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#69 Christine and The Queens Points: 694 Date first charted: 09/11/2015 Number of entries: 9 Total weeks on chart: 112 Most Successful Year: 2016, 11th aWzlneLOkzk My introduction to Christine was through Perfume Genius featuring on Jonathan, he'd been someone I'd listened to a lot in the years previous so appearing on someone else's song was always going to be something I listened to, and I was hooked instantly, the combination of his English and Christine's French was gorgeous, and remains my favourite thing either have done. The remaining singles from Chaleur Humaine came in the following year, with Tilted being the only song not to reach the top 10, which feels quite mad as it deservedly became a big commercial hit later that year. 2018s follow-up album Chris produced a first number one in Doesn't Matter, a great pop anthem I grew to love very quickly, and that was followed with the next charting single, I Disappear In Your Arms, I loved the beat on the original French version but never quite got into it whereas the English version felt better and more familiar and made a slow climb to the top. I've tended to find that's common with much preferring the English versions of songs, but Je te vois enfin did become a first charting wholly French song last year. Between those there was a hand lent to Charli XCX for New Shapes, one of my favourite pop songs of recent years. That probably should've been the second time that had happened, but I needed the album release to really get into Gone. Listening back now, 7 of these are still perfect and it's hard to narrow down a top 5, but I'm a bit meh on iT and Girlfriend. Christine is the second highest act to not have double figures in entries. Chart History: 09/11/2015 Jonathan (feat. Perfume Genius) 37-27-18-09-03-02-02-03-03-05-07-11-13-15-22-29-39 (17 weeks) 15/02/2016 Tilted 31-21-15-13-21-28-36 (7 weeks) 02/05/2016 iT 28-21-15-09-10-12-20-18-21-28-39 (11 weeks) 07/11/2016 Saint Claude 25-15-10-07-05-07-12-17-20-27-37 (11 weeks) 04/06/2018 Girlfriend (feat. Dam-funk) 30-23-16-08-07-06-08-11-17-25-33-39 (12 weeks) 23/07/2018 Doesn't Matter 31-23-11-04-02-01-01-02-02-04-07-11-16-21-28-36 (16 weeks) 18/04/2020 I Disappear In Your Arms 28-17-10-07-06-05-03-01-01-03-06-10-18-27-33 (15 weeks) 20/11/2021 New Shapes (w/ Charli XCX & Caroline Polachek) 27-13-07-04-03-03-05-09-12-20-23-30-34-39 (14 weeks) 30/07/2022 Je te vois enfin 29-16-10-07-07-09-13-18-27-37 (10 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Jonathan 02 I Disappear In Your Arms 03 Tilted 04 Doesn't Matter 05 New Shapes

#70 Sleigh Bells Points: 694 Date first charted: 07/06/2010 Number of entries: 12 Total weeks on chart: 106 Most Successful Year: 2011, 11th k5BPIVeadFw Sleigh Bells were an explosion of noise in 2010, their sound was so different to most of what I was hearing and was something I loved straight away, debut single Tell 'Em was, and remains, an incredible song and brilliant introduction to them, climbing its way to a debut top 5 hit. Its parent album, Treats, was one of my favourites of the year, producing 5 hits, some incredibly noisy pop and some more mellow and beautiful songs showing its variation, Rill Rill has always been special, and equalled the #4 peak. Their comeback, Comeback Kid, was excellent, such an instant song that went all the way to the top, surpassing each of the singles from their debut, and remains my favourite of theirs. After that their entries have become more sporadic but still fairly regular. Of their 6 major album and EP releases their third has no representation but the others each are, with Rule Number One returning them to the top 3. There's usually something I can really get on board with and last years album Texis was definitely their best for a while, the first half of it was excellent and lead single Locust Laced the strongest song on it. Unusually, my current top 5 matches the 5 most successful songs on my chart, although not quite in order of peak. Chart History: 07/06/2010 Tell 'Em 36-24-13-06-04-05-11-15-19-25 (10 weeks) 31/01/2011 Riot Rhythm 33-23-16-14-12-14-24 (7 weeks) 14/06/2011 Rill Rill 29-25-21-16-11-08-12-16-06-04-08-13-20-33 (14 weeks) 22/08/2011 Kids 39-34-30-29 (4 weeks) 01/11/2011 Infinity Guitars 25-18-13-11-12-15-20-26-35 (9 weeks) 30/01/2012 Comeback Kid 19-04-02-02-01-01-02-03-05-08-10-13-18-21-28-39 (16 weeks) 16/04/2012 Crush 27-22-16-15-12-20-33 (7 weeks) 08/08/2016 Rule Number One 34-25-14-06-04-03-08-14-26 (9 weeks) 03/10/2016 It's Just Us Now 33-28-22-21-22-30 (6 weeks) 27/11/2017 Rainmaker 33-25-21-18-21-30-39 (7 weeks) 04/09/2021 Locust Laced 30-22-14-10-08-08-09-12-22-34-39 (11 weeks) 25/09/2021 True Seekers 36-28-21-20-24-35 (6 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Comeback Kid 02 Tell 'Em 03 Rule Number One 04 Rill Rill 05 Locust Laced

