El futuro ya está aquí - La musica de la Movida Madrileña

Info: When I travel, I like to listen to the music of the places I'm visiting. Not everything, of course. The goal is to discover local music that I don't know, that connects with my preferences and that resonates with the sense of the journey I'm taking. It may be classical, jazz, electronic, folk, but more often is pop and rock. With Madrid, where I'd planned to spend a week in August, initially I had some problems. All my usual sources went 404: not found, make a flamenco playlist and shut up.

Until I met Almodovar. 

Getting back to his first movies, especially Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) and Labyrinth of Passion (1982), has been the key to open the crazy door of la Movida Madrileña. I finally found what I was looking for. This is when Internet still shows all the astounding power and kindness that made me fall in love with her on the demise of XX century: starting from Wikipedia and digging deeper in the mine of old Spanish articles and YouTube videos, I got a list of bands, albums and songs that Spotify immediately metamorphosed in listening pleasure. 

Then, some weeks ago, a friend of mine told me: "You're into la Movida Madrileña? Oh, I've a book about it". Friends can be astounding, too. The book is El futuro ya está aquí by Hector Fouce: it has been published in December 2006 and it provides the skeleton and the chapters of this playlist. I haven't included all the songs and artists Fouce wrote about (I left out songwriters and pre-Movida acts that in the book serve as context) and I shaked it up a little. 

La Movida Madrileña was a cultural, social and artistic movement mainly encapsulated in the first half of the 80s. Spain was just out of four decades of Franco dictatorship: it completely missed the Sixties pop revolution (if we don't consider the Real Madrid Yè-yè team) and - from a stranger's perspective, coming from another space and another time - it's interesting to re-listen to la Movida music as a collective explosion of young energies, producing a vibrant composition of punk, post-punk and new wave tunes, always sung in Spanish, that - unlike what happened in UK, for example - didn't germinate as a reaction/escape from the music of the Sixties and Seventies, from progressive, hard rock, disco or Pink Floyd. La Movida Madrileña sounds like a bizarre, postmodern and colourful mix with "no future" (like punk) and "no past": a really strange creature. It has been the perfect soundtrack to my personal peregrinations through Goya, Malasaña, calamares y football stadiums. 

Source: El futuro ya está aquí by Hector Fouce

Date of publication: December 2006

Spotify playlist latest update: 17th August 2017

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I. El rol central de la musica en la cultura
1. Radio Futura - Enamorado de la moda juvenil
2. Nacha Pop - No necesitas mas
3. Alaska y los Pegamoides - Bailando
4. Mecano - Perdido en mi habitacion
5. Radio Futura - Dance Vd.
6. La Mode - Aquella cancion de Roxy
7. Paraiso - Para ti
8. Mamà - Ya no volveras
9. Nacha Pop - Visiones
10. Kaka De Luxe - Musica para embrollar

II. El valor del momento presente
11. Mecano - Hoy no me puedo levantar
12. Ejecutivos Agresivos - Mari Pili
13. Radio Futura - Un africano por la Gran Via
14. Derribos Arias - Branquias bajo el agua
15. Paralisis Permanente - Quiero ser santa/Caja de ritmos
16. Kaka De Luxe - Pero me aburro
17. Radio Futura - Muchachita
18. Gabinete Caligari - Cuatro rosas
19. Almodovar y McNamara - Suck it to me
20. Mecano - Maquillaje
21. Esclarecidos - Arponera
22. La Mode - Enfermera de noche
23. Radio Futura - Cinco semanas en globo
24. Los Secretos - Dejame

III. La experiencia del tiempo, la vivencia del espacio 
25. Mamà - Ya no volveras
26. Pistones - El pistolero
27. Alarma - Frio
28. Nacha Pop - Nadie puede parar
29. Radio Futura - Ivonne
30. Paralisis Permanente - Autosuficiencia
31. Kaka De Luxe - Pero que publico mas tonto tengo
32. McNamara - Me voy a usera
33. Radio Futura - Escuela de calor
34. Nacha Pop - Chica de ayer

IV. El imaginario cultural de la movida
35. Alaska y Los Pegamoides - Horror en el hipermercado
36. Radio Futura - Divina
37. Vulpess - Me gusta ser una zorra
38. Los Nikis - El imperio contraataca
39. Alaska y Los Pegamoides - Bote de Colon
40. McNamara - Gran Ganga
41. Aviador Dro - La chica de plexiglas
42. Radio Futura - La estatua del Jadin Botanico
43. Alaska y los Pergamoides - La rebelion de los electrodomesticos
44. Aviador Dro - Nuclear sì, por supuesto

45. Gabinete Caligari - Que Dios reparta suerte

The 50 Best Britpop Albums (Pitchfork, 2017)

Info: «Born in London in the early 1990s, in grimy pubs and bare flats, the scene offered a thrilling new soundtrack for young British life. Bands like Suede, Blur, Oasis, Elastica, and (Jarvis) Cocker’s Pulp captured the charms and eccentricities of their country while also excising their frustrations with class and community, topping it all with a defiant, tongue-in-cheek glamour. Their guitar-heavy anthems drew from the rock of 1960s England along with the pulse of waning Madchester and alt-rock trends, exporting this exuberant sound to every corner of the globe» (from Pitchfork).

