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ALBUMS 2000 - 2009

There is no ulterior motive for these journals. This is as honest and truthful as I can be. I am not a part of some online music publication or have any desire to stick to trends or include what is currently popular, unless I genuinely feel it deserves to be (waves at Pitchfork & NME fans). I am not some budding music journalist trying to entice people with a flouncy, 'know it all' attitude. If you agree with some of my choices then that's great! If you don't then that's great too. I mean, who cares anyway? It's just a bit of fun.

Please feel free to check back over the next couple of months to see the remaining entries. I will be updating each album entry with my own little review (the top 20 more substantially).



100. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye (2006)



So we start with Junior Boys and the ‘So This Is Goodbye’ record. An album I discovered only last year, but still feel deserves a place in this relatively awe-inspiring (say what?) top 100. So surely this must be an awe-inspiring album? Well, being that we’re at the arse end of the rundown, the honest answer is no. BUT it is a damn good electro pop album with plenty of upbeat moments including the cracking single and album highlight In The Morning. A song that even Rolf Harris (the original beat boxer) would be envious of!

Jeremy Greenspan's vocal effort is mostly eloquent and sensual, sometimes bordering on gentle whispers. It works well against the trippy beats which generate a soothing aural experience. It’s not quite the chill-out album of the decade, mainly because chill-out records and the term itself tend to suck to the high heavens (I wouldn’t dare lump it in with such a clichéd bunch of bores) but if you’re after a funky pop album with fragile Cliff Richard meets Jon Marsh alike vocals where you’re STILL able to shake your ass; then you could do a lot worse. Good shit!


99. Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)



A criminally ignored record by the big wigs of the music media world (they need new wigs, seriously). YES, it sounds like Jimmy Gnecco’s been squeezing a couple out over copies of Buckley’s ‘Grace’ and singing U2 classics in the shower but there’s a lot more on offer here than from your usual rip off rockers.

Firstly, this is no rip off. This isn’t just Buckley in eyeliner. Although there are undeniable similarities in Gnecco and Buckley’s vocal delivery, Gnecco could claim ignorance if he so wished. The guy has been making music since the late 80’s.

Secondly, this is a darkly melodic album with wonderful harmonies and heart felt lyrical content that just proves singers like Gnecco (and Buckley) are a rare breed. Listeners should be more interested in the quality on offer than comparing the two artists. Evidently, a lot of soul and hard work went into completing the thing. Gnecco’s vocal range can be quite astounding on tracks such as Medication and Fallen Souls. Listen to the last few moments of either to appreciate such grandeur.

You can probably buy the album for around £0.99 on amazon.co.uk. An absolute steal!

98. Orbital - The Altogether (2001)



I remember my uncle playing the Snivilisation track Sad But True on his brand new stereo back in 94. I was 14 and had never heard an Orbital track before. I was hugely impressed with how crisp and clean it sounded coming out of expensive speakers that I wouldn’t be able to afford until many years later. It sounded futuristic and exciting (curiously, I discovered Alison Goldfrapp did the vocals around ten years later). I’ve been more than a casual listener ever since.

The Altogether released in 2001 was a record I picked up at Woolworths just because it was the only potentially good album available there that I didn’t already own (I would have had to travel to Cardiff or Newport to get to a decent music retail outlet back then – pre online music buying days, kids). I had previously read an article about it and the excitement surrounding a version of the Dr Who theme, but I was more interested in the track that sampled Tools Sober. As it turned out, these were the weakest tracks on the album. There were far more synthetic techno pleasures to appreciate on tracks like Oi! and Last Thing. Funny Break (One Is Enough) with its top-drawer female vocal prowess, became an addiction for a while.

Another point of interest - I had started crafting my own compositions using codemasters (they did the Micro Machine games!) spectacularly titled music creation software MUSIC just a couple of years before hearing ‘The Altogether’ album and was intrigued with certain tracks sounding like they had been crafted with this particular software. The bass line in Pay Per View is almost a straight sample from the MUSIC software library. I became increasingly inspired with each listen and started taking my own compositions more seriously with the belief that quality could indeed be achieved using such limited software. For this reason alone, I hold up The Altogether as a very influential and beautifully swish record.

