January 1, 201213 yr Kati <3 I adore What About My Dreams? Is that extended verison on itunes? Edited January 1, 201213 yr by Regina
January 1, 201213 yr My views on your top 50 then! 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? I have to say that I expected this not to quite make it to your #1 for some reason. File it in the Loreen/Mimi Blix camp of me not loving this as much as I would have done ten years ago, I must be going too MOR these days :lol: 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me It must have annoyed you more than most when this went up against Spring For Livet in the Andra Chansen duel, very unlucky but I was probably the only person on BJ pleased to see Sara make it to the final. Naturally I'd have preferred this, or anything, over The Moniker for the other slot though. What's the betting he somehow knocks her out of the running during this year's competition :drama: 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart I've documented my thoughts on this! I still have majorly high hopes for the album, after all this got to #4 in my chart as the lead single whereas On & On got all the way to #32! :lol: 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) Very strong comeback single and practically begs for Radio 2 playlisting 05. Loreen - Sober I actually slightly prefer this to My Heart Is Refusing Me but neither are earth shattering for me 06. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet Gorgeous, shame I didn't quite have room for it in my top ten but it came close! 07. Hera Björk - Because You Can Had forgotten all about this! 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester This was a brilliant BJSC entry, although the 5 weeks it had at #1 in your chart surprised me, purely because runs like that never happen for you outside of Eurovision! 10. Mimi Blix - Allergic Norway's own Loreen, another song I prbably should have got into more than I did... 11. Rebekka Karijord - Wear It Like A Crown 12. Gabrielle - Bordet 13. Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You 14. Ane Brun - Do You Remember? 15. Katzenjammer - Rock-Paper-Scissors 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 17. Nightwish - Storytime 18. Le Kid - America 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun 22. HandS - No Romance 23. Katzenjammer - Lady Marlene 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 25. Little Majorette - Never Be The Same 26. Bermudaz - Dreaming Of Bermuda 27. Timoteij - Het 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 36. I Am A Camera - Endless Storm 37. Elin Lanto - Funeral 38. Eric Saade - Popular 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love 40. Rachel Platten - 1000 Ships 41. Patrick Wolf - Together 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up This is quite LITERALLY the only UK chart hit in your EOY top 50, I'd never actually realised just how far removed from the UK mainstream you'd got recently :o 43. Marigold - You And I Know Starting to love this! 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders 45. Medina - For Altid 47. Elisa Tovati & Tom Dice - Il Nous Faut 48. Daruso - When The Morning Comes 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman Excellent chart as expected, it's what the UK singles chart would be like in a parallel universe where only cockroaches and The Saturdays survived :lol:
January 1, 201213 yr Brilliant countdown Ghosty :D From the top 50, I like: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? Brilliant number 1, in my 2011 ESC top 3 for sure! 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me Loving this being so high, I would love to have seen how it would've fared in ESC being by miles my MF fave this year... 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 05. Loreen - Sober Stunning track, definitely a deserved BJSC winner and I would like to come at least top 3 in TBO! 06. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet 08. Within Temptation - Faster 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester My fave of your entries this year to BJSC! 10. Mimi Blix - Allergic 11. Rebekka Karijord - Wear It Like A Crown And this would be my 2nd fave :D 12. Gabrielle - Bordet 13. Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You 14. Ane Brun - Do You Remember? 15. Katzenjammer - Rock-Paper-Scissors 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 18. Le Kid - America 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun 22. HandS - No Romance 23. Katzenjammer - Lady Marlene 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 27. Timoteij - Het 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 32. B-A-B-E - (Itsie Bitsie Boe) Geef Maar Lekker Toe! 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 34. iamamiwhoami - ; john 35. Within Temptation - Sinéad Definitely their best song to date for me, The Unforgiving on the whole was EXCELLENT though! 37. Elin Lanto - Funeral Brilliant track, one of the best Scandipop tracks I've heard in years! 38. Eric Saade - Popular 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love 40. Rachel Platten - 1000 Ships 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up Didn't expect to see this here, obviously I'm loving the inclusion though! 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders 45. Medina - For Altid 49. Bodies Of Water - Like A Stranger 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman
January 2, 201213 yr Author Ah, yes. I always thought Kati was one of the better Eurovision songs this year, I hardly listened to it after the contest though. Good (and I did think it might well be) #1 though. Loving seeing Loreen (both songs) and Agnes in the rest of the top 5 also. :wub: I see I was wrong about there being a mainstream hit. :kink: Thought I'd play my chances, anyway. :D What About My Dreams was always one of the highlights for most people I think, it's just a shame her live performance was a little shaky! I've been very disappointed by mainstream music in 2011, here's hoping 2012 is better! :D Thanks for commenting :D Kati <3 I adore What About My Dreams? Is that extended verison on itunes? I believe so, I got mine from Amazon so I expect iTunes will also have it, it's so much better than the Eurovision version! My views on your top 50 then! 