Tracks part 1

100: Girls "Hellhole Ratrace" [True Panther Sounds]
99: Final Fantasy "The Butcher" [Blocks Recording Club]
98: The Magnetic Fields "The Nun's Litany" [Nonesuch]
97: Buraka Som Sistema [ft. M.I.A. and DJ Znobia] "Sound of Kuduro" Enchufada/Sony BMG]
96: Empire of the Sun "Walking on a Dream" [EMI]
95: Friendly Fires [ft. Au Revoir Simone] "Paris (Aeroplane Remix)" [XL]
94: WHY? "Fatalist Palmistry" [Anticon]
93: Atlas Sound "River Card" [Kranky]
92: Born Ruffians "I Need a Life (Four Tet Remix)" [Warp]
91: Jamie Lidell "All I Wanna Do" [Warp]
90: Sic Alps "Message From the Law" [Animal Disguise]
89: Ponytail "Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)"[We*Are*Free]
88: Low Motion Disco "Things Are Gonna Get Easier" [Eskimo]
87: The Veronicas "Untouched" [Sire]
86: Los Campesinos! "Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks" [Wichita/Arts & Crafts]
85: Osborne "16th Stage" [Spectral Sound]
84: Beach House "Gila" [Carpark]
83: Titus Andronicus "Upon Viewing Brueghel's 'Landscape With the Fall of Icarus'" [Troubleman Unlimited]
82: Solange "Sandcastle Disco" [Music World/Geffen]
81: Love Is All "Wishing Well" [What's Your Rupture?]
80: The Bug [ft. Warrior Queen] "Poison Dart" [Ninja Tune]
79: Ida Maria "Oh My God" [Waterfall/RCA]
78: Frightened Rabbit "The Modern Leper" [Fat Cat]
77: Telepathe "I Can't Stand It" [Rare Book Room]
76: Justice "DVNO (Radio Edit)"[Ed Banger/Because]
75: Little Boots "Stuck on Repeat" [679/Atlantic]
74: Wale "The Kramer" [self-released]
73: Goldfrapp "A&E" [Mute]
72: Fleet Foxes "Blue Ridge Mountains"[Sub Pop]
71: Sigur Rós "Gobbledigook" [XL]
70: Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music" [Def Jam]
69: Portishead "The Rip" [Island]
68: Four Tet "Ribbons"
67: Young Jeezy [ft. Kanye West] "Put On" [Def Jam]
66: Lykke Li "Dance, Dance, Dance" [LL/Atlantic]
65: Max Tundra "Which Song"
64: The Whitest Boy Alive "Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)" [Modular]
63: The Very Best "Kamphopo" [Ghettopop/Green Owl]
62: The Tough Alliance "Lucky" [Sincerely Yours]
61: Q-Tip "Gettin' Up" [Universal Motown]
60: Crystal Castles "Courtship Dating" [PIAS/Different]
59: The Dodos "Fools" [Wichita]
58: Annie "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" [Island]
57: High Places "From Stardust to Sentience" [Thrill Jockey]
56: Vampire Weekend "Oxford Comma" [XL]
55: Usher [ft. Young Jeezy] "Love in This Club" [LaFace]
54: Lykke Li "Little Bit" [LL/Atlantic]
53: Be Your Own Pet "Becky" [XL]
52: Ricardo Villalobos "Enfants (Chants)" [Sei Es Drum]
51: TV on the Radio "Golden Age" [4AD/Interscope]

This list might be real good. They have dug and been systematic. Villalobos, Annie, Tough Alliance!! Let's see if my prognosis is true.

