Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Acclaimed Music Top 50 Albums (and Top Songs) of 2014


Acclaimed Music Forums are not only a great source of individual end-of-year charts: every year a user called Harold compiles an aggregated ranking, based on hundreds of different charts (magazines, newspapers, websites). It gives you a general idea of critics' preferences worldwide. This playlist is made with the last update (31st December) and it declares the final winner of 2014. Ladies and gentlemen, they say we floated in the dream of The War on Drugs. Just a doubt: what if D'Angelo published Black Messiah just a month before?

Enjoy and have a great 2015!

P.S. As a bonus, you find a songs playlist, too. I didn't make it: it's embedded from the Spotify account of another Acclaimed Music user, based on a similar spreadsheet and regularly updated.

The complete end-of-2014 Spotirama series (playlists based on charts by Mojo, Pitchfork, Uncut, All Music, NPR...)

ACCLAIMED MUSIC TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
(from #1 to #50, full albums)

(from #1 to #50, 3 tracks each album)

ACCLAIMED MUSIC TOP SONGS OF 2014
(external playlist)


Full list

Strikethrough albums (3/50) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 

2. FKA twigs - LP1
3. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
4. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
5. Caribou - Our Love
6. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
7. Aphex Twin - Syro
8. Swans - To Be Kind
9. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
10. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
11. Future Islands - Singles
12. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
13. Beck - Morning Phase
14. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
15. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
16. Spoon - They Want My Soul
17. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
18. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
19. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
20. Taylor Swift - 1989
21. Wild Beasts - Present Tense
22. Real Estate - Atlas
23. alt-J - This Is All Yours
24. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
25. Ty Segall - Manipulator
26. Ariel Pink- pom pom
27. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
28. Metronomy - Love Letters
29. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
30. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
31. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
32. Grouper - Ruins
33. Jack White - Lazaretto
34. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
35. The Bug - Angels & Devils
36. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
37. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
38. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
39. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
40. La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
41. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
42. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
43. Temples - Sun Structures
44. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
45. Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
46. Warpaint - Warpaint
47. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
48. Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
49. tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
50. Alvvays - Alvvays


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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Rockit Top 100 Italian Songs of 2014


Let's take a look to my little country. Here you find the Top 100 Italian Songs of 2014 according to Rockit (likely the most important Italian-only indierock-friendly music website). It's a one-track-per-artist chart. About six hours of music that mostly focus on the youngest local underground (few old acts from the 90s: Edda, Paolo Benvegnù, Marlene Kuntz, Cristina Donà...) and testify how Spotify has become a major listening channel for Italian indie (88% tracks available on the service).

Enjoy!


The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 Spotify playlist series:
1. AllMusic (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
2. Decibel (US) Top 40 Albums of 2014
3. Fact (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
4. Fact (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
5. The Guardian (UK) Top 40 Albums of 2014
6. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Songs of 2014
7. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Albums of 2014
8. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 60 Songs of 2014
9. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 100 Albums of 2014
10. Mojo (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
11. NME (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
12. NME (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
13. NPR (US) 50 Favourite Albums of 2014
14. Pitchfork (US) Top 100 Songs of 2014
15. Pitchfork (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
16. Rockit (Italy) Top 100 Italian Songs of 2014
17. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Songs of 2014
18. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
19. Rough Trade (UK) Top 100 Albums of 2014
20. Uncut (UK) Top 75 Albums of 2014
21. The Wire (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


ROCKIT TOP 100 ITALIAN SONGS OF 2014
(from #1 to #100)



