Epic Fail for me, I've never had it happen before and was worried this is the year. You guys do your own thang.





(Sorry Robkoz)


This is about bum sex I heard once.

lol...no prob...I'm 5' 9" to put things into scale

This will not be the first time my #1 misses the top 100, no.

How have I gone this long without hearing Paramore?

#90.




Fennesz - Saffron Revolution
(1400 Points, 5 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

77ships rateyourmusic.com Review: What can I say, the blistering warmth of this one has set my hopes sky-high for his upcoming album. I am even starting to doubt that any record will be capable of satisfying the hopes that I hold for Black Sea. Given with the astonishing amount of great music out there. I rarely know what is going on in the current music scene. Let stand alone that I anxiously await a new album. This time around I will gladly make an exception to this nonexistent habit of mine. The rating? 5 stars if he will be capable of maintaining this kind of level over the whole record. We will wait and see won we? I even adore the cover of this one.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Caley (#2)

Also Ranked By: vurt (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Black Sea

i should really like that Panamore song, but I just don't. I don't know what's wrong with me.


Good list so far. Really anticipating picking up these new songs later and giving 'em a few listens.

HOLY HELL.

You got every bit of that one. Well played, sir. If I had a personal archives thread that would be the title.

That Fennesz song was a single? Nice.

That and the Late of the Pier song are the only ones I've actually heard so far.

Huzzah for Paramore and Lupe making the grade.


I love that second verse in the Lupe song where he just lets the vowels hang through the beat and then punctuates it off with the hard consonant. I know that makes the song required listening, but it's worth it.

Great thread.

A little disappointed that this made it in 2008. Not because I don't love it, but mainly because it's getting Mr Brightsided. Don't vote for this in 2009.


Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

#89.




The Killers - Spaceman
(1410 Points, 9 Votes)

US Chart Position: #67 (Hot 100), #40 (Modern Rock)

UK Chart Position: n/a

thebeatreview.blogspot.com Review: Okay, single #1 "Human" from the album Day & Age is fulfilling but then another song from their album leaked and it is the second single in the US titled "Spaceman". I'm actually getting to realise how good this band is. I'm not a huge fan but I'm starting to become. It's too early to say that the album is going to be one of the best rock albums of the year but I'm pretty much getting the clues slowly.

"Spaceman" is quite different from Human as this one has more heavy guitars and has a more rock-ish sound. It started with a group type chant "oooohhh..." which is like a group of football fans watching a match. It's actually complementing and a great way to start a song. The beat is infectious and addictive and much more to say they've quite stepped up their level. I'm not going to excoriate this because I know, there's not much negativeness going on. "Spaceman" is quite a cliff hanger for us because we are eager to hear their new album which is going to be big. Not that the two songs are the only commendable in the album, but based on early reviews it's really exciting to hear what's up with these guys.

Other notes: It's too early for them to release a new single while Human is just charting across the globe. Anyways, maybe because of "Human" merely flopping in across the states as R&B / Hip-Hop is dominating the US charts recently.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Mr. Brightside" (#40 in 2004), "Somebody Told Me" (#32 in 2004), "All These Things That I've Done" (#71 in 2005), "When You Were Young" (#4 in 2006), "Read My Mind" (#23 in 2007)

Ranked Highest By: thresholdofrevelation (#8)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Day & Age

A Silent Sleeper You Won't Hear A Peep, Peep

#88.




Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Night / Day 'N' Night (Crookers Remix)
(1410 Points, 6 Votes)

US Chart Position: #84

UK Chart Position: n/a

urbanreview.co. uk Review: GOD DAMN! I Have Been Away For A Long Time.. But Now It's Time To Get You Guys Back Up To Speed On What We Have Missed. Here Is A Massive Tune That I Couldn't Leave Without Recognition.

Kid Cudi is one of a few new artists to come to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music record label. If you haven't heard Day N Night yet, firstly where you been? Secondly, you are in for a big surprise. This track has a UK theme through & through.