#71 London Grammar Points: 690 Date first charted: 15/04/2013 Number of entries: 12 Total weeks on chart: 113 Most Successful Year: 2017, 4th jqhgXAGP4Ho I was slightly late to the London Grammar party in 2013. Metal & Dust was the first song I heard by them and it was ok, remaining by some distance their smallest hit, and I wasn't going out of my way to listen to any more, and nothing else I gave any listens to clicked until their cover of Nightcall which hit the top 10 at the beginning of 2014. It made me finally listened to their debut album, it's gone on to be an album I love and still listen to regularly, but the likes of Strong, Hey Now and Wasting My Young Years end up being omissions. Even after I'd got into them I was still undercharting, Rooting For You ended 2017 in my top 10 of the year but only reached number 8, becoming my favourite of theirs, which it still remains, lyrically it's superb and Hannah Reid's vocals are at their most haunting. Whilst the second album wasn't as impressive as their first, it did produce a string of decent singles, ending in the 12 minute Kölsch remix of Hell To The Liars. Their earlier work had lent itself well to dance remixes, with some incredibly popular ones being released, of Hey Now in particular, but this was next level. The original was one of my favourites on the album and the Danish DJ elevated it significantly, it just doesn't feel like it lasts anywhere near its 12:42 run-time. Working well as dance music was clear in the sound of Baby It's You, the lead single from album 3. Reading they'd worked with George FitzGerald who I absolutely love got me more anticipated than I expected I'd be, and it really didn't disappoint, immediately up with their best work and finally becoming their first top 5 hit. For the first time an album campaign ended up being properly successful with 4 top 10 hits, Lord It's A Feeling being the pick of the bunch and the standout new track on the album as soon as it was released. Chart History: 15/04/2013 Metal & Dust 30-30-40 (3 weeks) 16/12/2013 Nightcall 32-22-16-13-09-13-19-29 (8 weeks) 26/05/2014 Sights 31-26-20-16-20-31 (6 weeks) 31/01/2017 Rooting For You 27-20-11-10-09-08-13-23-36-40 (10 weeks) 15/05/2017 Oh Woman Oh Man 37-32-27-25-23-23-24-21-21-25-38 (11 weeks) 28/08/2017 Non Believer 25-18-15-11-09-07-07-10-14-21-26-37 (12 weeks) 13/11/2017 Hell To The Liars (Kölsch Remix) 22-16-12-12-13-14-20-24-32-37 (10 weeks) 06/07/2019 Let You Know (w/ Flume) 32-27-23-19-20-28-33-36 (8 weeks) 22/08/2020 Baby It's You 32-25-16-08-02-02-04-04-05-09-13-17-23-30-36 (15 weeks) 31/10/2020 Californian Soil 28-19-15-10-11-21-29-35 (8 weeks) 06/02/2021 Lose Your Head 28-17-14-12-10-07-10-13-20-24-34 (11 weeks) 29/05/2021 Lord It's a Feeling 25-15-05-04-06-09-10-14-19-30 (10 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Rooting For You 02 Baby It's You 03 Hell To The Liars (Kölsch Remix) 04 Strong 05 Lord It's A Feeling

She Wants To Move was the only one of that bunch I have any real affection for, a huge shame to see it depart so early. My hope for the win now will be... Work, I guess.

Hmmm, I don't mind Free Yourself and I did vote for it but I did find it quite underwhelming, definitely amongst the quickest I've ever got bored of a Jessie single. It's quite difficult to mark songs you've listened to loads vs ones which you give a couple of listens to, but both Head on Fire and Frankenstein were both pretty high in my end of year list so couldn't give top points to anything else. Had no real idea what to expect from Confidence Man - it was just about my favourite album of the year so wanted to send something from it and I do love Toy Boy, just wanted something that'd definitely be accepted in this forum. The Four Tet remix of Easy Lover was the most I've enjoyed anything Ellie related in years, hadn't heard the original and was suitable underwhelmed by it.

