Fischerspooner50. Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? - Paloma Faith
Favourite Track - "New York"
49. Music For Men - The Gossip
Favourite Track - "Heavy Cross"
48. Years of Refusal - Morrissey
Favourite Track - "It's Not Your Birthday Anymore"
47. Entertainment - Fischerspooner
Favourite Track - "Door Train Home"
46.Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
Favourite Track - "Summertime Clothes"
45. Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers
Favourite Track - "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time"
44. Get Color - HEALTH
Favourite Track - "Die Slow"
43. Manners - Passion Pit
Favourite Track - "The Reeling"
42. Sounds of the Universe - Depeche Mode
Favourite Track - "Wrong" / "Peace"
41. Phrazes For The Young - Julian Casablancas
Favourite Track - "11th Dimension"
40. Keep Calm & Carry On - Stereophonics
Favourite Track - "Beerbottle"
39. Love 2 - Air
Favourite Track - "Missing The Light Of Day"
38. Far - Regina Spektor
Favourite Track - "The Calculation"
37.Horehound - The Dead Weather
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Favourite Track - "Hang You From The Heavens"
36. ]Conditions - The Temper Trap
Favourite Track - "Sweet Disposition"
35. One eskimO - One eskimO
Favourite Track - "Kandi"
34. Introducing Dionne Bromfield - Dionne Bromfield
Favourite Track - "Two Can Have A Party"
33. I Feel Cream - Peaches
Favourite Track - "Talk To Me" / "Lose You"
32. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian
Favourite Track - "Underdog"
31. Humbug - Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Track - "Fire and the Thud"
30. Primary Colours - The Horrors
Favourite Track - "Sea Within A Sea"
29. A Woman A Man Walked By - John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey
Favourite Track - "Black Hearted Love"
28. Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood
Favourite Track - "Please Don't Touch"
27. Blacklist - Kap Bambino
Favourite Track - "Blond Roses" / "Dead Lazers"
26.It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen
Favourite Track - "Not Fair"
25. Abnormally Attracted To Sin - Tori Amos
Favourite Track - "Give"
24. Everything is New - Jack Penate
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Favourite Track - "Pull My Heart Away"
23. Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes
Favourite Track - "24 Hours"
22. To Lose My Life - White Lies
Favourite Track - "Farewell To The Fairground"
21. Ellipse - Imogen Heap
Favourite Track - "Wait It Out"
20. Junior - royksopp
Favourite Track - "The Girl & The Robot"
19.Still Night, Still Life - Au Revoir Simone
Favourite Track - "Knights of Wands"
18. Thomas Dybdahl - Thomas Dybdahl
Favourite track - "From Grace"
17.Crossing The Rubicon - The Sounds
Favourite Track - "My Lover"
16. Two Suns - Bat for Lashes
Favourite track - "Pearl's Dream"
15. xx - The xx
Favourite Track - "Crystallised"
14. Break Up - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
Favourite Track - "Blackie's Dead"
13.Heart - Elisa
Favourite track - "Mad World" / "Forgiveness (feat. Antony Hegarty)
12.Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
Favourite Track - "Lisztomania"
11. The Resistance - Muse
Favourite Track - "Resistance"
10. 3 - Nouvelle Vague
Favourite Track - "Ce Plane Pour Moi"
Another amazing album of bossa nova covers from the French band!
09. The Bachelor - Patrick Wolf
Favourite Track - "Vultures"
Possibly Patrick Wolf's best album to date... true work of art. :)
08.Expressions - Music Go Music
Favourite Track - "Warm in the Shadows"
Imagine a collaboration between Abba, Blondie and ELO - pure perfection, and represents everything that's missing in the pop music world today.
07. I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose - Bombay Bicycle Club
Favourite Track - "Ghost"
Amazing vocals, the music is catchy, but not annoying, and the lyrics are great! One of my favourite british indie rock albums of the year.
06. In And Out Of Control - The Raveonettes
Favourite Track - "Gone Forever"
It's fun, fun, catchy, and more fun! Consistantly good, and never gets boring!