Source: Pitchfork
Date of publication:
Spotify playlist latest update: 5th April 2017
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Strikethrough albums (3/50) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

1. Pulp - Different Class (1995)
2. Blur - Parklife (1994)
3. Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
4. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
5. Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
6. Elastica - Elastica (1995)
7. Pulp - This is Hardcore (1998)
8. Blur - Blur (1997)
9. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
10. The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)
11. Pulp - His 'N' Hers (1993)
12. Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
13. Suede - Suede (1993)
14. The La's - The La's (1990)
15. Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)
16. Morrissey - Your Arsenal (1992)
17. Shampoo - We Are Shampoo (1994)
18. Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish (1993)
19. Lush - Lovelife (1996)
20. The Auteurs - New Wave (1993)
21. Gene - Olympian (1995)
22. Saint Etienne - So Tough (1993)
23. Kenickie - At the Club (1997)
24. Supergrass - In It for the Money (1997)
25. Hefner - Breaking God's Heart (1998)
26. The Verve - A Northern Soul (1995)
27. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (1996)
28. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I (1994)
29. The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories (1997)
30. Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)
31. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (1991)
32. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
33. Black Box Recorder - England Made Me (1998)
34. Ash - 1977 (1996)
35. Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995)
36. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (1995)
37. Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
38. McAlmont & Butler - The Sound of McAlmont & Butler (1995)
39. Super Furry Animals - Radiator (1997)
40. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps (1993)
41. Space - Spiders (1996)
42. Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals (1996)
43. Catatonia - International Velvet (1998)
44. Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
45. Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
46. The Divine Comedy - Casanova (1996)
47. Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing (1998)
48. Echobelly - Everyone's Got One (1994)
49. James - Laid (1993)
50. Denim - Back in Denim (1992)

BBC Radio 6 New Music (2016 Archive)

Info: This is a quite long playlist - 371 songs, around 25 hours - with almost all the songs featured in the BBC Radio 6 New Music Playlist in 2016. "Almost" is due to some weeks I missed in the update of the BBC6 weekly playlist. Most represented artists are Massive Attack (5 tracks), Bat For Lashes (4), David Bowie (4), Metronomy (4), Mystery Jets (4), Steve Mason (4), White Denim (4), Wild Beasts (4).

Source: BBC Radio 6

Date of publication: January - December 2016

Spotify playlist latest update: 4th February 2017

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(371 tracks)