#72 alt-J Points: 689 Date first charted: 13/02/2012 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 110 Most Successful Year: 2012, 2nd ZwBkXgWNs_M A band who are 50% amazing and 50% disappointment, certainly in terms of their album campaigns anyway. An Awesome Wave was one of my favourite albums of 2012 and they released a string of excellent singles from it, with a couple of songs reaching #2, and three others settling for top 20. Fitzpleasure was a good introduction, but they upped their game further with Breezeblocks and Tessellate, singer Joe Newman's voice is excellent with a great range. There were no disappointments on the album, and would have certainly finished as top act of 2012 if they'd gone with Dissolve Me or Taro as singles. Hunger of the Pine is fine but not quite on the level of previous, but aside from The Gospel of John Hurt everything else that came on the album I thought was awful and I had absolutely zero anticipation and not much more interest in further work. But I needn't have worried as they returned with 3WW in 2017, I was soon hooked, went to the top and was one of the years three standout singles vying for my favourite song of the year. It builds up incredibly from its slow intro and the vocal of Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell is the most perfect addition. The rest of the album, Relaxer, was a huge improvement too, and its remix album Reduxer had some interesting alternative versions, Danny Brown on Deadcrush *.* As for last years fourth album, U&ME was a decent enough lead but I haven't particularly cared about anything else. I don't listen to new albums anywhere near as much as I used to, and theirs was never going to be one of the ones that I did. Chart History: 13/02/2012 Fitzpleasure 26-18-14-11-16-30 (6 weeks) 28/05/2012 Breezeblocks 32-26-19-12-06-02-02-05-09-15-18-25-33 (13 weeks) 16/07/2012 Tessellate 32-17-05-02-03-03-05-07-10-14-18-29-37 (13 weeks) 01/10/2012 Something Good 30-25-20-23-32 (5 weeks) 10/12/2012 Matilda 35-25-19-12-15-21-30-40 (8 weeks) 14/07/2014 Hunger of the Pine 35-29-23-25-36 (5 weeks) 01/06/2015 The Gospel of John Hurt 27-21-12-09-06-04-07-10-12-17-27-36 (12 weeks) 27/03/2017 3WW 38-28-20-14-09-05-02-01-01-02-02-04-06-09-14-19-17-19-24-30-33-39 (22 weeks) 14/08/2017 Deadcrush 26-20-15-16-19-26-35 (7 weeks) 16/10/2017 Pleader 30-22-14-09-05-08-11-15-17-23-29-36 (12 weeks) 09/10/2021 U&ME 36-27-21-20-22-32-40 (7 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 3WW 02 Breezeblocks 03 Dissolve Me 04 Pleader 05 Taro

#73 Feeder Points: 680 Date first charted: 13/01/2003 Number of entries: 12 Total weeks on chart: 104 Most Successful Year: 2005, 4th PGFvibDq84A If this list had been compiled by someone else on my behalf and I was made to guess the 100 acts in it, I think Feeder would be close to the last one I thought of. Two main reasons; I've never considered them to be a particular favourite and their best material came before I recorded a personal chart! Their mid noughties output alone would have put them about 30 places short of this countdown, and it's a real mixed bag. Four of the songs are decent and I listen to them occasionally, however the other 5 this must be the first time I've listened to them for over a decade and I'm in no rush to hear any again. Just The Way I'm Feeling was the highest new entry on my second chart, their 2nd of 3 UK top 10s which stills holds up as a decent tune, and Feeling The Moment sounded great to a 16 year olds ears in the peak of indie and entered at the top, whilst Shatter is still their best song of the last 20 years, unfathomably held back as a b-side before fan pressure saw it got a proper single release as a Double A side with Tender. Despite an 11 year gap between chart entries, they had released four albums in that time, but everything I either disliked or ignored. I'm not sure why I'd have even checked out Arrow but by this point they'd gone back to their heavier days of the 90s, and it made a refreshing change to what I was expecting and went all the way to #3. It's a sound they continued to varying degrees of success, and had managed to chart in 3 consecutive years, almost reaching as high with Fear of Flying. Whilst Shatter is ranked my number one for this period, that list for their career as a whole would be Just a Day, Seven Days in the Sun, Sweet 16, Insomina and Turn. Never Buck Rogers though, eurgh. Chart History: 13/01/2003 Just The Way I'm Feeling 02-03-03-06-08-10-14-16-20-22-26-27-33-38-40 (15 weeks) 05/05/2003 Forget About Tomorrow 13-17-21-24-28-32-38 (7 weeks) 22/09/2003 Find The Colour 30-35 (2 weeks) 17/01/2005 Tumble And Fall 16-26-31-38 (4 weeks) 04/04/2005 Feeling A Moment 01-01-03-03-05-08-12-20-24-29-32-39 (12 weeks) 27/06/2005 Pushing The Senses 12-16-26-36-39-40 (6 weeks) 10/10/2005 Shatter 03-04-05-07-08-10-11-15-19-21-25-23-26-32-34-36-36-40 (18 weeks) 10/10/2005 Tender 33-39 (2 weeks) 01/05/2006 Lost & Found 17-22-28-37 (4 weeks) 09/10/2017 Arrow 26-18-12-07-04-04-03-05-06-11-13-19-23-34 (14 weeks) 19/02/2018 Sex Type Drug 32-29-31-36-36-40-40 (7 weeks) 13/04/2019 Fear of Flying 36-28-24-17-08-05-05-07-09-15-20-27-36 (13 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Shatter 02 Feeling a Moment 03 Just The Way I'm Feeling 04 Fear of Flying 05 Arrow

