Wednesday, 12 December 2007

the end of the year so far...

And another year is going by, and the best of the year lists arrive.
As habitual, I've prepared mine, both of them, Best singles of the year and Best albums of the year.
I have to announce new rules for the singles one, rules that I've auto imposed to myself. These are the following rules:
1- All the songs on the list must have been physical single during 2007. If it's not like this, download single or promotional song/video of the album is allowed.

2- Evident re-editions, in a year that they've been so common, are not taken into account. No covers too.

3- No more than one song per artist is included on the list.

4- Songs that appeared in last year's list are not included as well.

So the list is longer than ever, 100 songs that make the soundtrack of this year, most of them with its promotional video or live performance in the case there's no video. Here we go in countdown order:

100- BONDE DO ROLE - SOLTA O FRANGO


99- JOSE GONZALEZ – DOWN THE LINE


98- CRYSTAL CASTLES – AIR WAR


97- WILCO –WHAT LIGHT


96- SHIT DISCO – OK


95- LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION – GALAXY OF THE LOST


94- PJ HARVEY – THE PIANO


93- M. WARD – TO GO HOME


92- SHOCKING PINKS – VICTIMS

91- THOMAS TANTRUM – SHAKE IT SHAKE IT


90- LO-FI-FNK – THE CITY

89- NANCY ELIZABETH – I USED TO TRY

88- A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – TO FIX THE GASH IN YOUR HEAD


87- SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES – MARRY ME

86- PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL – YOU ARE THE SPACE INVADER


85- CHROMEO – TENDERONI


84- NO AGE – EVERY ARTIST NEEDS A TRAGEDY

83- SCOUT NIBLETT – THE KISS


82- THE GO TEAM – DOING IT RIGHT


81- DINOSAUR JR – BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME


80- DEERHOOF - +81


79- DNTEL – THE DISTANCE


78- SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR – CATCH YOU


77- !!! – HEART OF HEARTS


76- SONS AND DAUGHTERS – GILT COMPLEX


75- SEVENTEEN EVERGREEN – HAVEN’T BEEN YOURSELF


74- PETER, BJORN AND JOHN – OBJECTS OF MY AFFECTION


73- RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – I’M GOING TO A TOWN


72- BISHI – NEVER SEEN YOUR FACE


71- ROISIN MURPHY – OVERPOWERED


70- BONNIE PRINCE BILLY – STRANGE FORM OF LIFE


69- MUM – THEY MADE FROGS SMOKE TILL THEY EXPLODED


68- HOT CHIP – MY PIANO

67- SHY CHILD – NOISE WON’T STOP


66- DANIEL JOHNSTON – DEATH OF SATAN

65- DIGITALISM – POGO


64- BANGERS AND CASH - B.O.O.T.A.Y.


63- CANDIE PAYNE – I WISH I COULD HAVE LOVED YOU MORE


62- THE NATIONAL – MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS


61- ELVIS PERKINS – WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING


60- LE VOLUME COURBE – FREIGHT TRAIN

59- JAMES YORKSTON – WOOZY WITH CIDER


58- DIZZY RASCAL – PUSSYHOLE


57- NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB – THE BOMB


56- LIZ GREEN – BAD MEDICINE


55- FANFARLO – FIRE ESCAPE


54- THE SHINS – AUSTRALIA


53- ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI – HEART IT RACES


52- IRON AND WINE – BOY WITH A COIN


51- JULIE DOIRON – NO MORE


50- BLACK LIPS – KATRINA


49- BENJY FERREE – IN THE COUNTRYSIDE


48- BLONDE REDHEAD – 23


47- I BLAME COCO- I BLAME COCO

46- BLOOD RED SHOES – IT’S GETTING BORING IN THE SEA


45- LONEY, DEAR – I AM JOHN


44- VON SUDENFED – FLEDERMAUS CAN’T GET IT


43- BEIRUT – ELEPHANT GUN


42- MATTHEW DEAR – DESERTER


41- EBONY BONES – WE KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU


40- ADELE – HOMETOWN GLORY


39- RIHANNA - UMBRELLA


38- MILK KHAN FEAT. DOLLY PARTON – HERE YOU COME AGAIN

37- OKKERVIL RIVER – OUR LIFE IS NOT A MOVIE OR MAYBE


36- YO MAJESTY – CLUB ACTION


35- BILL CALLAHAN – DIAMOND DANCER


34- STUDIO – WEST SIDE PART 1 & 2

33- CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH – SATAN SAID DANCE


32- FRYARS – THE IDES


31- NOAH AND THE WHALE – IN 5 YEARS TIME


30- AMY WINEHOUSE – BACK TO BLACK


29- TUNNG – BULLETS


28- BAT FOR LASHES – WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO


27- LITTLE DRAGON – TEST


26- JUSTICE – D.A.N.C.E


25- GRINDERMAN – NO PUSSY BLUES


24- GOSSIP – JEALOUS GIRLS


23- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – PEACEBONE


22- FEIST – 1234


21- THE TEENAGERS – HOMECOMING


20- METRONOMY – RADIO LADIO

19- ALELA DIANE – PIECES OF STRING
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18- THE TWILIGHT SAD – THAT SUMMER, AT HOME, I HAD BECOME THE INVISIBLE BOY


17- KATE NASH – FOUNDATIONS


16- LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – NORTH AMERICAN SCUM


15- LIARS – PLASTER CASTS OF EVERYTHING


14- SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO – IT’S THE BEAT


13 - KLAXONS – GOLDEN SKANS


12- BARR – THE SONG IS THE SINGLE


11- ARCADE FIRE – NO CARS GO


10- JENS LEKMAN – FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE DRIVE IN BINGO


09- DAN DEACON – THE CRYSTAL CAT


08- M.I.A.- JIMMY


07- FRIENDLY FIRES – ON BOARD


06- FOALS – HUMMER


05- BJORK – DECLARE INDEPENDENCE


04- BATTLES – ATLAS


03- PANDA BEAR – BROS


02-DAN LE SAC VERSUS SCROOBIUS PIP – THOU SHALT ALWAYS KILL


01- GRIZZLY BEAR – KNIFE

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