!!! - Every Little Bit Counts
A Tribe Called Quest - We The People....
A Tribe Called Red;Yasiin Bey;Narcy;Black Bear - R.E.D.
Agnes Obel - Familiar
Agnes Obel - Golden Green
Agnes Obel - It's Happening Again
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
Anchorsong - Expov Angel Olsen - Give It Up
Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
Animal Collective - FloriDada
ANOHNI - 4 DEGREES
ANOHNI - Why Did You Separate Me from the Earth?
Aphex Twin - CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya mix ]
Augustines - Are We Alive
BadBadNotGood;Charlotte Day Wilson - In Your Eyes
BadBadNotGood;Samuel T. Herring - Time Moves Slow
Baloji - Spoiler
Band of Horses - Casual Party
Bat For Lashes - If I Knew
Bat For Lashes - In God's House
Bat For Lashes - Joe's Dream
Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love
Bear's Den - Auld Wives
Beck - Wow
Beirut - Perth
Beth Orton - Moon
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Creation
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Diagram Girl
Bill Baird - World Gone Deaf
Billie Marten - Lionhearted
Billie Marten - Live
Blackalicious - The Blow Up
Bloc Party - Stunt Queen
Bloc Party - The Good News
Blossoms - At Most A Kiss
Bob Mould - The End of Things
Bob Mould - Voices in My Head
Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N) (Bob Moose Extended Cab Version)
Bon Iver - 33 “GOD”
Bon Iver - 8 (circle)
Bonobo - Kerala
Boxed In - Forget
Boxed In - Jist
Boxed In - Melt
British Sea Power - Bad Bohemian
C Duncan - Other Side
Cabbage - Uber Capitalist Death Trade
Cage The Elephant - Mess Around
Car Seat Headrest - Destroyed By Hippie Powers
Cassius;Cat Power;Mike D - Action
Cassius;Cat Power;Pharrell Williams - Go Up
Cate le Bon - Love Is Not Love
Cate le Bon - Wonderful
Catfish and the Bottlemen - Soundcheck
Charles Bradley - You Think I Don't Know (But I Know)
Cherry Glazerr - Nurse Ratched
Cherry Glazerr - Told You I'd Be with the Guys
Childish Gambino - Redbone
Christine and the Queens - Tilted
Cigarettes After Sex - Affection
Coldcut;Roots Manuva - Only Heaven
Conor Oberst - Barbary Coast (Later)
Conor Oberst - Gossamer Thin
Courtney Barnett - Depreston
Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator
D.D Dumbo - Satan
D.D Dumbo - Walrus
Damien Jurado - Exit 353
Damien Jurado - QACHINA
Daughter - How
Daughter - No Care
Daughter - Numbers
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - Shine
David Bowie - 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore
David Bowie - Dollar Days
David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away
David Bowie - Lazarus
De La Soul - Royalty Capes
De La Soul;Snoop Dogg - Pain
Devendra Banhart - Fancy Man
Devendra Banhart - Fig in Leather
DIIV - Dopamine
DIIV - Under the Sun
Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny
Disclosure;Al Green - Feel Like I Do
Disclosure;Lorde - Magnets
DJ Shadow;Ernie Fresh - The Sideshow (feat. Ernie Fresh)
DJ Shadow;Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak (feat. Run the Jewels)
Doomsquad - Pyramids on Mars
Dutch Uncles - Big Balloon
Ed Harcourt - Furnaces
Ed Harcourt - Loup Garou
EL VY - Need a Friend
Elbow - Magnificent (She Says)
Emma Pollock - Parks And Recreation
Ezra Furman - Ordinary Life
Ezra Furman - Teddy I'm Ready
Fat White Family - Breaking Into Aldi
Fat White Family - Whitest Boy on the Beach
Field Music - Disappointed
Flamingods - Jungle Birds
Floating Points - Kuiper
Floating Points - Peroration Six
Foals - Birch Tree
Forth Wanderers - Slop
Frank Ocean - Nikes
Frank Turner - Mittens
Girl Ray - Trouble
Glass Animals - Life Itself
Glass Animals - Season 2 Episode 3
Glass Animals - Youth
Gold Panda - Chiba Nights
Golden Rules - Holy Macaroni
Grandaddy - Way We Won't
Guy Garvey - Courting The Squall
Guy Garvey - Open The Door
Gwenno - Fratolish Hiang Perpeshki
Haley Bonar - Kismet Kill
Haley Bonar - Stupid Face
Hannah Peel - Tenderly
Hinds - Bamboo
Hinds - San Diego
Holy Fuck - Xed Eyes
Honeyblood - Ready For The Magic
Honeyblood - Sea Hearts
Hooton Tennis Club - Bootcut Jimmy The G
Hooton Tennis Club - Katy-Anne Bellis
Iggy Pop - Break Into Your Heart
Iggy Pop - Sunday
Imarhan - Imarhan
Imarhan - Tahabort
Jagwar Ma - Give Me a Reason
Jagwar Ma - O B 1
Jagwar Ma - Ordinary
Jake Bugg - Gimme The Love
James - Nothing But Love
James - To My Surprise
James Blake - Radio Silence
James Blake;Bon Iver - I Need A Forest Fire
Jamie T - Power Over Men
Jamie T - Tinfoil Boy
Jamie xx;Romy - SeeSaw
Jesca Hoop - The Lost Sky
Joan As Police Woman;Benjamin Lazar Davis - Broke Me in Two
Jodie Abacus - Hot Kitchen
John Grant - Down Here
John Grant - Voodoo Doll
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Rushing Through My Mind
Julia Holter - Everytime Boots
Julia Jacklin - Coming Of Age
Julia Jacklin - Pool Party
Julie Byrne - Natural Blue
Justice - Randy
Justice - Safe and Sound
Kate Tempest - Don't Fall In
Kate Tempest - Ketamine For Breakfast
Kendrick Lamar - untitled 01 08.19.2014.
Kendrick Lamar - untitled 02 06.23.2014.
Kendrick Lamar - untitled 03 05.28.2013.
King Creosote - Wake Up To This
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake
Kings of Leon - Waste A Moment
Kiran Leonard - Don't Make Friends With Good People
Kiran Leonard - Pink Fruit
Kiran Leonard - Secret Police
Kurt Vile - Lost my Head there
Lambchop - The Hustle
Lanterns on the Lake - Through The Cellar Door
Laura Marling - Soothing
LIFE - Rare Boots
Lindstrøm - Algorytme
Loose Meat;Cibelle - Daisy Chain
Lou Rhodes - All I Need
Low - Lies
Loyle Carner - Stars & Shards
Loyle Carner - The Isle Of Arran
Loyle Carner;Rebel Kleff - NO CD
Lucius - Born Again Teen
Lush - Out of Control
M83 - Do It, Try It
M83 - Road Blaster
M83;MAI LAN - Go!
Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math
Margaret Glaspy - You and I
Marika Hackman - Driving Under Stars
Massive Attack;Azekel - Ritual Spirit
Massive Attack;Ghostpoet - Come Near Me
Massive Attack;Hope Sandoval - The Spoils
Massive Attack;Roots Manuva - Dead Editors
Massive Attack;Young Fathers - Voodoo In My Blood
Melt Yourself Down - Dot to Dot
Mercury Rev - Coming Up For Air
Metronomy - 16 Beat
Metronomy - Night Owl
Metronomy - Old Skool
Metronomy;Robyn - Hang Me out to Dry (with Robyn)
Michael C. Hall;Original New York Cast of Lazarus - Lazarus
Michael C. Hall;Sophia Anne Caruso;Original New York Cast of Lazarus - Heroes
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
Michael Kiwanuka - One More Night
Minor Victories - A Hundred Ropes
Minor Victories - Cogs
Mogwai - Ether
MONEY - I'll Be the Night
Moon Duo - Creepin’
Morgan Delt - Some Sunsick Day
Mungo's Hi Fi;YT - Boomsound (Vital Techniques & Mikey B Remix)
Mystery Jets - Bombay Blue
Mystery Jets - Bubblegum
Mystery Jets - Telomere
Mystery Jets - The World Is Overtaking Me
Neko Case;k.d. lang;Laura Veirs - Best Kept Secret
New Order - Singularity
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Night Beats - No Cops
NZCA LINES - Jessica
NZCA LINES - Two Hearts
Palace Winter - H.W. Running
Parquet Courts - Dust
Parquet Courts - Outside
Pet Shop Boys - Inner Sanctum
Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids
Peter Doherty - I Don't Love Anyone (but You're Not Just Anyone)
Petite Noir - Just Breathe
Pictish Trail - After Life
Pixies - Classic Masher
Pixies - Tenement Song
Pixies - Um Chagga Lagga
PJ Harvey - The Community Of Hope
PJ Harvey - The Orange Monkey
PJ Harvey - The Wheel
Placebo - Jesus' Son
POLIÇA - Lime Habit
POLIÇA - Wedding
Pretenders - Alone
Pretenders - Holy Commotion
Primal Scream - (Feeling Like A) Demon Again
Primal Scream - 100% Or Nothing
Primal Scream - Where The Light Gets In
Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage
Quantic;Flowering Inferno;
Christopher Ellis - 1000 Watts
Radiohead - Identikit
Radiohead - Present Tense
RAT BOY - MOVE
Richard Ashcroft - This Is How It Feels
Riton;Kah-Lo - Rinse & Repeat
Róisín Murphy - Ten Miles High
Roots Manuva - Fighting For?
Roots Manuva - On A High
Run The Jewels - Talk to Me
Run The Jewels - Thursday in the Danger Room (feat. Kamasi Washington)
SACRED PAWS - Rest
Sampha - Blood On Me
Saul Williams - The Noise Came From Here
Savages - Sad Person
Savages - Surrender
Savages - T.I.W.Y.G.
Savoy Motel - Sorry People
School Of Seven Bells - Ablaze
Shame - Gold Hole
She Drew The Gun - Pit Pony
She Drew The Gun - Poem
She Drew The Gun - Since You Were Not Mine
Sinkane - U'Huh
Slaves - Hypnotised
Slaves - Lies
Slaves - Spit It Out
Sleaford Mods - TCR
Slow Club - In Waves
Slow Club - Silver Morning
Soft Hair - Lying Has To Stop
Spring King - Rectifier
Steve Mason - Alive
Steve Mason - Another Day
Steve Mason - Planet Sizes
Steve Mason - Words in My Head
Suede - Like Kids
Suede - What I'm Trying To Tell You
Sunflower Bean - Come On
Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
Sunflower Bean - Wall Watcher
Super Furry Animals - Bing Bong
Sylvan Esso - Kick Jump Twist
Tame Impala - Yes I'm Changing Teen - All About Us
Teenage Fanclub - I'm In Love
Teenage Fanclub - Thin Air
Telegram - Taffy Come Home
Teleman - Dusseldorf
Teleman - Glory Hallelujah
Teleman - Tangerine
Temples - Certainty
Tennis - In The Morning I’ll Be Better
The Amazons - In My Mind
The Amazons - Little Something
The Avalanches - Subways
The Beat feat. Ranking Roger - Side to Side
The Chemical Brothers - C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l
The Coral - Million Eyes
The Coral - Miss Fortune
The Crookes - The World Is Waiting
The Divine Comedy - How Can You Leave Me On My Own
The Duke Spirit - Hands
The Duke Spirit - Serenade
The Fall - Wise Ol' Man
The Flaming Lips - The Castle
The Gift - Clinic Hope
The Hempolics - Me Love to Sing
The Hosts - Baby Move On
The Invisible - Save You
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Amputation
The Julie Ruin - I'm Done
The Kills - Doing It To Death
The Kills - Impossible Tracks
The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner
The Last Shadow Puppets - Aviation
The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits
The Lemon Twigs - I Wanna Prove to You
The Lemon Twigs - These Words
The Moonlandingz - Black Hanz
The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
The Sherlocks - Last Night
The Sherlocks - Will You Be There?
The Shins - Dead Alive
The Stone Roses - Beautiful Thing
The Strokes - OBLIVIUS
The Veils - Low Lays the Devil
The Wytches - C-Side
The xx - On Hold
This Is The Kit - Magic Spell
Thundercat - Bus In These Streets
Tim Burgess;Peter Gordon - Begin
Toothless - Sisyphus
TOY - Another Dimension
TOY - I'm Still Believing
Trentemøller - River in Me
Tricky;Ivy - Beijing to Berlin
Two Door Cinema Club - Are We Ready? (Wreck)
Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow
Ultimate Painting - Bills
Ultimate Painting - Monday Morning, Somewhere Central
Underworld - I Exhale
Underworld - Nylon Strung
UNKLE;Ysée;Mink;Elliott Power - Cowboys or Indians
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - First World Problem
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Necessary Evil
Unloved - When a Woman Is Around
Warpaint - New Song
Warpaint - So Good
Weaves - One More
White Denim - Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah)
White Denim - Had 2 Know (Personal)
White Denim - Holda You (I'm Psycho)
White Denim - Take It Easy (Ever After Lasting Love)
Whitney - No Matter Where We Go
Whitney - Polly
Whyte Horses - Promise I Do
Whyte Horses - The Snowfalls
Wilco - If I Ever Was a Child
Wilco - Someone to Lose
Wild Beasts - Alpha Female
Wild Beasts - Big Cat
Wild Beasts - Get My Bang
Wild Beasts - He The Colossus
Yak - Heavens Above
Yak - Use Somebody
YAST - I Dont Think She Knows
Yeasayer - I Am Chemistry
Yeasayer - Silly Me

