prodigy – Omen – 3
61. Rage Against the Machine – Renegades of Funk – 3
61. Richard Cheese – Hate to Say I Told You So – 3
61. Ropes – I Stand For Nothing – 3
61. Senser – Resistance Now – 3
61. Severe – Stop The Cavalry – 3
61. Spongebob Squarepants – SpongeBob SquarePants – 3
61. Spongebob Squarepants – Theme – 3
61. Starsailor – Alcoholic – 3
61. Starsailor – Alcoholic (Glastonbury 26-06-2004) – 3
61. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Around the Bend (radio edit) – 3
61. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age – 3
61. The Dead 60s – Riot Radio – 3
61. The Fighting Cocks – (tea break) – 3
61. The Jam – News Of The World – 3
61. The Pan I Am – Fire Dance – 3
61. The Robocop Kraus – Sometimes I wonder if you’d been a dog in a previous life – 3
61. The Trash Can Sinatras – Obscurity Knocks – 3
61. The Trash Can Sinatras – One at a Time – 3
61. The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird – 3
61. They Might Be Giants – Robot Parade – 3
61. They Might Be Giants – Shoehorn with Teeth – 3
61. They Might Be Giants – Ten Mississippi – 3
61. Tom Allalone & The 78s – Sign On You Lazy Diamond – 3
61. We Were Promised Jetpacks – It’s Thunder and It’s Lightning – 3
61. White Rose Movement – Cigarette Machine (Club Mix) – 3

The most played albums were:

1. Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand – 67
2. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish – 58
3. Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning – 52
4. Hafdis Huld – Dirty Paper Cup – 37
5. Franz Ferdinand – Blood – 21
6. Brownies – Ourknife Yourback – 18
6. Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady – 18
6. Duke Spirit – The Duke Spirit – 18
6. Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads – 18
10. They Might Be Giants – Here Come The 123s – 17
11. Yes – Going for the One – 15
12. Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor – 14
13. Resque – Life’s A Bonus – 13
13. Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years – 13
13. Therapy? – Crooked Timber – 13
13. They Might Be Giants – No! – 13
17. Katie and the Ayres – All Souls – 11
18. Hyperbubble – Candy Apple Daydreams – 10
18. Mighty Roars – Elvis Lives – Single – 10
18. Pop Will Eat Itself – This Is The Day…This Is The Hour…This Is This! – 10
18. They Might Be Giants – Lincoln – 10
18. We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls – 10
23. Charlotte Hatherley – New Worlds – 9
23. Elastica – Elastica – 9
23. Lovely Eggs – Blalock’s Indie/Rock Playlist: August (2009) – 9
23. They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18 – 9
23. Tom Allalone & The 78s – Major Sins Pt. 1 – 9
28. Baïkonour – Your Ear Knows Future – 8
28. British Sea Power – The Decline of British Sea Power – 8
28. Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome – 8
28. Focus – Focus 3 – 8
