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This relies pretty heavily on 4 or 5 artists, but then that is because they made amazing albums this year. Gulp, here goes:

75: Dizzee Rascal - Holiday (Feat. Chrome)
74: Little Boots - New In Town
73: Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)
72: 3OH!3 - Starstrukk (feat. Katy Perry)
71: Muse - Uprising
70: Alphabeat - The Spell

69: Bat for Lashes - Daniel
68: The Sound of Arrows - Into The Clouds
67: Kid Cudi - Day n Nite
66: Paramore - Ignorance
65: La Roux - Quicksand

64: Jack Peñate - Be The One
63: The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
62: Jay-Z - Run This Town (Feat. Rihanna and Kanye West)
61: Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys (feat. Flo Rida)
60: Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober

59: Sugababes - About A Girl
58: David Guetta - When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)
57: Friendly Fires - Kiss Of Life
56: Little Boots - Love Kills
55: Filthy Dukes - Messages

54: Miike Snow - Animal
53: Girls Aloud - Untouchable
52: Marina & the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot
51: Lily Allen - Kabul Shit
50: Ellie Goulding - Wish I Stayed

49: Frankmusik - Vacant Heart
48: Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity Of Huge
47: Editors - Papillon
46: Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love
45: Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff (feat. Rob Swires)

44: Jamie T - Sticks n Stones
43: Little Boots - Not Now
42: La Roux - Tigerlily
41: Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo
40: Paloma Faith - New York

39: Lady GaGa - Just Dance (Feat. Colby O Donnis)
38: Agnes - Release Me
37: Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway
36: Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
35: Noisettes - Never Forget You

34: Dan Black - Yours
33: Rihanna - Russian Roulette
32: Dragonette - Pick Up The Phone
31: Florence + The Machine - Howl
30: The Big Pink - Dominos

29: Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)
28: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
27: Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams
26: Florence + The Machine - Drumming Song
25: Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

24:VV Brown - Crying Blood
23: Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone
22: Cheryl Cole - 3 Words (feat. will.i.am)
21: Rihanna - Cold Case Love
20: Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat

19: Annie - Songs Remind Me of You
18: Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Heads Will Roll
17: Florence + The Machine - Cosmic Love
16: Lily Allen - The Fear
15: Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)

14: Ke$ha - TiK ToK
13: La Roux - Bulletproof
12: Frankmusik - 3 Little Words
11: Marina & the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road

10: Shakira - She Wolf
This song infected my brain for a good month, the catchy as hell chorus and bonkers lyrics being amazing both in my bedroom and in the club. Shakira at her best. Shame the rest of the album doesn't live up to this...

9: Dragonette - Stupid Grin
I only 'discovered' Dragonette this year and I am sooo glad I did. Pop perfection. This and Pick Up The Phone are the highlights for me from the new album but this song edges it just for the point at 2.45 where the bridge kicks in and it makes me wanna put my hands up in the air EVERY time.

8: Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
This track was most peoples introduction to Florence Welch, and what an introduction it is. The lyrics are awesome, and the chorus is immense (even if she doesn't quite pull it off live...)

7: The Gossip - Heavy Cross
Despite this song reaching a meagre 40 in the charts it is without a doubt my favourite song they have ever done. Simply for: I TRUST YAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO.
Amazing. Beth's voice is incredible, and underrated.

6: Lady GaGa - Poker Face
Pure pop. Catchy as hell, from the mah mah mah mah, to the "Russian roulette is not the same without a gun" this song is the pinnaccle of 2009 pop. (Well that is, until she trumps herself later in the year...)

5: Rihanna - Hard (feat. Jeezy)
"They can say whatever,
Imma do whatever,
No pain is forever,
YUP, ya know this."

"WHEREDEMBLOGGERSAT
WHEREDEMBLOGGERSAT

WHEREDEYAT
WHEREDEYAT
WHEREDEYAT

WHEREYALIGHTASAT
WHEREYALIGHTASAT

WHEREDEYAT
WHEREDEYAT
WHEREDEYAT"

That is why it is top 5, OK?