The 50 Greatest Prince Songs

Info: February 12, 2017, several Prince albums got back on Spotify. This is a Top 50 playlist I made addin' up five different critic, audience-based or commercial Prince charts available online:

• Prince Top 50 Songs (Top50Songs/Last.fm)
• The 75 Greatest Prince Songs (Hidden Under Headphones),
• The Top 58 Favorite Prince Songs (The Current)
• Prince's 40 Biggest Billboard Hits (Hollywood Reporter) 
• The 50 Best Songs By Prince (Paste Magazine)

I assigned 100 points to #1 song, 99 points to #2, 98 points to #3, etc. Below you can find the full chart. 

Date of publication: 12th February 2017

Spotify playlist latest update: 12th February 2017

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

1. When Doves Cry (496 points)
2. Purple Rain (492)
3. Kiss (485)
4. Let's Go Crazy (467)
5. Little Red Corvette (460)
6. Raspberry Beret (459)
7. I Wanna Be Your Lover (434)
8. 1999 (431)
9. 7 (418)
10. Controversy (415)
11. Diamonds and Pearls (411)
12. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your man (384)
13. Sign o the Times (357)
14. Thieves In The Temple (355)
15. I Would Die 4U (350)
16. The Beautiful Ones (344)
17. Nothing Compares 2 U (335)
18. Pop Life (330)
19. Gett Off (326)
20. Cream (318)
21. Alphabet St. (315)
22. Take Me With U (307)
23. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (301)
24. When You Were Mine (292)
25. U Got The Look (282)
26. Erotic City (275)
27. Sometimes It Snows In April (256)
28. Darling Nikki (249)
29. Delirious (245)
30. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker (237)
31. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (234)
32. If I Was Your Girlfriend (232)
33. I Feel For You (229)
34. The Cross (225)
35. Baby I'm a Star (216)
35. Batdance (216)
37. Computer Blue (208)
38. Housequake (207)
39. D.M.S.R. (205)
40. Head (200)
41. Dirty Mind (192)
42. Do Me, Baby (191)
43. Uptown (189)
44. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (188)
45. Mountains (186)
46. Call My Name (176)
47. Starfish and Coffee (173)
48. Adore (170)
49. Musicology (161)
50. LetItGo (147)