Full list
Strikethrough songs (12/100) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Promiscuità - Thegiornalisti
2. Fall (feat. Cuushe) - Populous
3. The Rainstick Fable - Clap! Clap!
4. Quando Imparerò - Ghemon
5. Le ragazze stanno bene - Le luci della centrale elettrica
6. Federation tunisienne de football - C'mon tigre
7. Amico bianco - Ex-Otago
8. Dove sei - WOW
9. Reflex - Casa del Mirto
10. Come reagire al presente - Fast Animals And Slow Kids
11. Dig dig dig - Mellow Mood
12. Prima di andare via - Riccardo Sinigallia
13. Eagles - News For Lulu
14. The Woods - C+C=Maxigross
15. Pater - Edda
16. Chiuso dall'interno - Dente
17. Logico #1 - Cesare Cremonini
18. Goodnight civilization - Zu
19. Nello spazio profondo - Paolo Benvegnù
20. Le mogli - Non Voglio che Clara
21. Animali - Maria Antonietta
22. Viva - The Zen Circus
23. Gilgamesh - Ronin
24. Mediterraneo - il Pan del Diavolo
25. Captured Heart - Be Forest
26. Celebration - OWN BOO
27. They told me to have faith and all I got was the sacred dirt of my empty hands - Johnny Mox
28. Bright - Drink To Me
29. Arrivederci tristezza - Brunori S.A.S
30. Senza scappare mai più - Tiziano Ferro
31. Una buona occasione - Massaroni Pianoforti
32. Manolete - Egreen
33. Ice Cold & Moldy - Baseball Gregg
34. Duemila Kilometri - Vaghe Stelle
35. Stratocaster feat. Noyz Narcos, Salmo - Ensi
36. Ho una galassia nell'armadio - Nicolò Carnesi
37. L'unica - Perturbazione
38. VII - Giardini di Miro'
39. Black Cat Serenade - Boxerin Club
40. Nu juorno buono - Rocco Hunt
41. Bucharest - Pierpaolo Capovilla
42. James Harden - Capibara
43. My friend aede - Lamusa
44. A lone boy - Tying Tiffany
45. L'uomo magro - Sick Tamburo
46. She's Lost - The Vickers
47. Soren - Lucio Corsi
48. Mama - BSBE
49. Rising - Movie Star Junkies
50. Dio Romano - I Missili
51. Amarcord - Santiago
52. Elegant and never tiring - Lorenzo Senni
53. Salva gente - Marta sui Tubi
54. Le parole - BettiBarsantini
55. Someone - Luca Sapio
56. L'Isola elefante - Joe Patti's Experimental Group
57. La mazurka del misantropo - John De Leo
58. Oblio - Marlene Kuntz
59. Così vicini - Cristina Donà
60. Fragile - Stokka & MadBuddy
61. Squares - Butti
62. Double Queen - Petit Singe
63. Faces - Welcome Back Sailors
64. All These Things I Used To Have - Yakamoto Kotzuga
65. Mille Richiami (feat Frank Siciliano) - Mistaman
66. I cry - Godblesscomputers
67. Even Stronger - LNRipley
68. Always I’m Wrong - A Toys Orchestra
69. Cioccolata feat. Caneda - Maruego
70. Angoli - Fine Before You Came
71. Mio amico mio - Gli Ebrei
72. counterclockwise - Ö.F.
73. Un'America - Il Triangolo
74. Baktism - Shiva Bakta
75. Blind Hawaii - Rocky Wood
76. To Behold - Verily So
77. Qualcuno Qua feat. Mecna - Johnny Marsiglia & Big Joe
78. Hotel Flamingo - Fitness Forever
79. Carry On - The Remington
80. La verità (è che non la vuoi) - Majakovich
81. Black Coffee - 2Hurt
82. Discese - Gouton Rouge
83. Warehouse - Melampus
84. Hammerhead - SuperTempo
85. La naturale capacità - Il Rondine
86. La musica (mi piace tanto) - Testaintasca
87. Erase me - Foxhound
88. Beggars - Lucertulas
89. Qui Non Succede Mai Niente - Abiku
90. Il re muore - Egokid
91. June - Silent Carnival
92. Una Monetina - Dutch Nazari
93. Distance - two left shoes
94. Estonia - L'inverno della civetta
95. Cara Madre - Nadàr Solo
96. Babel - Ruggine
97. Mani di Piuma - Sula Ventrebianco
98. Vanilla Cola - Niagara
99. Perchè La Bambina Cade - Storm{O}
100. C'eravamo tanto sbagliati - Lo Stato Sociale
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AllMusic Top 50 Albums of 2014


The complete beauty of music: without genres, borders, barriers. Ok, maybe I'm overplaying it, but that's what I'm feeling listening to these playlists, based on All Music Year in Review. Venerable music site compiled twenty single charts (favorite rap albums, electronic, folk, jazz, metal, reissues, etc.). This list is a non-ranked summary of them, collecting artists as varied as Aphex Twin and Cloud Nothings, Aaron Freeman and Moreno Veloso, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.

Enjoy!


The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 Spotify playlist series:
1. AllMusic (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
2. Decibel (US) Top 40 Albums of 2014
3. Fact (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
4. Fact (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
5. The Guardian (UK) Top 40 Albums of 2014
6. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Songs of 2014
7. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Albums of 2014
8. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 60 Songs of 2014
9. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 100 Albums of 2014
10. Mojo (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
11. NME (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
12. NME (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
13. NPR (US) 50 Favourite Albums of 2014
14. Pitchfork (US) Top 100 Songs of 2014
15. Pitchfork (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
16. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Songs of 2014
17. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
18. Rough Trade (UK) Top 100 Albums of 2014
19. Uncut (UK) Top 75 Albums of 2014
20. The Wire (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


ALL MUSIC TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
(not ranked, full albums)

(not ranked, 3-tracks each album)