4: Little Boots - Remedy
I could not stop singing this when I first bought the album in May/June (?)
I know it's RedOne, and that means Little Boots is 'selling out', but when its this good, who cares?

3: La Roux - In For The Kill
The high vocals have started to grate as the year has gone on, but there is no denying that this song made impact. It showed Radio 1 who was really in control and came screams n all to the top of the charts (as well as the end of year bestsellers list.) A kick up the arse for pop if ever it needed it.

2: Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
It is easy to forget how good this song actually is what with it being released in January this year. However, doing so would be extremely stupid. The way the song builds to its climax is breathtaking, and apart from the number 1 in this countdown of course, there is no better song to shout along to this year. Stunning.

1: Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
RA RA RA AH AH AH, ROMA RO MA MA AH, GAGA OOH LA LA, WANTCHURBADROMANCE.
Amazing.

I'M A FREE BITCH BABY
Amazing.

The rest.
Amazing.

10/10
What pop needed.
In the car, in the club, on your own, with your friends, with your mum. IT'S STILL BRILLIANT. Nothing can touch it. LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVE.

2. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

3. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

4. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter

5. Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

7. The Horrors - Primary Colours

8. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns

9. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

10. Atlas Sound - Logos

11. Girls - Album
12. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
13. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
14. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
15. Snowmachine - In A Light
16. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
17. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
18. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
19. Passion Pit - Manners
20. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
21. Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
22. Miike Snow - Miike Snow
23. One eskimO - One eskimO
24. The xx - xx
25. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
26. Ty Segall - Lemons
27. Kasabian - The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum
28. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
29. Eminem - Relapse
30. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
31. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
32. Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
33. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
34. Mew - No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away
35. Florence and The Machine - Lungs
36. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
37. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
38. Engineers - Three Fact Fader
39. Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
40. Paper Route - Absence

Bat for Lashes - Daniel


White Lies - To Lose My Life


Bat for Lashes - Pearl's Dream


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero


Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone


Passion Pit - The Reeling


Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone


Howling Bells - Into The Chaos


Metric - Gimme Sympathy


Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris


Kasabian - Where Did All the Love Go?


Jack Peñate - Tonight's Today


Miike Snow - Cult Logic


Little Boots - New In Town


Röyksopp - The Girl And The Robot


Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes


Roÿksopp - This Must Be It


Saint Etienne - Method of Modern Love


Placebo - The Never-Ending Why


Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls


Manic Street Preachers - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time


Chester French - She Loves Everybody


Placebo - Battle For The Sun


Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody


La Roux - Bulletproof


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll


Little Boots - Symmetry


Dizzee Rascal - Holiday


Empire of the Sun - Standing On The Shore


Kings of Leon - Manhattan


White Lies - Unfinished Business


The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea


La Roux - In For The Kill


Jarvis Cocker - Angela


Kings of Leon - Notion


Doves - Kingdom Of Rust


Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster


Fever Ray - When I Grow Up


Tiga - Shoes


Depeche Mode - In Sympathy


Metric - Help I'm Alive


Franz Ferdinand - Can't Stop Feeling


Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend


Kasabian - Fire


Kings of Leon - Revelry


Muse - Uprising


Magic Wands - Warrior


Starsailor - Tell Me It's Not Over (feat. Brandon Flowers)


Patrick Wolf - Hard Times


We Have Band - You Came Out


Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning


Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams


Fever Ray - Triangle Walks


Golden Silvers - True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)


The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition


Howling Bells - Cities Burning Down


Friendly Fires - Kiss Of Life


Passion Pit - Little Secrets


The Enemy - No Time For Tears


Ian Brown - Stellify


Miike Snow - Animal


Pearl Jam - The Fixer


The Rifles - The Great Escape


Das Pop - Fool For Love


Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden - Bonkers


Ash - return of white rabbit


The Horrors - Who Can Say


Kasabian - Vlad the Impaler


Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Nite


Papercuts - Future Primitive


Hockey - Too Fake


Peaches - Lose You


The Big Pink - Dominos


The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother


Jarvis Cocker - Leftovers


Yuksek - Extraball


Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me


Noisettes - Never Forget You


Matt & Kim - Lessons Learned


The Joy Formidable - Austere


Arctic Monkeys - My Propeller


Doves - Winter Hill


Charlotte Hatherley - White


Jamie T - Sticks 'n' Stones


Phoenix - Lisztomania


Animal Collective - My Girls


The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance


Super Furry Animals - Mt.


