Ok then, moving on to my singles of the year now, the 10th year in a row! :drama:

 

For starters here is last years top 10:

 

10 Crystal Castles 'Celestica'

09 Magnetic Man ft. Katy B 'Perfect Stranger'

08 Kanye West ft. Pusha T 'Runaway'

07 Robyn 'Dancing On My Own'

06 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'Say No To Love'

05 The Big Pink 'Velvet'

04 Mumford and Sons 'The Cave'

03 Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith 'Not In Love'

02 The National 'Conversation 16'

01 Lady GaGa ft. Beyonce 'Telephone'

 

This year just two UK number one singles make the top 100, no act has more than three entries (there are 3 acts with three) and 55 of the songs are included on albums which featured in my Albums of the Year. 5 acts from last years top 10 have at least one more top 100 appearance this year.

 

So far:

100 Howling Bells 'Into The Sky'

99 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris 'We Found Love'

98 Kanye West & Jay-Z 'H.A.M.'

97 Fixers 'Swimmhaus Johannesburg'

96 Elbow 'Neat Little Rows'

95 Joe Goddard ft. Valentina 'Gabriel'

94 This Many Boyfriends 'Young Lovers Go Pop'

93 Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'Belong'

92 Lady GaGa 'Born This Way'

91 Strange Talk 'Climbing Walls'

 

90 Lykke Li 'I Follow Rivers'

89 Metronomy 'The Bay'

88 Example 'Change The Way You Kiss Me'

87 Warpaint 'Shadows'

86 Wye Oak 'Civilian'

85 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'AKA… What A Life'

84 Washed Out 'Amor Fati'

83 Bombay Bicycle Club 'Lights Out, Words Gone'

82 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 'Garden'

81 Ponytail 'Easy Peasy'

 

80 Florence & The Machine 'What The Water Gave Me'

79 Airship 'Kids'

78 Wretch 32 ft. Example 'Unorthodox'

77 Alpines 'Drive'

76 Lana Del Rey 'Video Games'

75 Ed Sheeran 'The A Team'

74 Lucy Rose 'Scar'

73 Dodos 'Black Night'

72 Subways 'We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time'

71 Fool's Gold 'Wild Window'

 

70 Duke Spirit 'Everybody's Under Your Spell'

69 Aviici 'Fade Into Darkness'

68 Foster The People 'Pumped Up Kicks'

67 I'm From Barcelona 'Always Spring'

66 Grouplove 'Colours'

65 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis 'Bounce'

64 Drums 'How It Ended'

63 Two Door Cinema Club 'What You Know'

62 Friends 'Friend Crush'

61 Gang Gang Dance 'MindKilla'

 

60 Noah And The Whale 'Waiting For My Chance To Come'

59 Creep 'Days'

58 Tennis 'Baltimore'

57 MNDR 'Fade to Black'

56 Noah and the Whale 'L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.'

55 Apparat 'Song of Los'

54 Cashier No.9 'Oh Pity'

53 Wild Beasts 'Bed Of Nails'

52 Joy Formidable 'Cradle'

51 Vaccines 'If You Wanna'

 

50 Pierces 'You'll Be Mine'

49 Coldplay 'Paradise'

48 Bon Iver 'Calgary'

47 Ben Howard 'Old Pine'

46 Cults 'Abducted'

45 Emeli Sande 'Heaven'

44 Arctic Monkeys 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'

43 Belle & Sebastian 'I Want the World to Stop'

42 Elbow 'Open Arms'

41 Aloe Blacc 'I Need a Dollar'

 

40 Kassidy 'I Don't Know'

39 Little Boots 'Shake'

38 Alpines 'Cocoon'

37 Horrors 'I Can See Through You'

36 White Lies 'Bigger Than Us'

35 Duke Spirit 'Don't Wait'

34 jj 'Die Tonight'

33 Fixers 'Crystals'

32 Those Dancing Days 'I'll Be Yours'

31 National 'Think You Can Wait'

 

30 Naked And Famous 'Girls Like You'

29 Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'The Body'

