jeudi 1 Jan 2009, 14h09m
The last days of the year… for yours sincerely, it means re-listening to all the music released during the year that I've grown to love. The music which soundtracked my life. And trying desperately to put them in the right order - never entirely possible, but as I've been doing it on a weekly basis ever since my eleventh year on Earth, I'm sort of trained. And every year I curse myself for dedicating so much time on something which is only really relevant to me. A list with an order which is purely subjective means zilch to anyone else, but hey, other people spend days on Christmas dinner preperations and hundreds of euros on fireworks. Things that seem silly in my eyes. So here goes, a couple of charts with music which will take me back to 2008 whenever I look back at them. And I hope some of you will enjoy glancing over them, and perhaps even discover some new music to form the soundtrack of your life in 2009.
(Shame - although probably just for me - I could not find the time to do my annual Favourite 20 Sleeves, Worst 10 Sleeves and Most Annoying 10 Songs, let alone my Favourite 20 Videos and Favourite 20 Remixes - do I hear you sigh of relief? Well, do not rejoice yet - for perhaps I find the time later…)
May 2009 bring a whole new soundtrack for everyone of us, to soundtrack a year full of love and good health,
xxx SJ
My 100 favourite officially on CD or 7" released singles of 2008
001 MGMT Time To Pretend
002 THE KILLS Last Day Of Magic
003 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida
004 R.E.M. Supernatural Superserious
005 CORRECTO Joni
006 LATE OF THE PIER Space And The Woods
007 MGMT Kids
008 LADYHAWKE Dusk Till Dawn
009 CUT COPY Lights & Music
010 LADYTRON Ghosts
011 THESE NEW PURITANS Elvis
012 ALPHABEAT Fascination
013 BRITISH SEA POWER Waving Flags
014 PJ HARVEY The Devil
015 SONS & DAUGHTERS Darling
016 CRYSTAL CASTLES Courtship Dating
017 WHITE LIES Death
018 FOALS Cassius
019 SONS & DAUGHTERS This Gift
020 THE WHIP Trash
021 M83 Kim And Jessie
022 PRIMAL SCREAM Can't Go Back
023 THE KOOKS Always Where I Need To Be
024 LATE OF THE PIER Heartbeat
025 LADYHAWKE My Delirium
026 METRONOMY Heartbreaker
027 THE PRESETS This Boy's In Love
028 FIGURINES Hey Girl
029 MORRISSEY That's How People Grow Up
030 R.E.M. Hollow Man
031 CRYSTAL CASTLES VS. HEALTH Crimewave
032 BJÖRK featuring ANTONY The Dull Flame Of Desire
033 IAMX President
034 BAND OF HORSES No One's Gonna Love You
035 TEENAGERSINTOKYO Very Vampyr
036 THE DUKE SPIRIT My Sunken Treasure
037 BLACK KIDS I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
038 KAPUTT Family Tree
039 DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? Epic Last Song
040 THE FUTUREHEADS Beginning Of The Twist
041 LYKKE LI Breaking It Up
042 THE RAVEONETTES Blush
043 PORTISHEAD The Rip
044 THE LONG BLONDES Century
045 THE BLACK GHOSTS I Want Nothing
046 KATY PERRY I Kissed A Girl
047 NEON NEON I Lust U
048 LADYHAWKE Paris Is Burning
049 TOKYO POLICE CLUB In A Cave
050 THE CHARLATANS The Misbegotten
051 CRYSTAL CASTLES Vanished
052 TOKYO POLICE CLUB Tessellate
053 THE KILLS Cheap And Cheerful
054 IAMX The Alternative
055 GOLDFRAPP Caravan Girl
056 LITTLE BOOTS Meddle
057 THE KILLS U.R.A. Fever
058 THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS The Age Of Understatement
059 HOT CHIP One Pure Thought
060 ROBYN Be Mine!
061 CSS Left Behind
062 THE CURE Sleep When I'm Dead
063 BLOOD RED SHOES You Bring Me Down
064 CUT COPY Hearts On Fire
065 HOWLING BELLS Into The Chaos
066 DEERHUNTER Nothing Ever Happened
067 DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? Dawn Of The Dead
068 PETE AND THE PIRATES Mr. Understanding
069 SIGUR RÓS Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
070 GRAND NATIONAL By The Time I Get Home There Won't Be Much Of A Place For Me
071 THE PRESETS Talk Like That
072 THE VERVE Love Is Noise
073 HEARTSREVOLUTION Ultraviolence
074 SCARLETT JOHANSSON Falling Down
075 LA ROUX Quicksand
076 CHRISTIAN FALK featuring ROBYN Dream On
077 RAZORLIGHT Wire To Wire
078 THE MUSIC The Spike
079 ASOBI SEKSU Me And Mary
080 THE LONG BLONDES Guilt
081 FLEET FOXES White Winter Hymnal
082 THE RAVEONETTES You Want The Candy
083 BLOC PARTY Talons
084 COLDPLAY Violet Hill
085 MYSTERY JETS Two Doors Down
086 THE CRIBS I'm A Realist
087 BJÖRK Wanderlust
088 BRITISH SEA POWER No Lucifer
089 HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR FEAT. ANTONY Blind
090 BJÖRK Declare Independence
091 PETE AND THE PIRATES She Doesn't Belong
092 M.I.A. Paper Planes
093 BLACK KIDS Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)
094 SAM SPARRO Black And Gold
095 BLOC PARTY Mercury
096 GLASVEGAS Geraldine
097 HEADS WE DANCE My Heart Is Set On You
098 CUT OFF YOUR HANDS Oh Girl
099 SANTOGOLD L.E.S. Artistes
100 HEARTBREAK We're Back
The complete charts:
Top 2008
For the insatiable (and possibly equally crazy as me) amongst us - even more charts:
Top 2007
Top 2006
Top 2005
- rejoice! (…) ;)
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