97. Robots in Disguise - Get Rid! (2005)



Produced by Chris Corner, this second long player from the mighty Robots in Disguise was a far bolder affair. Full bodied and funky, with more killer than filler! Tunes that made you want to get rat arsed in some gaudy bar, throw shapes like a spaz, before returning to your own abode totally steaming, waking up the following afternoon to find around fifteen people you’ve never seen before lying half naked on your unfortunately ruined new carpet from Aunt Phyllis.

Album opener Turn It Up with its gorgeously fat sounding bass and trashy drums coupled with the trademark yelps of Sue Denim & Dee Plume made it an irresistibly childish party track (for grown ups!). It’s up there with The Flirts best from their 1982 album 10 Cents A Dance. For Realz!

The cute, jangly robotic cover of The Kinks favourite You Really Got Me is mildly diverting but my own electronically charged spot light would target The Dj's Got a Gun and the Chris Corner reworking of Hot Gossip. It can be a sad fact when a remix is better than the original, but in the case of Hot Gossip, it is simply true!

The album can grate after repeated listens, mainly due to the vocals which are not particularly engaging, heartfelt or well executed (well duh!) but this is not an album to listen too on a Sunday evening just before Songs of Praise (maybe try Sue and The Unicorn). It does, however deliver that ‘spur of the moment’ appeal which similar groups tend to lack. The fun factor is simply undeniable. Those who disagree are either lying or Harrison Ford.

I’m aware that a large majority of people latched onto the Robots after witnessing their contributions to the Mighty Boosh show. I admit to having never seen an episode! It is perhaps something that I will rectify in time, but at least I don’t feel a desire to see the Boosh shows to understand what these girls are about. The music says it all and that is what is most important. Great fun!

96. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5.55 (2006)



My boyfriend introduced this album to me in the summer of 2008, just before we started seeing each other. I was originally directed to The Operation clip on Youtube and really liked both the visuals and music track. Before this, I’d only witnessed her acting roles in 21 Grams and The Science of Sleep. I was surprised to discover another creative side to this Intriguing woman. After learning of her esteemed lineage and that popular French duo Air were involved in the creation of her album, I understood why following in her fathers musical footsteps was not only a good idea, but to be expected.

Although not her first foray into the world of music, 5.55 does give us our first peek into the world of a fully grown Charlotte. There are no ‘from the grave’ Serge collaborations or cheesy cover versions here. In fact, having listened to her fathers own recordings, I feel a delicate enough tribute is paid just by having Air on board as collaborator (what with Air often citing Serge as a major influence).

Of course, the high profile collaborators are not all this album has to offer. Charlotte Gainsbourg herself shines with an impressive and distinctive vocal delivery. This is a woman whose voice exhibits a sexual intimacy with cool, well-mannered structure. It’s somewhere between whisper and breathlessness and works perfectly alongside the lo-fi production and occasional rumbled bass line. The aforementioned Operation single exudes said bass line with a simple yet catchy beat that sounds like Air at their very best. No mean feat, especially when you consider (and maybe even pout over) their own, less than glorious, recent material.

I consider 5.55 an important record. Not just because I believe it to be the first step toward more impressive releases (the new album featuring Beck is sounding very exciting) but also because it’s a part of the soundtrack to my first real love (as gooey as that sounds).

There were a few special nights spent listening to this album with my boyfriend. Whether cuddled up in bed in the early hours of the morning or being miles away from each other, synchronising our album copies so we could listen and talk about it on msn or on the phone together, it always sounded like it was made for us alone. Since then, however and wherever I listen, it makes me feel happy. Maybe an odd choice of word considering some of the song lyrics and themes but the simple truth is 5:55, along with The Ventriloquist and The Blue God will always be a record that makes me smile and feel special (especially after a little Night-Time Intermission).

