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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#59 Crystal Castles Points: 724 Date first charted: 21/04/2008 Number of entries: 9 Total weeks on chart: 133 Most Successful Year: 2010, 6th xsV8TrF4gN0 :mansoncheer: A difficult one to write about given the allegations that came out from Alice Glass about the other member of the duo Ethan Kath, related to sexual abuse and control, since any music was released under the Crystal Castles name. They were once a great outfit who's output I loved for a long time, but its quite rare that I listen to them now, only when the classics come on shuffle. I struggled with the sound of most of their 2008 debut at the time but Courtship Dating was on the right side of their acquired sound. It was from album 2 that I properly started enjoying them, with Celestica being so much more accessible but very much still classically them, and Baptism doing what they did before but better, and continued a strong 100% top 5 run, but nothing they ever did came close to the sheer brilliance of the Robert Smith version of Not In Love. The album version was a nice enough album track but adding his vocals to it took it to a whole new level, the perfect match-up, it's defintiely up there with the best singles of the 2010s. The last album with Alice on vocals, 2012s (III) is my favourite record of theirs, Plague unlucky not to become their 2nd number one by being out at the same time as Purity Ring's Fineshrine making one hell of a top 2. The albums with Edith Frances on vocals were largely fine but didn't really make anything like the same kind of mark on me as the work prior to her arrival, but Concrete was a great song that saw them back on top form, and Kept I thought was excellent, like a better version of Sad Eyes. When they released good enough songs for me to chart, they certainly never missed - quite comfortably the top act not to reach double figures in entries, infact every act ahead has at least two more entries than them. Chart History: 21/04/2008 Courtship Dating 40-22-10-05-04-09-12-17-27-39 (10 weeks) 24/05/2010 Celestica 33-28-23-17-14-09-03-02-02-03-02-04-06-11-15-23-30-37-39 (19 weeks) 26/07/2010 Baptism 35-30-17-13-09-07-04-06-14-24-34-40 (12 weeks) 08/11/2010 Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith) 29-15-04-02-01-01-01-01-01-01-02-05-06-06-07-09-10-13-17-21-25-31-40 (23 weeks) 27/08/2012 Plague 25-18-14-09-04-02-02-02-03-03-04-09-10-10-13-17-20-22-22-27-35-38 (22 weeks) 12/11/2012 Affection 37-28-22-16-11-10-12-18-25-39 (10 weeks) 28/01/2013 Sad Eyes 27-18-14-15-22-32 (6 weeks) 01/08/2016 Concrete 37-27-14-05-02-01-01-04-07-11-15-21-28-36 (14 weeks) 26/09/2016 Kept 32-23-20-17-14-12-10-08-07-08-10-13-19-23-27-34-39 (17 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) 02 Celestica 03 Plague 04 Kerosene 05 Baptism It feels right to discuss the solo career of Alice Glass in this post too, as her post-Crystal Castles career has been stronger than theirs was. On her own she ranks ??? with 260 points. It kicked off in 2015 with the incredible Stillbirth, an anthem about starting again after fleeing abuse, and string of decent singles varied in style have followed, with a couple of really strong ones in 2018 and 2019 which still sound great and I Trusted You is lyrically superb, it also feels harsh not to have charted Suffer and Swallow too. m8iSUekqabI Alice Glass Chart History: 03/08/2015 Stillbirth 30-20-09-01-01-02-02-04-06-08-13-23-36 (13 weeks) 28/08/2017 Without Love 34-29-28-33 (4 weeks) 12/02/2018 Cease and Desist 31-23-18-09-07-05-05-06-08-10-15-20-27-34-39 (15 weeks) 12/01/2019 I Trusted You 27-21-17-11-09-10-13-21-32 (9 weeks)
