I originally wrote the singles lists in December 2007 and I am sure I did an albums list at that time too but I can’t find it so I’ve done it again. (That was in Dec 2009, when I wrote this page for my old blog).
A great top 10 but I might have been able to squeeze some more songs into it if 10 wasn’t a finite number – songs like these:
11. Maximo Park – Our Velocity
12. Metronomy – Hear To Wear
15. Art Brut – St Pauli
16. Dead 60s – Stand Up
17. Detektivbyrån – Nattöppet
18. They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them – The Unstoppable Kite
19. Mike Flowers Pops – Talk
21. Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
22. múm – A Little Bit, Sometimes
23. Hot Puppies – King Of England
24. James Yuill – This Sweet Love
30. Chumbawamba – Add Me
31. Tunng – Bullets
35. Bird and the Bee – Again & Again
37. Fighting Cocks – The Little Goats’ Big Night Out
49. Marc Almond – Kitsch
50. Art Brut – Direct Hit
Art Brut quite possibly would be in my top 2, not hindered by a nice trip to the football stadium and a drinking session in the Jolly Roger pub (a bar for old punks) that I enjoyed in St Pauli in June 2009.
Radiohead’s return to excellence is well documented and I feel mightily aggrieved for volunteering four squid of my valuable coinage to pay for the download.
Singles
1. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill
2. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
3. Young Knives – Terra Firma
4. New Young Pony Club – The Bomb
5. Blood Red Shoes – It’s Getting Boring By The Sea
6. Bloc Party – Flux
7. Sultans of Ping – Girlwatchin’
8. Baddies – Battleships
9. Twang – Wide Awake
10. Manic Street Preachers feat Nina Persson – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
11. Maximo Park – Our Velocity
12. Metronomy – Hear To Wear
13. Turin Brakes – Stalker
14. Pigeon Detectives – I’m Not Sorry
15. Art Brut – St Pauli
16. Dead 60s – Stand Up
17. Detektivbyrån – Nattöppet
18. They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them – The Unstoppable Kite
19. Mike Flowers Pops – Talk
20. Operator Please – Leave It Alone
21. Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
22. múm – A Little Bit, Sometimes
23. Hot Puppies – King Of England
24. James Yuill – This Sweet Love
25. Cerys Matthews – Awyrennau
26. Pony Up – The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die)
27. Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do
28. Mark Ronson – God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
29. British Sea Power – Atom
30. Chumbawamba – Add Me
31. Tunng – Bullets
32. Asobi Seksu – Thursday
33. Koopa – The Crash
34. Untitled Musical Project – The People Versus Michael Miller
35. Bird and the Bee – Again & Again
36. Fields – Charming The Flames
37. Fighting Cocks – The Little Goats’ Big Night Out
38. Minus the Bear – Knights
39. Editors – The Racing Rats
40. New Young Pony Club – Get Lucky
41. Ash – You Can’t Have It All
42. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Catch You
43. Hives – Tick Tick Boom
44. Jakobinarina – His Lyrics Are Disastrous
45. Babyshambles – Delivery
46. Twang – Either Way
47. Fratellis – Baby Fratelli
48. Kate Nash – Foundations
49. Marc Almond – Kitsch
50. Art Brut – Direct Hit
51. Eliza – Change My Name
52. Tim Ten Yen – Girl Number One
53. Dinosaur Jr – Crumble
54. Kaiser Chiefs – The Angry Mob
55. Milk Kan – Here You Come Again And Again
56. Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
57. Idlewild – No Emotion
58. Julian Cope – You Got A Problem With Me
59. Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
60. Clean George IV – Wasted On The Radio
61. Client – Drive
62. iLiKETRAiNS – The Deception
63. Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad – Genni’s Song
64. Gallon Drunk – Grand Union Canal
65. We Start Fires – Play You
66. Charlatans – You Cross My Path
67. Maccabees – Precious Time
68. Beatsteaks – Jane Becomes Insane
69. Republic Of Heaven – West Country Witch
70. Cribs – Our Bovine Public
71. Feist – 1234
72. Good Shoes – Never Meant To Hurt You
73. Kate Nash – Mouthwash
74. Maximo Park – Girls Who Play Guitars
75. Brakes – Beatific Visions
76. Bees – Who Cares What The Question Is
77. Editors – The End Has A Start
78. Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr A
79. Kat Frankie – The Tops
80. Reverend & The Makers – He Said He Loved Me
81. Robocop Kraus – Waiting Above The Ocean
82. Wojtek Godzisz – The Moon And The Yew Tree
83. Soft Hearted Scientists – Eyes
84. Rakes – When Tom Cruise Cries
85. Electric Soft Parade – Appropriate Ending
86. Pigeon Detectives – Take Her Back
87. Sohodolls – Right And Right Again
88. Headlines – Takeover
89. Meat Puppets – Disappear
90. MJ Hibbett – My Boss Was In An Indie Band Once
91. Bjork – Earth Intruders
92. Fast Computers – Sweden Hasn’t Changed, You Have
93. Polly Scattergood – Nitrogen Pink
94. Liars – Plaster Casts Of Everything
95. Cymbient – Dress The Salad
96. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – The Beat That My Heart Skipped
97. Envelopes – Life On The Beach
98. Belisha – Who’s A Clever Boy
99. 12 Stone Toddler – Candles On The Cake
100. Battant – Kevin (1989)
Albums
1. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2. New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom
3. Art Brut – It’s A Bit Complicated
4. Untitled Musical Project – Untitled Musical Project
5. Twang – Love It When I Feel Like This
6. Maximo Park – Our Earthly Pleasures
7. Hybrasil – The Monkey Pole
8. Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob
9. Elíza – Empire Fall
10. Abdoujaparov – Cycle Riot History Gang
11. Fighting Cocks – Music For Lapdancers
12. Fields – Everything Last Winter
13. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
14. Mark Ronson – Version
15. múm – Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
16. S*M*A*S*H – Icon
17. iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt
18. Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
19. Robocop Kraus – Blunders And Mistakes
20. Jakobínarína – The First Crusade