50: Invisible Conga People "Cable Dazed" [Italians Do It Better]
49: Jay Reatard "Always Wanting More" [Matador]
48: Spiritualized "Soul on Fire" [Fontana International/Spaceman/Universal]
47: Alphabeat "Fascination" [Charisma]
46: M83 "Graveyard Girl" [Mute]
45: Antony and the Johnsons "Shake That Devil" [Rough Trade/Secretly Canadian]
44: Hot Chip "One Pure Thought" [EMI]
43: Kelley Polar "Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City)" [Environ]
42: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!" [Mute UK/Anti-]
41: No Age "Sleeper Hold" [Sub Pop]
40: T.I. [ft. Rihanna] "Live Your Life" [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
39: Kanye West "Love Lockdown" [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam]
38: TV on the Radio "DLZ" [4AD/Interscope]
37: Big Boi [ft. Raekwon and André 3000] "Royal Flush" [LaFace]
36: Arthur Russell "I Couldn't Say It to Your Face" [Audika]
35: Shearwater "The Snow Leopard" [Matador]
34: Fuck Buttons "Sweet Love for Planet Earth" [ATP]
33: Animal Collective "Street Flash"
32: Crystal Castles "Untrust Us" [Last Gang]
31: Aeroplane [ft. Kathy Diamond] "Whispers" [Eskimo]
30: MGMT "Time to Pretend" [Columbia]
29: Vampire Weekend "M79" [XL]
28: No Age "Eraser" [Sub Pop]
27: T.I. "No Matter What" [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
26: The Walkmen "In the New Year" [Gigantic]
25: The Hold Steady "Constructive Summer" [Vagrant]
24: Gang Gang Dance "House Jam" [Social Registry]
23: Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" [Sony BMG/Columbia]
22: Santogold "Lights Out" [Downtown]
21: Hercules and Love Affair "Hercules' Theme" [DFA]
20: The Juan MacLean "Happy House" [DFA]
19: Vivian Girls "Where Do You Run To" [Mauled by Tigers/In the Red]
18: Women "Black Rice" [Jagjaguwar]
17: Wiley "Wearing My Rolex" [Asylum]
16: The Mae Shi "Run to Your Grave" [Moshi Moshi/Team Shi]
15: Amadou and Mariam "Sabali" [Because]
14: Lil Wayne "A Milli" [Cash Money/Universal]
13: Kanye West "Flashing Lights" [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam]
12: Cut Copy "Out There on the Ice" [Modular/Interscope]
11: David Byrne and Brian Eno "Strange Overtones" [self-released]
10: Estelle [ft. Kanye West] "American Boy" [Homeschool/Atlantic]
09: Portishead "Machine Gun" [Island]
08: Air France "Collapsing at Your Doorstep" [Sincerely Yours]
07: Cut Copy "Hearts on Fire" [Modular/Interscope]
06: Deerhunter "Nothing Ever Happened" [Kranky/4AD]
05: M83 "Kim & Jessie" [Mute]
04: Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes" [Downtown]
03: Hot Chip "Ready for the Floor" [EMI]
02: Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal" [Sub Pop]
01: Hercules and Love Affair "Blind" [DFA]

yes !
Fleet foxes is still well ahead and I think they deserve it

Next :

Hercules for album of the year?


I certainly hope so!!

47: Alphabeat "Fascination" [Charisma]

Should be higher. Its the most catchy song, EVER.

According to NME

Glad to see Blind at the top, for sure one of the best track of the year (with Time Will). I find the rest of the album quite boring however, so I hope it won't be #1, not even on the top 10 (somewhere between 10 and 20 would be good for me).
And I hope they will help the Dodos go higher on the AM list !

I'm guessing NME compiled that Pitchfork list based on Pitchfork's album ratings. Their final Top 10 list will probably look a lot different with some surprises thrown in.

There aren't many mainstream hits very high on the Pitchfork list this year. Not surprising, it was a down year for pop and hip-hop.

MGMT - Time To Pretend somehow made Pitchfork's best of 2007 and 2008 lists.

Wait, are you sure that wasn't the album? Pitchfork goes by when the single came out since they rank singles exclusively.

Did you read the intro? This year they aren't rating just singles.

Oh, no I guess I didn't!

Albums part 1
50: Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
49: Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
48: High Places - High Places
47: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
46: Beach House – Devotion
45: Lykke Li - Youth Novels
44: Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
43: Shearwater – Rook
42: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
41: David Byrne and Brian Eno -Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
40: The Very Best - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best
39: Times New Viking - Rip It Off
38: The Bug - London Zoo
37: Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
36: Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
35: Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
34: Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
33: Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
32: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
31: Fennesz - Black Sea
30: Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster...
29: The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
28: Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
27: Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
26: Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Albums part 2

25: Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
24: Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
23: Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
22: Santogold – Santogold
21: Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
20: Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
19: The Walkmen - You & Me
18: The Mae Shi – HLLLYH
17: Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
16: Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
15: Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
14: Air France - No Way Down
13: Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
12: Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
11: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
10: DJ/rupture – Uproot
09: Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
08: M83 – Saturdays=Youth
07: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
06: TV on the Radio - Dear Science
05: Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
04: Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
03: No Age – Nouns
02: Portishead – Third
01: Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes

I can fill the albums into Henrik's excel sheet.

I was disappointed that they were one of the sites that gave a great review to The Week That Was and it didn't end up even in their honorable mentions.

No surprises here. I guess I'm a little surprised they gave Erykah Badu her props since she's former mainstream. (But then again former and future mainstream bands are the best hipster ones. 'Oh, her new stuff is way better than her more known Baduizm!')

I agree with most of the inclusions, but there are a few exclusions I disagree with. (Drive By Truckers, Laura Marling, Spiritualized, etc)

Baduizm was way better, hands down.

Baduizm was way better, hands down.

eventually not sooo much down, Henrik... say .Stand, There's A Riot Goin' On, Fresh... considering perceptions, expansions, age, niche, hydrogen, flour worms, chasms.. I simply dun nukking no, I've just sensed some new rubber layers in between, like a nice yet unflinching drift away from Music Of My Mind to Innervisions..

a big welcome to the hipster card, btw..

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