Full list

Strikethrough albums (2/50) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

Aaron Freeman - Freeman
Alvvays - Alvvays
Ana Tijoux - Vengo
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
Aphex Twin - Syro
Arca - Xen
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
Craig Handy - Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith
El-P / Killer Mike / Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
EMA - The Future's Void
Ex Hex - Rips
FKA Twigs - LP1
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Future Islands - Singles
Gustavo Dudamel / Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
Jesse Boykins III - Love Apparatus
Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Kelis - Food
Kimbra - The Golden Echo
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Liars - Mess
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
Mahan Esfahani - Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Moreno Veloso - Coisa Boa
Nothing - Guilty of Everything
Otis Brown III - The Thought of You
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
Real Estate - Atlas
Robert Plant / Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters - Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Sidiki Diabaté / Toumani Diabaté - Toumani & Sidiki
Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Takuya Kuroda - Rising Son
Temples - Sun Structures
Teyana Taylor - VII
The Bug - Angels & Devils
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Theo Croker - AfroPhysicist
Thomas Hampson / Wolfram Rieger - Notturno: Songs by Richard Strauss
tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack

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Rolling Stone Top 50 Songs of 2014



After the celebration of baby boomers U2 and Bruce Springsteen in the album chart, US Rolling Stone crowns goddess Beyoncé in its list of best songs of 2014. It's easy to hate this chart, but let's look at the funny harlequin side of it. Where else would you find DJ Snake & Alvvays, Sam Smith & Foo Fighters, Grimes & Lana Del Rey, Caribou & Thurston Moore, Weezer & Miranda Lambert, Coldplay & Maroon 5, Ought & First Aid Kit, Tom Petty & Katy B... in the same Top 50?

Enjoy.


The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 Spotify playlist series:
1. Decibel (US) Top 40 Albums of 2014
2. Fact (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
3. Fact (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
4. The Guardian (UK) Top 40 Albums of 2014
5. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Songs of 2014
6. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Albums of 2014
7. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 60 Songs of 2014
8. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 100 Albums of 2014
9. Mojo (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
10. NME (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
11. NME (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
12. NPR (US) 50 Favourite Albums of 2014
13. Pitchfork (US) Top 100 Songs of 2014
14. Pitchfork (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
15. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Songs of 2014
16. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
17. Rough Trade (UK) Top 100 Albums of 2014
18. Uncut (UK) Top 75 Albums of 2014
19. The Wire (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


ROLLING STONE TOP 50 SONGS OF 2014
(from #1 to #50)



Full list

Strikethrough songs (3/50) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z - Drunk In Love
2. DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon - Turn Down for What
3. U2 - Every Breaking Wave
4. Future feat. Pusha T, Pharrell, Casino - Move that Dope
5. Jenny Lewis - Just One of the Guys
6. Taylor Swift - Blank Space
7. Bruce Springsteen - Frankie Fell In Love
8. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up
9. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
10. Kendrick Lamar - i
11. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
12. Sam Smith - Stay With Me
13. Foo Fighters - Outside
14. Grimes - Go
15. Sia - Chandelier
16. Beck - Blue Moon
17. Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone
18. Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better
19. Iggy Azealia feat. Charli XCX - Fancy
20. Old Crow Medicine Show - Sweet Amarillo
21. Weezer - Back to the Shack
22. Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby
23. Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)
24. The Black Keys - Gotta Get Away
25. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
26. Drake - 0 to 100/The Catch Up
27. Thurston Moore - Grace Lake
28. Prince - This Could Be Us
29. Miranda Lambert - Smokin' and Drinkin'
30. Coldplay - Magic
31. EMA - So Blonde
32. Maroon 5 - Animals
33. Jackson Browne - The Birds of St. Marks
34. Sylvan Esso - Coffee
35. First Aid Kit - Master Pretender
36. Beverly - Honey Do
37. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Faultlines
38. YG feat. Jeezy, Rich Homie Quan - My Hitta
39. Priests - Doctor
40. Sleater-Kinney - Bury Our Friends
41. Ought - Habit
42. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
43. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
44. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
45. Hospitality - I Need Your Bones
46. Katy B - 5 AM
47. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
48. Alex G. - Harvey
49. Old 97s - Longer Than You've Been Alive
50. Counting Crows - Dislocation

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

The Guardian Top 40 Albums of 2014


Another chart from a big one, UK The Guardian. And another chart with not many surprises: St. Vincent is #1, The War on Drugs #2, FKA Twigs #3, Aphex Twin #4, Caribou #5... The only non-predictable artist of the Top 10 is La Roux at #6. There is just one album not available on Spotify and that one is rather predictable, too: Taylor Swift's 1989. Interesting to notice how The Guardian writers generally rejected the "britpop solo singers formerly known as britpop band singers" category: Damon Albarn suffers at #28, while neither Morrissey or Thom Yorke entered the chart.

Enjoy!



Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


THE GUARDIAN TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2014
(from #1 to #40, full albums)


(from #1 to #40, 3 tracks each album)



Full list

Strikethrough album (1/40) is not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

1. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
2. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
3. FKA Twigs - LP1
4. Aphex Twin - Syro
5. Caribou - Our Love
6. La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
8. Beck - Morning Phase
9. Flying Lotus - You're Dead
10. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
11. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
12. Taylor Swift - 1989
13. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
14. Future Islands - Singles
15. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
16. Wild Beasts - Present Tense
17. Young Fathers - Dead
18. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
19. Jhene Aiko - Souled Out
20. Owen Pallett - In Conflict
21. Ratking - So It Goes
22. Merchandise - After the End
23. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
24. Banks - Goddess
25. Actress - Ghettoville
26. Tinashe - Aquarius
27. Kindness - Otherness
28. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
29. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
30. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
31. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
32. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
33. Scott Walker and Sun O))) - Soused
34. Jamie T - Carry on the Grudge
35. Peggy Seeger - Everything Changes
36. Ex Hex - Rips
37. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
38. Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate - Toumani & Sidiki
39. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
40. Tricky - Adrian Thaws


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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2014


Run the Jewels #1, FKA Twigs #2, The War on Drugs #3. And Aphex Twin, Swans, Sun Kil Moon and Caribou in the Top 10. In its albums chart Pitchfork somehow summarizes the "canon" of 2014, as it has been already celebrated by critics, magazines and websites around the world. Few surprises, notably Grouper at #5. Personally I'm happy to find in the chart the band who recorded my favourite album of the year (Spoon, #13) and the one who played my favourite concert (Cloud Nothings, #34: literally explosive - pure Bleach-period Nirvana - at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona). Check Pitchfork for full notes about each album and/or listen to the forty-six I found on Spotify in the playlists below. 

Enjoy!



Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


PITCHFORK TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
(from #1 to #50, full albums)



(from #1 to #50, 3 tracks each album)




Full list

Strikethrough albums (4/50) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. FKA Twigs - LP1
3. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
4. Aphex Twin - Syro
5. Grouper - Ruins
6. Swans - To Be Kind
7. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
8. Todd Terje - It’s Album Time
9. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
10. Caribou - Our Love
11. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
12. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
13. Spoon - They Want My Soul
14. Real Estate - Atlas
15. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
16. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
17. Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!
18. Arca - Xen
19. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
20. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait EP
21. Brian Eno/Karl Hyde - High Life
22. Future Islands - Singles
23. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
24. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
25. Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
26. Ex Hex - Rips
27. YG - My Krazy Life
28. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
29. How to Dress Well - “What Is This Heart?”
30. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love
31. Taylor Swift - 1989
32. White Lung - Deep Fantasy
33. Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1
34. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
35. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
36. Tinashe - Aquarius
37. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
38. Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like A Bell
39. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
40. Ty Segall - Manipulator
41. Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
42. Owen Pallett - In Conflict
43. Madlib/Freddie Gibbs - Piñata
44. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent
45. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
46. Ariana Grande - My Everything
47. Shellac - Dude Incredible
48. Clark - Clark
49. Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister


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Les Inrockuptibles Top 60 Songs & Top 100 Albums of 2014


End-of-year charts from the french magazine Les Inrockuptibles, one of the sources that usually better match my musical preferences. These playlists give us the chance to celebrate some usual suspects (FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn, Caribou) and to discover some french artists that don't appear in the other UK/US charts.

Enjoy!



Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


LES INROCKUPTIBLES TOP 60 SONGS OF 2014
(from #1 to #60)




LES INROCKUPTBILES TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2014
(from #1 to #100, full albums)




(from #1 to #100, 3 tracks each album)



Full list

Strikethrough tracks (5/60) and albums (7/100) are not availalbe on Spotify. Some tracks and/or albums may be not available in all countries.

Top 60 Songs
1. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
2. Metronomy - Love Letters
3. Young Thug - Stoner (remix version)
4. Royal Blood - Figure It Out
5. Jungle - Lucky I Got What I Want
6. François & the Atlas Mountains - La Fille aux Cheveux de Soie
7. Kendrick Lamar - I
8. Christine & the Queens - Saint Claude
9. Oceaan - To Lose
10. Damon Albarn - Heavy Seas of Love
11. Parquet Courts - Black and White
12. Nick Mulvey - Cucurucu
13. ILoveMakonnen - Tuesday (feat. Drake)
14. Caribou - Can’t Do Without You
15. Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby
16. Perfume Genius - Queen
17. Sia - Chandelier
18. The Districts - Funeral Beds
19. Jessie Ware - Tough Love
20. Todd Terje & Bryan Ferry - Johnny and Mary
21. TORB - Fever
22. Raleigh Ritchie - Cuckoo (feat. Little Simz)
23. The Acid - Creeper
24. Sleaford Mods - Tied Up In Nottz
25. How to Dress Well - Repeat Pleasure
26. Beyonce - XO
27. Joke - Casino
28. Asgeir - King and Cross
29. Lone - Dream Ache
30. Sampha - Too Much (Loston rework)
31. Drake - 0 to 100
32. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
33. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz - Human Sadness
34. Avi Buffalo - So What
35. Deers - Bamboo
36. Future - Move That Dope
37. Gruff Rhys - American Interior
38. Beck - Morning
39. Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra
40. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
41. Childhood - Blue Velvet
42. Protomartyr - Maidenhead
43. Schoolboy Q - Man Of The Year
44. Temples - Shelter Song
45. Lapland - Metal Lungs
46. Gengahr - Powder
47. Flavien Berger - Océan rouge
48. Booba - OKLM
49. Tahiti 80 - Crush
50. Panda Bear - Crosswords
51. The Wytches - Wire Frame Mattress
52. Anna Calvi & David Byrne - Strange Weather
53. Erlend Oye - Say Goodbye
54. The Juan MacLean - A Simple Design
55. Sharon Van Etten - I Love You But I’m Lost
56. Mac DeMarco - Chamber of Reflection
57. Grand Blanc - Degré Zéro
58. Perez - Une autre fois
59. Ty Segall - The Faker
60. Kindness - World Restart (feat. Kelela & Ade)