Lady Sovereign - So Human


Delphic - This Momentary


Reverend and The Makers - Silence is Talknig


The Gossip - Heavy Cross


LoveLikeFire - Stand in Your Shoes


Editors - Papillon


Super Furry Animals – The Very Best Of Neil Diamond


Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity Of Huge


Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart


Peter Doherty - Last Of The English Roses


John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey – Black Hearted Love


Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You


Kings of Leon - Crawl


Bombay Bicycle Club – Dust On The Ground


Depeche Mode - Wrong


Air - Do The Joy


Bad Lieutenant - Sink Or Swim


Basement Jaxx - Raindrops


Camera Obscura - Honey in the Sun


The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are


Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Little Girl (feat. Julian Casablancas)


Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension


Datarock - Give It Up


Gliss - 29 Acts Of Love


Julian Plenti - Only If You Run


Junior Boys - Hazel


Karen O and the Kids - All Is Love


Kings of Convenience - Mrs. Cold


The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The Stars


Peaches - I Feel Cream


Phoenix - 1901


The Raveonettes - Suicide


Just Jack - Embers


The Maccabees - Can You Give It


Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel


The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 15 to 20


Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang


The xx - Basic Space


St. Vincent - Marrow


Jay Z - Empire State Of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)

10. Freeland - Cope™
09. Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
09. Young Love - One Of Us
07. Yuksek - Away From The Sea
06. DatA - Skywriter
05. The Bloody Beetroots - Romborama
04. Kitsuné - Kitsuné Maison Compilation 7 and Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8
03. MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God
02. Boys Noize - Power
01. Zoot Woman - Things Are What They Used To Be

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1. 2 Unlimited - Let the Beat Control Your Body
So basically, when I first discovered 2 Unlimited in late 2007, I instantly became obsessed with them, enjoying every single song they had released (and this is rare for me), but of all the favourites, this song had to be it. I listened to the track nearly every day throughout 2008 and just couldn't get enough!
Peaked at #6 in February 1994.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lachbg1jcE

2. DJ Miko - What's Up
During the summer of 2008, I became obsessed with eurodance as a whole, aswell as the music from 1994. This song (alongside the above track and 'Doop') was one of my favourites. It's also known for being a cover of the 4 Non Blondes #2 1993 hit.
Peaked at #6 in August 1994.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzpBsWpq2gg

3. Utah Saints - Something Good '08
Being released a month before my 16th birthday, I instantly fell in love with this track. I heard the original play on Radio 1 a week before this version played and well... Basically, I was glad that the new found interest of remixing classics was here and I just couldn't get over it! Also played this song at my 16th where me and the boys were doing the running man, awwwww yeah.
Peaked at #8 in February 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLCrzy9TEs

4. The Grid - Swamp Thing
Alongside my discovery of eurodance classics I found this track too. Pretty much sounding like a more hardcore version of Cotton Eye Joe (this track was released before Cotton Eye Joe, by the way), this song got my friend and I just rocking out on our 'banjos' (they were invisible XD). But none-the-less, this track just did it for me.
Peaked at #3 in June 1994.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQqLDKsnqwA

5. Wildchild - Renegade Master '98
With all credit due to Norman Cook for remixing this track to be bigger and better than the original, I saw a performer who was once on Britain's Got Talent doing some dangerous juggling right in front of me when I was on holiday during the summer of 2008. I was pretty impressed, and even got an autograph! Don't know where that went though...
Peaked at #3 in January 1998.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klgcyOz8AD8

6. Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. - The Way I Are
During the summer of 2007, I fell in love with a girl. The relationship lasted three months and for her 15th birthday I bought her this single. I also enjoyed the track so it made more sense really. But yeah, despite it being only three months long, it was a good relationship.
Peaked at #1 in July 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rLz5AZBIA

7. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
The summer of 2009. The Black Eyed Peas were back, with this minimalistic dance track. I have to admit, I do like it, although it does seem somewhat watered down compared to most dance tunes, maybe because it's meant to be Hip-Hop? Anyways, good song, good summer.
Peaked at #1 in May 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m48GqaOz90

8. Lady Sovereign - Hoodie
The summer of 2007. I was obsessed with the Dancing Stage. I first heard this song on the PS2 game 'Dancing Stage Supernova' where I found the rhythm and lyrics very catchy. Well, it's a change to most songs I listen to these days!
Peaked at #44 in December 2005.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTlfP8J_Ad0

9. Run DMC vs. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Knowing that my friend Danielle loves this song, it started to grow on me. This was because I heard the Girls Aloud vs. Sugababes alternative for Comic Relief 2007 and wasn't too fond of it. So yeah, great classic!
Peaked at #8 in September 1986.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIbHPs_M55Q

10. Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love
One of my favourite songs of 2009. I just couldn't help but rock along to this song. To find out more about me and this song, look at my journal for 2009 (Part 3), thank you!
Peaked at #5 in November 1981.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy_XrSLG4gg

11. Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
A great Indie-Pop treat, this song was a song to the soundtrack of late summer 2008, when I went on holiday with Chelsea and Cameron! With such crude lyrics, I just couldn't help but enjoy this fine tune!
Peaked at #13 in August 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVy2FeqIyc

12. My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
Call me an emo if you will. But yeah, enjoyed this song throughout the summer of 2007 and saw the video to the song yet again later on that year at McFly's concert, just before they were about to perform!
Peaked at #9 in June 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EQAOmJrbw

13. Turisas - One More
The official drinking song for my friends and I. Once you rock out to this, you'll feel ready for anything! I also thank my friend 'Minty' in advance for introducing me to this artist, thank you! Found this song in late 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxcJLpmSXw

14. The Fratellis - Baby Fratelli
First heard this song on Hot Fuzz, during my 15th birthday in March 2007. Slowly got addicted to it, then became obsessed with it throughout the summer of that year. Great song, great film! By the way, I'm a big fan of Simon Pegg.
Peaked at #24 in March 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_LJ2mtLfY0

15. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
My friend Amy thinking that this was called 'Brainstorm'. No Amy, it wasn't a typo, it really is called 'Brianstorm', haha.
This was in the summer of 2007.
Peaked at #2 in April 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30w8DyEJ__0

16. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
There's not much to say about this one. I simply enjoyed this track and alot of my friends agreed with me...
Peaked at #8 in August 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8gkcXwbHpA

17. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
The Cadburys advert. One of the best adverts of the decade IMO. Everyone had it on their phones and loads of people watched it on YouTube, what a fantastic advert.
Originally peaked at #2 in January 1981, later remixed and peaked at #4 in June 1988, then had a re-emergance (due to the advert) and peaked at #14 in September 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy52yueBX_s&feature=related <- The advert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abwfXIW3pM0 <- Original music video.

18. Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me
Wasn't too fond of this track when I first heard it, but then when our friend Hannah sang this out our leaving ceremony in high school back in the summer of 2008, everyone just broke out in tears. It was such a memorable moment, heck, nobody wanted to leave high school XD
Peaked at #7 in August 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVW_7ZY8K3I

19. Calvin Harris - The Girls
My ringtone for 2007. I wasn't vain or anything, just found the song slightly comical (see Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)). Sure, I didn't get all the girls, but I got the one girl, and she was good enough for me (at that time).
Peaked at #3 in June 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-Q7AmgCwA

20. Vanessa Jenkins, Bryn West & Sir Tom Jones feat. Robin Gibb - Islands In The Stream
Basically. In early 2007, Gavin and Stacey came on to our screens for the first time. I fell in love! In early 2008, they came back with a second series, I was even more in love! And now, as I type this, they've had a #1 single to date and a third series is currently occuring (with a DVD of all six episodes out now, strangely enough). So yes, "Owain Hughes, and before you ask, no I don't!"
Peaked at #1 in March 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAE1YyDm66A

So yes, this was my decade. Let's see what we have in store for the next ten years...

