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#20 Muse Points: 1028 Date first charted: 15/01/2007 Number of entries: 18 Total weeks on chart: 145 Most Successful Year: 2006, 11th EzCKrwOme2U Muse are a slightly odd case where I've generally liked a lot of what they've put out but really they're mainly a singles band. Origin of Symmetry is their only album I've really got into enough to say I thought was great, and The Resistance the only other that I've ever listened to much. It's also quite odd looking back at the chart history I'd given them compared to what I think of them. For a long time I've had a clear Muse top 3 of New Born, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Map of the Problematique, so to see the latter two with peaks of 8 & 23 with only five weeks each is quite disappointing, though Map... can be explained by the fact I'd been listening almost a year by the time it became a single, there are no excuses for Butterflies... They kicked off here with the first singles from their third album in 2003, both songs were once I loved at the time and heard them on Radio 1 a lot, Time Is Running Out was an instant hit whereas Hysteria was a slower burn I did love it by the time it was released and it became their first, and only, number one hit. All 5 of their singles from their 4th album charted but they were a real mixed back of success, starting with two more big hits of which I'd say Starlight is the pick of now, a real impressive change of sound for them. Knights of Cydonia always seemed to be popular but I never really took to it, it was way too overblown and not something I've listened to for a long time. Uprising was a hugely impressive lead for their 5th album and one I got into a lot more than their previous two. That and Resistance have remained two of my favourites of theirs and songs I still listen to a fair amount, the 80s influence on the latter was always one of my favourites of theirs and I was delighted they picked it for a single release. Madness was comfortably the pick of the bunch from their next album and of their more recent work, they did get a three further top 20 singles, Psycho is something I've gone on to like and listen to more than its #15 peak would suggest, but their most recent singles don't usually get more than a couple of listens. Chart History: 08/09/2003 Time Is Running Out 02-03-06-06-09-10-12-14-16-23-24-30-31-37 (14 weeks) 01/12/2003 Hysteria 01-01-04-03-02-05-06-10-13-16-18-21-23-24-26-28-33-37-40 (19 weeks) 17/05/2004 Sing For Absolution 07-15-20-29-39 (5 weeks) 20/09/2004 Butterflies And Hurricanes 08-11-16-20-34 (5 weeks) 19/06/2006 Supermassive Black Hole 02-03-07-12-14-16-19-21-24-27-29-37 (12 weeks) 04/09/2006 Starlight 04-08-14-22-24-33-39 (7 weeks) 27/11/2006 Knights Of Cydonia 25-40 (2 weeks) 02/04/2007 Invincible 33-40 (2 weeks) 18/06/2007 Map Of The Problematique 36-27-23-26-27 (5 weeks) 10/08/2009 Uprising 37-24-14-09-02-02-02-02-08-12-17-23-30-38 (14 weeks) 16/11/2009 Undisclosed Desires 39-33-32-27-37 (5 weeks) 25/01/2010 Resistance 23-13-07-03-05-10-14-18-22-28-36 (11 weeks) 24/09/2012 Madness 30-24-21-15-08-08-08-12-15-20-34 (11 weeks) 03/12/2012 Follow Me 33 (1 week) 25/02/2013 Supremacy 29-30-38 (3 weeks) 31/03/2015 Psycho 39-36-35-36-29-22-19-15-22-31 (10 weeks) 02/04/2018 Thought Contagion 23-16-12-09-05-04-04-06-09-17-25-35 (12 weeks) 13/08/2018 Something Human 27-24-21-19-20-27-33 (7 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Butterflies and Hurricanes 02 Map of the Problematique 03 Uprising 04 Hysteria 05 Resistance

