2009's Top of the Pops

[dotinthesky]

Most listened artists in my music library in 2009:

1. Morrissey
2. Madonna
3. Erasure
4. The Cure
5. The Raveonettes
6. Kronos Quartet
7. Suede
8. Cut Copy
9. The Smiths
10. Pet Shop Boys
11. David Bowie
12. The Magnetic Fields
13. Siouxsie and the Banshees
14. Girls Aloud
15. The Mighty Lemon Drops

I honestly don't know why Madonna is so high up. I went through a period of obsessing over "Express Yourself" but, apart from that, I only use her when I'm cleaning the house. I must have cleaned a lot in 2009. Must get her off the list in 2010 and move Girls Aloud considerably higher. Cut Copy were a genuine discovery in 2009 (or was it 2008?) - I loved getting into their two albums and I'm looking forward to seeing them live when they are next in London. I also went through a lot of Mighty Lemon Drops in the spring but can't see them reappearing in my charts by the end of 2010.  My new obsession is M83 and they have a good chance of troubling these charts in 2010.

Most listened tracks in my music library in 2009:

1. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
2. Simple Minds – Don't You (Forget About Me)
3. Peter Godwin – Images Of Heaven
4. Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
5. White Lies – Death
6. Apostle of Hustle – Baby, You're In Luck
7. a-ha – Take On Me
8. The Housemartins – Build
9. Sugababes – Freak Like Me
10. Information Society – Repetition
11. Madonna – Express Yourself
12. Rachael Yamagata – Even So
13. Hole – Doll Parts
14. The Stranglers – Skin Deep
15. Jane's Addiction – Jane Says

Who the hell is Rachael Yamagata and what's she doing on my most listened tracks list?! I can only assume Last FM is to blame during those times I let it run loose while in the office on my own (or with music-friendly co-workers). Same goes for the Apostle of Hustle track, though I don't mind it so much. Elsewhere, you can see how deeply stuck in the 80s I am, though Hole's "Doll Parts" gives me a brief foot in the 90s as I try to breach the last couple of years with more contemporary pop like Sugababes and White Lies.  I'll do my best in 2010 to listen to new music.  But I ain't making any promises.

Comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Eclectic range of tracks, there. Well done.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

You think?! I thought it read as a typical 80s fan hit list. ;-)

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

I was ignoring chronology.

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

White Lies – Death was on my list too.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Great album, innit?

[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

I find it gets more and more difficult to listen to new music as you get older, because you've got to keep abreast of it AND listen to the old stuff again too.