My Year In Lists

...And what better way to kick off the new year than with a series of lists analysing the previous one.

TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2010

1. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
2. Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain
3. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
4. Liars - Sisterworld
5. Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers - All You Need To Sleep

I got a few more for Christmas so this list is subject to change. The Suburbs is getting there but still not as good as any of these just yet.

TOP 5 SONGS OF 2010

1. Four Score And Seven - Titus Andronicus
2. Wo Bist Du Gewesen Vor Prohibition? - Klezmer Kollectiv
3. Where Dreams Go To Die - John Grant
4. Factory Girls - Tindersticks
5. What's In It For? - Avi Buffalo

Honourable mention goes to Mondegreen by Yeasayer, Scarecrows On A Killer Slant by Liars, So Long Goodnight by the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, and I Just Had Sex by The Lonely Island.

TOP 5 SONGS THAT WEREN'T ACTUALLY RELEASED IN 2010 BUT I'VE BEEN ROCKING ANYWAY

1. Here Comes A Special Boy - Freezepop
2. Sometimes It Hurts - Tindersticks
3. Do You Hear The People Sing? - Les Misérables
4. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot - Brand New
5. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

I avoided the temptation to put Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine in instead of The Boss.

TOP 5 GIGS

1. Flaming Lips at Green Man
2. Titus Andronicus in Bristol
3. Klezmer Kollectiv at CAI
4. Tindersticks at Green Man
5. LCD Soundsystem & Hot Chip at the CIA

No, Arcade Fire, you may not be in any of my end-of-year lists. You are already in too many, and your live show was tainted my nasty men who somehow found time in between having a go at people for no good reason to know all of the words to the new songs and make me feel silly for not having listened to the new album enough. In fact, you don't even get to come 6th, because Yeasayer were better. Yes, I went there.

Basically my year was ruled by Titus Andronicus and Tindersticks.

Real blogging returns on Monday, if I can be bothered, maybe. Happy 2011 y'all.

Joel.