A reminder of 100-21 before I post the top 20... 100 - Fontaines DC 99 - The Coral 98 - HEALTH 97 - The Mysterines 96 - How To Dress Well 95 - Santigold 94 - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 93 - Phoebe Bridgers 92 - Lily Allen 91 - Snow Patrol 90 - Animal Collective 89 - Guillemots 88 - Mystery Jets 87 - Beyoncé 86 - Jamie xx 85 - Little Boots 84 - Belle and Sebastian 83 - Alpines 82 - Bicep 81 - The Vaccines 80 - The Shins 79 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 78 - Editors 77 - Bloc Party 76 - CHVRCHES 75 - The Naked and Famous 74 - Jamie T 73 - Feeder 72 - alt-J 71 - London Grammar 70 - Sleigh Bells 69 - Christine and the Queens 68 - Noah and the Whale 67 - M.I.A. 66 - George FitzGerald 65 - Basement Jaxx 64 - The Fratellis 63 - Poliça 62 - Public Service Broadcasting 61 - Grimes 60 - The Maccabees 59 - Crystal Castles 58 - Goldfrapp 57 - Calvin Harris 56 - Slaves 55 - iamamiwhoami / ionalee 54 - The Horrors 53 - The Go! Team 52 - The Joy Formidable 51 - Vampire Weekend 50 - Blood Red Shoes 49 - Caribou / Daphni 48 - The Streets 47 - White Lies 46 - LCD Soundsystem 45 - School of Seven Bells 44 - Jessie Ware 43 - Jay-Z 42 - Hatchie 41 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 40 - Everything Everything 39 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 38 - Courteeners 37 - Dizzee Rascal 36 - Metronomy 35 - Stereophonics 34 - Tame Impala 33 - Bon Iver 32 - Foo Fighters 31 - Real Lies 30 - Los Campesinos! 29 - Gorillaz 28 - The National 27 - Franz Ferdinand 26 - Biffy Clyro 25 - Kings of Leon 24 - Death Cab for Cutie 23 - Bombay Bicycle Club 22 - Ash 21 - Röyksopp

Thanks for continuing to comment Jim, glad you're liking some of them, pleased you're getting into Hatchie, she is great! :D