28. Hatfield and the North – Hatfield and the North – 8
33. Fighting Cocks – Music For Lapdancers – 7
33. Space – Spiders – 7
33. Starsailor – Boy In Waiting EP – 7
36. A House – I Am The Greatest – 6
36. Blur – Parklife – 6
36. Cerys Matthews – Don’t Look Down – 6
36. Half Man Half Biscuit – Back in the Dhss/the Trumpton Riots Ep – 6
36. Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications – 6
36. Metric – Fantasies – 6
36. Mew – No More Stories Are Told Today, I’m Sorry, They Washed Away – 6
36. Others – The Others – 6
36. Pale – Proper Order – 6
36. Pink Floyd – Meddle – 6
36. Plus tech squeeze box – Cartooom! – 6
36. Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha – 6
36. Saint Etienne – Up the Wooden Hills – 6
36. They Might Be Giants – Flood – 6
36. They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants – 6
51. Art Brut – Playlist March 2009 – 5
51. Bad Manners – Ska Party – 5
51. British Sea Power – Man Of Aran – 5
51. Kasabian – The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum – 5
51. Kate Bush – Aerial – A Sky Of Honey – 5
51. Mascot Fight – Pantomime Hearse – 5
51. Miike Snow – Miike Snow – 5
51. Pop Will Eat Itself – The Looks or the Lifestyle – 5
51. Sultans of Ping FC – Teenage Drug – 5
51. They Might Be Giants – The Spine – 5
51. Trash Monroe – Shooting from the Lips and Other Crimes of Passion – 5
62. A – A vs Monkey Kong – 4
62. Ace Out – Ace Out – 4
62. Amiina – Kurr – 4
62. Baddies – Do The Job – 4
62. Battles – B EP – 4
62. Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward – 4
62. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us – 4
62. Cardigans – Acoustic on KCIW 24/05/2005 – 4
62. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine – 30 Something – 4
62. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine – Post Historic Monsters – 4
62. Chalets – Check In – 4
62. Franz Ferdinand – Blood – sampler – 4
62. Gestir – Burtur Frá Toftunum – 4
62. Graham Coxon – The Spinning Top – 4
62. Hot Puppies – Under The Crooked Moon – 4
62. Mark Ronson – Version – 4
62. MJ Hibbett and the Validators – We Validate! – 4
62. Mystery Jets – Making Dens – 4
62. Pop Will Eat Itself – Cure for Sanity – 4
62. Pop Will Eat Itself – The Cure For Sanity – 4
62. Queen – A Night At The Opera – 4
62. Richard Cheese – The Sunny Side of the Moon – 4
62. Richard Cheese – Tuxicity – 4
62. Rulers Of The Planet – Disco Boogie For Death Rockers – 4
62. Severe – The Punk Rock Advent Calendar – 4
62. Space – Tin Planet – 4
62. Stuart James – Phoenix FM session 28-04-2007 – 4
62. Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe – 4
62. Test Icicles – For Screening Purposes Only – 4
62. They Might Be Giants – The Astoria – London, UK 09/09/04 – 4
62. Ultra Vivid Scene – Mercy Seat 12” – 4
62. Ungdomskulen – Bisexual – 4
62. Untitled Musical Project – Untitled Musical Project – 4