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? I have to say that I expected this not to quite make it to your #1 for some reason. File it in the Loreen/Mimi Blix camp of me not loving this as much as I would have done ten years ago, I must be going too MOR these days :lol: 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me It must have annoyed you more than most when this went up against Spring For Livet in the Andra Chansen duel, very unlucky but I was probably the only person on BJ pleased to see Sara make it to the final. Naturally I'd have preferred this, or anything, over The Moniker for the other slot though. What's the betting he somehow knocks her out of the running during this year's competition :drama: 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart I've documented my thoughts on this! I still have majorly high hopes for the album, after all this got to #4 in my chart as the lead single whereas On & On got all the way to #32! :lol: 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) Very strong comeback single and practically begs for Radio 2 playlisting 05. Loreen - Sober I actually slightly prefer this to My Heart Is Refusing Me but neither are earth shattering for me 06. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet Gorgeous, shame I didn't quite have room for it in my top ten but it came close! 07. Hera Björk - Because You Can Had forgotten all about this! 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester This was a brilliant BJSC entry, although the 5 weeks it had at #1 in your chart surprised me, purely because runs like that never happen for you outside of Eurovision! 10. Mimi Blix - Allergic Norway's own Loreen, another song I prbably should have got into more than I did... 11. Rebekka Karijord - Wear It Like A Crown 12. Gabrielle - Bordet 13. Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You 14. Ane Brun - Do You Remember? 15. Katzenjammer - Rock-Paper-Scissors 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 17. Nightwish - Storytime 18. Le Kid - America 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun 22. HandS - No Romance 23. Katzenjammer - Lady Marlene 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 25. Little Majorette - Never Be The Same 26. Bermudaz - Dreaming Of Bermuda 27. Timoteij - Het 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 36. I Am A Camera - Endless Storm 37. Elin Lanto - Funeral 38. Eric Saade - Popular 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love 40. Rachel Platten - 1000 Ships 41. Patrick Wolf - Together 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up This is quite LITERALLY the only UK chart hit in your EOY top 50, I'd never actually realised just how far removed from the UK mainstream you'd got recently :o 43. Marigold - You And I Know Starting to love this! 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders 45. Medina - For Altid 47. Elisa Tovati & Tom Dice - Il Nous Faut 48. Daruso - When The Morning Comes 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman Excellent chart as expected, it's what the UK singles chart would be like in a parallel universe where only cockroaches and The Saturdays survived :lol: Thanks for commenting! :D 01 - Well it hasn't performed as well as Hera/Inga & Anush/Yohanna/Euroband/Ishtar etc did, so I guess there was always a chance it might not have been number one, but I do adore it. 02 - I was very happy for Sara to reach the final, but I would have preferred Loreen. It was such an unlucky draw! I really hope Loreen gets to the final this year! 03 - The album should hopefully be great! One of a small amount of albums I'm really looking forward to getting this year! 04 - Indeed it does, and a Jools Holland performance :heehee: 05 - I went through a phase of liking Sober more, but in the end MHIRM just about pipped it! Both are massive favourites of mine, and I'm liking the sound of She's The One too! 06 - It is lovely, and the album was brilliant too! 07 - :lol:, I'm not surprised, it was from a while back! One of my favourites from a very strong album though! 09 - Yeah, I'm not sure what happened there really :lol: . 5 weeks was a little excessive looking back! 10 - It's a shame the BBC couldn't have got her to enter this for the UK, it would have been amazing! I'm really surprised it wasn't a BJSC entry actually - I don't think anyone even attempted entering it! 42 - Well, Emma's Imagination's track did chart in it's original short form, but yes, I've been incredibly disappointed with the mainstream music scene in 2011. I really hope there's an improvement this year! 43 - Good to know! :D It's looking more likely to be my first choice of entry into the next BJSC with each passing day! :lol:, thanks, I think! :D Brilliant countdown Ghosty :D From the top 50, I like: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? Brilliant number 1, in my 2011 ESC top 3 for sure! 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me Loving this being so high, I would love to have seen how it would've fared in ESC being by miles my MF fave this year... 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 05. Loreen - Sober Stunning track, definitely a deserved BJSC winner and I would like to come at least top 3 in TBO! 06. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet 08. Within Temptation - Faster 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester My fave of your entries this year to BJSC! 10. Mimi Blix - Allergic 11. Rebekka Karijord - Wear It Like A Crown And this would be my 2nd fave :D 12. Gabrielle - Bordet 13. Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You 14. Ane Brun - Do You Remember? 15. Katzenjammer - Rock-Paper-Scissors 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 18. Le Kid - America 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun 22. HandS - No Romance 23. Katzenjammer - Lady Marlene 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 27. Timoteij - Het 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 32. B-A-B-E - (Itsie Bitsie Boe) Geef Maar Lekker Toe! 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 34. iamamiwhoami - ; john 35. Within Temptation - Sinéad Definitely their best song to date for me, The Unforgiving on the whole was EXCELLENT though! 37. Elin Lanto - Funeral Brilliant track, one of the best Scandipop tracks I've heard in years! 38. Eric Saade - Popular 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love 40. Rachel Platten - 1000 Ships 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up Didn't expect to see this here, obviously I'm loving the inclusion though! 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders 45. Medina - For Altid 49. Bodies Of Water - Like A Stranger 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman Thanks Liam! 01 - Good to know! It's a classic europop track, every Eurovision Song Contest should have one! :D 02 - Same! I have no idea how it'd have gone down! I suspect it would have either been a huge success or a DNQ though! 05 - I agree entirely! 09 - Glad to hear it! It seemed to be the one song that most people liked considering it was my only entry in TBO semi finals, yet it only managed 15th place in XXXVI making it my 6th best position from the last 10 contests! 35 - The album was great! I love so many of their singles - this would probably be in my top 10 of them! 42 - One of the only chart hits to appear! It is really great though!