Should probably get back to posting this... Got a bit behind with listening/writing. 3 weeks posting one a day to finish hopefully. #21 Röyksopp Points: 1023 Date first charted: 06/01/2003 Number of entries: 16 Total weeks on chart: 175 Most Successful Year: 2014, 7th h4rZE_J1beA Röyksopp are an act who I've never been massively into, I've never been overly taken by any of their albums, but have generally always released some decent singles along the way, which has given them reasonable success, and with four absolutely incredible number ones on top of that, each of those being collaborations with Scandinavian female vocalists. Their career started in the first week I compiled my chart, as the tail end of Poor Leno's chart run appears, likely would've entered either in or towards the top 5, before Eple did get there, it feels under-charted but 10 weeks in the top 10 is significant for a great instrumental track. The lead single to their next album, Only This Moment, went higher but it doesn't rank quite that highly for me now, unlike What Else Is There? which ended the year at the top, featuring vocals from The Knife's Karin Dreijer, the original is a thing of beauty and the Thin White Duke remix of it turns it into a dancefloor stomper, both versions are exceptional. 2009s Junior was the album I've listened to most, and its three singles all did relatively well, Happy Up Here was fun and chilled before The Girl & The Robot became a second number one for both them and Robyn, simply a stunning pop song which still sounds superb today. Their next chart entry was also a massive number one, this time with Susanne Sundfør, who's vocals really shine on Running To The Sea. Their fourth single that hit the top followed 18 months later, as their partnership with Robyn grew with another stomper in Do It Again, I wasn't overly fussed on the EP they made together but that and Monument were both great. I thought last years big Profound Mysteries project was going to end without a hit as most of it disappointed me, but they did eventually return with The Night alongside Alison Goldfrapp, which climbed to give them a 9th top 10. Chart History: 06/01/2003 Poor Leno 16-20-24-27-28-31-33-38 (8 weeks) 24/02/2003 Eple 05-05-06-07-07-07-07-08-09-10-15-18-20-22-27-30-35-40 (18 weeks) 27/06/2005 Only This Moment 02-04-05-10-11-11-14-17-21-30-32-34-34 (13 weeks) 26/09/2005 49 Percent 27-37 (2 weeks) 05/12/2005 What Else Is There? 01-01-01-02-02-04-04-05-07-06-07-09-14-20-20-17-18-17-20-24-26-32-39-35-38 (25 weeks) 26/06/2006 Beautiful Day Without You 29 (1 week) 26/01/2009 Happy Up Here 24-13-08-05-07-18-28-38 (8 weeks) 08/06/2009 The Girl And The Robot (feat. Robyn) 21-10-04-02-02-01-01-01-02-06-09-13-18-21-22-28-31-34-34-36-39 (21 weeks) 02/11/2009 This Must Be It 29-18-13-14-21-29-34-37 (8 weeks) 10/12/2012 Running To The Sea (feat. Susanne Sundfør) 20-13-07-03-03-02-01-01-01-01-04-07-11-13-19-22-26-34-40 (19 weeks) 09/12/2013 Something In My Heart (feat. Jamie Irrepressible) 36-33-36 (3 weeks) 05/05/2014 Do It Again (w/ Robyn) 23-11-02-01-01-01-01-01-02-02-05-08-12-15-21-31-36 (17 weeks) 15/09/2014 Monument (w/ Robyn) 33-24-18-11-09-08-12-21-36 (9 weeks) 10/11/2014 Sordid Affair 31-21-16-17-27-27-30 (7 weeks) 18/05/2015 I Had This Thing (feat. Jamie Irrepressible) 26-17-14-15-27-40 (6 weeks) 29/10/2022 The Night (feat. Alison Goldfrapp) 31-25-22-16-12-09-12-17-22-31* / -37 (10 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 What Else Is There? 02 The Girl & The Robot 03 Running To The Sea 04 Do It Again 05 Eple

Pixie Lott by quite some distance. Thought there are two which are nailed on to go first, but neither picked up one of the first four votes. Soulja Boy for top half

Enjoyed watching that qualifying session, an expected result but possibly closer than anticipated and built up nicely. Good work from Aston to have got a car up to that level. Think it's positive to have 5 different teams out in Q1 too, don't want to see one team well off it, have a proper battle from 5th downwards.

Don't care a great deal for the two they've released, Tropic Morning News the better of the two but they're just... fine. Was kinda getting a bit bored of them until their last album which they made quite different with all the guests, they're the only ones from this album I'm really bothered about again.

01 (02) Young Fathers - Rice (02) (06) (1 week) 02 (01) Special Interest - Cherry Blue Intention (01) (08) (1 week) 03 (03) Heartworms - Retributions of An Awful Life (03) (06) 04 (05) Thus Love - In Tandem (04) (04) 05 (11) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (05) (04) 06 (07) The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull (06) (05) 07 (04) Daughter - Be On Your Way (01) (07) (2 weeks) 08 (13) Slowthai - Selfish (08) (05) 09 (06) Libianca - People (06) (05) 10 (17) Overmono - Is U (10) (03) 11 (08) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (01) (12) (4 weeks) 12 (20) U.S. Girls - Futures Bet (12) (04) 13 (09) Dry Cleaning - Kwenchy Kups (02) (09) 14 (10) Little Simz - Gorilla (07) (07) 15 (21) M83 - Oceans Niagara (15) (05) 16 (22) The Go! Team - Gemini (16) (03) 17 (27) Thus Love - Repetitioner (17) (02) 18 (12) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (04) (12) 19 (24) DMA's - Fading Like a Picture (19) (04) 20 (14) Samia - Sea Lions (10) (08) 21 (33) Django Django feat. Self Esteem - Complete Me (21) (02) 22 (16) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (03) (14) 23 (32) Yune Pinku - Night Light (23) (03) 24 (30) ATRIP - All Night (24) (02) 25 (15) Dutch Uncles - Tropigala (2 to 5) (13) (06) 26 (42) Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (26) (01) 27 (19) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (16) (3 weeks) 28 (28) Future Utopia feat. Kae Tempest - We Were We Still Are (28) (03) 29 (38) Piri & Tommy - Updown (29) (02) 30 (41) Softcult - Dress (30) (01) 31 (18) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (02) (11) 32 (26) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (16) 33 (43) Yves Tumor - Echolalia (33) (01) 34 (25) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (02) (14) 35 (29) Somebody's Child - I Need Ya (20) (07) 36 (**) Wunderhorse - Purple (36) (01) 37 (34) Goat - Do The Dance (27) (08) 38 (23) Miley Cyrus - Flowers (17) (06) 39 (31) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (06) (11) 40 (37) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (11) (11)