The 100 Best One-Hit Wonder Songs (Consequence of Sound, 2016)

Info: «... we all know what the real definition of a one-hit wonder is, right? For us, it’s an act who reached their peak popularity with a high-charting hit and then saw that popularity wane and never return once their song ran its course. They’re an artist, band, or group who we’ll forever identify with one song» (from Consequence of Sound)

Source: Consequence of Sound
Date of publication: 21st September 2016
Spotify playlist latest update: 10th February 2017
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Strikethrough songs (4/100) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Modern English - I Melt With You
2. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
3. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
4. Five Stairsteps - O -O -H Child
5. A -Ha - Take On Me
6. The Contours - Do You Love Me
7. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
8. Nena - 99 Luftballons
9. The Church - Under The Milky Way
10. Haddaway - What Is Love
11. Nazareth - Love Hurts
12. Doris Troy - Just One Look
13. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
14. Free - Alright Now
15. Macy Gray - I Try
16. Spacehog - In The Meantime
17. Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
18. Godley & Creme - Cry
19. The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
20. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
21. Concrete Blonde - Joey
22. Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby!
23. Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
24. Blind Melon - No Rain
25. When In Rome - The Promise
26. Biz Markie - Just A Friend
27. The Exciters - Tell Him
28. Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
29. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
30. Young MC - Bust A Move
31. J. Frank Wilson And The Caveliers - Last Kiss
32. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
33. Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
34. Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy
35. Real Life - Send Me An Angel
36. The Monotones - Who Wrote The Book Of Love?
37. Dionne Farris - I Know
38. Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl
39. Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
40. Phantom Planet - California
41. Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff
42. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
43. The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City
44. King Missile - Detachable Penis
45. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
46. Mountain - Mississippi Queen
47. The Ides Of March - Vehicle
48. The Divynls - I Touch Myself
49. Love And Rockets - So Alive
50. Semisonic - Closing Time
51. The Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
52. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
53. Tommy Tutone - 867 -5309/Jenny
54. King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight
55. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
56. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
57. Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
58. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
59. Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
60. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
61. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
62. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
63. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
64. ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears
65. Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night
66. The Capitols - Cool Jerk
67. Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes - I've Had The Time Of My Life
68. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
69. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
70. Kriss Kross - Jump
71. The Youngbloods - Get Together
72. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
73. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
74. The Flys - Got You Where I Want You
75. Big Country - In A Big Country
76. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
77. Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
78. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
79. Bobby Day - Rockin Robin
80. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
81. Everything But The Girl - Missing
82. The Vines - Get Free
83. Republica - Ready To Go
84. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
85. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
86. Pilot - Magic
87. Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
88. The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain
89. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
90. Shocking Blue - Venus
91. Grover Washington Jr. - Just The Two Of Us
92. Billie Meyers - Kiss The Rain
93. Ronald & Ruby - Lollipop
94. Len - Steal My Sunshine
95. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
96. White Town - Your Woman
97. The Surfaris - Wipe Out
98. Michael Sembello - Maniac
99. EMF - Unbelievable
100. Europe - The Final Countdown

Alternative Rock's 50 Greatest Debut Singles (diffuser.fm, 2016)

Info:  «You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. That’s an opportunity that the artists in this gallery didn’t waste. We’re exploring the 50 greatest debut singles in alt. rock. Some of these singles launched incredible albums. Others marked the beginning of remarkable careers. A select few even started an entire genre of music. Read More: Alternative Rock’s 50 Greatest Debut Singles» (diffuser.fm)
Source: diffuser.fm
Date of publication: 29th November 2016
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Lily Allen - Smile (2006)
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (2004)
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (2005)
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979) (live version)
Björk - Human Behavior (1993)
Blondie - X Offender (1976)
Blur - She's So High (1990)
The Clash - White Riot (1977)
Collective Soul - Shine (1994)
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero (1977)
The Cure - Killing an Arab (1978)
The Damned - New Rose (1976)
Foo Fighters - This is a Call (1995)
The GoGo's - Our Lips Are Sealed (1980)
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (2000)
Green Day - Longview (1994)
Interpol - PDA (2002)
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out with Him? (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (1988)
Joy Division - Transmission (1978)
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (2003)
The Knack - My Sharona (1979)
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (2002)
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists!! (2006)
Living Color - Cult of Personality (1988)
Massive Attack - Daydreaming (1990)
MGMT - Time to Pretend (2008)
Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick (1988)
Oasis - Supersonic (1994) (live version)
Pavement - Summer Babe (1991)
Pearl Jam - Alive (1991)
Pixies - Gigantic (1988)
Portishead - Numb (1994)
Radiohead - Creep (1992)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (1992)
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (1981)
Scissor Sisters - Laura (2003)
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)
Sigur Rós - Svefngenglar (1999)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (1978)
The Smiths - Hand in Glove (1983)
Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing (1992)
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969)
The Strokes - Hard to Explain (2001)
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz (1994)
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun (2004)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun (1983)
Weezer – Undone - The Sweater Song (1994)

Pitchfork 8.0 (best rated 2017 new albums)

Info: Pitchfork is a US online music magazine. This playlist collects new & previously unreleased albums (no reissues/anthologies/historic live albums) that got a 8.0+ review in 2017. 