Top 100 Albums
1. Christine & the Queens : Chaleur humaine
2. Damon Alabarn : Everyday robots
3. Mac DeMarco : Salad Days
4. FKA Twigs : LP1
5. François & the Atlas Mountains : Piano Ombre
6. Florent Marchet : bambi Galaxy
7. Metronomy : Love Letters
8. Caribou : Our love
9. Jungle : Jungle
10. Avi Buffalo At best cuckold
11. Ty Segall : Manipulator
12. Flying Lotus : You're dead
13. Ariel Pink : Pom Pom
14. Baxter Durry : It's a pleasure
15. Perfume Genius : too bright
16. Todd Terje : It's album time
17. SBTRKT : Wonder where we land
18. Lana Del Rey : Ultraviolence
19. Morrissey : World peace is none of your business
20. Sébastien Tellier : l'aventura
21. Alt-J : This is all yours
22. Parquet Courts : Surbathing animal
23. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz : Tyranny
24. The Do : Shake shock shaken
25. Fauve : Vieux frères, part 1
26. Jack White : Lazaretto
27. Timber Timbre : Hot Dreams
28. Yelle : Complétement fou
29. The Black Keys : Turn Blue
30. How to dress well : What is this heart ?
31. Joke : Atoyaba
32. Moodoîd : Le monde Moo
33. The war on drugs : Lost in the dream
34. benjamin Booker : Benjamin Booker
35. Liars : Mess
36. Gruff Rhys : American Interior
37. Leonard Cohen : Popular Problems
38. Real Estate : Atlas
39. Tahiti 80 : Ballroom
40. The John Steel Singers : Everything's a thread
41. St Vincent : St Vincent
42. Dick Annégarn : Vélo va
43. Mogwai : Rave tapes
44. Miossec : ici bas, ici même
45. Asgeir : In the silence
46. Actress : Ghettoville
47. Royal blood : royal blood
48. Temples : Sun structures
49. Nick Mulvey : First mind
50. Jean louis Murat & The Delano Orchestra : Babel
51. Goat - Commune
52. Fredo Viola - Revolutionary Son
53. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP : A Sea of Split Seas
54. The Acid - Liminal
55. Brigitte - A Bouche que veux-tu
56. Allah-Las - Worship the Sun
57. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
58. Swans - To Be Kind
59. Rodrigo amarante - Cavalo
60. Aquaserge - A l'amitié
61. Deptford Goth - Songs
62. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
63. Beck - Morning Phase
64. Mermonte - Audiorama
65. Bror Gunnar Jansson - Moan Snake Moan
66. Mina Tindle - Parades
67. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
68. The Bug - Angels & Devils
69. Jeanne Cherhal - Histoire de J.
70. Ramona Lisa - Arcadia
71. Mocke - L'Anguille
72. Camelia Jordana - Dans la peau
73. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
74. C.A.R. - My Friend
75. Chet Faker - Built on Glass
76. BRNS - Patine
77. SOHN - Tremors
78. Pharrell Williams - G I R L
79. The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
80. Cascadeur - Ghost Surfer
81. Bosco Delrey - The Green Tiger's Alibi
82. Dorian Pimpernel - Allombon
83. Faima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch
84. Jessica93 - Rise
85. Thurston Moore - The Best Day
86. Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
87. Childhood - Lacuna
88. Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - Someday World
89. Aphex Twin - Syro
90. Scott Walker & Sun 0))) - Soused
91. Cheveu - Bum
92. Ginger Baker - Why?
93. Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
94. Hollie Cook - Twice
95. The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
96. King Creosote - From Scotland with Love
97. The Notwist - Close to the Glass
98. Marissa Nadler - July
99. JJ - V
100. Sean Rowe - Madman


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Monday, December 15, 2014

Pitchfork Top 100 Tracks of 2014


Michael Jackson in the Top 10. That's the first thing that captured my mind while browsing one of the most awaited end-of-year music charts: Pitchfork's The 100 Best Tracks of 2014. Future Islands, FKA Twigs, Caribou, The War on Drugs, Run The Jewels, Perfume Genius: these names were somehow predictable and likely they will be included in the albums' chart, too. Michael Jackson, instead... well, I didn't expect him. Another little interesting stat: Beyoncé is the only artist with two different songs in the Top 30. Listen to the Pitchfork chart in Spotify version, in the playlist below.