Arranged my top 18 in what I think is an order to listen to in tomorrow to finalise positions. Given 5 of my top 8 from my own semi didn't qualify, and I described my 1 pointer as mediocre, I was half expecting to be one my worst sets of votes ever, but luckily Semi 1 entrants and voters (and AQs) pulled through, although a couple of countries qualifying from that semi that get points from me more often than not have sent some right dirge.

01 (05) Special Interest - Cherry Blue Intention (01) (07) (1 week) 02 (02) Young Fathers - Rice (02) (05) 03 (03) Heartworms - Retributions of An Awful Life (03) (05) 04 (01) Daughter - Be On Your Way (01) (06) (2 weeks) 05 (14) Thus Love - In Tandem (05) (03) 06 (09) Libianca - People (06) (04) 07 (18) The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull (07) (04) 08 (06) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (01) (11) (4 weeks) 09 (04) Dry Cleaning - Kwenchy Kups (02) (08) 10 (07) Little Simz - Gorilla (07) (06) 11 (20) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (11) (03) 12 (08) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (04) (11) 13 (16) Slowthai - Selfish (13) (04) 14 (10) Samia - Sea Lions (10) (07) 15 (13) Dutch Uncles - Tropigala (2 to 5) (13) (05) 16 (12) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (03) (13) 17 (26) Overmono - Is U (17) (02) 18 (11) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (02) (10) 19 (15) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (15) (3 weeks) 20 (27) U.S. Girls - Futures Bet (20) (03) 21 (23) M83 - Oceans Niagara (21) (04) 22 (30) The Go! Team - Gemini (22) (02) 23 (17) Miley Cyrus - Flowers (17) (05) 24 (31) DMA's - Fading Like a Picture (24) (03) 25 (19) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (02) (13) 26 (25) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (15) 27 (**) Thus Love - Repetitioner (27) (01) 28 (34) Future Utopia feat. Kae Tempest - We Were We Still Are (28) (02) 29 (21) Somebody's Child - I Need Ya (20) (06) 30 (43) ATRIP - All Night (30) (01) 31 (22) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (06) (10) 32 (37) Yune Pinku - Night Light (32) (02) 33 (42) Django Django feat. Self Esteem - Complete Me (33) (01) 34 (29) Goat - Do The Dance (27) (07) 35 (24) The Go! Team - Whammy-O (04) (11) 36 (28) HighSchool - Only a Dream (09) (13) 37 (32) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (11) (10) 38 (**) Piri & Tommy - Updown (38) (01) 39 (33) PinkPantheress - Take Me Home (21) (07) 40 (36) Sprints - Literary Mind (01) (20) (5 weeks)

Anyway, nice to make it three Qs in a row - 2023 the year of Utopia success continues (though really I need a short or very long turnaround to 153 enter) Nicely hosted, uhsting - good work! :D

If you like Thelonia's entry then you've directly caused by 12 & 10 to go out :kink:

Thelonia was my 12, easily my favourite in the semi. Must have been close given other comments here :(