The massive Crookers Remix has put new life into an already top tune, the UK Garage style beats are really what is going on in the UK Urban Scene at the moment, so catch the vibe! Let's hope this is the sort of music Kid Cudi will continue to put out in his career. Probably my favourite song of the moment...

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: RoBKoZ (#3)

Also Ranked By: The Good Dr Bill (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Day 'N' Night / Day 'N' Night (Crookers Remix)

Good song, :wat: review.

New high point: Fennesz making it on with five votes.

tragically low for 'Spaceman.'


that alone makes me wish i voted........

Mondays Is For Drinking To The Seldom Seen Kid

#87.




Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
(1415 Points, 9 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #19

MusicOMH.com Review: The last time we met Elbow, lead singer Guy Garvey was nursing a broken heart, and the result was their finest album yet in Leaders Of The Free World. A downbeat masterpiece, it enhanced Garvey's reputation as one of the finest lyricists of his generation.

For Grounds For Divorce, they've not exactly lightened up, but they have become extremely loud. "I've been working on a cocktail called grounds for divorce" bellows Garvey before a huge, clanking, almost industrial soundscape crashes in. "They rock" may not be a term you associate with Elbow, but in this instance it's very appropriate.

And as ever with Elbow, the lyrics deserve a review of their own - a beautifully descriptive account of an alcoholic father, drinking to his "seldom seen kid" and taking in the various unsightly attractions of his local pub: the "whispering of jokers", "little town whores" and "twisted karaoke" and so on.

There's also a nice twist at the end where it's revealed that the 'seldom seem kid' is doomed to follow in his father's footsteps in the line "someday we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid". A typical slice of Elbow magic.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Forget Myself" (#68 in 2005)

Ranked Highest By: Man Is Matter (#10)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Seldom Seen Kid

I'm going to break out the 'should be higher imo' for that. Monster of a song.

And Oh It's Gonna Drop Gonna Fill Your Cup

#86.




TV on the Radio - Golden Age
(1449 Points, 15 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

liyonking rateyourmusic.com Review: Is George Michael the new frontman from Tv on the Radio? Did Prince help to write and produce this song?
Anyways, is fucking awesome!!

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Wolf Like Me" (#8 in 2006)

Ranked Highest By: SmashNapCrash(#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Dear Science,

I find the , in Dear Science, irrationally annoying.

Decent album, although there are a bunch of songs of prefer to "Golden Age". Their attempts at funk often seem a bit clumsy.

Yeah, fist one of mine to make it. Somewhere in the top 15 I think.

HANG YR HEAD IN SHAME HD!!!!

Yeah, though people seem loathe to admit it, that's a pretty good album.

They're actually kinda fun, aren't they?

Great list so far!

yeah, good list so far, definitely. I've got a few things to check out now...

My Best Friend Lesley Said
"Oh, She's Just Being Miley"

#85.




Miley Cyrus - See You Again
(1461 Points, 9 Votes)

US Chart Position: #10

UK Chart Position: #11

top40.about.com Review:

The Bottom Line

It might sound like a pepped up version of Corey Hart's chestnut "Sunglasses At Night" to some, but that rocking singalong chorus completes the sale here. Finally, it seems that US pop radio is starting to give in to the peppy, polished Disney pop selling droves of albums in a down music market, and this song is leading the way. Miley Cyrus personalizes the lyrics and delivers vocals like a pro. This song deserves to land in the top 10.

Pros

* Upbeat pounding dance-pop beat
* Miley's polished vocals
* Rock edge on the chorus
* Personalizing of the lyrics

Cons

* Little to complain about here

Description

* Throbbing dance-friendly bass line
* Enticing, dramatic vocals
* Light rock guitars announce the chorus

Guide Review - Miley Cyrus - See You Again

15-year-old Miley Cyrus has amassed a long string of single appearances on the US pop charts both as herself and as her TV alter-ego Hannah Montana. There have been 18 at last count, but none have made it into the top 20 until now. At last Miley Cyrus is experiencing pop radio support and her single is exploding into a major hit. Many would say it's about time for an artist who has back to back 3 million selling albums to her credit. However, US pop radio has been slow to embrace the Disney pop style which borrows heavily from classic bubblegum.

