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A list of the albums I listened to today while studying french, followed by a link to my favourite track (if it’s on youtube), or the only track that’s on youtube. And probably a spiel.
Exile in Guyville Liz Phair
My partner loves this album (he says it’s probably his all-time-favourite) and, though I liked parts of it, I never really got into it. But then I ordered it, and when it arrived I put it on and it just… clicked. Such a brilliant album.
The Dreaming Kate Bush
Her best, without a doubt. A truly passionate album, it’s unfortunate that no one seemed to get it.
Neptune City Nicole Atkins
There’s so much amazing about this album: her voice, the songs, the orchestrations, the feelings, the album as a whole… Neptune City is a really beautiful album, nostalgic in sound and in feeling.
Maybe Tonight (my favourite is actually “Together We Are Both Alone”, but it’s not on youtube. yet.)
Maxinquaye Tricky
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this all the way through. A ground-breaking album, Maxinquaye is split between songs that still sound fresh and those that have become extremely stale. It’s still his masterpiece: though his later work held moments of promise, even brilliance, it never reached this level again (though some say, and I may agree, that Knowle West Boy is almost, if not as, good, a kind of modern-day Maxinquaye. Then again, after Vulnerable anything would’ve been amazing).
Moderat Moderat
This album is very tied to about a year and a bit ago when I really got into Modeselektor, Apparat and, as a consequence, Moderat. I still love this album, but it’s like my taste has moved in a different direction to how it seemed to be moving then. On the other hand, this is another album that took me a while to get into before I was able to realise how brilliant it is.
The Milk-Eyed Mender Joanna Newsom
Of all the artists I listen to, Joanna Newsom is probably the one who most obviously matures through her work: her early EPs show promise, but are… immature, for want of another word. The Milk-Eyed Mender is good, but it has never held the same appeal as Ys, though it is more digestible (except if you can’t stand her voice), and there are some excellent songs on it.
Sprout and the Bean | Peach Plum Pear (amazing live version here)
Pink Moon Nick Drake
If you’re going to die, I guess make sure you do it after your best work: though Kate Bush has had to live through “The Red Shoes”, Nick Drake released Pink Moon then signed off. A stunning beautiful album that proves that the guitar isn’t the instrument everyone thinks it is and is in fact remarkably versatile. With so much beauty, it’s sad that it’s such a short-ride, clocking at just over 28 minutes, though perhaps if it were any longer it wouldn’t be so perfect.
And that’s a wrap. For today, at least.
I’m cleaning out iTunes because I’m sick of having it being large and unmanagable and full of music I never listen to. SO I’m going to clear everything out and start again. Hurrah! I’m scho schmart.
And then I might actually listen to more music rather than going “WHYYYYYY 5 days of unlistenedto music?!?! WHYY?!?!”
Which I clearly do a lot.
ANYHOO, in honour of the occasion, I have compiled my list of “Top 100 Most Played” song according to the play count in iTunes. Which might be interesting, or might just help you stop being bored. Or help you be bored. BLAH.
It was originally top 50, but then I thought “What the heck; let’s go out with a BANG!”
And because I should be studying French but…
Yes. Anyway. Here it is:
(items in italics were added this year)
TOP 100 Most Played
1. 2 Wicky - Hooverphonic (392)
2. Deep Honey - Goldfrapp (313)
3. Hairy Trees - Goldfrapp (291)
4. Overpowered - Róisín Murphy (230)
5. Mad About You - Hooverphonic (217)
6. Ooh La La - Goldfrapp (214)
7. Sometimes - Hooverphonic (192)
8. Magenta - Hooverphonic (189)
9. You Never Know - Goldfrapp (185)
10. Slave To Love - Róisín Murphy (180)
11. You Hurt Me (Remix) - Hooverphonic (178)