95. Dani Siciliano - Likes (2004)



94. Anathema - A Fine Day to Exit (2001)



93. Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality (2008)



92. Kings of Convenience - Versus (2001)



91. Bell X1 - Music In Mouth (2003)



90. Coldcut - Sound Mirrors (2006)



89. Dogs Die in Hot Cars – Please Describe Yourself (2004)



88. Data Rock – Datarock Datarock (2005)



87. Tom Vek – We Have Sound (2005)



86. Róisín Murphy – Overpowered (2007)



85. Wildbirds & Peacedrums – The Snake (2009)



84. Quiet Village – Silent Movie (2008)



83. Jackson and His Computer Band – Smash (2005)



82. The Kills – Midnight Boom (2008)



81. Madnomad – Tamper - Evident
(2003)

...but later it did understand that you really needed a new TV.

The 29000th scrobbled track was Sébastien Tellier: Manty.

I'm still listening a lot to Cocteau Twins, no signs of any "I have had enough, please, no more of this". I thought that the M83 invasion last year was kind of unique, but no, already I have listened more to Cocteau Twins this year than I did to M83 last year! Cocteau Twins is now the artist I have listened fourth most to during my lifetime (after Scorpions, Moby and M83). Next week they'll be third, for sure!

This is it. My top 100 songs of the decade.

Also, some of my fav vids.

1. Nude– Radiohead

2. New Slang – The Shins
3. I’d Rather Dance With You – Kings of Convenience

4. Wolf Like Me – TV on the Radio

5. Jesus, ETC – Wilco
6. Gettysburg – Ratatat

7. Too Young – Phoenix
8. Atlas – Battles

9. Wake Up – Arcade Fire

10. Witness (1 Hope) – Roots Manuva

11. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyoncé

12. Roscoe – Midlake
13. Decatur – Sufjan Stevens

14. Hoppípolla – Sigur Rós
15. Elephant Gun – Beirut

16. You And I Are A Gang Of Losers – The Dears
17. Banquet– Bloc Party
18. The Rat– The Walkmen
19. The Art Teacher – Rufus Wainwright

20. No I In Threesome – Interpol

21. Hard to Explain – The Strokes

22. Winter’s Love – Animal Collective
23. You Could Easily Have Me – Metronomy
24. Canadian Girl – The Walkmen

25. B.Y.O.B – System of a Down
26. Party Hard - Andrew W.K.

27. Water Here – Bodies of Water
28. Long Distance Call – Phoenix

29. Short Skirt, Long Jacket– Cake

30. Impossible Germany – Wilco

31. Pyramid Song – Radiohead
32. 10 A.M. Automatic – The Black Keys

33. Crips – Ratatat
34. Reckoner– Radiohead
35. Here We Go – Jon Brion
36. Hope There’s Someone – Antony and the Johnsons
37. Le Long De La Riviere Tendre – Sébastien Tellier
38. Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

39. Girl – Beck
40. Postcards From Italy – Beirut
41. Hearts on Fire – Cut Copy
42. These Are The Eyes – Bodies of Water
43. Bandits – Midlake
44. White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
45. Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear
46. No One Does It Like You – Department of Eagles

47. Soldier Girl – The Polyphonic Spree

48. Face to Face – Daft Punk
49. Strawberry Swing – Coldplay

50. Playground Love – Air
51. One Pure Thought – Hot Chip
52. My Girls – Animal Collective

53. No Cars Go – Arcade Fire
54. Two Doves – Dirty Projectors
55. Grace Under Pressure - Elbow

56. Darling, Be Here – Bodies of Water
57. First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes

58. Kim & Jessie – M83
59. PDA – Interpol
60. Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem
61. She Is Beautiful – Andrew W.K.
62. All The King's Men - Wild Beasts

63. Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap
64. Over And Over– Hot Chip
65. Mirando – Ratatat

66. 2080 – Yeasayer
67. Underneath The Weeping Willow – Grandaddy
68. I Want You So Hard (Boy’s Bad News) – Eagles of Death Metal
69. Kidz Are So Small – Deerhoof
70. Woozy With Cider – James Yorkston
71. Knife – Grizzly Bear