28 Kings Of Leon 'Back Down South'

27 Metronomy 'The Look'

26 Edwyn Collins ft. The Drums 'In Your Eyes'

25 Wu Lyf 'We Bros'

24 Friends 'I'm His Girl'

23 Robyn 'Call Your Girlfriend'

22 Sleigh Bells 'Rill Rill'

21 Horrors 'Still Life'

 

20 James Blake 'The Wilhelm Scream'

19 Ben Howard 'The Fear'

18 M83 'Midnight City'

17 Fleet Foxes 'Helplessness Blues'

16 David Guetta ft. Sia 'Titanium'

15 Death Cab For Cutie 'You Are A Tourist'

14 Vaccines 'Norgaard'

13 Summer Camp 'Better Off Without You'

12 Friendly Fires 'Hawaiian Air'

11 Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx 'I'll Take Care Of U'

 

10 Kanye West 'All Of the Lights'

9 Arctic Monkeys 'Suck It And See'

8 Fixers 'Iron Deer Dream'

7 Coldplay 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall'

6 Ben Howard 'Keep Your Head Up'

5 Elbow 'Lippy Kids'

4 Joy Formidable 'Whirring'

3 Bombay Bicycle Club 'Shuffle'

2 Go! Team 'Buy Nothing Day'

1 Bon Iver 'Holocene'

To start with, as it's the 10th year anniversary of my End of Year chart, here's a look back at previous years!

 

2002

03 Jimmy Eat World 'The Middle'

02 The Streets 'Weak Become Heroes'

01

 

As I entered my teenage years my interest for music with guitars in it, and like everyone my age NuMetal and Pop-punk played quite a significant part in that, Jimmy Eat World were as good an act as any making that type of music and even though I'd grown out of that type of music fairly quickly 'The Middle' proves it's an excellent song to stand the test of time as I still love it today. The Streets were pretty much the first hip-hop type of act I really had any time for and 'Weak Become Heroes' remains their best song, that piano that loops over and over. 'There Goes The Fear' was number one for Doves though and it's certainly one of the best singles of the previous decade. A top 3 I could easily still choose today!

 

2003

03 Hot Hot Heat 'Bandages'

02 The Libertines 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun'

01

 

2003 was the first time that the same act made my two favourite singles of the year, as Pete Doherty's Libertines took the top 2 spots. Their debut album was a huge favourite of mine and still is, whatever people's opinions of him/them it was a revolutionary album that did inspire a generation, myself included. Forgotten Americans Hot Hot Heat made up the top 3 with 'Bandages', a great song they never came close to matching.

 

2004

03 Jet 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?'

02 Killers 'Mr Brightside'

01

 

2004 was the first time I started using music forums and the internet to discover music but these three bands were the acts I loved most during the year. Two songs that have gone down as modern day classics and one from a band that failed to fulfill what potential they did have.

 

2005

 

03 White Stripes 'Blue Orchid'

02 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)'

01

 

I still feel the top 2 are the right songs but are definitely the wrong way around, although 'Hounds of Love' still remains in my top 3 greatest cover versions of all time, to joined by two songs which also made my end of year top 3. Arcade Fire were a band that grew in stature but nothing has ever quite managed to beat 'Rebellion'. 'Blue Orchid' is the first song to appear so far that I don't have anywhere near the affection for I used to have. I still think it's great, but not that worthy.

 

2006

 

03 Peter, Bjorn & John 'Young Folks'

02 Jose Gonzalez 'Heartbeats'

01

 

Probably the top 3 I'm least satisfied with. Looking back at 2006 it had two clear standout songs (Pull Shapes and Young Folks) but they only managed to end the year #3 & #4. The beautiful cover of 'Heartbeats' and the criminally under-rated Stellastarr* are both excellent but in retrospect should be a tad lower.