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#60 The Maccabees Points: 722 Date first charted: 19/02/2007 Number of entries: 10 Total weeks on chart: 111 Most Successful Year: 2012, 11th y4xiP4gdTT4 Another British indie band to have emerged in the mid 00s now, but this time one who very much got better into the next decade. The Maccabees had four UK top 75 hits from their debut album, but the only one I was that fussed on was About Your Dress, which over time has gone on to become one of my absolute favourite songs of that period in indie. I still think their best work was their middle two albums though, Love You Better was a belter of a single to return with and gave them a first big hit, and half of its parent album Wall of Arms is brilliant, but its highlight came on the deluxe version as Roots Manuva added some verses to the chorus of No Kind Words. The Maccabees + Rap = A winner 2012 was their peak though, with the album released at the beginning January following the release of Pelican, a punchy song that was very typically Maccabees and became their first of three number ones. Given To The Wild was certainly a more varied album than anything they'd released previously, typified by Went Away and its closer Grew Up at Midnight which are both stunning, far more mellow songs than was usual. They called it a day after album four which, although decent, was definitely a come down on previous, though their last single Spit It Out was amongst their best, and gave them a third and final number one. Chart History: 19/02/2007 About Your Dress 26-20-13-15-22-32 (6 weeks) 20/04/2009 Love You Better 33-15-08-06-04-07-16-24-35 (9 weeks) 06/07/2009 Can You Give It 33-30-30-29-35 (5 weeks) 05/10/2009 One Hand Holding 35-28-22-16-10-06-03-05-13-24-33-40 (12 weeks) 25/01/2010 Empty Vessels (feat. Roots Manuva) 31-23-13-07-04-02-03-06-10-13-19-29 (12 weeks) 26/12/2011 Pelican 24-12-03-02-01-01-02-04-07-10-15-21-27-32-38 (15 weeks) 05/03/2012 Feel To Follow 36-31-22-16-09-08-05-03-08-18-29-38 (12 weeks) 21/05/2012 Went Away 27-21-10-01-01-01-04-06-08-10-12-15-19-19-24-25-23-30-36 (19 weeks) 21/04/2015 Marks to Prove It 31-26-28-35-35-36-39 (7 weeks) 28/09/2015 Spit It Out 24-18-10-02-01-01-02-03-05-08-13-17-23-36 (14 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 About Your Dress 02 Pelican 03 Grew Up At Midnight 04 Went Away 05 Empty Vessels
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⬛ SEMI-FINAL RESULTS ⬛
Oh absolutely thrilled to have qualified, I wasn't expecting that at all. Thanks to all voters :wub: Lost my 3 to Beaver and 1 to Land of DW, plus some which were in the few just outside my points (Terra, Inger, Niceland) so decent set of results all round.
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#61 Grimes Points: 720 Date first charted: 27/02/2012 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 124 Most Successful Year: 2012, 9th Tv9YoYCKNoE Grimes has amassed a brilliant collection of singles here, but she's certainly not someone I've ever considered to be amongst my favourite acts. Outside of this lot, I find her far more miss than hit and there are some quite popular singles (hello Delete Forever, We Appreciate Power, REALiTi) that I just don't understand the fuss over at all. Genesis was my introduction to her, it was a huge debut hit and remains a brilliant song I listen to regularly. Oblivion was also excellent and its parent album Visions is the only one of hers I've listened to much, quickly followed by the first of two excellent Blood Diamonds collabs (quite surprised I never charted Go). There were some excellent singles from her next album, but I didn't get into them until the album had come out, whilst Kill V. Maim went on to be her biggest hit with 4 weeks at number one, Flesh Without Blood has been the one that lasted. Her collaborations have always been quite endearing, working well with acts of different genres, the Janelle ones are both excellent and the rockier sound of Play Destroy with Poppy was such a good fit and gone on to become one of my favourites. Listening again to the singles from her most recent album, I'd say the chart runs of Violence and 4Æm were the wrong way around, the former I'm no longer fond of as its recent excellent chart run would perhaps suggest. Chart History: 27/02/2012 Genesis 24-20-08-04-03-02-04-04-06-09-14-20-29-38 (14 weeks) 14/05/2012 Oblivion 38-34-27-22-18-15-18-26-39 (9 weeks) 16/07/2012 Phone Sex (w/ Blood Diamonds) 27-15-13-10-14-27-38 (7 weeks) 