72. West Coast – Coconut Records
73. Lex– Ratatat
74. I Want Love - Elton John
75. Decent Days And Nights – Futureheads

76. Chicken Payback – The Bees
77. Movies – Alien Ant Farm

78. Getting Up – Q-Tip
79. Flume – Bon Iver

80. Flakes – Mystery Jets

81. Whoo! Alright-Yeah...Uh Huh – The Rapture
82. Starlight – Muse
83. Bathroom Gurgle – Late of the Pier

84. Untitled 4 – Sigur Rós
85. Chicago – Sufjan Stevens
86. Fake Empire – The National
87. Just Got To Be - The Black Keys

89. Province – TV on the Radio
90. Ringing in My Ear - Adem

91. I Understand What You Want But I Just Don't Agree – The Sleepy Jackson
92. Step By Step (feat. Hot Chip) – Wiley
93. Oxygen – JJ72
94. There Goes The Fear – Doves
95. Must Be The Moon - !!!

96. Myriad Harbour – The New Pornographers
97. The Pills Won’t Help You Know – The Chemical Brothers
98. If I Ever Feel Better – Phoenix
99. In The New Year – The Walkmen

100. Dear Lord – Joseph Arthur

My preliminary lists for the 2009 year as we enter the second half of the year.

Albums of the Mid-Year

10. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns


This lady just knows how to make some good music.

Best Tracks: Daniel, Sleep Alone

9. Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing


It took me a long time to get around to listening to this after the debacle that was called Seaside Rock. It was refreshing to hear the PBJ I fell in love with from Writer's Block.

Best Tracks: It Don't Move Me, Lay It Down

8. Peaches - I Feel Cream


It's beyond me how I never heard of Peaches before this album, but what an album it is. With production by Simian Mobile Disco, Soulwax, and Digitalism, this is certainly the party album of the year.

Best Tracks: More, I Feel Cream

7. dd/mm/yyyy - Black Square


My most recent band obsession. Found out about these guys thanks to our local music festival, Whartscape. Perfect blend of noise rock, math rock, and electro rock.

Best Tracks: Infinity Skull Cube, I'm Still In The Walls

6. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules


Simple funkiness out of Germany/Norway. Come to the conclusion that Erlend Øye is a brilliant musician.

Best Tracks: 1517, Island

5. The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha


Post-rock was generally not my kind of music, but this album, I found, is perfect for many occasions. Falling asleep, a cold night at home under blankets, or a night-time drive is made better with this album.

Best Tracks: A Bright Light, The Road West

4. Fever Ray - Fever Ray


My The Knife craving was more than sufficiently satisfied with this gem of an album.

Best Tracks: Now's The Only Time I Know, Coconut

3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix


My only complaint is that it's too short. Each track is really solid from beginning to the somewhat brief end.

Best Tracks: 1901, Fences

2. The Juan Maclean - The Future Will Come


I try to not get caught by my co-workers dancing to the album in my office chair. This is what disco sounds like in the 2000's and beyond.

Best Tracks: Tonight, Happy House

1. Röyksopp - Junior


So this is the band behind all of those commercial songs? These dudes from Norway make some great chill music, but Junior was more about getting you pumped up. Add excellent guest singers such as Karin from The Knife and Fever Ray, Lykke Li, and Robyn, and you have yourself one excellent album.

Best Tracks: Vision One, This Must Be It

Honorable Mentions

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us


Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing


Post War Years - The Greats and the Happenings


Moderat - Moderat


Matt & Kim - Grand


Top EP's of the Mid-Year

5. Ted & Francis - Kitsune: Ted & Francis EP


4. Mute Math - Spotlight EP


3. We Plants Are Happy Plants - We Plants are Happy Plants EP


2. Tesla Boy - EP 2009


1. The Golden Filter - The Golden Filter


Top Singles of the Mid-Year
5. Miike Snow - Animal
4. Appaloosa - The Day We Fell In Love (Ted & Francis Remix)
3. The Golden Filter - Hide Me
2. Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
1. Animal Collective - My Girls

Live Shows of the Mid-Year
It's been a busy year for concert attending. At the mid-year, I've been to 24 separate concerts and festivals, equal to last year's total for the entire year.