 

2007

 

03 The Shins 'Turn On Me'

02 Interpol 'The Heinrich Maneuver'

01

 

Three songs all released in the same period of the year as they knocked each other off the top of my personal chart. It suggests how good Interpol can be when a song that's not in their top 3 can deservedly be in an end of year top 3, The Shins indie-pop at its finest 'Turn On Me' still jointly holds the record for longest stay at number one in my Personal Chart and Robyn's 'With Every Heartbeat' has gone on to become my favourite number one single of all time.

 

2008

 

03 Camille 'Money Note'

02 M83 'Kim & Jessie'

01 Elbow 'One Day Like This'

 

Possibly the most varied top 3 so far, Camille's extravagant Money Note joined by fellow French act M83 and the Greatest Song of All Time , the incredibly special 'One Day Like This' from Elbow. This is the top 3 I probably love the most, each record so utterly joyous, fabulous and different.

 

2009

 

03 The Temper Trap 'Sweet Disposition'

02 Animal Collective 'My Girls'

01

 

The second time an act have held both positions in my top 2, this time being Maryland's Animal Collective, with the two standout singles from album of the year 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'. They're joined by Aussie band The Temper Trap, whose 'Sweet Disposition' was a song that kept growing on me for months, and ended up being a slow burning hit.

 

2010

 

03 Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith 'Not In Love'

02 The National 'Conversation 16'

01

 

Probably a number one I got wrong, but on the basis of 'Not In Love' being too recent at the end of the year, than 'Telephone' being undeserving. By far the most pop a song in my top 3 has ever been, a song which I absolutely adore and think is the perfect pop song. The much different, much darker National join them with the beautiful 'Conversation 16', whilst over the past 12 months 'Not In Love' has gone on to be the song I consider the greatest from last year.

Ooh I LOVE The Henrich Maneuver'. I blow so hot and cold on Interpol, but that track still wows me, and the video along with it.

 

And very hard to argue if you'd just tied the Animal Collective songs that year - they were basically inseparable in greatness. 2005 may be your best year in terms of variability not impeding greatness...

 

Very much looking forward to this, your album chart ended up being topped by albums I only knew the singles from so I didn't really feel qualified to comment on it!

I usually do a top 200, and this year is no different, but I can't be bothered to make much of a fuss about it this year, so here is 200-101.

 

200

199

198

197

196

195

194

193

192

191

190

189

188

187

186 Morning Parade 'A&E'

185

184

183

182

181 Foo Fighters 'These Days'

180

179

178

177

176

175

174

173 Sleigh Bells 'Kids'

172

171

170

169

168

167

166 Scroobius Pip 'Let 'Em Come'

165

164

163

162

161

160 Tennis 'Take Me Somewhere'

159

158 Gold Panda 'Marriage'

157

156 Arcade Fire 'City With No Children'

155

154 Panda Bear 'Last Night at the Jetty'

153

152

151

150

149

148

147

146

145

144

143

142

141

140

139

138

137

136

135

134

133

132

131

130 Foo Fighters 'Arlandria'

129

128

127 Wu Lyf 'Dirt'

126

125 Scroobius Pip 'The Struggle'

124 Battles ft. Mattais Oguayo 'Ice Cream'

123

122

121

120

119

118

117

116

115

114

113

112

111 Deerhunter 'Desire Lines'

110

109

108 Joy Formidable 'Austere'

107

106

105

104

103

102

101

 

lmfao so low :o

100 - Howling Bells 'Into The Sky' 38-35-32-34-38-36-31-21-12-23-32 (11 weeks) *2nd hit*

 

 

History:

'Setting Sun': #41, 2006

 

099 -

29-20-14-11-14-15-20* (7 weeks) *6th hit* / *6th hit*

 

History (Rihanna):

'SOS (Rescue Me)': #21, 2006

'Shut Up And Drive': #97, 2007

'Disturbia': #95, 2008

'Live Your Life' (ft. T.I.): #54, 2008

'Don't Stop The Music': #18, 2008

 

History (Calvin Harris):

'Michael Jackson' [remix of Mitchell Brothers]: #64, 2007

'Acceptable In The 80s': #41, 2007

'See The Light' [remix of The Hours]: #78, 2008

'Dance Wiv Me' (ft. Dizzee Rascal & Chrome): #17, 2008

'I'm Not Alone': #82, 2009

 