Listened to Rumble twice last week and it's horrific, no desire to listen to that again. Of the other 5 I voted Ditto and Cardboard Box, which are both decent enough, though Cardboard Box not really my thing to choose to listen to. Popcaan the least offensive of the others.

#74 /images/articles/3461/jamieT_1262622372_crop_550x370.jpg Jamie T Points: 679 Date first charted: 03/07/2006 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 100 Most Successful Year: 2022, 7th O6kZ2xUaqxQ The two Jamie's end up fairly close together, but T beats xx by 56 points and 12 places. I wasn't overly sold on his style for a while, enjoying some of his singles but nothing more than that, but still scored three top 10s with some of his bigger and more popular hits, and both Sheila and Sticks 'N' Stones have gone on to be massive favourites, both being such delightful sing-a-long anthems. It wasn't until his third album Carry On The Grudge in 2014 that I properly got into Jamie T, and therefore find it quite surprising that the two singles from it weren't bigger, the whole album is great and I've always loved those singles, Zombie in particular. His fourth album in 2016 was the first time I'd anticipated a new album by Jamie T, but I was never that fussed with Tinfoil Boy, but Power Over Men was a huge upturn and finally brought a first top 5 hit as it made it's way to #2, it's not quite in the same in-your-face style as some of his songs, but something I've enjoyed a lot since release. #2 was a position he reached again last year, when he returned after his longest gap between albums, and The Old Style Raiders was released. It took a few listens, but has grown to become my favourite of his, lyrically it's superb and the sound shows how much he's developed, a shame it was up against the behemoths of Protection From Evil and Baby, We're Ascending as it's probably my favourite song of the year which didn't reach my top spot. Two further top 10s meant 2022 has gone on to be his most productive year, Between The Rocks in particular a great single in his unmistakable classic sound. Chart History: 03/07/2006 Sheila 08-09-17-21-30-35 (6 weeks) 16/10/2006 If You Got The Money 17-24-39 (3 weeks) 15/01/2007 Calm Down Dearest 07-09-16-26-28-37 (6 weeks) 29/06/2009 Sticks 'N' Stones 20-15-12-10-10-16-29-34 (8 weeks) 01/09/2014 Zombie 27-21-15-17-21-29 (6 weeks) 24/11/2014 Rabbit Hole 33-23-20-18-22-30-40 (7 weeks) 05/09/2016 Power Over Men 37-34-27-17-13-08-05-03-02-04-07-09-13-17-27-32-39 (17 weeks) 05/12/2016 Tescoland 24-16-10-14-17-22-34-38 (8 weeks) 21/05/2022 The Old Style Raiders 33-23-15-06-02-02-04-03-05-08-12-17-20-22-27-33-38 (17 weeks) 23/07/2022 St. George Wharf Tower 35-27-21-15-10-09-10-16-27-38 (10 weeks) 27/08/2022 Between The Rocks 36-29-21-16-09-07-06-07-10-17-24-35 (12 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 The Old Style Raiders 02 Sheila 03 Sticks 'N' Stones 04 Power Over Men 05 Zombie

Man Utd had a lead of the same points in April with 6 games to go and managed to lose it, including a a 4-4 in which they lead by two goals at home. It's a bit of a stretch to say a team losing it from the half way point could be a bigger bottle job than that.