Mijn favoriete albums van 2009:

1. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
2. C-Mon & Kypski - We Are Square
3. Eels - Hombre Lobo
4. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
5. Grizzly Bear - Vecktimest
6. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
7. Bishop Allen - Grrr
8. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
9. The Thermals - Now We Can See
10. Golden Silvers - True Romance
11. Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
12. Kyteman - The Hermit Session

As last year; done by British release date, plus probably some odd logic of my own that you'll never understand because I don't either.

100. Halo - Beyoncé
99. Heavy Cross - Gossip
98. Fire - Kasabian
97. Paddling Ghost - Dan Deacon
96. In For The Kill - La Roux
95. Pick Up The Phone - Dragonette
94. Too Fake - Hockey
93. Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith
92. Dressed to Kill - Preston
91. Hush Hush; Hush Hush - The Pussycat Dolls
90. Work (feat. Missy Elliott) - Ciara
89. Pull My Heart Away - Jack Peñate
88. When I Grow Up - Fever Ray
87. Revolver (feat. Lil Wayne) - Madonna
86. Happy Up Here - Röyksopp
85. Damaris - Patrick Wolf
84. Heartbreaker (Feat. John Legend) - MSTRKRFT
83. One Month Off - Bloc Party
82. Brother Sport - Animal Collective
81. Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys
80. Skeleton Boy - Friendly Fires
79. Morning After Dark (Feat. SoShy & Nelly Furtado) - Timbaland
78. Drumming Song - Florence + The Machine
77. One More Chance - Bloc Party
76. Pearl's Dream - Bat for Lashes
75. Want - Natalie Imbruglia
74. Blue Skies - Noah and the Whale
73. Pump My Pumps - Dan Black
72. Tonight's Today - Jack Peñate
71. Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) - The Pussycat Dolls
70. Remedy - Little Boots
69. Dominos - The Big Pink
68. Heartless - Kanye West
67. Obsessions - Marina & the Diamonds
66. Bad Boys (feat. Flo Rida) - Alexandra Burke
65. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
64. S.O.S (Let The Music Play) - Jordin Sparks
63. I Wish - Mini Viva
62. To Kingdom Come - Passion Pit
61. Did it Again - Shakira
60. Get It Right - YAS
59. Hard Times - Patrick Wolf
58. Love In July - Sally Shapiro
57. Ghost 'n' Stuff (feat. Rob Swire) - Deadmau5
56. Audacity Of Huge (feat. Chris Keating) - Simian Mobile Disco
55. Seven - Fever Ray
54. Untouched - The Veronicas
53. Bulletproof - La Roux
52. The Spell - Alphabeat
51. Honey in the Sun - Camera Obscura
50. Basic Space - The xx
49. Standing On The Shore - Empire of the Sun
48. Counterpoint - Delphic
47. Strawberry Swing - Coldplay
46. Anthonio - Annie
45. I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris
44. Gold Digger - The Dolly Rockers
43. Kiss Of Life - Friendly Fires
42. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
41. Russian Roulette - Rihanna
40. Be The One - Jack Peñate
39. Give It Up - Datarock
38. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
37. Miracle - Sally Shapiro
36. This Must Be It - Röyksopp
35. Shark in the Water - VV Brown
34. Crystalised - The xx
33. I Am Not a Robot - Marina & the Diamonds
32. The Pretender - Datarock
31. Paparazzi - Lady GaGa
30. New York - Paloma Faith
29. Bodies - Robbie Williams
28. 3 Words (feat. will.i.am) - Cheryl Cole
27. The Girl And The Robot (feat. Robyn) - Röyksopp
26. Method of Modern Love - Saint Etienne
25. When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland) - David Guetta
24. Daniel - Bat for Lashes
23. Relator - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
22. Left My Heart In Tokyo - Mini Viva
21. Promiscuity - Antigone
20. Sweet Dreams - Beyoncé
19. Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) - Jay-Z
18. My Girls - Animal Collective
17. Songs Remind Me of You - Annie
16. Under The Sheets - Ellie Goulding
15. Run This Town (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) - Jay-Z
14. Flashback - Calvin Harris
13. Triangle Walks - Fever Ray
12. The Fear - Lily Allen
11. Magic - Ladyhawke
10. We Are The People - Empire of the Sun
09. Welcome To Heartbreak - Kanye West
08. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
07. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
06. Summertime Clothes - Animal Collective
05. Fixin To Thrill - Dragonette
04. Release Me - Agnes
03. Mowgli's Road - Marina & the Diamonds
02. She Wolf - Shakira
01. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence + The Machine