Originally posted to my old blog on 1/1/10

Singles and albums of the decade

After much procrastinating I’ve compiled my favourite singles and albums from the 00s.

Singles:

1. Art Brut – St Pauli (2007)
2. Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine, And You, You Need To Be Nicer (2005)
3. Others – Stan Bowles (2004)
4. (International) Noise Conspiracy – Capitalism Stole My Virginity (2001)
5. Bellatrix – Jediwannabe (2000)
6. Amanda Palmer – Leeds United (2008)
7. Hot Puppies – The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful (2006)
8. Samurai Seven – Lucky Pierre (2002)
9. Coldplay – Shiver (2000)
10. Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist (2001)
11. Manda Rin – DNA (2008)
12. Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome (2009)
13. Mystery Jets – You Can’t Fool Me Dennis (2005)
14. New Young Pony Club – The Bomb (2007)
15. Sons and Daughters – Darling (2008)
16. FM Belfast – Lotus (Killing In The Name) (2008)
17. Young Knives – Counters (2008)
18. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill (2007)
19. Art Brut – Nag Nag Nag Nag (2006)
20. Maximo Park – Apply Some Pressure (2005)
21. Senser – Resistance Now (2009)
22. Madness – Drip Fed Fred (2000)
23. Dead 60s – You’re Not The Law (2004)
24. Data Panik – Cubis (2005)
25. Mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions (2002)
26. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place (2007)
27. Hera Hjartardottir – Feels So Good (2008)
28. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out (2004)
29. WigWam – WigWam (2006)
30. Royksopp – Eple (2001)
31. Mighty Roars – Elvis Lives (2009)
32. Robocop Kraus – Fashion (2003)
33. Hafdis Huld – Ski Jumper (2005)
34. Hot Hot Heat – No Not Now (2003)
35. Rakes – Retreat (2005)
36. British Sea Power – Lights Out For Darker Skies (2008)
37. Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat (2008)
38. Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres (2007)
39. Maximo Park – Our Velocity (2007)
40. Doves – There Goes The Fear (2002)
41. Charlatans – Blackened Blue Eyes (2006)
42. Young Knives – The Decision (2005)
43. Bloc Party – Banquet (2005)
44. Silt – In Line (2002)
45. Mike Flowers Pops – Talk (2007)
46. British Sea Power – No Lucifer (2008)
47. Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Heading For A Breakdown (2005)
48. Muse – Time Is Running Out (2003)
49. Fiona Bevan – Moths (2009)
50. Mark B & Blade – Ya Don’t See The Signs (Grant Nicholls remix) (2001)
51. Camera Obscura – French Navy (2009)
52. Kate Bush – Mrs Bartolozzi (2005)
53. Baikonour – Oben Beg mk3 CBC theme (2008)
54. Sultans of Ping – Girlwatchin’ (2007)
55. Silver Sun – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2003)
56. Do Me Bad Things – Time For Deliverance (2004)
57. Spoon – Everything Hits At Once (2001)
58. Foals – Red Socks Pugie (2008)
59. Madness – I Chase the Devil AKA Ironshirt (2005)
60. Rosie and the Goldbug – War Of The Roses (Because You Said So) (2008)
61. Aberdeen City – God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me (2005)
62. Foals – Cassius (2008)
63. Feeder – Buck Rogers (2001)
64. Dandy Warhols – The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty (2008)
65. Franz Ferdinand – Darts Of Pleasure (2003)
66. Young Knives – Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer) (2006)
67. They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them – The Unstoppable Kite (2007)
68. Klang – L.O.V.E. (2003)
69. Metric – Poster Of A Girl (2006)
70. Art Brut – Direct Hit (2007)
71. Brownies – Dance Romance (2009)
72. Manic Street Preachers feat Nina Persson – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (2007)
73. Art Brut – Alcoholics Unanimous (2009)
74. Cursor Miner – Library (2004)
75. Gemma Hayes – Hanging Around (2002)
76. Ting Tings – Great DJ (2008)
77. Courtney Love – Mono (2004)
78. Feeder – Just A Day (2001)
79. White Rose Movement – Girls In The Back (2006)
80. Dub Pistols Feat Terry Hall – Problem Is (2003)
81. Animalhouse – Small (2000)
82. Tahiti 80 – Soul Deep (2003)
83. Goldfrapp – Strict Machine (2003)
84. Kirsty MacColl – In These Shoes? (2000)
85. Foo Fighters – Breakout (2000)
86. Joy Formidable – The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade (2009)
87. Jenny Owen Youngs – Hot In Herre (2008)
88. Super Furry Animals – Ysbeidiau Heulog (2000)
89. Cardigans – For What It’s Worth (2003)
90. Girls Against Boys – Basstation (2002)
91. Fighting Cocks – The Little Goats’ Big Night Out (2007)
92. Hot Puppies – Clarinet Town (2008)
93. Rulers Of The Planet – Backbencher (2005)
94. Tunng – Bullets (2007)
95. Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So (2002)
96. Metric – Gold Guns Girls (2009)
97. Fischerspooner – Emerge (2002)
98. Boys In A Band – Black Diamond Train (2008)
99. múm – A Little Bit, Sometimes (2007)
100. Blood Arm – Suspicious Character (2006)

Albums:

1. British Sea Power – The Decline Of British Sea Power (2003)
2. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
3. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
4. Young Knives – Superabundance (2008)
5. Robocop Kraus – They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus (2005)
6. Kate Bush – Aerial (2005)
7. Others – The Others (2005)
8. Gestir – Burtur Fra Toftunum (2006)
9. Cardigans – Long Gone Before Daylight (2003)
10. Long Blondes – Someone To Drive You Home (2006)
11. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music? (2008)
12. Rulers Of The Planet – In 30 Minutes We Destroy The Earth (2005)
13. Young Knives – Voices Of Animals And Men (2006)
14. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock ‘n’ Roll (2005)
15. Cardigans – Super Extra Gravity (2005)
16. Brownies – Ourknife Yourback (2009)
17. Younger Younger 28s – Soap (2000)
18. Foals – Antidotes (2008)
19. Franz Ferdinand – Tonight (2009)
20. Keane – Hopes And Fears (2004)
21. Couse and the Impossible – The World Should Know (2006)
22. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment (2005)
23. Divine Comedy – Victory For The Common Muse (2006)
24. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger (2005)
25. Hot Puppies – Under The Crooked Moon (2006)
26. Frank and Walters – Glass (2000)
27. Chris T-T – 9 Red Songs (2005)
28. Abdoujaparov – Air Odeon Disco Pub (2002)
29. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (2004)
30. A – Hi-Fi Serious (2002)
31. New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom (2007)
32. Chris T-T – The 253 (2001)
33. Hybrasil – The Monkey Pole (2007)
34. Art Brut – It’s A Bit Complicated (2007)
35. Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007)
36. Jarvis – Jarvis (2006)
37. Elíza – Empire Fall (2007)
38. Abdoujaparov – Cycle Riot History Gang (2007)
39. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better With (2005)
40. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City (2007)
41. Lemon Jelly – lemonjelly.ky (2000)
42. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
43. Senser – How To Do Battle (2009)
44. Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (2009)
45. Cerys Matthews – Don’t Look Down (2009)
46. They Might Be Giants – The Spine (2004)
47. Bis – Music For A Stranger World (2001)
48. Fighting Cocks – Come And See (2004)
49. My Life Story – Joined Up Talking (2000)
50. Echobelly – Gravity Pulls (2004)
51. Coldplay – Parachutes (2000)
52. Aberdeen City – The Freezing Atlantic (2005)
53. Futureheads – Futureheads (2004)
54. Lovely Eggs – If You Were Fruit (2009)
55. Sigur Ros – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (2008)
56. Frank and Walters – Souvenirs (2005)
57. Stereolab – Chemical Chords (2008)
58. Art Brut – Art Brut vs Satan (2009)
59. Paddy McAloon – I Trawl The Megahertz (2003)
60. (International) Noise Conspiracy – The Cross Of My Calling (2008)
61. Therapy? – Crooked Timber (2009)
62. Divine Comedy – Regeneration (2001)
63. Soft Cell – Cruelty Without Beauty (2002)
64. M J Hibbett and the Validators – Shed Anthems (2004)
65. British Sea Power – Open Season (2005)
66. Samurai Seven – Le Sport (2002)
67. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing (2008)
68. Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads (2008)
69. Chris T-T – Capital (2008)
70. Mystery Jets – Twenty One (2008)
71. Blur – Think Tank (2003)
72. múm – Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (2007)
73. Fields – Everything Last Winter (2007)
74. Mark Ronson – Version (2007)
75. Jim’s Super Stereoworld – In A Big Flash Car On A Saturday Night (2002)
76. Dead 60s – Dead 60s (2005)
77. MJ Hibbett and the Validators – We Validate! (2006)
78. Others – Inward Parts (2006)
79. Fighting Cocks – Music For Lapdancers (2007)
80. Mystery Jets – Making Dens (2006)
81. Bravery – Bravery (2005)
82. Ooberman – Carried Away (2006)
83. Grates – Gravity Won’t Get You High (2006)
84. Madness – The Dangermen Sessions Vol 1 (2005)
85. Untitled Musical Project – Untitled Musical Project (2007)
86. They Might Be Giants – No! (2002)
87. Twang – Love It When I Feel Like This (2007)
88. Duckworth-Lewis Method – The Duckworth-Lewis Method (2009)
89. Gorillaz – Demon Days (2005)
90. Maximo Park – Our Earthly Pleasures (2007)
91. VHS Or Beta – Night On Fire (2005)
92. Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (2004)
93. ¡Forward, Russia! – Give Me A Wall (2006)
94. Elastica – The Menace (2000)
95. Kasabian – Kasabian (2004)
96. Pure Reason Revolution – Amor Vincit Omnia (2009)
97. B-52’s – Funplex (2008)
98. S*M*A*S*H – Icon (2007)
99. Divine Comedy – Absent Friends (2004)
100. iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt (2007)

This post was originally put up on my old blog on 1st Jan 2010. Ten days later I had a message from the singer ofThey Came From The Stars, I Saw Them ... "hey there. i just discovered that my pop group made it onto this list. you’re right of course, only trouble is that you are pretty much alone in your faulty thinking, which is why we’ve pretty much given up ;o( Almost everyone else on your list has had at least some sort of success, but we never had any at all. ah well, thanks anyway – yours sadly – from the stars x" The nicest and saddest feedback all in one post I think I've ever had.