#75 The Naked and Famous Points: 672 Date first charted: 20/09/2010 Number of entries: 10 Total weeks on chart: 107 Most Successful Year: 2013, 12th VHC8vuBU9rg In the summer of 2010 I copied an idea from another forum and started an Unknown Pleasures contest in the Indie/Alt forum, Doctor Blind's entry was Young Blood and it was the runaway winner in the first contest. It was something I voted for but wasn't my favourite and I could see how it won. It was a great introduction to The Naked and Famous though and I found their songs got better after that, with Girls Like You managing to go one place further than predecessor Punching In a Dream and making it all the way to the top. Their debut Passive Me, Aggressive You remains one of my favourite albums of the decade, containing many gems. Whilst they have been a law of diminishing returns band, each subsequent album has produced a couple of decent singles, with only Higher missing the top 10, and only just at that. Hearts Like Ours was an incredible return for their second album which got be very excited for it, and whilst it wasn't quite up to the standards previously set, it was an excellent effort. Most recent single Death was something a bit different, with a more male led vocal, but something which has worked its way to being one of my favourites. Chart History: 20/09/2010 Young Blood 35-29-19-16-15-18-23-33-39 (9 weeks) 29/11/2010 Punching In A Dream 35-26-13-09-04-02-03-06-07-11-18-23-32-40 (14 weeks) 07/06/2011 Girls Like You 24-13-02-01-01-01-05-08-12-21-25-26-32 (14 weeks) 05/12/2011 No Way 39-37-35 (3 weeks) 05/08/2013 Hearts Like Ours 39-32-24-15-06-04-03-02-05-10-15-23-35 (13 weeks) 02/12/2013 I Kill Giants 28-22-18-15-10-07-06-04-07-10-17-25-35-40 (14 weeks) 08/08/2016 Higher 32-28-25-22-18-15-11-13-14-19-23-29-31-40 (14 weeks) 12/09/2016 Laid Low 38-31-24-18-10-07-19-33 (8 weeks) 21/12/2019 Sunseeker 25-18-15-11-09-12-18-25-36 (9 weeks) 01/08/2020 Death 29-20-15-11-07-08-15-24-35 (9 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Girls Like You 02 Hearts Like Ours 03 Punching In A Dream 04 Death 05 All of This

d'Áskorza getting their one entry for the year I like in early :kink:

The first quarter of the countdown complete: 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

#76 CHVRCHES Points: 672 Date first charted: 29/10/2012 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 104 Most Successful Year: 2015, 6th _mTRvJ9fugM CHVRCHES have always been an act I've found quite hit and miss, both with singles and across their albums, with none of them going on to become particular favourites, but there are more than enough big hits to see them get a comfortable and deserving place in this list. Their standout moment definitely comes in the form of debut hit The Mother We Share which kicked off my interest in them and is a song I have loved ever since, Recover was an excellent follow-up and equalled it's #5 peak but it's a shame Tether was left unreleased from their first album as that would have got them the hat-trick of top 5s. One thing that has become consistent is that they return with something that is simply ok but their better songs on the album campaign have yet to come. Leave a Trace, Get Out and He Said She Said are fine songs, but were followed by much better, particularly from album 2 as Never Ending Circles and the super-poppy Clearest Blue saw them reach the top 3 for the first time. Their recent collaborations with male acts which I'm a big fan of have both been as excellent as I'd have hoped for, Matt Berninger of the National's voice works so well alongside female vocalists and Robert Smith certainly elevated How Not To Drown, I'd rank both above Good Girls now but that ended up the bigger hit, their 6th top 5 in total. Chart History: 29/10/2012 The Mother We Share 24-18-14-07-05-06-05-06-09-10-13-19-26-33-34-40 (16 weeks) 25/02/2013 Recover 40-28-18-14-08-05-08-11-16-20-25-37 (12 weeks) 01/07/2013 Gun 33-31 (2 weeks) 03/08/2015 Leave a Trace 34-25-21-16-17-18-20-27-39 (9 weeks) 07/09/2015 Never Ending Circles 25-15-07-03-02-03-06-13-22-34 (10 weeks) 05/10/2015 Clearest Blue 23-15-09-03-03-04-07-11-22-32 (10 weeks) 19/02/2018 Get Out 34-27-20-19-21-30-39 (7 weeks) 19/03/2018 My Enemy (feat. Matt Berninger) 27-18-10-06-05-05-09-13-21-39 (10 weeks) 06/04/2019 Here With Me (w/ Marshmello) 37-31-30-32-37-40 (6 weeks) 19/06/2021 How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith) 30-22-18-15-13-11-08-11-19-32 (10 weeks) 14/08/2021 Good Girls 33-23-17-11-10-08-04-05-10-12-18-30 (12 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 The Mother We Share 02 My Enemy 03 Never Ending Circles 04 Tether 05 How Not To Drown