098 - Kanye West & Jay-Z 'H.A.M.' 35-32-26-22-28-39 (6 weeks) *4th hit* / *9th hit*

 

History (Kanye West):

'Through The Wire': #76, 2004

'Jesus Walks': #35, 2004

'Number One' (ft. John Legend): #70, 2005

'Gold Digger' (ft. Jamie Foxx): #27, 2005

'Touch The Sky' (ft. Lupe Fiasco): #33, 2006

'Homecoming': #72, 2008

'American Boy' (ft. Estelle): #32, 2008

'Runaway' (ft. Pusha T): #08, 2010

 

History (Jay-Z):

'99 Problems': #64, 2004

'Numb/Encore' (ft. Linkin Park): #50, 2004

'Empire State Of Mind' (ft. Alicia Keys): #18, 2009

 

097 -

30-21-14-12-10-12-17-22-30-37 10 weeks) *debut*

 

096 -

23-10-04-04-02-03-09-14-21-30-39 (11 weeks) *4th hit*

 

History:

'Grounds For Divorce': #57, 2008

'The Bones Of You': #28, 2008

'One Day Like This': #01, 2008

 

Kicking off with the first 5 with Howling Bells, who make their first top 100 appearance in 5 years with the rather lovely 'Into The Sky', there's some well known acts in here too as Rihanna and Calvin here with their UK number one, the second best of the year. Kanye & Jay Z's initial collaboration was something that grew throughout the year and is something I like far more than anything else I've heard from their 'Watch The Throne' album. Both Fixers and Elbow get their first of three top 100 entries.

 

*Still on chart

192 Nicola Roberts 'Beat of My Drum'

185 Adele 'Rolling in the Deep'

178 Example 'Midnight Run'

173 Sleigh Bells 'Kids'

172 TV on the Radio 'Will Do'

171 SX 'Black Video'

170 James Blake 'Limit to Your Love'

169 Class Actress 'Weekend'

168 Calvin Harris 'Feel So Close'

161 Laidback Luke ft. Example 'Natural Disaster'

160 Tennis 'Take Me Somewhere'

159 Example 'Stay Awake'

158 Gold Panda 'Marriage'

157 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock 'Party Rock Anthem'

154 Panda Bear 'Last Night at the Jetty'

146 Glasvegas 'Shine Like Stars'

145 Tune-Yards 'Gangsta'

144 Rihanna 'S&M'

143 Charli XCX 'Nuclear Seasons'

142 Kite 'Stand Back'

141 Vivian Girls 'I Heard You Say'

137 Active Child 'Hanging On'

135 White Lies 'Strangers'

133 Foster The People 'Helena Beat'

131 Cloud Control 'There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight'

128 Glasser 'Mirrorage'

124 Battles ft. Mattais Oguayo 'Ice Cream'

114 Glasvegas 'Euphoria, Take My Hand'

105 Tune-Yards 'Bizness'

102 Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey 'Blind Faith'

101 James Blake And Bon Iver 'Fall Creek Boys Choir'

 

Love / like those. This is shaping up to be quite good :wub:

I predict a top five made up EXCLUSIVELY of cover versions of Total Eclipse of the Heart

I imagine that two of the songs that made my end-of year top 10 will also make your end-of year top 10 (Buy Nothing Day and Norgaard). On the NI front, I'm hoping that Cashier No.9 and The Wonder Villains feature (although much more likely the former than the latter).

 

Nice to see Fixers make your list. They were the first band to retweet me when I started the blog, so they will forever have a place in my heart.