23/11/2015 Venus Fly (feat. Janelle Monae) 35-25-17-13-18-23-34 (7 weeks) 30/11/2015 Flesh Without Blood 29-22-15-10-11-10-07-08-09-10-11-16-24-33-39 (15 weeks) 15/02/2016 Kill V. Maim 37-31-22-16-10-07-01-01-01-01-04-05-08-10-13-21-27-37 (18 weeks) 30/05/2016 California 32-28-35 (3 weeks) 30/04/2018 Pynk (w/ Janelle Monae) 25-18-11-08-06-06-08-14-23-34 (10 weeks) 26/11/2018 Play Destroy (w/ Poppy) 34-26-17-12-09-06-09-12-18-25-33-38-39 (13 weeks) 21/09/2019 Violence (feat. i_o) 37-30-23-15-09-03-02-03-03-05-09-15-22-30-35-39 (16 weeks) 11/01/2020 4Æm 31-27-22-17-20-28-27-23-21-27-33-39 (12 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Flesh Without Blood 02 Genesis 03 Kill V. Maim 04 Play Destroy 05 4Æm
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#62 Public Service Broadcasting Points: 712 Date first charted: 19/11/2012 Number of entries: 12 Total weeks on chart: 115 Most Successful Year: 2021, 4th vhgfzEm3CWU Probably the most unique act of the 100 now at #62, in the form of Public Service Broadcasting. When I first heard their early work in Everest and Spitfire I was pretty mesmerised, putting clips of old public information films to music was certainly nothing like anything I'd ever heard before, and it worked so well. The debut album Inform - Educate - Entertain is one of my favourite of all time, with the same theme running throughout, each song based upon a different film, with Signal 30 (road safety) and Night Mail (the postal service) both released as singles, and the latter reaching the top, such an infectious song. As a live act, they were simply incredible. The 2014 tour I saw them on definitely one of the most satisfied I've ever been coming away from a gig. Each album has been made in a similar way, taking clips of old films and videos and setting them to music, taking in the US-Soviet space race, the Welsh mining industry and Berlin. There was little success from The Race for Space, it seems to be the most popular album amongst their fanbase but I found it hard to get into, I think down to a combination of this type of music being quite samey and one perfect album was enough, and there being few things I find quite as boring as space travel. Gagarin was a nice return with a great brass section involved, but a couple of weeks just in the chart for Go! was all else it could muster. 2017s Every Valley wasn't a huge difference, I preferred it as an album to their last but the tracks on it don't stand out so weren't especially successful and they looked like being a one album wonder, but their fourth album Bright Magic changed that. Their return People, Let's Dance was an upbeat earworm that made you want to... dance, with EERA providing some excellent vocals in both German and English, it finally returned them to the top 10 at #4 and the subsequent singles continued to take them further, Blue Heaven is a beautiful song with Andreya Casablanca providing as much singing they've ever included, and Im Licht getting them a second number one - there's no doubt its sharp rise to the very top was influenced by seeing them live a second time, I do prefer the other two but it is great. Chart History: 19/11/2012 Everest 29-17-07-03-02-02-06-09-15-20-29 (11 weeks) 18/03/2013 Signal 30 40-33-25-19-20-28-36 (7 weeks) 17/06/2013 Theme From PSB 31-25-27-37 (4 weeks) 07/10/2013 Night Mail 27-16-06-03-03-02-01-01-03-04-06-08-14-20-30 (15 weeks) 19/01/2015 Gagarin 36-32-31-23-15-12-12-12-22-36 (10 weeks) 16/03/2015 Go! 34-33 (2 weeks) 10/04/2017 Progress (feat. Tracyanne Campbell) 31-26-28-26-27-34-40 (7 weeks) 17/07/2017 They Gave Me a Lamp (feat. Haiku Salut) 35-29-25-22-20-27-36 (7 weeks) 15/10/2018 White Star Liner 34-28-22-18-13-12-20-30-38 (9 weeks) 12/06/2021 People, Let's Dance (feat. EERA) 22-14-07-04-04-04-06-10-13-18-30-40 (12 weeks) 21/08/2021 Blue Heaven (feat. Andreya Casablanca) 25-19-14-06-02-02-02-02-05-07-10-14-07-07-08-11-14-21-30-37 (20 weeks) 13/11/2021 Im Licht 19-02-01-01-03-07-11-17-25-33-39 (11 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Everest 02 Blue Heaven 03 Spitfire 04 Night Mail 05 People, Let's Dance