#77 Bloc Party Points: 672 Date first charted: 12/07/2004 Number of entries: 14 Total weeks on chart: 88 Most Successful Year: 2005, 5th CdBt3n1MtFM A position of 77 is completely at odds for how I would actually rank Bloc Party. Their first album has grown to be one of my favourites of all time and their second isn't that far behind, but being late to get properly into them and some poor choices of singles means they're way below some similar bands of the era who I like a lot less, as they have just two top 5 and a further four top 10 hits. Three of my top 5 of theirs never charted, which is probably going to be the most on this whole countdown. Of British indie albums of that 2004-7 period, Silent Alarm definitely makes the top three, but at the time I was more into some quite significantly inferior acts (hello Kaiser Chiefs) and has proven to be a grower. A very strong selection of singles, which gave them their only top 5 hits in The Pioneers and So Here We Are, but for me the standouts have always been Like Eating Glass and This Modern Love. The second album was similar, I didn't really listen to it a lot at the time and have got into it more later, I Still Remember vastly undercharted but there were songs I liked much more than their other singles, Song For Clay and Waiting For The 7:18 in particular. I do quite like the third album but again Mercury and Talons are both amongst the weaker songs on it so couldn't get the chart performance some of it deserved. Their fourth album Four, from 2012, remains probably the worst album I've ever purchased, and any interest in them after that was completely diminished, but they have bounced back to get a couple of strong top 10 singles since. Stunt Queen was a decent effort of a more electronic sound. Last years If We Get Caught was a return to earlier sounds and easily the best thing they'd made since 2007, and its parent album Alpha Games was a good enough listen too. Chart History: 12/07/2004 Little Thoughts 37 (1 week) 25/10/2004 Helicopter 20-27-32 (3 weeks) 31/01/2005 So Here We Are 04-09-11-17-22-28-40 (7 weeks) 25/04/2005 Banquet 13-20-30-39 (4 weeks) 18/07/2005 The Pioneers 02-02-04-05-09-11-19-23-28-33 (10 weeks) 03/10/2005 Two More Years 06-07-07-06-06-07-12-13-21-27-31-32-32-34-37-40 (16 weeks) 05/02/2007 The Prayer 33-34-40 (3 weeks) 02/04/2007 I Still Remember 39-38-30 (3 weeks) 05/11/2007 Flux 31-28-25-33 (4 weeks) 11/08/2008 Mercury 33-30-27-37 (4 weeks) 26/01/2009 One Month Off 32-23-15-12-08-09-20-29-40 (9 weeks) 10/08/2009 One More Chance 28-21-17-30 (4 weeks) 10/10/2016 Stunt Queen 34-26-16-09-08-11-19-26-36 (9 weeks) 02/04/2022 If We Get Caught 34-21-13-10-09-06-07-10-17-28-35 (11 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Like Eating Glass 02 I Still Remember 03 This Modern Love 04 The Pioneers 05 Song For Clay (Disappear Here)

Thanks Kath. Yes Vale is definitely an underrated gem in their discography, still something I love a lot and the song that got me properly into them so will always appreciate it. You're definitely right about Little Boots, a real shame to have a bunch of excellent songs and then such nothingness :(

I rushed to vote yesterday morning too when I saw the PM! :lol:

I know it was a soundtrack but Music From Before The Storm from 2017 is an incredible album and there were singles from it, so they haven't been absent for quite that long, although it's not that much more recent, and their version of Poke on Tiny Changes is up there with the greatest all time covers :heart: A nice enough return on first listen, sure it will grow on me.

It feels like the situation at Everton is allowing the appalling job David Moyes is doing seems to go very under the radar. West Ham spent more money last summer than Forest did, who received almost universal criticism for spending that much, to strengthen a squad that had qualified for Europe in successive seasons, and they're in the relegation zone at the half way point. Forest hitting 20 points in 13th after half a season is really impressive, really starting to come together now and Gibbs-White is showing his class, he's some player and will prove to be worth every penny.

A shame no one else voted for Eminem, a superb beat and a funny tale. It's definitely in a close run contest for my favourite of his alongside Lose Yourself and Stan, although the explicit version is so much better than the radio edit which is quite poor in comparison. Rotterdam is also magnificent. I'd have thought I'd give it more but some serious competition in this, glad it picked up a reasonable amount of points elsewhere too :wub:

#78 Editors Points: 665 Date first charted: 24/01/2005 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 100 Most Successful Year: 2005, 25th Rgy4EHyG94M Most indie bands in the mid 00s seemed to re-release their earlier, better singles once they got a bit of success, and Editors typified that more than most as all three of their main ones were promoted again. The key difference with them is that I knew and liked them all first time around, so three separate re-issues here, but only one becoming more successful second time out. Their debut album The Back Room is one of my favourites of the era, the singles Munich and Blood being brilliantly anthemic but with it also containing some more poignant songs, Fall has always been one of my favourites and Open Your Arms is superb too. I saw them supporting Franz Ferdinand on their arena tour at the end of 2005 and they remain the greatest support act I've ever seen live and made me enjoy them even more. They've had 6 albums since, all of them have produced chart entries but just the one for 5 of them, the exception being 2009s In This Light and On This Evening, as they moved a bit more to synths with the glorious Papillon, with the title track being the other real standout on the album. Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors would definitely be just outside my top 5 songs of theirs now, but at the time I found it to be a bit of a boring and disappointing return, whilst An End Has a Start was more in keeping with their bigger singles and I loved straight away. 2015 saw them release what would be their biggest hit, with the almost 8 minute long Marching Orders reaching the top spot for three weeks, it was released in partnership with Oxfam and is a stunning song I still rank as my favourite. Other charting singles in the latter part of their career are A Ton of Love, the highlight off their fourth album which was the last I really got into, and Cold and Picturesque, the representatives from albums 6 & 7, both released after a bunch of other singles I never really got properly into, although in retrospect Darkness At The Door is definitely good enough for a decent charting position. Chart History: 24/01/2005 Bullets 37 (1 week) 18/04/2005 Munich 02-02-04-09-14-25-30-39 (8 weeks) 11/07/2005 Blood 08-19-21-21-26-33-39 (7 weeks) 26/09/2005 Bullets (Re-issue) 18-24-34 (3 weeks) 02/01/2006 Munich (Re-issue) 03-06-06-08-08-11-12-16-26-29-36-40 (12 weeks) 27/03/2006 All Sparks 11-20-26-39 (4 weeks) 19/06/2006 Blood (Re-issue) 16-25-36 (3 weeks) 20/08/2007 An End Has A Start 25-13-06-02-04-07-14-24-34 (9 weeks) 12/10/2009 Papillon 25-13-08-05-05-09-16-25-36 (9 weeks) 11/01/2010 You Don't Know Love 25-19-17-17-29 (5 weeks) 01/07/2013 A Ton of Love 30-25-21-18-19-22-25-34 (8 weeks) 13/07/2015 Marching Orders 18-07-02-01-01-01-02-03-04-03-05-07-10-14-21-29-36-39 (18 weeks) 09/04/2018 Cold 33-23-16-16-14-17-26-36 (8 weeks) 08/10/2022 Picturesque 27-21-31-35-39 (5 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Marching Orders 02 Munich 03 Fall 04 Papillon 05 Fingers In The Factories

#79 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Points: 664 Date first charted: 15/08/2011 Number of entries: 12 Total weeks on chart: 98 Most Successful Year: 2011, 17th bzQYtpjMjSo I'm sort of surprised by Noel being so high, I don't really listen to him much now, there's been a significant downgrade in his recent material and I do think he's a Grade A ****. But actually it's quite easy to forget just how good a lot of his post-Oasis material has been. If you were to compare it to someone close, he certainly comes out on top by huge distance. The first High Flying Birds album was one I listened to a lot and AKA... What a Life was a superb single which really made me interested after I got bored of The Death of You And Me pretty quickly. All five singles from the album charted with ended as a successful campaign, as three of them made the top 10. The second album Chasing Yesterday is definitely the one I'd choose to go back to most now, it doesn't have much weakness to it at all and the singles are a lot better than I gave them credit for in my chart, You Know We Can't Go Back in particular, and Ballad of the Mighty I is easily being my favourite Oasis related song since 2003. The third album was pretty good too, I didn't like it as much as previous but it had a solid string of singles and showed a variation not typically expected for a Gallagher, and even though I do think it's decent and gets some unfair stick, I'm not sure what I was thinking charting Holy Mountain quite that high, but the other two certainly deserving of their top 10 placings. Chart History: 15/08/2011 The Death Of You And Me 30-20-15-35 (4 weeks) 03/10/2011 AKA…. What A Life 30-28-19-13-11-10-15-26-38 (9 weeks) 19/12/2011 If I Had A Gun… 34-23-13-05-04-07-16-26-38 (9 weeks) 26/03/2012 Dream On 30-29-30-38 (4 weeks) 09/07/2012 Everybody's On The Run 36-29-23-19-14-09-08-06-09-12-25-39 (12 weeks) 02/02/2015 Ballad of the Mighty I 28-12-04-04-02-02-04-06-10-12-16-23-27-37-40 (15 weeks) 21/04/2015 Riverman 39-37-40 (3 weeks) 27/07/2015 Lock All The Doors 28-28-35 (3 weeks) 22/02/2016 You Know We Can't Go Back 30-28-37 (3 weeks) 06/11/2017 Holy Mountain 24-15-06-03-02-02-03-04-05-07-16-26-36 (13 weeks) 18/12/2017 It's a Beautiful World 29-22-16-10-07-07-09-15-24-33-39 (11 weeks) 02/04/2018 She Taught Me How To Fly 37-25-16-12-10-06-06-11-21-28-35-39 (12 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Ballad Of The Mighty I 02 AKA... What a Life 03 Everybody's On The Run 04 She Taught Me How To Fly 05 You Know We Can't Go Back