January 2, 201213 yr Author And so to the albums! I won't spend too long on these, so here are numbers 20 to 11... #20-11 20. Linda Bengtzing - Min Karusell - En Samling http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/min_karusell_-_en_samling-13796338-frnt.jpg In Short: The Best Of compilation from Swedish singer and Melodifestivalen regular, Linda Bengtzing. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Not That Kinda Girl (feat. Kim-Lian) 02. E Det Fel På Mig 03. Hur Svårt Kan Det Va? 04. Victorious (feat. Velvet) 05. Värsta schlagern (feat. Markoolio) Jfra3E4Kvfg 19. The Storm - Rebel Against Yourself http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/rebel_against_yourself_-15171048-frnt.jpg In Short: The third album from Danish metal act, The Storm. It sees the group move in more of a synth-metal direction. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. My Crown 02. Lost In The Fire 03. Ghost River 04. The Chosen One 05. Save The World (You Couldn't) 7KwXet7t76o 18. The Saturdays - On Your Radar http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2785059.JPG In Short: The third full length album from the British girlgroup. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. All Fired Up 02. Faster 03. Notorious 04. I Say OK 05. White Lies 22UQB9EzgO8 17. Emma's Imagination - Stand Still http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2756863.JPG In Short: The debut album from the Scottish Must Be The Music winner. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Drive 02. This Day 03. Focus 04. Faerie Lights 05. Keep 6pKXq8Tu95k 16. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Make A Scene http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/EBGBCD001.JPG In Short: The fourth album from the Murder On The Dancefloor singer, the first to be released on her own label. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) 02. Bittersweet 03. Make A Scene 04. Can't Fight This Feeling 05. Not Giving Up On Love L5EsiEDMWLc 15. Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2011 http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/melodifestivalen_2011-13595844-frnt.jpg In Short: The annual compilation of songs competiting in the Swedish music contest. The winner of the contest, Eric Saade, went on to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me 02. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet 03. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 04. Eric Saade - Popular 05. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love VGasU28dqcU 14. Same Difference - The Rest Is History http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/POPLIFE1.JPG In Short: The second album from former X Factor contestants and brother/sister duo, Same Difference. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Karma Karma (feat. Alcazar) 02. The Rest Is History 03. Shine On Forever (Photo Frame) 04. Souled Out 05. Euphoria 8R33mvfFsOs 13. Linda Pritchard - Alive http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/alive-14004169-frnt.jpg In Short: The debut album from the former Swedish Idol and Melodifestivalen contestant. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Alive 02. You're Making Me Hot-Hot-Hot 03. Miracle 04. Glorious 05. Dance Your Tears Away Lfe2zYIj8NA 12. Electric Lady Lab - Flash! http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/flash-13519303-frnt.jpg In Short: The fantastic debut album from the Danish dance duo. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Flash! 02. You & Me 03. Wondering 04. I Follow You 05. Last Virgin Alive ltbZVFLB5v4 11. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/spring_for_livet-14058085-frnt.jpg In Short: The exquisite debut album from Melodifestivalen entrant, Sara Varga. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Spring För Livet 02. När Vinden Vänder 03. Du Gick 04. Förlåt Mig Älskling 05. Dagarna Går 7DqayqX3Zu8