Controversial perhaps, but I didn't find that there were any more good songs in here than normal, was deciding which mediocre song I don't really care to listen to again gets my 1 point Campaign for minimum 1 week voting period rule begins here

No one predicting what was comfortably my favourite song in Semi 2 to go through! :drama:

If still allowed! +25 Blur - The Universal 24 Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate 23 The Primitives - Crash 22 Snow Patrol - Run 21 Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box 20 The Cure - Lullaby 19 The Prodigy - Out Of Space 18 Beastie Boys - Intergalactic 17 The Bucketheads – The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) 16 Ash - Goldfinger 15 The Kooks - Naive 14 Moby - Porcelain 13 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies 12 Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 11 Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke 10 Madness - Our House 9 The KLF - What Time Is Love? 8 Wankelmut & Emma Louise - My Head Is A Jungle 7 David Gray - Babylon 6 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy 5 Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It 4 Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone 3 Dua Lipa - Levitating 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc 1 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

The relegation picture is certainly interesting, it's been a while since the teams at the bottom have been this competent. In the last seven seasons the points tallies at the bottom has been 17, 24, 31, 16, 21, 23 & 22, with 4/7 19ths and 1/7 18ths also getting 28 or fewer. This season they're all capable of hitting 30+.

Finally able to move on to something else, definitely Avril the weakest of those 3 though I only really care for Fallin'

I discounted Ice Cream Man after one listen on my playlist I put together of this week's new music, but it is the best song here by some distance :manson:

01 (01) Daughter - Be On Your Way (01) (05) (2 weeks) 02 (04) Young Fathers - Rice (02) (04) 03 (06) Heartworms - Retributions of An Awful Life (03) (04) 04 (02) Dry Cleaning - Kwenchy Kups (02) (07) 05 (08) Special Interest - Cherry Blue Intention (05) (06) 06 (03) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (01) (10) (4 weeks) 07 (14) Little Simz - Gorilla (07) (05) 08 (05) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (04) (10) 09 (19) Libianca - People (09) (03) 10 (10) Samia - Sea Lions (10) (06) 11 (07) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (02) (09) 12 (09) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (03) (12) 13 (15) Dutch Uncles - Tropigala (2 to 5) (13) (04) 14 (28) Thus Love - In Tandem (14) (02) 15 (11) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (14) (3 weeks) 16 (22) Slowthai - Selfish (16) (03) 17 (17) Miley Cyrus - Flowers (17) (04) 18 (30) The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull (18) (03) 19 (12) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (02) (12) 20 (31) Italia 90 - Leisure Activities (20) (02) 21 (20) Somebody's Child - I Need Ya (20) (05) 22 (13) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (06) (09) 23 (25) M83 - Oceans Niagara (23) (03) 24 (16) The Go! Team - Whammy-O (04) (10) 25 (23) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (14) 26 (44) Overmono - Is U (26) (01) 27 (34) U.S. Girls - Futures Bet (27) (02) 28 (18) HighSchool - Only a Dream (09) (12) 29 (27) Goat - Do The Dance (27) (06) 30 (41) The Go! Team - Gemini (30) (01) 31 (36) DMA's - Fading Like a Picture (31) (02) 32 (21) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (11) (09) 33 (26) PinkPantheress - Take Me Home (21) (06) 34 (42) Future Utopia feat. Kae Tempest - We Were We Still Are (34) (01) 35 (24) Dizzy - Barking Dog (13) (08) 36 (32) Sprints - Literary Mind (01) (19) (5 weeks) 37 (45) Yune Pinku - Night Light (37) (01) 38 (29) Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle (08) (11) 39 (33) Belle and Sebastian - I Dont Know What You See In Me (31) (05) 40 (37) Minuit Machine - Follower (16) (07)

This is an album I did listen to a lot and enjoyed very much, very consistent all the way through, and it was definitely their best work, and whilst I do still occasionally listen to them, it's more passively on shuffle from playlists that I haven't removed them from than actively choosing to listen to them, largely because of who they are. I'm somewhat surprised they're still deemed as acceptable as they are given some of what they've admitted to and charges they've faced (sleeping with 14 year olds, sexual assault), maybe it's just a product of the time they're from given more recent acts get cancelled for far less, and some of the songs they've made in the past like Around The World and Catholic School Girls Rule existing is almost quite extraordinary really.