01 (03) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (01) (05) (1 week) 02 (02) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (02) (07) 03 (01) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (09) (3 weeks) 04 (06) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (04) (07) 05 (04) The Go! Team - Whammy-O (04) (05) 06 (12) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (06) (04) 07 (05) Sprints - Literary Mind (01) (14) (5 weeks) 08 (09) Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle (08) (06) 09 (11) HighSchool - Only a Dream (09) (07) 10 (15) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (10) (04) 11 (14) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (11) (05) 12 (07) Young Fathers - I Saw (02) (12) 13 (21) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (13) (04) 14 (08) Confidence Man - Heaven (Triple J Like a Version) (03) (08) 15 (20) Dizzy - Barking Dog (15) (03) 16 (10) Self Esteem - The 345 (Choose You Edit) (06) (08) 17 (19) Young Fathers - Tell Somebody (17) (04) 18 (23) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (09) 19 (26) Minuit Machine - Follower (19) (02) 20 (13) Arctic Monkeys - I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am (09) (09) 21 (16) White Lung - If You're Gone (16) (05) 22 (25) Circa Waves - Living in the Grey (22) (03) 23 (30) Dry Cleaning - Kwenchy Kups (23) (02) 24 (18) Bicep feat. Clara La San - Water (02) (13) 25 (29) Confidence Man - Toy Boy (RAW SILK Remix) (25) (03) 26 (17) Rina Sawayama - Frankenstein (04) (10) 27 (22) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf (01) (14) (2 weeks) 28 (41) Special Interest - Cherry Blue Intention (28) (01) 29 (35) Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul - Mantra (29) (02) 30 (31) Knife Bride - Grenade (30) (03) 31 (42) PinkPantheress - Take Me Home (31) (01) 32 (24) Romy feat. Fred Again.. - Strong (20) (07) 33 (38) Billy Nomates - Spite (33) (02) 34 (45) Samia - Sea Lions (34) (01) 35 (27) PVA - Hero Man (08) (08) 36 (33) DMA's - Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend (25) (08) 37 (**) Goat - Do The Dancce (37) (01) 38 (28) Leftfield feat. Grian Chatten - Full Way Round (15) (08) 39 (34) ENOLA - Metal Body (23) (06) 40 (39) Elder Island - Additions Attachments (29) (08)

#80 The Shins Points: 650 Date first charted: 15/01/2007 Number of entries: 9 Total weeks on chart: 104 Most Successful Year: 2007, 1st bIRmyfKOAfM 2007s Wincing The Night Away album was my first introduction to The Shins, their earlier two albums coming before I was ever likely to hear anything by a US indie band, as it became their biggest commercial hit following the breakthrough of previous songs being used in TV in between albums. It was a masterclass of indie pop, with a trio of fantastic sing-a-long anthems released as singles, Phantom Limb was an excellent introduction, Australia had me hooked and reached the top, and Turn On Me is absolute perfection, joining it as a number one but staying there for 7 weeks. The much more mellow Sea Legs was an excellent way to round off the campaign and they were comfortably my top performing act of the year. Follow-up albums have been similar in sound and again produced an excellent array of anthems, with each single reaching at least the top 20. The Rifle's Spiral and Name For You are the pick from each, and Simple Song was also an excellent long awaited return in 2012. Their releases had become almost 5 years apart exactly, so album 6 feels somewhat overdue. With US acts that tour the UK infrequently, I felt it was necessary to make sure I went when they played here in 2017, and was well worth doing, the trio of New Slang, The Fear and Sleeping Lessons quite possibly the greatest encore I've ever seen played. It was great to see the latter two being such favourites despite them not being released. Chart History: 15/01/2007 Phantom Limb 38-34-22-15-12-27-37 (7 weeks) 02/04/2007 Australia 25-14-04-04-01-02-04-07-10-11-13-14-16-22-28-34-40 (17 weeks) 06/08/2007 Turn On Me 25-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-02-04-07-10-15-23-29-34-37-39 (18 weeks) 26/11/2007 Sea Legs 28-21-06-02-05-11-17-30-37 (9 weeks) 23/01/2012 Simple Song 28-14-12-08-08-07-07-09-14-27-39 (11 weeks) 23/04/2012 It's Only Life 30-26-21-18-28 (5 weeks) 28/05/2012 The Rifle's Spiral 28-21-14-08-05-07-12-16-20-25-33-36-39 (13 weeks) 28/11/2016 Dead Alive 35-32-22-22-19-21-21-26-40 (9 weeks) 23/01/2017 Name For You 24-15-12-08-02-01-01-02-03-07-08-12-18-26-37 (15 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Turn on Me 02 Sleeping Lessons 03 Australia 04 Name For You 05 The Fear

Finally decided which song to enter this month, sorry Bre was going to listen to the album again but the contest came around quicker than I was expecting. Weird to type those words with spaces between ^_^