January 2, 201213 yr Hi Ghosty, I like: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? :wub: (Shame the French version was never released!) 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 05. Loreen - Sober 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester 10. Mimi Blix - Allergic 12. Gabrielle - Bordet 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 17. Nightwish - Storytime (only heard this the other day, it's rather fab, sounds like something from a Benny & Bjorn musical) 18. Le Kid - America (brill, one of my albums of the year) 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart :wub: (I'm claiming this as one of my own :lol:) 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun 22. HandS - No Romance 23. Katzenjammer - Lady Marlene 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 26. Bermudaz - Dreaming Of Bermuda (wasn't this from the Finnish ESC selection 2009?) 27. Timoteij - Het 28. Duran Duran - The Man Who Stole A Leopard :wub: (Saw them live about a month ago, fab night) 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba :dance: (STILL gutted this didn't qualify) 32. B-A-B-E - (Itsie Bitsie Boe) Geef Maar Lekker Toe! 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 36. I Am A Camera - Endless Storm 37. Elin Lanto - Funeral 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love (I'm going to try and pay more attention to MF at the time this year, since I'm not going to be going out so much it shouldn't be a problem!) 41. Patrick Wolf - Together :wub: (one of my discoveries of the year) 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders :wub: :wub: (Another brilliant album) 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman (how did A Night Like This do for you, never even dreamed of charting this) Fab chart :wub:
January 3, 201213 yr Author Hi Ghosty, I like: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? :wub: (Shame the French version was never released!) 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 05. Loreen - Sober 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester 10. Mimi Blix - Allergic 12. Gabrielle - Bordet 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 17. Nightwish - Storytime (only heard this the other day, it's rather fab, sounds like something from a Benny & Bjorn musical) 18. Le Kid - America (brill, one of my albums of the year) 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart :wub: (I'm claiming this as one of my own :lol:) 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun 22. HandS - No Romance 23. Katzenjammer - Lady Marlene 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 26. Bermudaz - Dreaming Of Bermuda (wasn't this from the Finnish ESC selection 2009?) 27. Timoteij - Het 28. Duran Duran - The Man Who Stole A Leopard :wub: (Saw them live about a month ago, fab night) 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba :dance: (STILL gutted this didn't qualify) 32. B-A-B-E - (Itsie Bitsie Boe) Geef Maar Lekker Toe! 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 36. I Am A Camera - Endless Storm 37. Elin Lanto - Funeral 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love (I'm going to try and pay more attention to MF at the time this year, since I'm not going to be going out so much it shouldn't be a problem!) 41. Patrick Wolf - Together :wub: (one of my discoveries of the year) 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders :wub: :wub: (Another brilliant album) 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman (how did A Night Like This do for you, never even dreamed of charting this) Fab chart :wub: Thanks Tom! :D 01 - I'd completely forgotten about that! Yeah, it would have been really interesting to hear it! 17 - Totally! It's very ABBA whilst retaining that typical Nightwish sound, I love it! 18 - Same! A very solid pop album! 20 - :heehee:, it's a good job PRoJ entered it into BJSC or I may have missed it! 26 - No, I stumbled across it on an Icelandic pop compilation album on Amazon. The singer, Iris Holm, has entered the Icelandic selection before and is entering again this year. You might be thinking of Sani's equally as fabulous Doctor Doctor from 2009? 28 - I bet it was! I wish I could have gone :( 31 - Same :drama: One of many big injustices of the 2011 contest. 39 - I can't wait for it! It's surely going to be the best one yet? 41 - I fell in love with it the instant I heard it! To me, it's sounds like there's a Visage vibe about it? 44 - Agreed, and the instrumental disc was superb too :wub: 50 - I think it peaked at #9, which was rather low looking back. The Other Woman is one of my favourites from the album though, but the radio it is a bit better.