Oh lord near record entries and don't even get a full week :drama: will probably be needing to harshly drop some after one listen

#22 Ash Points: 1021 Date first charted: 03/05/2004 Number of entries: 21 Total weeks on chart: 155 Most Successful Year: 2010, 1st O0gcp6LWlY0 Despite Ash's heyday being before I started recording a personal chart, they perhaps surprisingly end here just outside the top 20, having racked up over 1,000 points. This was largely down to their unique A-Z series in 2009-10, where they released a new single every fortnight for a year, giving each one both a title and letter of the alphabet, each one made the UK chart (between 65 & 176) and 14 of the 26 made my personal chart after I'd bought each one on iTunes. Only five other acts have managed to chart with at least 20 different songs, and the rest are all comfortably inside this top 10. Before A-Z they did have an excellent run in 2004 with their 4th album Meltdown, hitting the top 2 spots with the excellent rocky Orpheus and more mellow Starcrossed, which is still an underrated gem, reaching #2 & #1. Had I been recording as far back as their Free All Angels album, they'd be following up some similar sized hits. Onto the A-Z songs, they were preceded by Return of White Rabbit which was a huge return to form after their 2007 album disappointed, and it makes for a good collection of varied songs (well the 14 here anyway) which show off all sides of Ash. Arcadia, The Dead Disciples and Dionysian Urge are brilliantly anthemic, Pripyat and Insects are beautifully understated gems, Spheres is a more experimental track which builds up superbly, and then Sky Burial the surprise of the lot - a 10 minute instrumental which doesn't really fit into anything else of theirs. In the past decade they have released another couple of albums which have produced three further top 40 hits, Machinery being the pick of the bunch but the other two being closer to their early rockier sound. Arcadia may be my favourite of this period but their best are from their earlier work - 1) Girl From Mars 2) Burn Baby Burn 3) Walking Barefoot. Chart History: 03/05/2004 Orpheus 02-03-04-07-08-08-12-15-17-19-25-31-34-39 (14 weeks) 19/07/2004 Starcrossed 01-01-01-03-04-05-11-11-18-22-24-28-27-35 (14 weeks) 06/12/2004 Renegade Calvacade 16-21-23-27-34 (5 weeks) 25/05/2009 Return Of White Rabbit 32-18-11-09-17-38 (6 weeks) 26/10/2009 Joy Kicks Darkness (B) 36-25-21-18-15-18-23-31-38 (9 weeks) 16/11/2009 Arcadia [C] 32-18-08-02-02-02-05-05-10-15-27-36-40 (13 weeks) 07/12/2009 The Dead Disciples [D] 35-29-21-15-21-35 (6 weeks) 21/12/2009 Pripyat [E] 39-35-26-30 (4 weeks) 04/01/2010 Ichiban [G] 28-18-32-39 (4 weeks) 18/01/2010 Space Shot [H] 25-19-24-35-37 (5 weeks) 22/03/2010 Dionysian Urge [L] 36-27-25-34-37 (5 weeks) 10/05/2010 Insects [P] 31-27-17-12-10-12-17-21-32-40 (10 weeks) 24/05/2010 Binary [Q] 36-27-20-23-31-36-40 (7 weeks) 21/06/2010 Spheres 35-30-26-24-22-18-13-16-17-25-35 (11 weeks) 02/08/2010 Carnal Love [V] 39-37 (2 weeks) 16/08/2010 Embers [W] 35-30-29-29-23-23-31-38 (8 weeks) 13/09/2010 Sky Burial [Y] 22-13-11-10-12-20-35 (7 weeks) 27/09/2010 There Is Hope Again [Z] 33-31-36 (3 weeks) 07/04/2015 Cocoon 23-17-15-17-33 (5 weeks) 05/10/2015 Machinery 35-27-16-12-06-05-06-07-12-18-31-36-40 (13 weeks) 26/02/2018 Buzzkill 38-36-30-33 (4 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Arcadia 02 Orpheus 03 Starcrossed 04 Spheres 05 Sky Burial