Fortunately, "See You Again" brings back a core genre from US pop music history and makes us all feel the propulsive joy of a killer bassline and singalong chorus. Many adult listeners point out the similarity of the song's structure to that of Corey Hart's 80's classic "Sunglasses At Night." Similarities are evident, but where "Sunglasses" feels claustrophobic, Miley makes her sound positively celebratory.

Miley Cyrus carries off the vocal performance here with all of the professional panache of established divas like Kylie Minogue or her own fellow Disney star Hilary Duff. Cyrus receives co-songwriting credits here under her birth name Destiny Hope Cyrus. Refreshingly, the lyrics are all teen romance drama. If, indeed, "she's just being Miley," we want much much more.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: thresholeofrevelation (#7)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus

Oh, I won't.

Very glad to have Miley out the way.

The highest of my votes to place, so far. I was this close to making it my #1 because, listening to it was among the most transcendant moments I had all year. I finally decided it wasn't really 'single-y' enough to be #1, so I bumped it down a slot. I've listened to it straight through 21 times since the end of October, which is a pretty staggering amoutn for myself. Pitchfork had a great write-up on the single.






Yup. I didn't vote for it because it was such a late single that it didn't feel right putting it on my list this year, and was hoping to vote next year. Bah!

Great job, thus far, Paul. Above and beyond the call of duty.

I hope not. I haven't seen '7 Things' yet.

Also this song is greaT.

^meh.

Anyway, about met my snark quota right there.

"7 Things" deserves top 50. Let's hope it gets there.

Yeah, for some reason I thought "See You Again" was last year.

Kickass song.

#84.




Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
(1470 Points, 6 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

fluxblog Review: It’s probably a good idea for the Gang Gang Dance to tighten up. Their previous records have had interesting moments, but generally suffered from sounding a bit too much like a drunk Siouxsie Sioux fucking around with an even more inebriated Banshees at soundcheck. The voice and the aesthetic was there, but the discipline was not. “House Jam,” despite its annoyingly generic title, finds the group embracing hooks and stronger grooves, but not at the expense of their loose, quasi-mystical vibe. It’s almost as if they remembered that the word “dance” was in the name of their band and decided to make good on that promise.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Saskadelphia (#3)

Also Ranked By: ____________________________ (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Saint Dymphna

Thank god sask pointed out that was a single.

(should be higher)

it was? Shit.
I even searched discogs and youtube and whatnot for some kind of verification and found none.

Shame too, I would have voted for it.

A School Boy Spelling Bee
A School Girl With A Fantasy

#83.




AC/DC - Rock 'n' Roll Train
(1476 Points, 9 Votes)

US Chart Position: #1 (Mainstream Rock) / #25 (Modern Rock) / #42 (Hot Dance Club Play)

UK Chart Position: n/a

cokemachineglow Review: Let me get this out of the way: this is the best AC/DC track since “Thunderstruck” and I am fucking psyched. I don’t know how it happened, because this is a serious retread, even by AC/DC standards. It opens like “Highway to Hell,” but without the rhythmic interest: Angus alone, riff out, and with a snare hit on four the drums enter. The chorus is paint-by-numbers, with Brian Johnson adding some embellishment around a big group vocal. It’s called “Rock ‘n Roll Train” and the refrain runs “you know she’s just like a runaway train (runnin’ right off the tracks).” Sounds like shit, right? Head on over to acdc.com and prepare to be amazed.

Another apparent liability is the presence of producer Brendan O’Brien, who with great pomp and no circumstance has razed several of Springsteen’s best attempts (and one of Neil Young’s, via Pearl Jam) at latter-day triumphs. And though O’Brien has made three Incubus albums I would kiss him on the mouth for making AC/DC bad-ass again. For the first time in decades, the Young brothers have a guitar sound that stands alongside, not cops to, their previous work. The drums are full and sharp, front and center in the mix where they need to be. Malcom is in the right channel, Angus is in the left, and Brian Johnson has lost an octave and a half without missing a step.