January 3, 201213 yr Author Albums #10-01 10. Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/HDCJ9.JPG In Short: The fifth studio album from the multi-instrumentalist and singer. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Together 02. Time Of My Life 03. The City 04. House 05. The Falcons mn0vieqyu7E 09. Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011 http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/0970562.JPG In Short: The annual compilation of songs entered into the Eurovision Song Contest. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? 02. Lena - Taken By A Stranger 03. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 04. Eric Saade - Popular 05. Maja Keuc - No One rfngG1UiFDw 08. Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2774065.JPG In Short: The debut solo album from the Girls Aloud member. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Cinderella's Eyes 02. Gladiator 03. Sticks + Stones 04. Porcelain Heart 05. Beat Of My Drum ZfhF5Epk0ec 07. Within Temptation - The Unforgiving http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/WITHTEMPPRE.JPG In Short: The fifth album from the Dutch metal act. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Faster 02. Sinéad 03. Shot In The Dark 04. Iron 05. Fire And Ice mLz61g0JLxQ 06. Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/DURAN01.JPG In Short: The thirteenth studio album from the legendary British act. It sees the band return to their most prolific sound. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. The Man Who Stole A Leopard 02. All You Need Is Now 03. Girl Panic! 04. Blame The Machines 05. Runway Runaway LZd8-aI9c7M 05. Nightwish - Imaginaerum http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/NB2789SP.JPG In Short: The seventh studio album from the Finnish symphonic metal band, the second release to feature vocalist Anette Olzon. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Storytime 02. Slow, Love, Slow 03. Scaretale 04. I Want My Tears Back 05. Turn Loose The Marmaids EwtY157LabE 04. Katzenjammer - A Kiss Before You Go http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image5/a_kiss_before_you_go_import-katzenjammer-16980934-frnt.jpg In Short: The sophomore release from the Norwegian girl group. The four members play over 30 instruments between them. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 02. Rock-Paper-Scissors 03. Lady Marlene 04. God's Great Dust Storm 05. Land Of Confusion l-XgJ4NikwI 03. Steps - The Ultimate Collection http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697973342.JPG In Short: The Greatest Hits collection from one of Britain's most loved and recently reformed pop groups. It features all the group's memorable singles and a new recording, a cover of Dancing Queen Five Favourite Tracks: 01. It's The Way You Make Me Feel 02. One For Sorrow 03. Here And Now 04. Deeper Shade Of Blue 05. Summer Of Love E9L-0x92vXk 02. Le Kid - Oh Alright! http://s.cdon.com/media-dynamic/images/product/music/album/image0/oh_alright-14059291-frnt.jpg In Short: The debut album from the colourful Swedish pop band. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. America 02. Oh My God 03. Mercy Mercy 04. We Should Go Home Together 05. Telephone fHhc5ZYlCGw 01. The Sound Of Arrows - Voyage http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/OSK001.JPG In Short: The debut album from the Swedish synthpop duo. Five Favourite Tracks: 01. Wonders 02. Conquest 03. Into The Clouds 04. M.A.G.I.C. 05. My Shadow 7txc0XxTM6E The Top 20 in full: 01. The Sound Of Arrows - Voyage 02. Le Kid - Oh Alright! 03. Steps - The Ultimate Collection 04. Katzenjammer - A Kiss Before You Go 05. Nightwish - Imaginaerum 06. Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now 07. Within Temptation - The Unforgiving 08. Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes 09. Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011 10. Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia 11. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet 12. Electric Lady Lab - Flash! 13. Linda Pritchard - Alive 14. Same Difference - The Rest Is History 15. Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2011 16. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Make A Scene 17. Emma's Imagination - Stand Still 18. The Saturdays - On Your Radar 19. The Storm - Rebel Against Yourself 20. Linda Bengtzing - Min Karusell - En Samling So that's it! All done! Thanks to those who read and commented :D
January 4, 201213 yr Hey Ghosty! Here's what I like in your top fifty (with some comments :o): 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? Ooh, have to say, I guessed Loreen would get this but then this IS still in your chart! :lol: Can't really argue with it, certainly one of the best Eurovision entries last year, I got very excited when I heard it in a Clapham bar we went out to after watching the contest! 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me You know I adore this too :heart: So excited to see her back again! 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 05. Loreen - Sober 06. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet I remember rallying against this at the time because of the songs it beat, but it's not too bad now that I go back to it :D 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester 11. Rebekka Karijord - Wear It Like A Crown 12. Gabrielle - Bordet This really does outstrip Ring Meg really, every listen I fall for it more 13. Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger I was never taken with Satellite so I was shocked to like this so much, another sad underperformer! 18. Le Kid - America 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun Her most instant song, probably her best although I did love White Nights a lot 22. HandS - No Romance 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba Devastated this didn't get through to the final :( It's really catchy, I was baffled! 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 36. I Am A Camera - Endless Storm 38. Eric Saade - Popular 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love 40. Rachel Platten - 1000 Ships 41. Patrick Wolf - Together 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up 43. Marigold - You And I Know 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders 45. Medina - For Altid 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman Fantastic chart! Great to see Patrick make the top ten albums too :D
