indulge me in rating my Top 50 tracks of the decade so far...

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For no reason other than boredom, I decided to have a go at listing my 100 favourite tracks of the decade. It took a fair while and wasn't as easy as it sounds, so I thought I'd share the first 50 (not enough poll options) and poll it on ILM. The hardest part was trying to remember what I liked in 2010 and 2011 (and even last year) and trying to work out if I still liked these older tracks. I definitely don't need to hear 'Rather Be' again, but there was a brief moment where I thought it was the nuts, so I've included it.
Most of these I've ranked according to how much I liked them at the time and whether I still like them now.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
12 Todd Terje - Inspector Norse 9
1 Scott Walker - Epizootics! 7
30 Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away 5
18 Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) 4
22 Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - 13 Candles 3
44 Girl Unit - Wut 3
26 Azealia Banks - 212 3
50 Stylo G - Soundbwoy 2
27 Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Sunday Candy 2
17 Guru - Pooley 2
16 Big Boi - Shutterbug 2
15 fetty wap - trap queen 2
6 E-40 - Lightweight Jammin 2
13 chairlift - I belong in your arms 2
36 Olatunji - Oh Yay 1
42 wet - you're the best 1
41 Andrès - New For You 1
29 Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost 1
3 korede bello - godwin 1
2 Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone 1
37 Beyonce - Countdown 1
33 Migos ft. Young Thug - YRN 1
43 Iron & Wine - Lover's Revolution 1
47 Ought - Habit 1
49 Vampire Weekend - Step 1
46 Bicep - Just 1
11 Blawan - Getting Me Down 1
10 Future - Just Like Bruddas 1
48 Wildlife! ft. Terry Lynn - Oh Bondage, up Yours 0
20 Games - Planet Party 0
39 Hodgson - Babylon System 0
40 Ricky Blaze ft. Shaggy & Kranium - Overrated 0
45 The Art Department - Without You 0
7 Domenique Dumont - l'Esprit de l'Escalier 0
35 Frazey Ford - September Fields 0
34 Tyler the Creator - Yonkers 0
14 Gayngs - Cry 0
9 Popcaan - The System 0
8 When Saints Go Machine - Kelly 0
19 J Hus - Dem Boy Paigon 0
21 Tensnake - Coma Cat 0
23 Eyvind Kang - Invisus Natalis 0
24 Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 0
25 Bunji Garlin - Differentology 0
5 Console - Homeless Ghost 0
4 Young Thug ft. Zuse - Treasure 0
28 Clean Bandit - Rather Be 0
31 St Vincent - Cruel 0
32 Eyvind Kang - Variel 0
38 Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards 0


TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 11:45 (eight years ago) link

The rest of the top 100:

51 Rich Gang - Lifestyle
52 John Talabot - Missing You
53 Skales - Shake Body
54 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
55 Ghost - He Is
56 Hot Fruit - Falling Off the Grid
57 Erdbeerschnitzel - To An End
58 Kiesza - Hideaway
59 Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu - Q.U.E.E.N.
60 KW Griff ft. Pork Chop - Bring in the Katz
61 Mosca - Bax
62 Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
63 Swans - Mother Of The World
64 Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama
65 Fucked Up - Queen of Hearts
66 Lescop - La Forêt
67 Plaid - Hawkmoth
68 Classixx - All You're Waiting For
69 Jack Ü - Where are U now
70 DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down for What
71 Pusha T - Numbers on the Board
72 Poliça - Tiff
73 Easy Star Allstars - PYT
74 Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
75 Janelle Monae - Tightrope (ft. Big Boi)
76 A$AP Ferg - Shabba
77 Animal Collective - Floridada
78 Nick Hannam & Tom Garnett ft. Tom Zanetti - You Want Me
79 Erykah Badu - Window Seat
80 Jamie Woon - Night Air
81 james blake - limit to your love
82 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
83 Waka Flocka Flame - Hard In Da Paint
84 Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving
85 My Bloody Valentine - New You
86 Tessela - Hackney Parrot
87 Miguel - Do You
88 Kingdom ft. Shyvonne - Mind Reader
89 John Maus - Believer
90 Tom waits - Hell broke Luce
91 Janelle Monae - Oh, Maker
92 Dej Loaf - Try Me
93 Rich Homie Quan - Type of Way
94 The Joy Formidable - A Heavy Abacus
95 Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
96 Cass McCombs - County Line
97 Storm Queen - Look right Through
98 The Books - A Cold freezing Night
99 Novelist x Mumdance - 1 Sec
100 Skepta - That's Not Me