Of course, if you’re not already on board after thirty years, this won’t convert you. It’s still gleefully campy idiot-rock with nonsensical lyrics vaguely detailing a misogynist stereotype, some kind of angel/devil southern belle who’s hot to trot. I have no account for their politics, and for those of you who need more intellectualism than the band who made “Big Balls” typically provides, I’ll call you when they make Kid A. But those aboard know AC/DC’s brand of bad rock is inimitable, and the brothers still tread (shred?) where Jet and Airbourne can’t.

The elder-statesman-of-rock victory lap, replete with classic rock chartings and return-to-form pronouncements, is an industry constant, and though it’s true that this is one such return I venture that the hype has truth at the heart: this is an AC/DC more vigorous and present in the world than any of its contemporaries. Whether it’s O’Brien’s nostalgia or Angus Young’s self-overcoming will that did it, I am thankful as fuck that something split time in two, grabbed the skull-faced giant named “World-Conquering Ambition” and yolked it to a band who have little to gain and nothing to prove.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Pavement Ist Rad (#8)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Black Ice

Yay, House Jam. Nice to see. Paramore, too.


Yeah, I don't understand this. That's what the pinned singles thread is for...at the very least it's not that hard to scan the big list and pick out 50 songs that grabbed you this year.

As Desire Passes Through, Then You're Open To The Truth

#82.




The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me / Sequels
(1478 Points, 11 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #30

Neu! Magazine Review: Whilst ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ was more akin to The Rascals, this latest offering from Alex Turner and Miles Kane’s side project, is not at all like either The Arctic Monkeys or The Rascals. Strumming acoustic guitars with orchestral arrangements is definitely not a normal combination. However, strangely, it works. ‘Standing Next To Me’ is by no means a classic, but the name Alex Turner will always give it a good reputation.

The nature of The Last Shadow Puppets will always mean that the choruses are catchy and easy to sing along to. However, compared to previous single ‘The Age Of The Understatement’, this new release is only moderately exciting. This does not have the same feeling of mystery that ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ had. ‘Standing Next To Me’ is a much more normal song and the lyrics are easier to relate to. However, it lacks a drive in a certain direction. These two young men have too many ideas for this song. They are just having some fun though. It is epic, tight and memorable. The Last Shadow Puppets are an interesting project.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Culle (#2)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Age of the Understatement

There will be no excuses next year for not voting, I have something planned.

Sendspace is crawling so slowly right now...

hey Paul, if you use Mediafire, there is no wait time for multiple downloads. i may be wrong.

I am frightened.

also want to say that Paul is a man among men for doing all of this year end stuff. cheers, Paul!

i'm ashamed i didn't vote for singles. sorry, world.

same here...and it would've been pretty high on my list, as well.

Sendspace was taking like, 2 minutes per song for me just a little while ago and now it's taking 5 seconds. Hope it lasts.

Also this Mystery Jets song blows until Laura shows up.

My upload speed has been crazy fast, so who knows. The next 5 mp3s are sendspace, but the rest for today are mediafire. We'll see if there is any difference.

what I don't get is why there aren't more EP's in people's votes. I can claim to have heard 30 or more EPs this year, and in most cases EP > Single.

With the way things are,..a lot of new bands release digital EPs..it's a good way to get their music out there, and not just 1 or 2 songs.

Easily the best opening line of the year, too.

So.....is someone compiling all these singles into easy-to-download zip files like in years past? Sendspace keeps crashing my browser

Nice work, Paul. Your professionalism and attention to detail throughout this process is much appreciated.

I think most people just think in terms of songs.

On The Day That I Turned 23
I Was Curled Up Underneath A Dogwood Tree

#81.




Blitzen Trapper - Furr
(1480 Points, 6 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

GrantMorey YouTube comment: Bob Dylan wannabe hardcore. Successful at it though.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Rob Gordon (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Furr

I couldn't tell you the difference between these guys, Fleet Foxes, and Frightened Rabbit. I'm not sure if that's because of real similarities or because of the amount of whiskey I've had this past year.