10. dd/mm/yyyy - Whartscape
9. Sébastien Tellier - 9:30
8. Friendly Fires - Black Cat
7. Holy Fuck - Ottobar
6. The Juan Maclean - Pure
5. Peter Bjorn and John - 9:30
4. Peaches - 9:30
3. MSTRKRFT, Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, Bird Peterson - Sonar
2. Simian Mobile Disco, Feadz, Triobelisk - Sonar
1. Rabbit in the Moon - Ultra Music Festival

Most Anticipated Albums of the Second Half of the Year
Röyksopp - Senior
Télépopmusik - In The Air
Mute Math - Armistice
Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure
Air - Love 2
Circa Survive - Untitled
Minus the Bear - Untitled
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
HEALTH - Get Color

Anna Ternheim (x4)
Coldplay (x3)
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Hello Saferide (x3)
The Killers
Kings of Leon
Lykke Li (x2)
Markus Krunegård (x5)
Regina Spektor
Säkert!



[ingenting]
A Camp

Camera Obscura
Carl Barât
Casiokids
CSS

Billie the Vision & The Dancers
Buzzcocks

Deportees (x2)
Dirty Pretty Things

Electric Boys
Evermore

First Aid Kit
Florence Valentin (x2)
Frida Hyvönen

Girls Aloud

The Hellacopters
The Hives (x3)
Hoffmaestro & Chraa (x2)
Håkan Hellström (x4)

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Jay-Z
Johnossi (x3)

Ken Ring
Kent
Kleerup (x4)

Laakso
Laleh
Lars Winnerbäck (x3)
Love Is All
Ludacris

Madness
Mando Diao
Manu Chao
MGMT
Miike Snow
Mike Watt & The Missingmen
Miss Li
Molotov Jive
Muse

Nordpolen

P!nk
Parken (x2)
Pete Doherty
Petter
Peter Bjorn and John
Placebo
Promoe & Spiderdogs
Pugh Rogefeldt

Queens of the Stone Age

Ratatat
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sahara Hotnights
Sébastien Tellier
Shout Out Louds
Sonic Youth
The Sounds (x3)
Stalingrad Cowgirls
Steve Aoki
Sugarplum Fairy

Takida
The Teenagers
Teddybears STHLM (x2)
Timbuktu (x2)
Timo Räisänen (x2)

White Lies(x2)
The Wombats

Sunday
Sébastien Tellier
A.Human
Esser
Roni Size Reprazent
Jack Peñate
Goldfrapp
The Flaming Lips

1. How did you get into 29?
The White Stripes
heard em on the radio

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Nach
ser o no ser

3. What’s your favourite lyric by 33?
Johnny Cash
Ring of fire

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Cryptomnesia

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Sigur Rós
none

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
At the Drive-In
One armed scissor

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
hmm sad hmmm no

8. What is your favourite album by 15?
Mono
hymn to the immortal wind

9. What is your favourite song by 5?
The Dear Hunter
red hands

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Andrés Calamaro
Flaca

11. What is your favourite album by 40?
Serge Gainsbourg
histoire de melody nelson

12. What is your favourite song by 10?
The Locust
AOTPKTA

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
John Mayer
Dancing to gravity

14. What is your favourite song by 38?
Babasónicos
confundismo

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Buena Vista Social Club
candela!

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Miles Davis
none

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Bloc Party
helicopter

18. What is your favourite album by 11?
Dominic Chianese
ungrateful heart

19. Who is a favourite member of 1?
The Mars Volta
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of course, but i'm a big fan of Cedric too

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
The Whitest Boy Alive
yes!

