Don’t talk, just list…

50. Felix Cartal (ft. Maja Ivarsson) – Tonight
49. St. Lucia – Closer Than This (Light Waves Remix) [Remix not on Spotify]
48. Nite Jewel – One Second of Love
47. Cashmere Cat – Mirror Maru
46. Amanda Mair – Leaving Early
45. Hot Chip – Motion Sickness
44. Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid
43. The Wedding Present – You Jane
42. Hooray For Earth – Never
41. Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Singing My Heart Out
40. Niki & The Dove – In Our Eyes
39. Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen
38. Mikky Ekko – Pull Me Down
37. Paloma Faith – Picking Up The Pieces
36. Jessie Ware – 110%
35. AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love
34. Roses Gabor – Stars
33. Teengirl Fantasy – EFX
32. Blonds – Time
31. Saint Etienne – When I Was Seventeen
30. Purity Ring – Fineshrine
29. John Talabot (ft. Pional) – Destiny
28. Frank Ocean – Pyramids
27. Twin Shadow – Five Seconds
26. Disclosure (ft. Sam Smith) – Latch
25. Santigold – Disparate Youth
24. Rustie (ft. AlunaGeorge) – After Light
23. Rihanna – Diamonds
22. Daniel Klauser (ft. Jasmine Knight) – I Told Ya (Kidnap Kid remix)
21. Icona Pop (ft. Charli XCX) – I Love It [Not on Spotify]
20. Major Lazer (ft. Amber Coffman) – Get Free
19. Teen Daze – For Body and Kenzie
18. Blur – Under the Westway
17. Wild Nothing – Paradise
16. Girl Unit – Club Rez
15. Chairlift – Take It Out On Me
14. Miguel – Do You…
13. Tegan And Sara – I’m Not Your Hero
12. Bondax – Baby I Got That
11. Haim – Forever
10. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
9. Usher – Climax
8. Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
7. CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
6. The xx – Angels
5. Solange – Losing You
4. JJ – Beautiful Life
3. Dragonette – Let it Go
2. Bat For Lashes – Laura
1. David Guetta (ft. Sia) – Titanium

Yes, the number one was released in December 2011. But I didn’t include it on my 2011 list. And it dominated the year. And it’s great. So yeah. There you go.

Spotify Playlist

And now – the top ten. Ten wonderful tunes that have summed up 2011. Happy New Year!

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A little later than usual, following an extended break for eating and drinking too much, here’s number 30-11 in my best of 2011.

Spotify playlist so far is here

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Numbers 50-31 below. Numbers 75-51 in the last post. Spotify playlist so far here. So then…

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HERE WE ARE AGAIN. Where did THAT year go, then?
Well, largely it didn’t go into me updating this blog. This was partly a time issue, and partly because I felt I’d lost my neutrality somewhat, since I now have a day job at a record label (that’s a DECLARATION, in case you missed it).

However, I am still addicted to year-end lists. Once again I found restricting myself to 50 impossible. Getting it below 100 was a massive struggle, but I managed to settle on 75, like last year. None of the (asterisked) choices in which my employer has an interest were chosen for that reason (though hearing some of them 15 times a day probably helped influence me at least a little).

My rule every year on this list is one track per lead artist. This means that someone can show up multiple times as a guest artist, but only once in their own right. Clear? Good.
So without further ado, here’s numbers 75-51…

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