January 4, 201213 yr Hi Martin :D I'd been following your chart as it unfolded so now I shall add some comments: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? Yay!!! :D I noticed this still doing extremely well in your chart for a while after Eurovision. Iirc, I made a comparison between this track and Hera Björk 'Je Ne Sais Quoi' from 2010. It was a decent Eurovision entry - can't remember without checking if I charted 'What About My Dream?' - if I did, it would've been lower down my chart. In fact, Eurovision didn't have quite as big an impact on my chart compared to previous years. Azerbaijan hosting Eurovision has aleady caused some controversy because of their politics. Purely because they're popular there, I'm still hopeful that the UK will be represented by Hurts this year. 05. Loreen - Sober I'm not familiar with 'My Heart Is Refusing Me' but I don't really pay that much attention to Melodifestivalen. In contrast, I was introduced to 'Sober' thanks to BJSC. I still think if this track is given a UK push in the Spring, I don't see why this track can't become a fairly big hit. September and Agnes have achieved it, so Loreen could be added to the list of successful Swedish female pop acts to get a top 10 hit. 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester "I love your looking Casper". :P Despite not really understanding the lyrics, and basically replaciing the lyrics with English words that sound similar, I quite enjoyed this track you entered into BJSC. It's uplifting, feel good unashamed pop music and all the better for it. Made #13 in my personal chart. :cheer: 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart One of those BJSC XXXIV discoveries that continued to grow post contest. At the time I gave 'Lonely Heart' 3 points (it was the contest I hosted and genuinely thought 35 of the 40 entries were great - was a nightmare awarding points in the final :o ). The track eventually peaked at #8 in my chart and became one of the 5 tracks I voted for in the early stages of TBO. 22. HandS - No Romance Interesting to think that nobody entered this into BJSC. When the track leaked I think it was Tyrren who posted this in the Pop forum. Iirc, confirmations for BJSC had just closed when this leaked so nobody thought of entering the track the following contest. Maybe it had gained too much Buzzjack love so might've been veto'd as "cheap" even though it wasn't even a hit. :o 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside Aww, my precious Obel. :wub: Now with the way I compile my chart BJSC has had a big influence. It's also freshened up my chart so much (I'm actually really happy about this because the UK release schedule at times in 2011 was looking very dry for big hits that I liked). I adore 'Riverside', right from the first time I played it on YouTube not knowing what to expect. To win BJSC in my first contest was a major surprised and when the realisation finally kicked in that I would be hosting that next contest really did make me feel nervous (I'd never done anything like this, even on ChC - last time I attempted hosting something on a forum it was CC Idol way back in 2005 although that did end up being considered a success at the time :lol: ). I owe a lot to Phil (Silas) as he really helped me out during the initial stages of hosting and (BJSC IIIV typo on the semi final video recaps aside) everything seemed to go really well. :D 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day Was this the studio version you charted? I wonder if we'll ever hear more from Emma's Imagination. Such a shame Sky 1 didn't have a second series of Must Be The Music. I still remember Pepper & Piano from 2010 as their single 'You Stole My Heart' did well in my chart - a track that wouldn't have been out of place on Adele's 3.7 million UK selling album '21'. I guess Pepper & Piano were too ahead of their time. :kink: As for Emma's Imagination, I also charted the acoustic version of 'This Day' which I preferred more. 32. B-A-B-E - (Itsie Bitsie Boe) Geef Maar Lekker Toe! Bless!!! :D It wouldn't have surprised me if this track would've made the BJSC final had it been entered into the previous months contest (when I made my debut) but as I mentioned above BJSC XXXIV felt so strong overall that this probably suffered due to the high quality of that contest. It finished 4th in its semi for The Rejects so that proves it had its appeal and fans all along. :D 38. Eric Saade - Popular The track that ended up being the best performing Eurovision entry in my chart after my initial lack of interest in the song. All along my fave had been 'Sognu' but what ruined everything was when Amury performed the song on Eurovision night in a lower key and somehow sounded out of key for the first part of the song - or maybe it was just my hearing. :lol: It meant the song lacked that "moment" when the high note at the end wasn't quite so high after all. What should've been a moment turned into a slight fizzle. :(
January 4, 201213 yr I can't argue with that top three albums, all topped my weekly chart :wub: Love that Steps got as high as #3 despite being an almost complete rehash of Gold :lol: And Oh Alright! is perfect pop, it would have been a contender for a high placing in my all time favourite albums if only I hadn't already known 80% of it pre-release, it didn't exactly keep many surprises back and therefore left my affections more quickly than it probably should have done...
