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Obviously I am only starting the countdown after my final 2014 top 200 is finalised, but I thought I could publish the page now (two months in advance), that way, I can just start publishing the top 200 without having to create this page first. However, since I don't want to leave this page lying in the dust for two months, I'll be adding a bit of this, a bit of that, every once in a while.

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Top 100 of 2013 (since I WON'T be posting this on another thread)

 

  • 1. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack
  • 2. Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me
  • 3. The Script - If You Could See Me Now (2012)
  • 4. Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World (2012)
  • 5. Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith - La La La
  • 6. Ellie Goulding - Burn
  • 7. Lawson - Juliet
  • 8. Athlete - Wires (2005)
  • 9. The Script feat. will.i.am - Hall Of Fame (2012)
  • 10. OneRepublic - Counting Stars
  • 11. Smash Mouth - All Star (1998)
  • 12. John Newman - Cheating
  • 13. John Newman - Love Me Again
  • 14. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (2004)
  • 15. Bastille - Of The Night
  • 16. Calvin Harris and Alesso feat. Hurts - Under Control
  • 17. Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (1968)
  • 18. Little Mix - Good Enough
  • 19. Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé - Beneath Your Beautiful (2012)
  • 20. Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight (1999)
  • 21. The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home (2007)
  • 22. Sam Bailey - Skyscraper
  • 23. Pharrell Williams - Happy
  • 24. The Killers - Mr. Brightside (2004)
  • 25. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (2012)
  • 26. Suede - Can't Get Enough (1999)
  • 27. Avicii - You Make Me
  • 28. Bastille - Pompeii
  • 29. Calvin Harris feat. Ayah Marar - Thinking About You (2012)
  • 30. Faith Hill - There You'll Be (2001)
  • 31. Lawson feat. B.o.B - Brokenhearted
  • 32. The Saturdays - Disco Love
  • 33. Chase & Status feat. Moko - Count On Me
  • 34. Devlin feat. Diane Birch - Rewind
  • 35. Naughty Boy feat. Emeli Sandé - Wonder (2012)
  • 36. Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night
  • 37. Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
  • 38. The Saturdays feat. Sean Paul - What About Us?
  • 39. Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love (2012)
  • 40. John Denver - Annie's Song (1974)
  • 41. Little Mix - Move
  • 42. Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse
  • 43. Idina Menzel - Let It Go
  • 44. Tom Odell - Another Love (2012)
  • 45. Scouting For Girls - This Ain't A Love Song (2010)
  • 46. The Killers - Shot At The Night
  • 47. Naughty Boy feat. Emeli Sandé - Lifted
  • 48. London Grammar - Strong
  • 49. Chase & Status feat. Louis M^ttrs - Lost & Not Found
  • 50. Seal - Kiss From A Rose (1994)
  • 51. Gary Barlow - Let Me Go
  • 52. Rebecca Ferguson - I Hope
  • 53. Rizzle Kicks - Skip To The Good Bit
  • 54. Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On (1997)
  • 55. John Newman - Losing Sleep
  • 56. The Script - Millionaires (2012)
  • 57. The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved (2008)
  • 58. John Newman - Easy
  • 59. Ellie Goulding - Explosions (2012)
  • 60. Duke Dumont feat. A*M*E* - Need U (100%)
  • 61. The Vamps - Can We Dance?
  • 62. Lorde - Royals
  • 63. James Blunt - Bonfire Heart
  • 64. Little Mix feat. Missy Elliott - How Ya Doin'?
  • 65. Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2008)
  • 66. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006)
  • 67. Lady Gaga - Applause
  • 68. Avicii - Wake Me Up
  • 69. Bridgit Mendler - Ready Or Not (2012)
  • 70. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (2011)
  • 71. David Gray - Lately (2005)
  • 72. K Koke feat. Rita Ora - Lay Down Your Weapons
  • 73. Stereophonics - Graffiti On The Train
  • 74. The Wanted - Chasing The Sun (2012)
  • 75. Professor Green feat. Emeli Sandé - Read All About It (2011)
  • 76. Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
  • 77. Lana Del Rey - Young And Beautiful
  • 78. PJ & Duncan - Let's Get Ready To Rhumble (1994)
  • 79. James Blunt - Miss America
  • 80. Drake feat. Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home
  • 81. Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle - You & Me
  • 82. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (1999)
  • 83. One Direction - Best Song Ever
  • 84. Katy Perry - Roar
  • 85. Sean Paul - Other Side Of Love
  • 86. Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire
  • 87. The Script - Breakeven (2008)
  • 88. Foxes - Youth
  • 89. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
  • 90. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1987)
  • 91. Scouting For Girls - Love How It Hurts (2011)
  • 92. Little Mix - Salute
  • 93. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (2012)
  • 94. Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel The Love (2012)
  • 95. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa - Payphone (2012)
  • 96. James Blunt - Wisemen (2004)
  • 97. M83 - Midnight City (2012)
  • 98. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (1987)
  • 99. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (1980)
  • 100. Tinie Tempah feat. John Martin - Children Of The Sun