#23 Bombay Bicycle Club Points: 1014 Date first charted: 13/04/2009 Number of entries: 14 Total weeks on chart: 159 Most Successful Year: 2011, 8th oDuif301F-8 Bombay Bicycle Club have gone on to be one of the more consistently successful acts, with 10 of their 14 singles reaching the top 5, as well as a #6 and #7. I enjoyed their folk influenced indie when they first emerged, and their debut album I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose was something I listened to a lot and produced three top 10 hits and minor one, but overall I preferred their second album Flaws which was much more acoustic throughout, including a new stripped back (and better) version of previous single Dust on the Ground. Lead single Ivy & Gold gave them a first top 3 hit before Rinse Me Down went one better and they'd had four successive singles peak in each of the positions #2 to #5. They released music thick and fast, with their third album released barely two years after their first, but showed no slow down in quality as its lead single Shuffle went one better, such a joyous, catchy and happy song, it spent a dozen weeks in the top 3, four in each of the three positions, and half a year on the chart in total. I'd say that album was their last really good one, with another couple of top 5 singles. I was delighted they eventually released How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep as it was always my favourite after Shuffle on it. Whilst I've not got into albums 4 & 5 as much, they still produced three big singles and two of them make my overall top 5, with Carry Me not far off it. Luna felt like the natural successor to Shuffle with its excellent array of instrumentation, and gave them a hit for a sixth consecutive year before they went on hiatus. Eat, Sleep, Wake was exactly what was needed when they returned five years later, another excellent lead single continued their run of all of them being a hit. A sixth album is currently being recorded, so here's hoping for another one in the future. Chart History: 13/04/2009 Always Like This 19-09-06-06-08-10-16-28-37 (9 weeks) 29/06/2009 Dust On The Ground 36-36 (2 weeks) 14/09/2009 Magnet 39-30-26-19-13-08-05-04-08-14-23-34 (12 weeks) 22/02/2010 Evening/Morning 25-14-07-05-05-08-12-22-33 (9 weeks) 28/06/2010 Ivy & Gold 32-23-19-16-09-07-03-04-06-11-16-24-31-36 (14 weeks) 06/09/2010 Rinse Me Down 31-21-09-03-03-02-02-05-09-15-26-37 (12 weeks) 04/07/2011 Shuffle 30-23-12-09-06-02-03-03-02-01-01-01-01-02-02-03-03-04-06-09-13-16-24-32-38-39 (26 weeks) 17/10/2011 Lights Out, Words Gone 28-15-10-07-07-08-10-17-27-37 (10 weeks) 26/12/2011 Leave It 29-17-11-07-05-04-08-12-15-20-32 (11 weeks) 27/02/2012 How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep 29-22-13-08-04-04-07-09-17-30-40 (11 weeks) 25/06/2012 Beg 32-24-20-18-21-37 (6 weeks) 25/11/2013 Carry Me 25-15-10-05-05-06-10-15-21-27-32-34-40 (13 weeks) 03/02/2014 Luna 30-18-11-05-03-04-05-07-11-17-26-30 (12 weeks) 14/09/2019 Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing On You) 26-18-11-10-05-05-07-12-17-23-31-38 (12 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Shuffle 02 How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep 03 Ivy & Gold 04 Luna 05 Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing On You)