Since it's the end of year and so many others are doing it, I'm putting up my favourites albums of the year.

No commentary on why I made these picks. There's certainly reasons, but I'm far too lazy to bother writing those right now.

1. The Antlers - Hospice
2. Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
6. The Church - Untitled #23
7. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
8. Decoder Ring - They Blind The Stars, And The Wild Team
9. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
10. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
11. Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
12. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
13. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
14. The Horrors - Primary Colours
15. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
16. Paul Dempsey - Everything Is True
17. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
18. Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Hidden Hands
19. Lisa Mitchell - Wonder
20. Horrorshow - Inside Story
21. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
22. Fanfarlo - Reservoir
23. The Fumes - SUNDANCER
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
25. The Crayon Fields - All The Pleasures of the World
26. Whitley - Go Forth, Find Mammoth
27. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
28. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
29. Snob Scrilla - Day One
30. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
31. Dappled Cities - Zounds
32. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
33. Karnivool - Sound Awake
34. Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
35. Miike Snow - Miike Snow
36. Leader Cheetah - The Sunspot Letters
37. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
38. No Through Road - Winner.
39. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
40. Jónsi & Alex - Rice Boy Sleeps
41. The xx - xx
42. Jamie T - Kings & Queens
43. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
44. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
45. Eels - Hombre Lobo
46. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
47. The Field - Yesterday & Today
48. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
49. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
50. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years


And 50 other songs that I enjoyed this year, not from any of those aforementioned albums. Alphabetical order for these.

River by Akron/Family
Where you at? by Astronomy Class
Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders
Raindrops by Basement Jaxx
With this Ship by The Basics
Daniel by Bat for Lashes
Byrds Of Prey by Bertie Blackman
Pasha Bulker by Bob Evans
I'm Not Alone by Calvin Harris
Change by Daniel Merriweather
Cannibal Resource by Dirty Projectors
That's That by Doom
Carol Brown by Flight of the Conchords
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand
Heavy Cross by Gossip
Still Standing by Hilltop Hoods
Pictures by Illy
First Train Home by Imogen Heap
2-Player Game by Infusion
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys)
A Community Service Announcement by Jonathan Boulet
Hazel by Junior Boys
Where Did All the Love Go? by Kasabian
We're Mostly Made of Water by Kid Sam
Quicksand by La Roux
Brother by Little Birdy
I've Got Friends by Manchester Orchestra
Help I'm Alive by Metric
Sometimes by Miami Horror
The Darkest Side by The Middle East
Get You Back by Oh Mercy
Howl by The Paper Scissors
Dead Nationale by Parades
Separated by parallel lions
Black Hearted Love by PJ Harvey and John Parish
the good news by Philadelphia Grand Jury
Love etc. by Pet Shop Boys
The Fixer by Pearl Jam
The Reeling by Passion Pit
Eet by Regina Spektor
The Girl And The Robot by Röyksopp (feat. Robyn)
No Money by The Scare
Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
Audacity Of Huge by Simian Mobile Disco
Bad With Love by Tom Ugly
Look to the Skies by True Live
Streamers by Umpire
Death by White Lies
Playing With Fireworks by Yppah