January 5, 201213 yr Author Hey Ghosty! Here's what I like in your top fifty (with some comments :o): 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? Ooh, have to say, I guessed Loreen would get this but then this IS still in your chart! :lol: Can't really argue with it, certainly one of the best Eurovision entries last year, I got very excited when I heard it in a Clapham bar we went out to after watching the contest! 02. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me You know I adore this too :heart: So excited to see her back again! 03. Agnes - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 04. Katzenjammer - I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) 05. Loreen - Sober 06. Sara Varga - Spring För Livet I remember rallying against this at the time because of the songs it beat, but it's not too bad now that I go back to it :D 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester 11. Rebekka Karijord - Wear It Like A Crown 12. Gabrielle - Bordet This really does outstrip Ring Meg really, every listen I fall for it more 13. Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You 16. Lena - Taken By A Stranger I was never taken with Satellite so I was shocked to like this so much, another sad underperformer! 18. Le Kid - America 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart 21. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun Her most instant song, probably her best although I did love White Nights a lot 22. HandS - No Romance 24. Same Difference featuring Alcazar - Karma Karma 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside 31. Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba Devastated this didn't get through to the final :( It's really catchy, I was baffled! 33. Jenny Silver - Something In Your Eyes 36. I Am A Camera - Endless Storm 38. Eric Saade - Popular 39. Sanna Nielsen - I'm In Love 40. Rachel Platten - 1000 Ships 41. Patrick Wolf - Together 42. The Saturdays - All Fired Up 43. Marigold - You And I Know 44. The Sound Of Arrows - Wonders 45. Medina - For Altid 50. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman Fantastic chart! Great to see Patrick make the top ten albums too :D 01 - I imagaine I'd have been just as, if not more excited at hearing it in a bar! :lol: . It was a close one between Loreen and Kati, but Kati spent the longest amount of time at #1 in 2011, plus as you pointed out she is still on my chart, so in the end it had to be her who got #1 here! 02 - Same! Can't wait to hear her entry, hope it's a good one! 06 - I always had a soft spot for it, it was just unfortunate that it was drawn against some equally as brilliant tracks! 12 - It outstripped Ring Meg on first listen for me, but then I adore this sort of scandi-dance-pop! Bordet wouldn't sound out of place as a Loreen track actually :o 16 - It's such an intriguing song! It should have done a lot better in the contest, but I'm pleased it came top 10! 21 - It's easily her best for me! 31 - I was shocked, but it did seem to be lacking something. There was more of a "This is the winner" vibe going on in MGP with it, but all that was lost on the Eurovision stage for some unknown reason... Thanks for commenting! :D Hi Martin :D I'd been following your chart as it unfolded so now I shall add some comments: 01. Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? Yay!!! :D I noticed this still doing extremely well in your chart for a while after Eurovision. Iirc, I made a comparison between this track and Hera Björk 'Je Ne Sais Quoi' from 2010. It was a decent Eurovision entry - can't remember without checking if I charted 'What About My Dream?' - if I did, it would've been lower down my chart. In fact, Eurovision didn't have quite as big an impact on my chart compared to previous years. Azerbaijan hosting Eurovision has aleady caused some controversy because of their politics. Purely because they're popular there, I'm still hopeful that the UK will be represented by Hurts this year. 05. Loreen - Sober I'm not familiar with 'My Heart Is Refusing Me' but I don't really pay that much attention to Melodifestivalen. In contrast, I was introduced to 'Sober' thanks to BJSC. I still think if this track is given a UK push in the Spring, I don't see why this track can't become a fairly big hit. September and Agnes have achieved it, so Loreen could be added to the list of successful Swedish female pop acts to get a top 10 hit. 09. Cecilie Fleur - Alle De Lykkelige Kærester "I love your looking Casper". :P Despite not really understanding the lyrics, and basically replaciing the lyrics with English words that sound similar, I quite enjoyed this track you entered into BJSC. It's uplifting, feel good unashamed pop music and all the better for it. Made #13 in my personal chart. :cheer: 20. Radio Killer - Lonely Heart One of those BJSC XXXIV discoveries that continued to grow post contest. At the time I gave 'Lonely Heart' 3 points (it was the contest I hosted and genuinely thought 35 of the 40 entries were great - was a nightmare awarding points in the final :o ). The track eventually peaked at #8 in my chart and became one of the 5 tracks I voted for in the early stages of TBO. 22. HandS - No Romance Interesting to think that nobody entered this into BJSC. When the track leaked I think it was Tyrren who posted this in the Pop forum. Iirc, confirmations for BJSC had just closed when this leaked so nobody thought of entering the track the following contest. Maybe it had gained too much Buzzjack love so might've been veto'd as "cheap" even though it wasn't even a hit. :o 29. Agnes Obel - Riverside Aww, my precious Obel. :wub: Now with the way I compile my chart BJSC has had a big influence. It's also freshened up my chart so much (I'm actually really happy about this because the UK release schedule at times in 2011 was looking very dry for big hits that I liked). I adore 'Riverside', right from the first time I played it on YouTube not knowing what to expect. To win BJSC in my first contest was a major surprised and when the