top 10s of 2011

New Year's Day 2012; the first in 8 years that I haven't spent in the pub, compiling my musical top10s from the previous year. 

This year's lists are also missing my top 10 live performances. Why? Because I haven't seen enough live music.

Elizabeth has a lot to answer for.

Anyway, here they are...

Top 10 Singles of 2011:

1. Surfacing - Chapel Club

2. Future Starts Slow - The Kills

3. Wetsuit - The Vaccines

4. Still Life - The Horrors

5. Undercover of Darkness - The Strokes

6. Albatross - Wild Beasts

7. Video Games - Lana Del Rey

8. I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li (The Magician Remix)

9. The Runner - Boxer Rebellion

10. Inhaler - Miles Kane

Top 10 Albums of 2011:

1. Skying - The Horrors

2. Smother - Wild Beasts

3. The Cold Still - Boxer Rebellion

4. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83

5. Nine Types of Light - TV on the Radio

6. Blood Pressures - The Kills

7. Palace - Chapel Club

8. Badlands - Dirty Beaches

9. What did you expect from the Vaccines? - The Vaccines

10. Yuck - Yuck


If I ever get a minute, I'll add my lists from years gone by. Just for fun, like.

a start has an end.

I'm starting big; Top 10 albums, like, ever.

Here goes (in alphabetical order)...

Arcade Fire - 'Funeral'

David Bowie - 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'

Doves - 'Lost Souls'

The Flaming Lips - 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'

The Horrors - 'Primary Colours'

Interpol - 'Turn on the Bright Lights'

The National - 'Boxer'

Pearl Jam - 'Ten'

The Strokes - 'Is This It?'

The White Stripes - 'White Blood Cells'

This list would probably be different tomorrow. But for now, I'm happy.