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PITCHFORK TOP 100 TRACKS OF 2014
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1. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You)
2. iLoveMakonnen feat. Drake - Club Goin Up on a Tuesday
3. FKA twigs - Two Weeks
4. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
5. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes
6. Run the Jewels feat. Zack De La Rocha - Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
7. Beyoncé feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - ***Flawless
8. Perfume Genius - Queen
9. Future feat. Pharrell, Pusha T, and Casino - Move That Dope
10. Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt So Good
11. Shamir - On the Regular
12. Drake - 0 to 100 / The Catch Up
13. Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry - Johnny and Mary
14. QT - Hey QT
15. Lil B - No Black Person Is Ugly
16. Young Thug - Stoner (remix version)
17. Tinashe feat. Schoolboy Q - 2 On
18. Panda Bear - Mr Noah
19. Sun Kil Moon - Carissa
20. Nicki Minaj feat. PTAF - Boss Ass Bitch (Remix)
21. Sophie - Lemonade / Hard
22. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose
23. Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me
24. St. Vincent - Digital Witness
25. Vic Mensa - Down on My Luck
26. Beyoncé - Partition
27. Sharon Van Etten - Your Love Is Killing Me
28. Grouper - Holding
29. Spoon - Do You
30. A. G. Cook - Beautiful
31. Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]
32. Swans - Oxygen
33. Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea - Problem
34. Tobias Jesso Jr. - True Love
35. FKA twigs - Pendulum
36. Mac DeMarco - Passing Out Pieces
37. Charli XCX - Boom Clap
38. Bobby Shmurda - Hot Nigga (remix version)
39. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
40. Jessie Ware - Tough Love
41. The War on Drugs - An Ocean in Between the Waves
42. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
43. Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd - Love Me Harder
44. Angel Olsen - Lights Out
45. Ariel Pink - Put Your Number in My Phone
46. Mr Twin Sister - In the House of Yes
47. Nils Frahm - Says
48. Lykke Li - Gunshot
49. Run the Jewels - Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
50. Taylor Swift - Style
51. Owen Pallett - I Am Not Afraid
52. Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
53. Perfect Pussy - Interference Fits
54. Spoon - Inside Out
55. Kendrick Lamar - i
56. Migos - Fight Night
57. Dej Loaf - Try Me
58. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
59. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
60. Ariel Pink - Picture Me Gone
61. Perfume Genius - Fool
62. YG - Left, Right
63. Eno/Hyde - Return
64. Leon Vynehall - Goodthing
65. Iceage - The Lord's Favorite
66. How to Dress Well - Words I Don't Remember
67. White Lung - Face Down
68. Grouper - Clearing
69. Rich Gang - Lifestyle
70. Azealia Banks - Chasing Time
71. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
72. Ty Segall - The Singer
73. Makthaverskan - Asleep
74. Holly Herndon - Chorus
75. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
76. Röyksopp / Robyn - Do It Again
77. Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone
78. Rustie feat. Danny Brown - Attak
79. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)
80. Shellac - Dude Incredible
81. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
82. Jessica Pratt - Back, Baby

83. Ought - Habit
84. Father John Misty - Bored in the USA
85. Arca - Thievery
86. Vince Staples - Blue Suede
87. Viet Cong - Continental Shelf
88. Lauryn Hill - Black Rage (Sketch)
89. Cloud Nothings - I'm Not Part of Me
90. Protomartyr - Scum, Rise!
91. Hundred Waters - Murmurs
92. iLoveMakonnen - I Don't Sell Molly No More
93. The New Pornographers - War on the East Coast
94. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods
95. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Jackson
96. DJ Quik - Pet Sematary
97. Copeland feat. Actress - Advice to Young Girls
98. Merchandise - Green Lady
99. Steve Gunn - Milly's Garden
100. Elisa Ambrogio - Superstitious

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Fact Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2014


A bit of electronic and dance music. These Spotify playlists are based on Fact Magazine lists of The 50 Best Tracks and The 50 Best Albums of 2014. #1s go to Skepta (songs) and Sun Kil Moon (album), while most of the artists/albums/tracks are not present in the other eoy lists I've already spotified.
There’s a sense (...) that it was a vintage year for dance albums. (...) two huge Warp records missed the mark, a clutch of debuts from underground stars left us somewhat colder than the frothing write-ups elsewhere might suggest, and even the first Theo Parrish LP in yonks fell short. But it was a commendably strong showing overall, with plenty of great records failing to penetrate the Top 50.
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FACT TOP 50 SONGS OF 2014
(from #1 to #50)