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez
listening to it while doped

22. What is your favourite song by 16?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
maps

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Songs for Eleonor
something about you

24. What is your favourite album by 18?
Frank Sinatra
"greatest hits"

25. What is your favourite song by 21?
Manu Chao
si me das a elegir

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
M83
goodbye-farewell

27. What is your favourite album by 3?
The Fall of Troy
phantom on the horizon

28. What is you favourite song by 2?
Incubus
mmmm a hard one, Paper shoes or echoes

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
The Lonely Island
Jizz in my pants

30. What is you favourite song by 8?
Band of Horses
No one's gonna love you

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
The Flaming Lips
one

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Tool
vicarious

33. What is you favourite album by 12?
Radiohead
In rainbows

34. What is the worst song by 45?
Jay-Jay Johanson
several

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Sébastien Tellier
La ritournelle

36. What is you favourite album by 48?
The Besnard Lakes
the dark horse

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
Ruggero Leoncavallo
none

38. What is you favourite song by 36?
Akira Kosemura
Light dance (home)

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
múm
the ghosts you draw on my back

40. What is your favourite album by 7?
Pink Floyd
Animals

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy?
David Gilmour
lot of

42. What is your favourite album by 41?
Arcade Fire
funeral

43. What is your favourite song by 24?
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Estrella de mar

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46?
Muse
old memories

45. What is your favourite song by 35?
Beirut
Prenzlauerberg

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
The Sound of Animals Fighting
hmm not so happy but not sad

47. What is your favourite album by 4?
Explosions in the Sky
the earth is not a cold dead place

48. Who is a favourite member of 37?
Tristeza
Jimmy LaValle

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43?
My Bloody Valentine
cigarette in your bed

50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Friends of Dean Martinez
none

I bothered many of my friends with the question for the sexiest songs ever during the last days. I thank you all for the lots of recommendations I got. The result is an awesome, very eclectic mix of sexy tunes. Starting with the 1969 song of Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg (that was a scandalous piece music at that time in Europe and deeply impressed this guy at age of 15) the tunes are ordered generally by the release year of my albums, no ranking. Enjoy!



Ooh La La :: Sounds of Sexy

1. Je t'aime...moi non plus - Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
   
2. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown
   
3. Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
   
4. I Want You - Marvin Gaye
   
5. Fever - Peggy Lee
   
6. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
   
7. I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen
   
8. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
   
9. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
   
10. Justify My Love - Madonna
    
11. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
    
12. Constant Craving - k.d. lang
    
13. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
    
14. Erotica - Madonna
    
15. Cream - Prince
    
16. No Ordinary Love - Sade
    
17. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
    
18. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
    
19. Glory Box - Portishead
    
20. Your Love Is King - Sade
    
21. Say Goodbye - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
    
22. Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) - Maxwell
    
23. Feelin' Love - Paula Cole
    
24. Stay With Me - Vaya Con Dios
    
25. Caramel - Suzanne Vega
    
26. Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
    
27. Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
    
28. This Is Hardcore - Pulp
    
29. Crush - Dave Matthews Band
    
30. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
    
31. Love of My Life (Feat. Dave Matthews) - Santana
    
32. Summer Son - Texas
    
33. Here With Me - Dido
    
34. Untitled (How Does It Feel) - D'Angelo
    
35. Mad About You - Hooverphonic
    
36. Drive - Melissa Ferrick
    
37. Touch Me - DJ Tiësto
    
38. Are You In - Incubus
    
39. Book of the Month - Lovage
    
40. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Emm Gryner
    
41. Kissing (feat. Xenia Lach-Nielsen) - Bliss
    
42. The Only Ones - Moloko
    
43. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
    
44. Europa - Carlos Santana
    
45. Slow - Kylie Minogue
    
46. Get Busy - Sean Paul
    
47. Toxic - Britney Spears
    
48. Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
    
49. This Body - Heather Nova
    
50. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
    
51. 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
    
52. Movie Girl - Novika
    
53. Just A Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne
    
54. Elle - Sébastien Tellier
    
55. Principles Of Lust - Enigma