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#63 Poliça Points: 711 Date first charted: 07/05/2012 Number of entries: 13 Total weeks on chart: 118 Most Successful Year: 2013, 14th B_vx7AMkUMU Poliça's 2012 debut album Give You The Ghost was a bit of a random find in 2012, but its synth driven indie pop made it one of my favourites of the year, with two charting singles and some excellent other tracks on it, Dark Star and Lay Your Cards Out being the pick. They returned fairly quickly with just 18 months between their first two albums, and teamed up with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon for its lead single Tiff, which peaked at #2 but really should've made it that place higher. It was another good album and the chart positions of its singles probably don't do it justice. Since then, the majority of their entries have come in the form of teaming up with dance artists, with either Poliça or lead singer Channy Leaneagh credited on tracks by Leftfield and Lane 8, doubling their amount of top 5 entries and the understated No Captain going all the way to the top in 2017. Despite not charting in the last three years they've still been involved in some decent stuff and weren't far from extending on a number of occasions, with more dance collaborations with Lane 8 and Sonnee, and a new album last year. Chart History: 07/05/2012 Dark Star 32-26-18-12-08-08-04-04-06-10-13-16-21-31-34 (15 weeks) 20/08/2012 Wandering Star 32-19-15-13-18-35 (6 weeks) 13/05/2013 Tiff (feat. Justin Vernon) 38-27-16-11-05-02-02-03-04-06-10-12-15-21-25-29-32-38 (18 weeks) 16/09/2013 Chain My Name 31-24-17-15-17-24-32 (7 weeks) 23/12/2013 Spilling Lines 30-32-37 (3 weeks) 21/07/2014 Raw Exit 36-27-27-37 (4 weeks) 15/06/2015 Bilocation (w/ Leftfield) 26-17-11-07-05-05-09-15-26-34 (10 weeks) 14/12/2015 Lime Habit 39-31-24-27-38 (5 weeks) 28/03/2016 Wedding 39-32-32-31-23-21-22-29-40 (9 weeks) 05/12/2016 Kind (Boys Noize Remix) 30-19-20-25-32-40 (6 weeks) 06/11/2017 No Captain (w/ Lane 8) 31-17-07-01-01-03-04-07-08-11-13-18-27-33-38 (15 weeks) 12/10/2019 Brightest Lights (w/ Lane 8) 35-28-22-18-15-20-33-37 (8 weeks) 21/12/2019 Forget Me Now 37-30-19-12-11-11-09-08-13-19-31 (11 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Tiff 02 No Captain 03 Dark Star 04 Lay Your Cards Out 05 Bilocation
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#64 The Fratellis Points: 709 Date first charted: 10/04/2006 Number of entries: 12 Total weeks on chart: 105 Most Successful Year: 2006, 1st 0gpMlAiqcjU Time for another 2000s indie band now and one who, for a long time, were very much of that time. They were another one who I enjoyed with their first release, Creepin' Up The Backstaits, and bought their debut album as soon as it was released, and it was one of the more impressive albums of the time. Chelsea Dagger has certainly felt the effects of complete overplay, but I don't mind it compared to other big indie its of the time, I think I'd still rather listen to it than either Mr Brightside or Sex on Fire... But that was never my favourite anyway, Henrietta was one of my final CD single purchases, went straight in at the top and it remains my favourite of theirs, similarly anthemic but better. Like so many others they really fell away with a second album, A Heady Tale is the only song on it worth listening to now, and soon split up. But they reformed a few years after but anything I did listen to I wasn't bothered by. That was until the end of 2017 when they released Stand Up Tragedy, the lead single for their 5th album. It was a huge grower when I enjoyed it far more than I ever imagined I would a Fratellis song again, I began to pay more attention to them again, the album was surprisingly decent, and they've charted twice more which has pushed them up about 50 places from just outside the top 100. Chart History: 10/04/2006 Creeping Up The Backstairs 15-09-13-21-25-29-34-35 (8 weeks) 12/06/2006 Henrietta 01-01-01-05-07-07-11-14-19-23-22-27-33-28-31-38 (16 weeks) 28/08/2006 Chelsea Dagger 03-03-03-11-14-14-15-23-36 (9 weeks) 27/11/2006 Whistle