FACT TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014)
(from #1 to #50, full albums)

(from #1 to #50, three tracks each album)

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Top 50 Songs
01. SKEPTA FEAT. JME - That’s Not Me (remix version)
02. MUMDANCE FEAT. NOVELIST -Take Time
03. POPCAAN - Everything Nice
04. MISS MODULAR - Reflector Pack’ (4×4 Mix)
05. TINASHE FEAT. SCHOOLBOY Q - 2 On
06. APHEX TWIN - minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]
07. M.E.S.H. - Scythians
08. RICH GANG FEAT. YOUNG THUG & RICH HOMIE QUAN - Lifestyle
09. AG COOK - Beautiful
10. FATHER - FEAT. iLOVEMAKONNEN & KEY - Look At Wrist
11. DAT OVEN - Icy Lake (Total Freedom Remix)
12. ZUSE - Red
13. GAGE - Telo
14. LEON VYNEHALL - Butterflies
15. SD LAIKA - Meshes
16. DARK0 - Gaia
17. OBJEKT - Ganzfeld
18. HANNAH DIAMOND - Attachment
19. FRANK & TONY FEAT. GRY - Bring the Sun
20. SLUG CHRIST FEAT. STALIN MAJESTY - On It (Seven Grams)
21. ANDY STOTT - Faith in Strangers
22. DEJ LOAF - Try Me
23. BLACKNECKS - Hotline
24. ZMONEY - Dope Boy Magic
25. THE BUG FEAT. MANGA - Function
26. SOPHIE - Lemonade
27. MARQUIS HAWKES - Can’t Find A Reason
28. FKA TWIGS - Two Weeks
29. JT THE GOON - Twin Warriors
30. iLOVEMAKONNEN - Club Goin Up On A Tuesday
31. BOBBY SHMURDA - Hot Nigga (remix)
32. TESSELA - Rough 2
33. DOSS - The Way I Feel
34. TRC VS. MURLO FEAT. RUTH - You & Me
35. SD - Circles
36. QUIRKE - Break a Mirrored Leg
37. QT - Hey QT
38. OG MACO - U Guessed It
39. DJ MILKTRAY - Hotel
40. FALSE WITNESS - Makina
41. MERIDIAN DAN FEAT. JME & BIG H - German Whip
42. YEMI MARIE - Love Bop
43. JAM CITY - Crisis
44. JOHN BARERA & WILL MARTIN - Awake
45. DANITY KANE FEAT. TYGA - Lemonade
46. RABIT FEAT. RIKO - Black Dragons
47. COPELAND - Advice to Young Girls
48. FUTURE FEAT. ANDRE 3000 - Benz Friends
49. PENDER STREET STEPPERS - M Flight
50. QUE - Jungle Fever (remix)

Top 50 Albums
01. SUN KIL MOON - Benji
02. MR MITCH - Parallel Memories
03. PC MUSIC - PC Music x DISown Radio Mix
04. ANDY STOTT - Faith in Strangers
05. LORENZO SENNI - Superimpositions
06. YG - My Krazy Life
07. POPCAAN - Where We Come From
08. MICA LEVI - Under the Skin OST
09. SICKO MOBB - Super Saiyan Vol. 1
10. SHINICHI ATOBE - Butterfly Effect
11. GROUPER - Ruins
12. ARIEL PINK - pom pom
13. VALERIO TRICOLI - Miseri Lares
14. BING & RUTH - Tomorrow was the Golden Age
15. LOTIC - Damsel in Distress
16. FKA TWIGS - LP1
17. YOUNG THUG & BLOODY JAY - Black Portland
18. ITAL - Endgame
19. DAVINCHE & KATIE PEARL - Unreleased LP
20. BEATRICE DILLON & RUPERT CLAIRVAUX - Studies I-XVII for Samplers and Percussion
21. THE BUG - Angels and Devils
22. LAWRENCE ENGLISH - Wilderness of Mirrors
23. UNTOLD - Black Light Spiral
24. ANGEL OLSEN - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
25. DEAN BLUNT - Black Metal
26. VIA APP - Dangerous Game
27. FATHER - Young Hot Ebony
28. KASSEM MOSSE - Workshop 19
29. FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB - Piñata
30. SUSANNA / JENNY HVAL - Meshes of Voice
31. BEATKING - Gangster Stripper Music 2
32. LEON VYNEHALL - Music for the Uninvited
33. SHABAZZ PALACES - Lese Majesty
34. KANE WEST - Western Beats
35. MOIRÉ - Shelter
36. ROME FORTUNE - Beautiful Pimp II
37. SD LAIKA - That’s Harakiri
38. EKOPLEKZ - Unfidelity
39. SUPREME CUTS - Divine Ecstacy
40. THE CYCLIST - Flourish
41. ANGEL 1 - Allegra Bin 1
42. KIT - Lownt God Rising
43. HR GIGER’S STUDIOLO - HR Giger’s Studiolo
44. SD - Truly Blessed
45. MIX-O-RAP - I am the DMR
46. l s d x o x o - w h o r e c o r e
47. FRANK & TONY - You Go Girl
48. DJ DODGER STADIUM - Friend of Mine
49. CELESTIAL TRAX - Production Mix
50. CHARLES BARABE - Insultes (hommage à John Cage)