12. Stay Tuned - Anja Garbarek (164)
13. Black Cherry - Goldfrapp (163)
14. Strict Machine - Goldfrapp (163)
15. Let It Take You - Goldfrapp (163)
16. Lovely Head - Goldfrapp (162)
17. Ruby Blue - Róisín Murphy (162)
18. An Echo A Stain - Björk (153)
19. No More Sweet Music - Hooverphonic (153)
20. Psyche (Flash Treatment) - Massive Attack (152)
21. Everytime We Live Together We Die A Bit More - Hooverphonic (150)
22. Human - Goldfrapp (148)
23. You Love Me To Death - Hooverphonic (146)
24. This Strange Effect - Hooverphonic (145)
25. Nirvana Blue - Hooverphonic (143)
26. One - Hooverphonic (142)
27. Crystalline Green - Goldfrapp (137)
28. Autoharp - Hooverphonic (134)
29. Someone - Hooverphonic (134)
30. Ride a White Horse - Goldfrapp (127)
31. Those Feelings - Herbert (126)
32. Wake Up - Hooverphonic (123)
33. Ramalama (Bang Bang) - Róisín Murphy (123)
34. Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs - Hooverphonic (120)
35. Birds of a Feather - Herbert (118)
36. Hunter - Björk (116)
37. Who Is It - Björk (115)
38. Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine (111)
39. Let Me Know - Róisín Murphy (111)
40. The Girl and the Robot - Röyksopp (111)
41. When You’re Good to Mama - Queen Latifah (110)
42. Yeah Yeah - Bodyrox feat. Luciana (109)
43. Music Box - Hooverphonic (109)
44. Innervoice - Hooverphonic (108)
45. Biscuit - Portishead (108)
46. Nowawdays/Hot Honey Rag - Catherine Zeta-Jones/Renée Zellweger (107)
47. Number 1 - Goldfrapp (107)
48. Close To You - The Avalanches (106)
49. Tiptoe - Goldfrapp (106)
50. Silent Shout - The Knife (106)
51. Dissolved Girl - Massive Attack (105)
52. Movie Star - Róisín Murphy (105)
53. Leopard - Bristol Blonde (104)
54. It Could Be Sweet - Portishead (104)
55. Pleasure is All Mine - Björk (102)
56. Overture/And All That Jazz - Catherine Zeta-Jones/Renée Zellweger (102)
57. Frozen - Dani Siciliano (102)
58. Hung Up - Madonna (101)
59. Nowadays (Roxie) - Renée Zellweger (101)
60. Moan (Trentemøller Remix Radio Edit) - Trentemøller (101)
61. Train - Goldfrapp (100)
62. Step Aside For The Man (Demo) - Scissor Sisters (98)
63. Oceania - Björk (97)
64. Horse Tears - Goldfrapp (97)
65. Over - Portishead (97)
66. Be My Producers - Dani Siciliano (95)
67. Pontificate - The Matthew Herbert Big Band (95)
68. One Way Ride - Hooverphonic (94)
69. Sarangi - Hooverphonic (94)
70. Sleep Deprivation - Simian Mobile Disco (94)
71. Vertebrae By Vertebrae - Björk (93)
72. I Miss You - Herbert (93)
73. Out of Sight - Hooverphonic (92)
74. You Don’t Have A Clue - Röyksopp (92)
75. Out of Tune - Hooverphonic (91)
76. Happy Up Here - Röyksopp (91)
77. Twist - Goldfrapp (90)
78. Sunday Morning - Hooverphonic (90)
79. Good Luck - Basement Jaxx feat. Lisa Kekaula (89)
80. Electro Shock Faders - Hooverphonic (89)
81. My Child (Remix) - Hooverphonic (89)
82. Jackie’s Delirium - Hooverphonic (89)
83. Tuna - Hooverphonic (88)
84. Slippage - Goldfrapp (87)
85. Eurochild - Massive Attack (87)
86. Pilots - Goldfrapp (85)
87. Foreign Bodies - Herbert (85)
88. Creator - Santogold (85)
89. Lounge Suite - Sister Act (84)
90. None Of Dem - Robyn feat. Röyksopp (83)
91. What Else Is There? - Röyksopp (83)
92. Class - Catherine Zeta-Jones/Queen Latifah (82)
93. Mr. Hurricane - Beast (81)
94. A&E - Goldfrapp (81)
95. Get It Get It - Scissor Sisters (81)
96. Ginger - Hooverphonic (80)
97. No More Sweet Music (Remix) - Hooverphonic (81)
98. Others Delight - Hooverphonic (80)
99. Moving Forward - Bitter:Sweet (79)
100. Sow Into You - Róisín Murphy (79)
And bonus tracks!
101. Tom the Model - Beth Gibbons (78)
102. All Mine - Portishead (78)
Well, there you have it. Aren’t you glad you’re so interested in my musical tastes*?
KATANG!
*because I probably listened so others several million times on youtube, or on the other computer, or listening on CD, this isn’t exactly representative of what I listen to all the time. And some of those songs I haven’t listened to since 2007 (wut.) but theyr’e still holding onto their title with pride. But not much longer, my lovlies…
I love you guys.