Rihanna is low never expected that, I should imagine the Cults Abducted or Go Outside will feature somewhere in the top 10 here when finished :D

095 - Joe Goddard ft. Valentina 'Gabriel' 38-23-09-05-03-04-11-17-30-40 (10 weeks) *debuts*

 

094 - This Many Boyfriends 'Young Lovers Go Pop! 36-23-17-16-13-17-28-36 (8 weeks) *debut*

 

 

093 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'Belong' 26-22-15-12-09-09-13-20-22-24-32 (11 weeks) *6th hit*

 

History:

'Come Saturday': #69, 2009

'Higher Than The Stars': #24, 2009

'Young Adult Friction': #06, 2009

'Heart In Your Heartbreak': #39, 2010

'Say No To Love': #06, 2010

 

092 -

34-34-25-18-11-06-12-27 (8 weeks) *6th hit*

 

'Paparazzi': #77, 2009

'Just Dance': #74, 2009

'Bad Romance': #40, 2009

'Poker Face': #25, 2009

'Telephone' (ft. Beyonce): #01, 2010

 

091 -

31-21-15-08-04-04-09-15-28-37 (10 weeks) *debut*

 

Three acts getting their debut top 100 entries here along with two stalwarts from the past couple of years. Joe Goddard of Hot Chip released his debut single 'Gabriel' with vocals from Valentina at the end of the summer, full of synths it's better than anything his band have released in a while, it grew on me exceptionally quickly but I went off it a bit reasonably quickly too. Indie pop band This Many Boyfriends material I've found to be overall quite underwhelming apart from single Young Lovers Go Pop! which is three minutes of wonderful fun, it's a massive shame that their guitarist Peter Sykes passed away in September after a brain hemorrhage, so young. :(

 

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have been one of my favourite acts of the last few years and rack up a 6th entry in a short space of time, a 7th will come later, but I've never felt 'Belong', as good as it is, to be one of their finer moments. Lady Gaga was a breath of fresh air two years ago and the 'Monster' part of 'The Fame' really was pop at its finest, but I've found everything off her second album to be largely underwhelming apart from the lead single 'Born This Way', though it's still not as good as many previous efforts. Sweden's Strange Talk also get their first entry with another delightful slice of indie pop, unfortunately nothing else I've heard by them has been anywhere near as good.

lmfao so low :o

 

There's a time and a place for 'Party Rock Anthem', it's great at what it does but it's not exactly brilliant, and not generally the type of thing I'd listen to, as you can probably guess from looking at the rest! :P

 

192 Nicola Roberts 'Beat of My Drum'

185 Adele 'Rolling in the Deep'

178 Example 'Midnight Run'

173 Sleigh Bells 'Kids'

172 TV on the Radio 'Will Do'

171 SX 'Black Video'

170 James Blake 'Limit to Your Love'

169 Class Actress 'Weekend'

168 Calvin Harris 'Feel So Close'

161 Laidback Luke ft. Example 'Natural Disaster'

160 Tennis 'Take Me Somewhere'

159 Example 'Stay Awake'

158 Gold Panda 'Marriage'

157 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock 'Party Rock Anthem'

154 Panda Bear 'Last Night at the Jetty'

146 Glasvegas 'Shine Like Stars'

145 Tune-Yards 'Gangsta'

144 Rihanna 'S&M'

143 Charli XCX 'Nuclear Seasons'

142 Kite 'Stand Back'

141 Vivian Girls 'I Heard You Say'

137 Active Child 'Hanging On'

135 White Lies 'Strangers'

133 Foster The People 'Helena Beat'

131 Cloud Control 'There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight'

128 Glasser 'Mirrorage'

124 Battles ft. Mattais Oguayo 'Ice Cream'

114 Glasvegas 'Euphoria, Take My Hand'

105 Tune-Yards 'Bizness'

102 Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey 'Blind Faith'

101 James Blake And Bon Iver 'Fall Creek Boys Choir'

 

Love / like those. This is shaping up to be quite good :wub:

 

Thanks, hope you like the top half of this one more! :lol:

I predict a top five made up EXCLUSIVELY of cover versions of Total Eclipse of the Heart

 

I don't think I've even HEARD five versions of that song!

 

(thank God!)