Source: Pitchfork

Date of publication: 2017

Spotify playlist latest update: 12th February 2017

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Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 (8.6)
Harry Bertoia - Clear Sounds/Perfetta (8.0)
The xx - I See You (8.4)
Uniform - Wake in Fright (8.0)
Shackleton/Vengeance Tenfold - Sferic Ghost Transmits (8.0)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (8.0)
Mark Eitzel - Hey Mr Ferryman (8.1)
Taso - New Start (8.1)
Los Lichis - Dog (8.0)
Migos - Culture (8.1)
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural (8.5)
Sleater-Kinney - Sleater-Kinney: Live in Paris (8.3)
Sampha - Process (8.6)

Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness (8.3)

Syd - Fin (8.1)

BBC Radio 6 New Music (4/2/2017: Arcade Fire, Elbow, Flaming Lips...)

Info: Spotify version of the BBC Radio 6 New Music Playlist. This playlist is updated every week. When a song exits the playlist, it is collected in the BBC Radio 6 Music 2017 Archive (link to come).
Source: BBC Radio 6
Date of publication: 4th February 2017
Spotify latest update: 4th February 2017
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1. Arcade Fire - I Give You Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
2. British Sea Power - Bad Bohemian
3. Conor Oberst - Barbary Coast (Later)
4. Elbow - Magnificent
5. Grandaddy - Evermore
6. Maxïmo Park - Risk To Exist
7. Moon Duo - Creepin'
8. Ryan Adams - To Be Without You
9. Sylvan Esso - Kick Jump Twist
10. Tennis - In The Morning I'll Be Better
11. The Flaming Lips - We A Famly (feat. Miley Cyrus)
12. The Shins - Name For You
13. Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes
14. Bon Iver - 29 #Strafford APTS
15. Bonobo - No Reason (feat. Nick Murphy)
16. Cigarettes After Sex - Affection
17. François & the Atlas Mountains - Grand Dérèglement
18. Lowly - Prepare The Lake
19. Nadia Reid - The Arrow & The Aim
20. Peter Doherty - Kolly Kibber
21. PINS - Aggrophobe (feat. Iggy Pop)
22. Sinkane - Telephone
23. Slaves - Lies
24. Sleaford Mods - B.H.S.
25. Temples - Strange Or Be Forgotten
26. The Divine Comedy - To The Rescue
27. The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
28. Blaenavon - Orthodox Man
29. Cairobi - Saint
30. Desperate Journalist - Resolution
31. Las Kellies - Sugar Beat
32. Missy Elliott - Im Better (feat. Lamb)
33. sir Was - In The Midst

Rockit Top 50 Italian Songs & Top 15 Italian Albums of 2016

Info: Rockit is an Italian music website launched in 1997 and mainly focused on national independent music. 

Source: Rockit (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 28th December 2016
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TOP 50 SONGS

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1. Motta - Prima o poi ci passerà
2. Thegiornalisti - Sold Out
3. Cosmo - L'ultima festa
4. Ghali - Ninna nanna
5. I Cani - Il posto più freddo
6. Birthh - Chlorine
7. Spartiti - Sendero luminoso
8. Novamerica - Music Is The Answer
9. Tiziano Ferro - Il conforto (feat. Carmen Consoli)
10. Pop X - Secchio
11. Wrongonyou - The Mountain Man
12. Niccolò Fabi - Una somma di piccole cose
13. Ex-Otago - Cinghiali incazzati
14. Salmo - L'alba
15. Leo Pari - Bacia brucia ama usa
16. Krano - Mi e ti
17. The Zen Circus - L'anima non conta
18. Selton - Voglia di infinito
19. Sfera Ebbasta - BRNBQ
20. Afterhours - Non voglio ritrovare il tuo nome
21. Mimes of Wine - Birds of a Feather
22. Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti - In questa grande città/La prima cumbia (feat. Jovanotti)
23. Sky Of Birds - The Scary Days of a Blank Love
24. Izi - Chic
25. L.U.C.A. - In principio
26. Francesco Di Bella - Nuova Gianturco
27. Giorgio Tuma - Maude Hope
28. His Clancyness - Pale Fear
29. Nada - La canzone dell'amore
30. Vinicio Capossela - Il pumminale
31. Alfio Antico - Storie di piscii
32. Verano - Nevada
33. Piers Faccini - Bring Down The Wall
34. Brothers In Law - Middle Of Nowhere
35. Mind Enterprises - Chapita
36. Soviet Soviet - Surf Palm
37. Inutili - Robots
38. Gomma - Aprile
39. Ainè - Dopo la pioggia (feat. Sergio Cammariere)
40. Jolly Mare - Hotel Riviera
41. LIM - Comet
42. Urali - George (My King)
43. Klimt 1918 - Comandante
44. Nadàr Solo - Aprile
45. Mother Island - On Days Like This
46. Le Sacerdotesse dell'Isola del Piacere - Paura di tutto
47. Sylvia - Si Ck
48. Capitano Merletti - An Egg Into the Sun
49. Fil Bo Riva - Like Eye Did
50. The Winstons - Diprodoton


TOP 15 ALBUMS

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1. Cosmo - L'ultima festa
2. Motta - La fine dei vent'anni
3. Afterhours - Folfiri o Folfox
4. Birthh - Born in the Woods
5. I Cani - Aurora
6. Niccolò Fabi - Una somma di piccole cose
7. Salmo - Hellvisback
8. Thegiornalisti - Completamente Sold Out
9. Ex-Otago - Marassi
10. The Zen Circus - La terza guerra mondiale
11. Giorgio Tuma - This Life Denied Me Your Love
12. Krano - Requiescat in Pavlem
13. Novamerica - Novamerica
14. Alfio Antico - Antico
15. Sfera Ebbasta - Sfera Ebbasta