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 11:46 (eight years ago) link

"Lightweight Jamming" & I didn't even have to think about it

bernard snowy, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 12:56 (eight years ago) link

Hot Fruit too low. ;_;

emil.y, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:44 (eight years ago) link

there is like 10x more that i like in your second 50 lol

voting 'epizootics' coz it's number 1 anyway

And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link

"Inspector Norse" probably my own #1.

clemenza, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link

Yes to all of these:

Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
Beyonce - Countdown
Azealia Banks - 212

Janelle Monae - Tightrope (ft. Big Boi)
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Erykah Badu - Window Seat
Fucked Up - Queen of Hearts
Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu - Q.U.E.E.N.

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link

Good list, dog latin. Good list.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link

Spotify playlist or it didn't happen though.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link

Good shout longneck. I'll look into it. Cheers, and tbh I'm p sure your work on a lot of the rolling threads has been directly responsible for a whole bunch of these choices.

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 15:55 (eight years ago) link

One of these:

Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone
Young Thug ft. Zuse - Treasure
Future - Just Like Bruddas
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
chairlift - I belong in your arms
Big Boi - Shutterbug
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
J Hus - Dem Boy Paigon
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away
St Vincent - Cruel
Migos ft. Young Thug - YRN

Good list, DL. Probably gonna go with Donnie Trumpet, still listen to that song on most days (and now it's starting to feel like SUMMERTIME)

thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link

Gonna sling a vote to Stylo G because no one else will.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link

Olatunji! 'Oh Yay' is my most listened to song of the year so far, happy happy music

suicide commando, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link

Pooley!

Frederik B, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link

The only songs in your top 40 that I remember without looking them up and don't hate are When Saints Go Machine, Beyonce and Blawan

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link

Missed Ought's "Habit" on my first scan through. Wouldn't have changed my vote, but that's a good 'un.

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link

I approve of:

8 When Saints Go Machine - Kelly
11 Blawan - Getting Me Down
12 Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
13 chairlift - I belong in your arms
14 Gayngs - Cry
15 fetty wap - trap queen
16 Big Boi - Shutterbug
17 Guru - Pooley (i forgot about this one!)
21 Tensnake - Coma Cat
22 Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - 13 Candles
26 Azealia Banks - 212
28 Clean Bandit - Rather Be
39 Hodgson - Babylon System
49 Vampire Weekend - Step

idg why some ppl go mad for rae sremmurd

i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link

Congratulations. Your list didn't give me dysentery.

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link

Lightweight Jammin

lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link

Gutted about a few great tracks being missing from Spotify, plus some versions/remixes aren't the ones I like, but here's a nearly complete Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1153731601/playlist/1Lf9u1jP140UnJxjghj1Qx

PS the Erdbeerschnitzel track is actually called 'Tonight Is Today Is Tomorrow' but it's not on Spottie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGY5QETkGw

Hot Fruit aren't there either :-( And I can't find the version of the Storm Queen track I remember liking.

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link

I was tempted to give When Saints Go Machine a vote because that album always needs more love but went for the predictable choice of Inspector Norse. Easily my favourite song of the decade so far.

Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 30 April 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link

voted for "Inspector Norse" but would have gone with "County Line" if it had been an option

bunny slopes, Saturday, 30 April 2016 02:05 (seven years ago) link

uncle acid

billstevejim, Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link

wanted to go with "yrn" or "treasure" but totally didn't expect "13 candles" to be there.

billstevejim, Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link

Yes, eye remember those thankfully long-gone days when people considered Future Islands 2 be good, 2.

Voted 4 'I Belong In Your Arms'

2rrican (Turrican), Saturday, 30 April 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link

Solid list! All is missing is Realiti somewhere in there ;)

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 April 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 1 May 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link

Despite voting for it, I didn't think it would win! wow

octobeard, Sunday, 1 May 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link

Ohhh I shouldve voted for that Wildlife! Song

Stoner Gabbneb & the Cocoon of Cluelessness (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 1 May 2016 12:33 (seven years ago) link

i played that one out the other night and it still bangs

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Sunday, 1 May 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link


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