05. La Roux - La Roux
Favourite Track - "Cover My Eyes"
Forget the horrible, terribly airbrushed album cover- this is possibly the best pop album of the year- I love La Roux, because she does it her own way, rather then follow the wave of "electropop" wannabes teaming up with RedOne, and being all gimmicky *cough*. It's a fun and catchy album, and I love La Roux's vocals!
04. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Favourite track - "Soft Shock"/"Heads Will Roll"
Possibly my favourite YYY album to date. Loved every track at first listen, and I can never get tired of hearing it. Karen O's vocals are amazing, as ever.
03. Fantasies - Metric
Favourite Track - "Gimme Sympathy"/"Sick Muse"
One thing I love about Metric is, that they keep getting better after every album, and the more I listen to their albums, the more I fall in love with them. "Fantasies" is genius, and it's a pity that this band don't get as much coverage as they deserve!
02. Battle For The Sun - Placebo
Favourite track - "Ashtray Heart"/"Julien"
Of course, Placebo will always be on top of my list. Despite constantly being attacked by indie snob magazines, such as NME/Bitchfork/Drowned in Shite etc, the band not only has a loyal fanbase, but with this album, not only they managed to beat the Black Eyed Peas to number 1 in Europe, but also charted in the US, and won the Best Alternative Act award at the MTV EMA's. So, did they sell out, or maybe they're becoming more commercially successful? Maybe, maybe not, but this album is definitely a breath of fresh air for the band - Sounds different than anything they ever did before, but Molko's distinctive voice still stands out. And remind me- what have those snobby journalists achieved in life, again?
01. Lungs - Florence + The Machine
Favourite track - Do I have to pick one?
This album has to be one of the best albums I've ever heard in my life, and I'm not even exaggerating. Florence Welch's hauntingly beautiful voice, the poetic lyrics, the instrumentation, everything about this album is perfect, and unlike most things, it actually lives up to it's hype - if anything, in a world full of slutty pop acts, annoying X Factor contestants, and Lady Gaga's, there's not even enough hype about this album! I look forward to hear more from F+TM in the future, but I doubt I'll get sick of "Lungs" any time soon.
Wow! It actually took me 3 hours to do this, how bored am i?! Feel free to comment and give your opinions, maybe suggest something I left out of the Top 50! Hope you all had a good music year! :)
Favourite Track - "New York"
49. Music For Men - The Gossip
Favourite Track - "Heavy Cross"
48. Years of Refusal - Morrissey
Favourite Track - "It's Not Your Birthday Anymore"
47. Entertainment - Fischerspooner
Favourite Track - "Door Train Home"
46.Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
Favourite Track - "Summertime Clothes"
45. Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers
Favourite Track - "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time"
44. Get Color - HEALTH
Favourite Track - "Die Slow"
43. Manners - Passion Pit
Favourite Track - "The Reeling"
42. Sounds of the Universe - Depeche Mode
Favourite Track - "Wrong" / "Peace"
41. Phrazes For The Young - Julian Casablancas
Favourite Track - "11th Dimension"
40. Keep Calm & Carry On - Stereophonics
Favourite Track - "Beerbottle"
39. Love 2 - Air
Favourite Track - "Missing The Light Of Day"
38. Far - Regina Spektor
Favourite Track - "The Calculation"
37.Horehound - The Dead Weather
Favourite Track - "Hang You From The Heavens"
36. ]Conditions - The Temper Trap
Favourite Track - "Sweet Disposition"
35. One eskimO - One eskimO
Favourite Track - "Kandi"
34. Introducing Dionne Bromfield - Dionne Bromfield
Favourite Track - "Two Can Have A Party"
33. I Feel Cream - Peaches
Favourite Track - "Talk To Me" / "Lose You"
32. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian
Favourite Track - "Underdog"
31. Humbug - Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Track - "Fire and the Thud"
30. Primary Colours - The Horrors
Favourite Track - "Sea Within A Sea"
29. A Woman A Man Walked By - John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey
Favourite Track - "Black Hearted Love"
28. Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood
Favourite Track - "Please Don't Touch"
27. Blacklist - Kap Bambino
Favourite Track - "Blond Roses" / "Dead Lazers"
26.It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen
Favourite Track - "Not Fair"
25. Abnormally Attracted To Sin - Tori Amos
Favourite Track - "Give"
24. Everything is New - Jack Penate
[Favourite Track - "Pull My Heart Away"
23. Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes
Favourite Track - "24 Hours"
22. To Lose My Life - White Lies
Favourite Track - "Farewell To The Fairground"
21. Ellipse - Imogen Heap
Favourite Track - "Wait It Out"
20. Junior - royksopp
Favourite Track - "The Girl & The Robot"
19.Still Night, Still Life - Au Revoir Simone
Favourite Track - "Knights of Wands"
18. Thomas Dybdahl - Thomas Dybdahl
Favourite track - "From Grace"
17.Crossing The Rubicon - The Sounds
Favourite Track - "My Lover"
16. Two Suns - Bat for Lashes
Favourite track - "Pearl's Dream"
15. xx - The xx
Favourite Track - "Crystallised"
14. Break Up - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
Favourite Track - "Blackie's Dead"
13.Heart - Elisa
Favourite track - "Mad World" / "Forgiveness (feat. Antony Hegarty)
12.Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
Favourite Track - "Lisztomania"
11. The Resistance - Muse
Favourite Track - "Resistance"
10. 3 - Nouvelle Vague
Favourite Track - "Ce Plane Pour Moi"
Another amazing album of bossa nova covers from the French band!