Blitz Top 30 Portuguese Albums of 2016

Info: Blitz is a Portuguese music magazine launched in 1986.
Source: Blitz
Date of publication: December 2016
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1. Capitão Fausto - Capitão Fausto tem os dias contados
2. Gisela João - Nua
3. Cristina Branco - Menina
4. Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at Crocodiles Will Be Asked To Retrieve Them
5. Samuel Úria - Carga de ombro
6. Linda Martini - Sirumba
7. Sensible Soccers - Villa Soledade
8. Norberto Lobo - Muxama
9. Antonio Zambujo - Até pensei que fosse minha
10. Rodrigo Leāo & Scott Matthew - Life Is Long
11. You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Marrow
12. Peixe:Avião - Peso morto
13. Noiserv - 00.00.00.00
14. Marta Ren and the Groovejets - Stop Look Listen
15. Capicua e Pedro Geraldes - Mão Verde
16. NBC - Toda a gente pode ser tudo
17. Filho Da Mãe - Mergulho
18. Old Jerusalem - A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose
19. White Haus - Modern Dancing
20. Paus - Mitra
21. Joana Barra Vaz - Mergulho Em Loba
22. Medeiros/Lucas - Terra do corpo
23. Osso Vaidoso - Miopia
24. Deolinda - Outras Histórias
25. Carminho - Carminho canta Tom Jobim
26. Corona - Cimo de vila velvet cantiga
27. Octa Push - Lingua
28. Señoritas - Acho que é meu dever não gostar
29. Alex Rein - Mirror Lane
30. Retimbar - Voa pé

Muzikalia Top 40 Spanish Albums of 2016

Info: Muzikalia is a Spanish website launched in 2000, focused on independent music.

Source: Muzikalia
Date of publication: December 2016
Spotify playlist latest update: 27th December 2016
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1. Triángulo De Amor Bizarro – Salve discordia
2. Belako – Hamen
3. Tórtel – Transparente
4. Hinds – Leave Me Alone
5. Gener – Oh, Germanes
6. Enric Montefusco – Meridiana
7. Juventud Juché – Movimientos
8. León Benavente – 2
9. Aries – Adieu or Die
10. Novedades Carminha – Campeones del mundo
11. Viva Belgrado – Ulises
12. The New Raemon / Mcenroe – Lluvias y truenos
13. Love Of Lesbian – El poeta Halley
14. Terrier – La plaga
15. Monte Del Oso – Existen moscas que se relajan durante el vuelo
16. Silvia Pérez Cruz – Domus
17. Depedro – El pasajero
18. Mucho – Pidiendo a las puertas del infierno
19. Manel – Jo competeixo
20. Viva Suecia – La fuerza mayor
21. All La Glory – Everybody’s Breaking Everybody’s Heart
22. Chucho – Los años luz
23. Murciano Total – Enquinias
24. Doble Pletina – Así es como escapó
25. Soledad Vélez – Dance And Hunt
26. Bambikina – Referencias
27. Casa Das Feras – Calloway Circus
28. Ana Béjar – The Good Man
29. Muñeco – Teoría del cielo
30. The Lazy Lies – The Lazy Lies
31. El Petit De Cal Eril – La força
32. Adrian Levi – Under Songs
33. Arcano Guzmán – Ciudad inventada
34. El Ser Humano – 3
35. Parade – Demasiado humano
36. Yo, Estratosférico – Potencialmente infinitos
37. Xebi Sf – Tibidabo
38. Holy Bouncer – Hippie Girl Lover
39. Remate – Cabello de ángel, tocino de cielo
40. Mechanismo – The Forlorn Hope

Les Inrockuptibles Top 100 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016

Info: Les Inrockuptibles is a French cultural magazine. It started as a monthly magazine in 1986 and it became weekly in 1995. Its main focuses are music, cinema, books, politics, society...

Source: Les Inrockuptibles (songs chart / albums chart)