For The Choir 07-08-08-10-17-21-31 (7 weeks) 26/02/2007 Baby Fratelli 35-30-14-10-17-24-32 (7 weeks) 04/06/2007 Ole Black And Blue Eyes 38-32-20-25-34 (5 weeks) 19/05/2008 Mistress Mabel 33-31-19-05-13-26-37 (7 weeks) 18/08/2008 Look Out Sunshine 35-30-34 (3 weeks) 24/11/2008 A Heady Tale 34-25-25-20-19-21-38 (7 weeks) 18/12/2017 Stand Up Tragedy 34-27-20-13-08-04-03-02-04-05-08-14-20-29-39 (15 weeks) 12/02/2018 I've Been Blind 26-17-13-11-12-14-14-12-14-15-20-23-31-37 (14 weeks) 15/03/2020 Six Days In June 36-29-26-25-26-29-36 (7 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Henrietta 02 Baby Fratelli 03 Stand Up Tragedy 04 I've Been Blind 05 Whistle For The Choir
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#65 Basement Jaxx Points: 706 Date first charted: 10/11/2003 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 106 Most Successful Year: 2004, 14th HbVKmSQqELY Despite being past their commercial and musical peak by the time I'd started recording my chart, Basement Jaxx were still prolific hitters with a string of six singles all reaching the top 10, with Good Luck getting there twice and also being their first of two back-to-back number ones. It probably remains my favourite of theirs ahead of some of their earlier songs, and whilst Plug It In is still something I enjoy it's not a personal #1 I hold in that high regard. Their 2005 Singles Collection showed what an excellent body of work they'd created in a short space of time and continued with that, Oh My Gosh being another top song and finally an official release for Do Your Thing, deservedly regarded as one of their best. Whilst they weren't as strong after 2005 they'd still released the odd decent single, and Scars had some great songs on it, Saga, with Santigold on vocals, just misses this top 5 behind My Turn with the underappreciated Lightspeed Champion. Just the one hit since the noughties ended in Never Say Never, but they're rightly regarded as one of dance music's finest acts. Chart History: 10/11/2003 Lucky Star (feat. Dizzee Rascal) 05-06-13-16-19-25-26-28-30-32-35 (11 weeks) 05/01/2004 Good Luck (feat. Lisa Kekaula) 01-02-02-04-06-07-10-10-12-14-15-18-21-26-34-39 (16 weeks) 29/03/2004 Plug It In (feat. JC Chasez) 01-01-04-05-04-09-12-12-16-15-16-18-23-25-29-34-34-36-38 (19 weeks) 28/06/2004 Good Luck (feat. Lisa Kekaula) [Re-Issue] 06-07-13-17-19-22-24-29-34 (9 weeks) 14/03/2005 Oh My Gosh 08-09-09-11-13-15-17-24-33-37 (10 weeks) 13/05/2005 U Don't Know Me 07-13-28-37 (4 weeks) 26/09/2005 Do Your Thing 08-12-16-18-26-27-33-40 (8 weeks) 28/08/2006 Hush Boy 14-24-36 (3 weeks) 30/10/2006 Take Me Back To Your House 20-11-17-23-30-34-37 (7 weeks) 22/06/2009 Raindrops 39-26-24-20-36 (5 weeks) 14/12/2009 My Turn (feat. Lightspeed Champion) 38-32-22-12-07-10-16-29-36-40 (10 weeks) 18/08/2014 Never Say Never (feat. ETML) 32-25-20-18-30 (5 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Good Luck 02 Do Your Thing 03 Oh My Gosh 04 Plug It In 05 My Turn
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
Thanks for your continued comments Dr B (sorry, missed seeing this earlier somehow!) I knew you were a big fan of Jamie, but that's a seriously impressive haul of number ones. A shame The xx aren't here but they did fall well short, you're right about them not exactly being prolific, and I did think their first album was more of a great album together than loads of brilliant individual tracks, so only a couple from that made it. I saw Bloc Party on their tour last year, they were great but do wish I'd managed to see them earlier, that sounds like a great gig to have been at. The Bicep set at Glastonbury was great when I watched it. A shame I didn't go to it even though I was there, Sunday night a bit awkward and have to be in the mood for that type of set, think I'd have definitely gone if they were on Saturday. Just a Day is an absolute belter, always loved that song and if I'd been doing this a bit longer would definitely have been a big number one, always much preferred that to their other big hit Buck Rogers which I found really annoying after a while.