 

I imagine that two of the songs that made my end-of year top 10 will also make your end-of year top 10 (Buy Nothing Day and Norgaard). On the NI front, I'm hoping that Cashier No.9 and The Wonder Villains feature (although much more likely the former than the latter).

 

Nice to see Fixers make your list. They were the first band to retweet me when I started the blog, so they will forever have a place in my heart.

 

Well there are four songs from your top 10 that are in my top 100, so there is a chance. The four songs that have made it, are the four that I've heard! :lol: I shall at least please you with one half of the NI bands, and you care correct, I've not heard anything more by the Wonder Villains.

 

Fixers are great, I've enjoyed everything they've put out so far although it seems that each thing they release isn't quite as good as the last.

 

Ooh I LOVE The Henrich Maneuver'. I blow so hot and cold on Interpol, but that track still wows me, and the video along with it.

 

And very hard to argue if you'd just tied the Animal Collective songs that year - they were basically inseparable in greatness. 2005 may be your best year in terms of variability not impeding greatness...

 

Very much looking forward to this, your album chart ended up being topped by albums I only knew the singles from so I didn't really feel qualified to comment on it!

 

The Heinrich Maneuver is brilliant, I do agree after their first album Interpol have been a bit hit and miss, Heinrich Maneuver and Pioneer To The Falls are two brilliant songs from that album.

 

No worries, I shall hope you can comment more on this one! :D

 

 

Rihanna is low never expected that, I should imagine the Cults Abducted or Go Outside will feature somewhere in the top 10 here when finished :D

 

Did you? I'm not sure what would've made you think would be that much higher. Cults are still to come but:

 

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Well there are four songs from your top 10 that are in my top 100, so there is a chance. The four songs that have made it, are the four that I've heard! :lol: I shall at least please you with one half of the NI bands, and you care correct, I've not heard anything more by the Wonder Villains.

 

Fixers are great, I've enjoyed everything they've put out so far although it seems that each thing they release isn't quite as good as the last.

 

The Wonder Villains released a single in October, Zola, and they've got another single to be released in February, Ferrari. They've also just recorded a session for Radio 1 with Huw Stephens, so hopefully they'll be up to great things next year.

 

Great to see This Many Boyfriends make your list as well. A great song.

Despite my song of the year already having fallen I'm really interested to see what you've got here :D

Here's what I like so far :D

 

198 Kasabian 'Re-Wired'

194 Beady Eye 'The Roller'

192 Nicola Roberts 'Beat of My Drum'

191 Cassius 'I <3 U So' [skream Remix]

185 Adele 'Rolling in the Deep'

184 Noah And The Whale 'Life Is Life'

182 Nero 'Me & You'

178 Example 'Midnight Run'

170 James Blake 'Limit to Your Love'

168 Calvin Harris 'Feel So Close'

163 Cee-Lo 'Bright Lights Bigger City'

161 Laidback Luke ft. Example 'Natural Disaster'

159 Example 'Stay Awake'

157 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock 'Party Rock Anthem'

155 Ed Sheeran 'Lego House'

144 Rihanna 'S&M'

139 Foo Fighters 'Rope'

130 Foo Fighters 'Arlandria'

129 Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette 'Hello'

117 Caro Emerald 'Stuck'

109 True Tiger ft. Professor Green and Maverick Sabre 'In The Air'

106 Alex Metric & Steve Angello ft. Ian Brown 'Open Your Eyes'

102 Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey 'Blind Faith'

 

99 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris 'We Found Love'

98 Kanye West & Jay-Z 'H.A.M.'

95 Joe Goddard ft. Valentina 'Gabriel'

92 Lady GaGa 'Born This Way'

 

My two favourite songs of the year have already gone, but I'm still looking forward to this chart :D I don't mind listening to some indie when it's on R1, Noah & The Whale, Vaccines and Foo Fighters haven't released a bad single as far I as remember. Nice to see We Found Love and Born This Way chart T100 :heart:

090 - Lykke Li 'I Follow Rivers' 29-25-20-16-08-08-11-18-34-40 (10 weeks) *2nd hit*

 

History:

'I'm Good, I'm Gone': #88, 2008

 

089 -

32-25-15-13-08-13-21-31 (8 weeks) *debut*

 

088 -

37-29-22-16-10-07-14-18-33 (9 weeks) *2nd hit*

 

History:

'Kickstarts': #24, 2010

 

087 - Warpaint 'Shadows' 27-19-13-11-08-10-13-19-30 (9 weeks) *debut*

 

 

086 -

40-28-20-15-12-11-14-24-35-40 (10 weeks) *debut*

 

5 songs which had fairly similar chart runs in my Personal chart here, one of the standouts from Lykke Li's 2nd album in 'I Follow Rivers', one of the few from it I've continued to like a lot throughout the year, the first entry for Metronomy, Example with my favourite number one single of the year proving what a terrible year it's been for number one singles, there's also an entry for the under-rated Warpaint, whose 2010 self-titled debut wasn't an album I discovered until this year along with January release 'Shadows', it's an excellent album, a shame it never caught on. USA indie folk duo Wye Oak round off this set of 5 with what is by far the best song I've heard from them, 'Civilian'.

085 -

30-28-19-13-11-10-15-26-38 (9 weeks) *debut*

 

084 -

34-35-34-34-37 (5 weeks) *debut*

 

083 -

28-15-10-07-07-08-10-17-27-37 (10 weeks) *4th hit*

 

History:

'Magnet': #86, 2009

'Ivy And Gold': #62, 2010

'Rinse Me Down' #38, 2010

 

082 -

32-23-14-09-08-06-12-23-38 (9 weeks) *debut*

 

081 - Ponytail 'Easy Peasy' 39-30-15-08-07-09-15-21-30 (9 weeks) *debut*

 

 

Four acts make the top 100 for the first time here, and for each of them it's a solitary entry this year. Noel Gallagher has previously had three entries as part of Oasis but makes his first solo appearance with the best Gallagher Brother single of the year 'AKA... What A Life'. 'Amor Fati' was a song which I somehow managed to only chart for 5 weeks, it somehow managed to never climb up my chart even though I've always thought it was rather good. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs may have a stupid name but their music is quite good, and their recent phone advert single 'Garden' is the best I've heard so far. Ponytail are another Baltimore group along with Animal Collective and Wye Oak who've been mentioned in here already, their use of experimental sounds isn't too dissimilar to Animal Collective and at their best they can be on top form, 'Easy Peasy' is one of those moments. They're all joined by Bombay Bicycle Club who's second single from their 'A Different Kind of Fix' album 'Lights Out, Words Gone' makes #83, making this the 3rd year in a row they've made my top 100. Featuring singer Lucy Rose on backing vocals, both still have songs to come.

I like these so far:

 

194 Beady Eye 'The Roller'

192 Nicola Roberts 'Beat of My Drum'

183 Girls Names 'Séance on a Wet Afternoon'

181 Foo Fighters 'These Days'

179 Drums 'Money'

177 Lykke Li 'Rich Kids Blues'

173 Sleigh Bells 'Kids'

171 SX 'Black Video'

169 Class Actress 'Weekend'

163 Cee-Lo 'Bright Lights Bigger City'

162 Girls 'Lawrence'

154 Panda Bear 'Last Night at the Jetty'

153 Cults 'You Know What I Mean'

150 Fleet Foxes 'Battery Kinzie'

145 Tune-Yards 'Gangsta'

143 Charli XCX 'Nuclear Seasons'

139 Foo Fighters 'Rope'

135 White Lies 'Strangers'

134 Cults 'Go Outside'

130 Foo Fighters 'Arlandria'

129 Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette 'Hello'

128 Glasser 'Mirrorage'

127 Wu Lyf 'Dirt'

116 Beady Eye 'Millionaire'

113 Fleet Foxes 'Lorelei'

110 Veronica Falls 'Bad Feeling'

105 Tune-Yards 'Bizness'

104 Black Keys 'Lonely Boy'

 

Pleased to see Girls Names there. Terrific track (although the album is a bit meh.)