#24 Death Cab For Cutie Points: 1004 Date first charted: 10/10/2005 Number of entries: 15 Total weeks on chart: 152 Most Successful Year: 2011, 15th M6wqa86TnRk Into the acts with 1000+ points then... I first heard of Death Cab for Cutie because I'd discovered the greatness of The Postal Service's 2003 album Give Up in the summer of 2005, which was just singer Ben Gibbard's electronic side-project. His main band were about to release their 5th album Plans, and lead single Soul Meets Body gave them a debut top 5 hit. It's probably gone on to be my favourite DCFC album but it's very close between that, its successor Narrow Stairs and predecessor Transatlanticism, which are all superb examples of varied indie-pop. Plans has their best known song by far, I Will Follow You Into The Dark, which is beautifully sad and gone onto be a common funeral pick. Each of the five albums with have followed Plans have had a single chart at either #1 or #2, with the first of those being I Will Possess Your Heart. The full version (which is what I've always loved) is 8 and a half minutes long, with the first half being purely instrumental. It's a song that's grown even more in the last 15 years and is my favourite of them, follow-up Cath... is also a huge favourite of mine and one which looks severely undercharted. No Sunlight and Long Division on that album are also amongst my top songs of theirs. You Are a Tourist climbed to the top as they returned with 7th album Codes and Keys, with Doors Unlocked and Open being another that could've made it that high if they'd released it. 2015s Kintsugi is probably the album of theirs I've got into least, but still had some good songs on it, with lead Black Sun hitting the top 10 and follow-up The Geese of Beverley Drive being a runner-up for three weeks. Thank You For Today was an improvement and I'm surprised I only charted one single from it, with Gold Rush putting them back at the top. Two singles charted in the same week the year later, as singer Ben provided the chorus to Chance The Rapper's Do You Remember and they released the best song from their Blue EP. Last year they made it double figures for albums, and the charting single Foxglove Through The Clearcut was something a bit different, as the song was all in spoken word, it's stunning and kept growing on me to get their customary top 2 placing. Chart History: 10/10/2005 Soul Meets Body 04-05-08-09-10-14-17-19-24-29-31-31-33-40 (14 weeks) 10/04/2006 Crooked Teeth 05-14-22-33 (4 weeks) 05/05/2008 I Will Possess Your Heart 29-18-07-03-02-04-08-11-20-25-28-38 (12 weeks) 21/07/2008 Cath... 33-24-21-24-28-36-39 (7 weeks) 13/04/2009 The Open Door EP 35-28-23-14-12-13-23-30-40 (9 weeks) 02/11/2009 Meet Me On The Equinox 32-25-23-29-40 (5 weeks) 18/04/2011 You Are A Tourist 37-32-28-16-08-04-01-01-01-01-03-06-10-14-19-26-30-37 (18 weeks) 07/06/2011 Home Is A Fire 28-23-18-13-10-08-10-14-21-34 (10 weeks) 24/10/2011 Stay Young, Go Dancing 38-33-32-38 (4 weeks) 23/02/2015 Black Sun 38-30-20-10-09-08-10-19-33 (9 weeks) 08/06/2015 The Ghosts of Beverly Drive 28-18-08-03-02-02-02-04-08-12-22-35 (12 weeks) 02/07/2018 Gold Rush 29-16-07-03-01-01-01-01-02-03-04-06-11-18-25-33-36-40 (18 weeks) 31/08/2019 To The Ground 34-21-14-08-07-08-12-21-31-39 (10 weeks) 31/08/2019 Do You Remember (w/ Chance The Rapper) 27-20-20-19-19-25-34 (7 weeks) 17/09/2022 Foxglove Through The Clearcut 34-24-16-09-03-02-02-05-09-12-19-28-39 (13 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 I Will Possess Your Heart 02 You Are a Tourist 03 Cath... 04 I Will Follow You Into The Dark 05 Gold Rush