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#66 George FitzGerald Points: 701 Date first charted: 16/03/2015 Number of entries: 11 Total weeks on chart: 118 Most Successful Year: 2022, 14th -1EbrRvRoVY Being slightly generous with my combination of artists for this entry, but OTHERLiiNE being a duo consisting of George FitzGerald and Lil Silva meant I felt that their points should be awarded to both, as in reality they were no different to Roll Back which had charted previously, similar to The Carters for Jay-Z and Beyoncé. George has become one of my favourite electronic music producers in recent years, having now released three excellent albums. There was only one big hit from his first in Full Circle, featuring vocals from Boxed In, but it was an album I listened to a lot up until the release of his second in 2018, which was even better, though once again it was only the singles where he'd collaborated which charted, Roll Back some great chillout with Lil Silva, and Nobody But You with Hudson Scott, both made the top 3. The OTHERLiiNE project with Lil Silva was somewhat different in style to Roll Back, more upbeat and not quite as understated as the first song from it Chimes went one place higher than previous, and the two other singles from the strong EP both made the top 20. Last year he released his third album Stellar Drifting, with the singles preceding it giving him a first completely solo chart hit, and a first number one. Ultraviolet was a great return and Cold grew on me hugely to reach the top, it's somewhat repetitive but I thought it was his best song yet. For the first time an album of his produced more than two hits, as his collaborations with SOAK and Panda Bear also charted, and there's also an excellent song with London Grammar hidden away on the album. Chart History: 16/03/2015 Full Circle (feat. Boxed In) 24-14-09-08-07-05-05-08-14-24-34 (11 weeks) 11/05/2015 Crystallise (feat. Lawrence Hart) 31-31-39 (3 weeks) 12/02/2018 Roll Back (feat. Lil Silva) 34-30-23-17-13-09-03-05-09-13-17-22-32-38 (14 weeks) 21/05/2018 Nobody But You (feat. Hudson Scott) 25-19-14-06-05-03-03-05-09-13-19-27-35 (13 weeks) 21/09/2019 Chimes (w/ Lil Silva as OTHERLiiNE) 27-17-11-07-02-02-03-05-09-14-18-24-30-36 (14 weeks) 02/11/2019 Hates Me (w/ Lil Silva as OTHERLiiNE) 37-28-22-18-15-14-16-21-29-36-40 (11 weeks) 15/02/2020 One Line (w/ Lil Silva as OTHERLiiNE) 31-26-20-16-15-21-27-34-39 (9 weeks) 16/10/2021 Ultravoilet 29-19-13-09-11-14-17-21-27-32-36-39-40 (13 weeks) 04/06/2022 Cold 30-23-14-07-02-01-01-02-03-05-09-12-17-27-37 (15 weeks) 13/08/2022 Rainbows and Dreams (feat. SOAK) 29-25-21-23-30-38 (6 weeks) 17/09/2022 Passed Tense (feat. Panda Bear) 29-17-14-12-12-14-19-30-39 (9 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Cold 02 Chimes 03 Nobody But You 04 Full Circle 05 Roll Back
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#67 M.I.A. Points: 702 Date first charted: 11/07/2005 Number of entries: 13 Total weeks on chart: 110 Most Successful Year: 2009, 24th " data-tag="youtube" data-tagfull=" "> Arular, M.I.A's debut album, got huge amounts of critical acclaim but at the time I never really got into any of its singles, so she had just one week at #30 before her proper breakthrough two years later with Jimmy, from Kala. After its release I bought that album and it ended 2007 as my favourite album of the year, with Paper Planes being a huge standout, so it was no surprise that it quickly shot to the top upon its release as a single, its clever use of samples being incredibly innovative at the time and still sounding amazing today. It was another year before her next chart entry, when a couple of tracks she featured on entered in quick succession, O... Saya from the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack gave her consecutive number ones, and Sound of Kuduro with Portuguese group Buraka Som Sistema also made the top 10. Noughties M.I.A. was very hit or miss, I found Maya to be a hugely disappointing follow-up to Kala, although It Takes a Muscle is still something I listen to now, and Come Walk With Me is the only song from this period that I've enjoyed as much as previous eras. The hits kept coming regularly enough though, with 2015 and 2016 both giving sizable hits with collaboration with Gener8ion and Freedun with One Direction's Zayn. Last years The One gave her a first hit in 6 