realisation finally kicked in that I would be hosting that next contest really did make me feel nervous (I'd never done anything like this, even on ChC - last time I attempted hosting something on a forum it was CC Idol way back in 2005 although that did end up being considered a success at the time :lol: ). I owe a lot to Phil (Silas) as he really helped me out during the initial stages of hosting and (BJSC IIIV typo on the semi final video recaps aside) everything seemed to go really well. :D 30. Emma's Imagination - This Day Was this the studio version you charted? I wonder if we'll ever hear more from Emma's Imagination. Such a shame Sky 1 didn't have a second series of Must Be The Music. I still remember Pepper & Piano from 2010 as their single 'You Stole My Heart' did well in my chart - a track that wouldn't have been out of place on Adele's 3.7 million UK selling album '21'. I guess Pepper & Piano were too ahead of their time. :kink: As for Emma's Imagination, I also charted the acoustic version of 'This Day' which I preferred more. 32. B-A-B-E - (Itsie Bitsie Boe) Geef Maar Lekker Toe! Bless!!! :D It wouldn't have surprised me if this track would've made the BJSC final had it been entered into the previous months contest (when I made my debut) but as I mentioned above BJSC XXXIV felt so strong overall that this probably suffered due to the high quality of that contest. It finished 4th in its semi for The Rejects so that proves it had its appeal and fans all along. :D 38. Eric Saade - Popular The track that ended up being the best performing Eurovision entry in my chart after my initial lack of interest in the song. All along my fave had been 'Sognu' but what ruined everything was when Amury performed the song on Eurovision night in a lower key and somehow sounded out of key for the first part of the song - or maybe it was just my hearing. :lol: It meant the song lacked that "moment" when the high note at the end wasn't quite so high after all. What should've been a moment turned into a slight fizzle. :( Thanks for commenting, Hits! :D 01 - I remember the comparison with Je Ne Sais Quoi! I like both songs pretty much equally so it makes sense! One thing I've noticed with the BBC in the past five years or so is they'll try hard one year, then not give two hoots the next - 2008 and 2010 were awful as far as the UK selection went, so I expect 2012 will be just as bad. Fingers crossed for Hurts though, but I suspect we may end up with Jason Donovan :( 05 - Loreen only needs a promo push here and I'm certain she'll have at least two smash hits with both of these tracks. Loreen could easily be the next Robyn here imo. 09 - Glad you like it, and that it charted well with you! I do wonder what it is she's saying - the only thing I know is that the title translates as All The Happy Lovers, so I'm not sure she goes into the swearing rant it seems like she does in the chorus! :heehee: 20 - It was an instant favourite of mine, getting my 12 points in both the semi final and final of XXXIV. It's a shame it didn't progress to the final in TBO. 22 - Had it come out a couple of days sooner it most definitely would have been entered and probably would have won. I guess by the time the next contest came round most of us were already starting to get over it and hence no one sent it! Not sure if it would have been vetoed in all honesty! 29 - You hosted it superbly! Riverside was a well deserved winner! It had won another contest I take part in in January 2011 so I knew it could go very well in BJSC. I was a little dismayed that it was entered the same time as I entered Lady Marlene though as they are similar sounding, but Riverside very much overshadowed katzenjammer :lol: 30 - It was, I had charted the acoustic version before, but the studio version really brought the song to life for me! The Pepper & Piano track was really good, and I agree it would have made a brilliant Adele track! 32 - :lol:, I did enter this purely for the comedy factor and it's because everything about it is so funny that I love it! From the song itself, to the outfits, to the dodgy dancing, to the facial expressions and finally the ironic jingle at the end of the video, it's just the epitome of a hot mess! 38 - Sognu was always one of my least favourite entries, so I'm glad it completely bombed tbh! The only good thing that would have come out of it winning is that Eurovision would have been a quick train journey away this year! I can't argue with that top three albums, all topped my weekly chart :wub: Love that Steps got as high as #3 despite being an almost complete rehash of Gold :lol: And Oh Alright! is perfect pop, it would have been a contender for a high placing in my all time favourite albums if only I hadn't already known 80% of it pre-release, it didn't exactly keep many surprises back and therefore left my affections more quickly than it probably should have done... Steps were always going to be contenders for number one on my EOY albums chart, and they came close as it was a very fierce battle between the top 3! I actually prefer it when I already know loads of tracks on an album weirdly, so the Le Kid album was brilliant for me! :D
January 11, 201213 yr Steps were always going to be contenders for number one on my EOY albums chart, and they came close as it was a very fierce battle between the top 3! I actually prefer it when I already know loads of tracks on an album weirdly, so the Le Kid album was brilliant for me! :D Interesting contrast to me then! It's nice in some cases for familiarity but for me I've often already worn a lot of the songs out and have no desire to go back to them so if there's an album full of 7 songs I already know, have loved, and haven't listened to for ages, it sort of puts me off it a bit :( I'm therefore a bit worried if this will happen with the Lana Del Rey album as I've heard at least half of it already! As for Steps, if they release a new studio album in 2012 then that's your EOY #1 sewn up :lol:
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