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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2012-12-31 07:10 pm

Best of 2012

Most popular artists in my music library in 2012:

  1. Morrissey
  2. The Smiths
  3. The Magnetic Fields
  4. Cocteau Twins
  5. Suede
  6. Madonna
  7. The Cure
  8. Anouar Brahem
  9. Kronos Quartet
  10. Ladytron
  11. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  12. Saint Etienne
  13. Erasure
  14. Belle and Sebastian
  15. Cat Power

Madonna has dropped one position in my charts this year, which can only mean two things: I didn't clean my house as often as 2011 and I didn't listen much to her new album. Usual suspects in the top 5 and across the chart, with some notable newbies: Saint Etienne and Ladytron, who released fantastic pop albums this year, Anouar Brahem, who records lovely classical albums, and Cat Power, because one of our recent guests gave me all her albums as MP3s. Kronos Quartet also have great classical albums which I enjoy listening to during the weekend when I don't feel like hearing another human being's voice.

Most popular tracks in my music library in 2012:

  1. Austra – Lose It
  2. Jermaine Stewart – We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
  3. Erasure – Star
  4. Japan – Life In Tokyo
  5. One Dove – White Love (Lonesome demo)
  6. Icona Pop – I Love It
  7. Eternal Summers – Safe At Home
  8. Andrew Lawrence-King: The Harp Consort – Concerto for Organ, op. 4, No. 1: Adagio
  9. The Associates – Party Fears Two
  10. The Passions – I'm In Love With A German Film Star
  11. Hall & Oates – Out Of Touch
  12. Cocteau Twins – From the Flagstones
  13. The Smiths – Hand In Glove
  14. Madonna – Open Your Heart
  15. Joy Division – Failures

Somebody hacked into my Last.FM account!  There's no other explanation for Jermaine Stewart being so high in my charts (ahem).  Austra's Lose It, on the other hand, is a perfect pop song and was on repeat for a good chunk of my year. Their whole album is great and I recommend it.  Same goes for Icona Pop's I Love It (the sound of 2012's summer if it'd had any sunshine).  Release an album already, Icona Pop!  One Dove's White Love is on this chart because I fell asleep with my iPod one night and it got played on repeat for 8 hours straight.  It's the same for Andrew Lawrence-King and Eternal Summers, who I have no clue who they are or how they ended up in my iTunes.  The other tracks are 80s pop and Alternative tracks from post-punk period as per usual.

My top tracks and artists for:
2009
2010
2011

All this info is via my account on Last.FM.

[identity profile] rockingthemike.livejournal.com 2012-12-31 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
i'll be taking snapshots of my last.fm just before i go out tonight... will post the results once i'm back to writing! :D

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2013-01-01 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool, look forward to seeing it! Happy New Year!