years, but I soon got bored of it and when I was listening to the tracks I'd playlisted last year I ranked it as the weakest to have made my top 40. Chart History: 11/07/2005 Bucky Done Gun 30 (1 week) 01/10/2007 Jimmy 30-11-05-06-12-17-23-30 (8 weeks) 14/01/2008 Paper Planes 07-01-01-01-01-02-02-02-03-04-06-08-11-10-15-20-27-31 (18 weeks) 19/01/2009 O...Saya (w/ A.R. Rahman) 32-17-06-05-01-01-05-15-24-35-39 (11 weeks) 16/02/2009 Sound of Kuduro (w/ Buraka Som Sistema) 37-22-12-09-10-23-33-38 (8 weeks) 12/07/2010 XXXO 36-27-23-21-38 (5 weeks) 08/11/2010 It Takes a Muscle 36-29-20-17-13-11-20-34 (8 weeks) 13/02/2012 Bad Girls 37-38-37-35 (4 weeks) 15/07/2013 Bring The Noize 39-34-36 (3 weeks) 16/09/2013 Come Walk With Me 24-18-15-18-11-07-06-06-07-12-19-27-34 (13 weeks) 22/06/2015 The New International Sound (Part ii) (w/ Gener8ion) 33-22-14-08-06-07-10-13-16-24-31-40 (12 weeks) 19/09/2016 Freedun (feat. Zayn) 28-22-16-17-18-15-19-17-18-25-30-37 (12 weeks) 16/07/2022 The One 29-27-25-29-39 (5 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Paper Planes 02 Come Walk With Me 03 O... Saya 04 Jimmy 05 Bamboo Banga
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dandy ranks his 266 #1s of the 90s
Offshore definitely the best 'discovery' I've listened to in this, really liking it.
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SUBMISSIONS: Songs Multichart #878
01 (01) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (01) (06) (2 weeks) 02 (06) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (02) (05) 03 (02) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (02) (08) 04 (03) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (10) (3 weeks) 05 (04) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (04) (08) 06 (10) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (06) (05) 07 (11) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (07) (06) 08 (05) The Go! Team - Whammy-O (04) (06) 09 (08) Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle (08) (07) 10 (09) HighSchool - Only a Dream (09) (08) 11 (13) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (11) (05) 12 (07) Sprints - Literary Mind (01) (15) (5 weeks) 13 (15) Dizzy - Barking Dog (13) (04) 14 (23) Dry Cleaning - Kwenchy Kups (14) (03) 15 (18) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (10) 16 (19) Minuit Machine - Follower (16) (03) 17 (12) Young Fathers - I Saw (02) (13) 18 (22) Circa Waves - Living in the Grey (18) (04) 19 (17) Young Fathers - Tell Somebody (17) (05) 20 (34) Samia - Sea Lions (20) (02) 21 (28) Special Interest - Cherry Blue Intention (21) (02) 22 (25) Confidence Man - Toy Boy (RAW SILK Remix) (22) (04) 23 (29) Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul - Mantra (23) (03) 24 (14) Confidence Man - Heaven (Triple J Like a Version) (03) (09) 25 (31) PinkPantheress - Take Me Home (25) (02) 26 (16) Self Esteem - The 345 (Choose You Edit) (06) (09) 27 (20) Arctic Monkeys - I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am (09) (10) 28 (**) Daughter - Be On Your Way (28) (01) 29 (30) Knife Bride - Grenade (29) (04) 30 (33) Billy Nomates - Spite (30) (03) 31 (24) Bicep feat. Clara La San - Water (02) (14) 32 (44) Little Simz - Gorilla (32) (01) 33 (37) Goat - Do The Dancce (33) (02) 34 (27) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf (01) (15) (2 weeks) 35 (21) White Lung - If You're Gone (16) (06) 36 (47) Somebody's Child - I Need Ya (36) (01) 37 (26) Rina Sawayama - Frankenstein (04) (11) 38 (**) Belle and Sebastian - I Dont Know What You See In Me (38) (01) 39 (32) Romy feat. Fred Again.. - Strong (20) (08) 40 (36) DMA's - Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend (25) (09)
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
Randomly, just noticed that the two 'and the' acts which appear are coincidentally side-by-side. Impromptu 'and/&/+ the' top 10! :D 01 Noah and the Whale (68) 02 Christine and the Queens (69) 03 Florence + The Machine (121) 04 Reverend and The Makers (218) 05 Marina (and the Diamonds) (326) 06 Francis and the Lights (374) 07 The Good, The Bad & The Queen (404) 08 Poppy & The Jezebels (504) 09 Antony and the Johnsons (729) 10 Liam Frost & the Slowdown Family (792)
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