09. The Bachelor - Patrick Wolf
Favourite Track - "Vultures"
Possibly Patrick Wolf's best album to date... true work of art. :)
08.Expressions - Music Go Music
Favourite Track - "Warm in the Shadows"
Imagine a collaboration between Abba, Blondie and ELO - pure perfection, and represents everything that's missing in the pop music world today.
07. I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose - Bombay Bicycle Club
Favourite Track - "Ghost"
Amazing vocals, the music is catchy, but not annoying, and the lyrics are great! One of my favourite british indie rock albums of the year.
06. In And Out Of Control - The Raveonettes
Favourite Track - "Gone Forever"
It's fun, fun, catchy, and more fun! Consistantly good, and never gets boring!
05. La Roux - La Roux
Favourite Track - "Cover My Eyes"
Forget the horrible, terribly airbrushed album cover- this is possibly the best pop album of the year- I love La Roux, because she does it her own way, rather then follow the wave of "electropop" wannabes teaming up with RedOne, and being all gimmicky *cough*. It's a fun and catchy album, and I love La Roux's vocals!
04. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Favourite track - "Soft Shock"/"Heads Will Roll"
Possibly my favourite YYY album to date. Loved every track at first listen, and I can never get tired of hearing it. Karen O's vocals are amazing, as ever.
03. Fantasies - Metric
Favourite Track - "Gimme Sympathy"/"Sick Muse"
One thing I love about Metric is, that they keep getting better after every album, and the more I listen to their albums, the more I fall in love with them. "Fantasies" is genius, and it's a pity that this band don't get as much coverage as they deserve!
02. Battle For The Sun - Placebo
Favourite track - "Ashtray Heart"/"Julien"
Of course, Placebo will always be on top of my list. Despite constantly being attacked by indie snob magazines, such as NME/Bitchfork/Drowned in Shite etc, the band not only has a loyal fanbase, but with this album, not only they managed to beat the Black Eyed Peas to number 1 in Europe, but also charted in the US, and won the Best Alternative Act award at the MTV EMA's. So, did they sell out, or maybe they're becoming more commercially successful? Maybe, maybe not, but this album is definitely a breath of fresh air for the band - Sounds different than anything they ever did before, but Molko's distinctive voice still stands out. And remind me- what have those snobby journalists achieved in life, again?
01. Lungs - Florence + The Machine
Favourite track - Do I have to pick one?
This album has to be one of the best albums I've ever heard in my life, and I'm not even exaggerating. Florence Welch's hauntingly beautiful voice, the poetic lyrics, the instrumentation, everything about this album is perfect, and unlike most things, it actually lives up to it's hype - if anything, in a world full of slutty pop acts, annoying X Factor contestants, and Lady Gaga's, there's not even enough hype about this album! I look forward to hear more from F+TM in the future, but I doubt I'll get sick of "Lungs" any time soon.
Wow! It actually took me 3 hours to do this, how bored am i?! Feel free to comment and give your opinions, maybe suggest something I left out of the Top 50! Hope you all had a good music year! :)