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2014


Aphex Twin's Syro is the #1 album in 2014 for critics of The Wire, the influential british magazine focused on avant garde, underground and contemporary music. Richard Dawson is #2, Swans #3. This is a quite "different" chart, where you'll find just few artists that are occupying other EOY rock lists (besides Aphex Twin and Swans, Sleaford Mods, Run The Jewels, Owen Pallett, Ariel Pink, Flying Lotus...). No room for The War On Drugs, FKA Twigs, St Vincent...

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THE WIRE TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
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(from #1 to #50, 3 tracks each album)


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1. Aphex Twin - Syro
2. Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
3. Swans - To Be Kind
4. Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused
5. Actress - Ghettoville
6. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
7. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
8. Run The Jewels - RTJ2
9. Kasai Allstars - Beware The Fetish
10. Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch
11. Earth - Primitive and Deadly
12. Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
13. Grouper - Ruins
14. Valerio Tricoli - Miseri Lares
15. Eliane Radigue - Naldjorlak I II II
16. Marc Baron - Hidden Tapes
17. Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet - The Abyss
18. Rodhri Davies - An Air Swept Clean Of All Distance
19. Michael Pisaro - Continuum Unbound
20. AMM - Place sub. v.
21. Thumbscrew - Thumbscrew
22. Puce Mary - Persona
23. Cooly G. - Wait 'Til Night
24. Skogen - Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long
25. Carla Bozulich - Boy
26. Dean Blunt - Black Metal
27. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
28. Annea Lockwood - Ground Of Being
29. Wadada Leo Smith - The Great Lakes Suite
30. Call Super - Suzi Ecto
31. Steve Gunn & Mike Gangloff - Melodies For A Savage Fix
32. Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes Of Voice
33. Matthew Shipp - I've Been To Many Places
34. Holly Herndon - Chorus
35. Laurence Crane - Chamber Works 1992-2007
36. Shackleton - Freezing Opening Thawing
37. Klaus Lang - SAIS
38. Bitchin' Bajas - Bitchin' Bajas
39. Laetitia Sadler - Something Shines
40. drcarlsonalbion - Gold
41. Helm - The Hollow Organ
42. Joseph Hammer - Roadless Travel
43. Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism
44. Laura Cannell - Quick Sparrows Over The Black Earth
45. Howard Riley - To Be Continued...
46. Owen Pallett - In Conflict
47. Ariel Pink - pom pom
48. Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda - ma ta ta bui
49. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
50. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!


Tuesday, December 9, 2014

NPR 50 Favourite Albums of 2014


Like every year, NPR 50 Favourite Albums is one of the most eclectic end-of-year charts. Not ranked, nicely covering pop, rock, country, electronic, classical, jazz, world and much more. Listen to it on the following playlists and go to NPR to read something more about each album.

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NPR 50 FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2014
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Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Ana Tijoux - Vengo
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Aphex Twin - Syro
Augustin Hadelich - Ades/Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band - Landmarks
Brownout - Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath
Ceci Bastida - En La Edad De La Violencia
FKA twigs - LP1
Fred Hersch Trio - Floating
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
The Gloaming - The Gloaming
Grouper - Ruins
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Jeff Ballard Trio - Time's Tales
Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
Jorge Drexler - Bailar En La Cueva
Joyce Didonato - Stella di Napoli
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
Leon Fleisher - All The Things You Are
Los Lobos - Si Se Puede: Los Lobo And Friends
Luluc - Passerby
Marc Ribot Trio - Live At The Village Vanguard
Martha - Courting Strong
Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Moodyman - Moodyman
Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Popcaan - Where We Come From
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Prague Philharmonic Choir - Leos Janacek, Glagolitic Mass
Robert Ellis - The Lights From The Chemical Plant
Robert Plant - lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
Run the Jewels - RTJ2
Seattle Symphony - John Luther Adams, Become Ocean
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - A Long Way To The Beginning
Spoon - They Want My Soul
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Stromae - Racine Caree
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
T.I. - Paperwork
Taylor Swift - 1989
Teyana Taylor - VII
Ty Dolla $ign - SIgn Language
The War on Drugs - Lost In The Dream
YG - My Krazy Life