Hi Jim, glad you know you have been following and you're enjoying the presentation. :D Keeping a chart just became a habit really. Being on this forum and similar since the summer of 2004 when I saw they were a thing other people did made it easier to record one and just saved them in a Word document for each year. Even though my forum posting has at times become more sporadic I have found keeping a chart to be a useful record and helps with keeping current playlists of my favourite tracks. Going back and properly recording everything in spreadsheets was a bit of a huge task, and sometimes I do lapse over quite long periods so there becomes a lot to catch up on, lockdowns made that easier! Spotify definitely makes it easier to find when older acts release stuff you wouldn't necessarily find out about, either on the individual playlists or the NMF one - definitely been some unexpected stuff I've found in the lower reaches of that playlist before.
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#68 Noah and the Whale Points: 698 Date first charted: 21/01/2008 Number of entries: 10 Total weeks on chart: 97 Most Successful Year: 2008, 5th 6U9jYGUgiW4 A more quirky addition to the long line of indie bands which had emerged in the previous years who deservedly found some success. The singles from Noah and the Whale's first album got better with each release, with them peaking at each position in the top 3 with the excellent 5 Years Time going to the top and bringing them into the mainstream. A short gap between albums came with a change of sound, The First Days of Spring much more folk orientated than previous material, Blue Skies was an exceptional lead single which continued their top 3 run, and its title track remains by far my favourite song of theirs. It's their album that I still listen most. There was another short gap to their third album which brought with it their second big commercial hit in L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. which quickly became a big favourite of mine and gave them a second #1, and was followed by some further big sounding singles, the pick of the bunch being Waiting For My Chance To Come. I wasn't as fussed with their final album but the first three were all excellent and each quite different, which kept them feeling fresh. Listening back, this is definitely an excellent collection of 10 singles, 10-15 years later they're sounding as great as they ever did. Chart History: 21/01/2008 2 Bodies, 1 Heart 17-07-04-02-05-10-23-37 (8 weeks) 05/05/2008 Shape Of My Heart 39-26-17-08-05-03-05-04-06-07-09-14-21-24-30-39 (16 weeks) 14/07/2008 5 Years Time 30-24-13-01-03-04-10-21-28 (9 weeks) 10/08/2009 Blue Skies 24-15-12-05-03-03-03-05-10-14-23-26-36 (13 weeks) 09/11/2009 Love Of An Orchestra 22-10-09-11-21-36 (6 weeks) 24/01/2011 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. 26-09-03-02-02-02-01-01-02-03-04-06-11-17-23-30 (16 weeks) 25/04/2011 Tonight's The Kind Of Night 31-24-18-17-15-23-38 (7 weeks) 01/08/2011 Life Is Life 31-24-20-15-26-40 (6 weeks) 10/10/2011 Waiting For My Chance To Come 23-17-11-08-05-04-03-06-10-22-31-38 (12 weeks) 08/04/2013 There Will Come A Time 28-25-23-31 (4 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 The First Days of Spring 02 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. 03 Blue Skies 04 Waiting For My Chance To Come 05 5 Years Time
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#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
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#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
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#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
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Round 4 : End Of Year No.52 Survivor
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.
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RESULTS | PFSC Special #1: Best Pop of 2022
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.
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#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
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#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
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BuzzJack's Favourite Top 100 Hit of 2023 / Week 2
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.
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RabbitFurCoat's Top 100 Acts; 2003-2022
#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