I'll be posting again (I don't know when)!

Just to check, will you be 'mirroring' what you post on BJ (chart wise) on the UKCAW as well?
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Songs who were in the top 100 last year that I now regret having placed as high as I did, having them in my top 100 of 2013 or even that I dislike now:

  • 11. Smash Mouth - All Star (1998) (shouldn't have been as high)
  • 22. Sam Bailey - Skyscraper (probably should have been lower)
  • 76. Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (probably shouldn't have made the top 100 in the first place)
  • 80. Drake feat. Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home (maybe should have been a few places lower)
  • 83. One Direction - Best Song Ever (hasn't stood the test of time at all (and that's only one year!))
  • 84. Katy Perry - Roar (overplayed, just generic now)
  • 85. Sean Paul - Other Side Of Love (maybe at the outskirts of the top 100, but 85 seems a bit too high for it now)
  • 89. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (should have been a few places lower, maybe out of the top 100)
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Will you ever post a sole year only chart?

Well it wouldn't be completely relevant then would it!

Well it wouldn't be completely relevant then would it!

 

Why not?

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Why not?

Because it is possible that in a given year I like a song that isn't from that year more than a song that is. And, considering that out of my top 100 of 2014, only 41 songs are actually from 2014, it would give the impression that I like a song more than I do (Last Night, #94 on my top 100, would be #41 if non-2014 songs weren't included.)

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Best Albums of 2014

 

Note: This list only included albums to which I have heard every single song.

 

 

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#6: Dream Your Life Away by Vance Joy

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Songs: 14

Favourite track: Riptide

Other memorable tracks: From Afar

 

I had high expectations for this album, considering that Riptide is very high in my top 200 songs. However, I cannot remember how any track on the album goes, bar Riptide and From Afar, obviously.

 

Rating: 5/10

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#5: New Eyes by Clean Bandit

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Songs: 13 (17 on Special Edition)

Favourite track: Rather Be

Other memorable tracks: Extraordinary, Real Love (special edition), Mozart's House, Come Over

 

This was the first album of 2014 which I heard entirely, and I wasn't disappointed. Granted, there are a few forgettable tracks, but there are more songs that I can remember on New Eyes than on Dream Your Life Away.

 

Rating: 7,5/10

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#4: Motion by Calvin Harris

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Songs: 15

Favourite track: Under Control

Other memorable tracks: Outside, Pray To God, Summer, Faith

 

I was hesitant to listen to this album after Blame came out, but I did anyway and I thought the album was very good.

Standouts include the five songs listed above.

 

Rating: 8,5/10

 

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Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits by The Saturdays

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Songs: 20

Favourite track: All Fired Up

Other memorable tracks: all of them, bar If This Is Love, Just Can't Get Enough, Forever Is Over and Walking Through the Desert.

 

Now, greatest hits albums are ineligible for the countdown, but I couldn't go without mentioning Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits.

If it had been eligible for this countdown, it would have ranked fourth.

 

My ranking of The Saturdays singles:

  • 1. All Fired Up
  • 2. Disco Love
  • 3. What About Us?
  • 4. Higher (without Flo Rida)
  • 5. What Are You Waiting For?
  • 6. Notorious
  • 7. Not Giving Up
  • 8. Work
  • 9. Missing You
  • 10. Ego
  • 11. 30 Days
  • 12. Up
  • 13. My Heart Takes Over
  • 14. Gentleman
  • 15. Issues
  • 16. Forever Is Over
  • 17. If This Is Love
  • 18. Just Can't Get Enough

I love all of their singles, except Forever Is Over, If This Is Love and Just Can't Get Enough. Issues and Gentleman aren't very good either, though.

 

Rating: 9,5/10

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#3: In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

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Songs: 10 (14 on deluxe)

Favourite track: Stay With Me

Other memorable tracks: I'm Not The Only One, Money On My Mind, Like I Can, Life Support | Latch, La La La (deluxe)

 

A great debut album. However, I expect this to replicate the 21/Our Version of Events situation with X, where both stayed in the top 5/10/40 albums for way too long, but I will only get annoyed by X.

 

Rating: 10/10

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#2: Glorious by Foxes

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Songs: 11 (16 on deluxe)

Favourite track: Let Go For Tonight

Other memorable tracks: Holding Onto Heaven, Count The Saints, Youth, Talking To Ghosts, Glorious, Night Glo, Night Owls Early Birds, | Clarity (Live) (deluxe)

 

I cannot tell you how hard it was for me to rank Glorious and number #1. I think I love both albums evenly, but in the end this ranked second.

3 songs on this album are in my top 40 of the year, and 7 are in the top 200. On the number one album, there are 2 songs in the top 40, 3 songs in the top 100, and 15 songs in the top 200. However, this is a very under-rated album, which dropped out of the charts way too quickly.

 

Rating 10/10

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#1: Chapter One by Ella Henderson

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Songs: 13 (18 on deluxe)

Favourite track: Ghost

Other memorable tracks: Mirror Man, Yours, Glow, Give Your Heart Away, All Again, Pieces, Empire, Billie Holiday, The First Time, Lay Down, Beautifully Unfinished, Missed, Rockets, Hard Work, Five Tattoos and 1996 (basically, all of them)

 

When I listened to this album, I did not expect to be good as good as it is. I enjoyed every single song.

In hindsight, while I thought it was a disgrace that she didn't make the final of the X Factor in 2012, I think it's better off this way, since had she won, she would have had to make her first album quickly to release it around November 2013 (which would have meant that she probably wouldn't been able to make it as stellar as Chapter One is). An album well worth the wait.

 

Rating: 10/10 (I can't go higher, unfortunately)

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#200: To Build A Home by The Cinematic Orchestra

 

 

Year of release: 2008

Peak (uk charts): n/a

(Position in the year-end) 2013: #21

 

Sorry by the way for not starting the countdown last night as indicated, I went to the party and we left earlier than I expected.

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#199: Wonder by Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sandé

 

 

Year of release: 2012

Peak: 10

 

2012: #7

2013: #35

 

Next is one of my favourite songs of 2012, Wonder.

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#198: On My Way by Charlie Brown

 

 

Year of release: 2013

Peak: 7

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#197: Rockets by Ella Henderson

 

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Click here to listen (with lyrics)

 

Year of release: 2014

Peak: N/A

 

The first of 15 songs from Ella Henderson's debut album Chapter One.

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Wonder is a good song and will make my 2012 chart, and prefer it to Lifted. Sande does well in it :)

 

On My Way I only just discovered last year (2014) and it's a great song :D

 

I'm not sure if I have heard TBAH before but I might listen to it :P

 

If your'e posting the top 200 singles single-postly when will it finish/how many will you post each day?

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