Date of publication: December 2016

Spotify playlists latest update: 28th December 2016
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1. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
4. The xx - On Hold
5. PNL - Da
6. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
7. Rihanna feat. Drake - Work
8. The Lemon Twigs - As Long As We're Together
9. La Femme - Où va le monde?
10. Parcels - Gamesofluck
11. Beyoncé - Formation
12. Alex Cameron - Mongrel
13. The Strokes - Threat of Joy
14. Childish Gambino - Redbone
15. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
16. Frank Ocean - Nights
17. DIIV - Bent (Roi's Song)
18. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
19. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
20. Agar Agar - Prettiest Virgin
21. Soft Hair – Lying Has To Stop
22. Cigarettes After Sex – Affection
23. Solange – Cranes in the Sky
24. Radiohead - Daydreaming
25. Kanye West - Fade
26. Weyes Blood – Do You Need My Love?
27. The Weekend feat. Daft Punk – Starboy
28. Jacques – Dans la radio
29. Bon Iver – 715 Creeks
30. Shura - Nothing's Real
31. Justice – Randy
32. ANOHNI – Drone Bomb Me
33. Schoolboy Q – Groovy Tony
34. Les Pirouettes – L’escalier
35. David Bowie – Lazarus
36. Princess Nokia – Tomboy
37. Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance
38. The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner
39. Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant
40. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
41. Blood Orange - Augustine
42. Young Thug - Digits
43. Agnes Obel - Familiar
44. Kendrick Lamar - untitled 05
45. Nicolas Jaar - No
46. Frank Ocean - Ivy
47. Nekfeu - Réalité augmentée
48. Ichon - Si l'on ride
49. Juliette Armanet - Cavalier seule
50. Jagwar Ma - OB1
51. Goat Girl - Country Sleaze
52. Chris Cohen - As If Apart
53. Chance the Rapper feat. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne - No Problem
54. Kate Tempest - Ketamine for Breakfast
55. Rat Boy - Get Over It
56. Benjamin Biolay - Palermo Hollywood
57. Travis Scott feat. Kendrick Lamar - Goosebumps
58. Andy Shauf - The Magician
59. Drake - Fake Love
60. Frustration - Cause You Ran Away
61. The Lemon Twigs – These Words
62. Damso - Amnesie
63. Warpaint – New Song
64. PNL – J’suis QLF
65. La Femme – Tatiana
66. Shake 070 – Bass For My Thoughts
67. Paradis - Recto Verso
68. Kaytranada - Lite Spots
69. Calypso Valois - Le Jour
70. Oscar - Gone Forever
71. Batuk - Daniel
72. Kevin Morby - Dorothy
73. Grand Blanc - Tendresse
74. Iggy Pop - Gardenia
75. Booba - DKR
76. Let's Eat Grandma - Deep Six Textbook
77. Flavien Berger, Véronique Vincent et Aksak Maboul - Je pleure tout le temps
78. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
79. Deerhoof - Criminals of the Mind
80. Liss - Sorry
81. Alex Cameron - She's Mine
82. Lindstrom - Closing Shot
83. Parquet Courts - Berlin Got Blurry
84. Isaiah Rashad - 4r Da Squaw
85. Parcels - Myenemy
86. Abra - Crybaby
87. Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles
88. DIIV - Dopamine
89. Rendez-Vous - Distance
90. Denzel Curry - Ult
91. James Blake feat. Bon Iver - I Need a Forest Fire
92. Corine - Pourquoi Pourquoi
93. Suuns - Instrument
94. Shame - The Lick
95. The Rolling Stones - Ride 'Em On Down
96. Calypso Rose - Calypso Queen
97. Le Vasco - Easy Online
98. Pi Ja Ma - Radio Girl
99. Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
100. DJ Snake ft Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You


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1. David Bowie - Blackstar
2. La Femme - Mystère
3. Frank Ocean - Blonde
4. The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
5. PNL - Dans la légende
6. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
7. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
8. Drake - Views
9. Alex Cameron - Jumping the Shark
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
11. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
12. Bon Iver - 22, a Million
13. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
14. Ala.ni - You & I
15. Angel Olsen - My Woman
16. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
17. The Weeknd - Starboy
18. Grand Blanc - Mémoires vives
19. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
20. Soft Hair - Soft Hair
21. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
22. James Blake - The Colour in Anything
23. The Pirouettes - Carrément carrément
24. Benjamin Biolay - Palermo Hollywood
25. Young Thug - JEFFERY
26. Anohni - Hopelessness
27. Bayonne - Primitives
28. Jóhan Jóhansson - Orphée
29. Justice - Woman
30. Lescop - Echo
31. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
32. Cullen Omori - New Misery
33. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
34. Solange - A Seat at the Table
35. El'Blaszczyk - The Quirky Lost Tapes, 1993-95
36. Field Music - Commontime
37. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
38. Rihanna - Anti
39. Julien Doré - &
40. Fat White Family - Songs for Our Mothers
41. Wati Watia Zorey Band - Zanz in Lanfèr
42. Karl Blau - Introducing Karl Blau
43. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
44. M.I.A. - AIM
45. DIIV - Is the Is Are
46. Paradis - Recto verso
47. Céu - Tropix
48. Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamnou Akrouni - Les Filles de Illighadad
49. Lost Under Heaven - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
50. Pone - Radiant

The Guardian Top 40 Albums of 2016

Info: The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper.
Source: The Guardian
Date of publication: December 2016
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1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
5. Solange - A Seat at the Table
6. Anohni – Hopelessness
7. Rihanna - Anti
8. Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
9. Skepta - Konnichiwa
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree
12. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
13. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
14. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
15. Avalanches – Wildflower
16. King – We Are King
17. Mitski – Puberty 2
18. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
20. Drake – Views
21. Angel Olsen – My Woman
22. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
23. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
24. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
25. Young Thug – Jeffery
26. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
27. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
28. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
29. Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony
30. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
31. Kano – Made in the Manor
32. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
33. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
34. Lambchop – Flotus
35. Tegan and Sara – Love You to Death
36. Kaytranada – 99.9%
37. Case/lang/veirs – Case/lang/veirs
38. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
39. Nao – For All We Know
40. Shura – Nothing’s Real

Pitchfork Top 100 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016

Info: Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber. It developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but it has since expanded with a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music artists.

Source: Pitchfork (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 12-13th December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 28th December 2016
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TOP 100 SONGS

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1. Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, and Kirk Franklin - Ultralight Beam
2. Beyoncé - Formation
3. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
4. Frank Ocean - Ivy
5. David Bowie - Lazarus
6. ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me
7. Rihanna feat. Drake - Work
8. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
9. Radiohead - True Love Waits
10. Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles
11. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People...
12. Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz - No Problem
13. Frank Ocean - Pink + White
14. Kanye West - Real Friends
15. Blood Orange feat. Empress Of - Best to You
16. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
17. Anderson .Paak - Am I Wrong
18. Bon Iver - 33 ‘GOD’
19. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
20. Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
21. Solange feat. Sampha - Don't Touch My Hair
22. Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance
23. David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away
24. Radiohead - Daydreaming
25. Frank Ocean - Nikes
26. Danny Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt - Really Doe
27. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - I Need You
28. Beyoncé - Hold Up
29. Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N) [Bob Moose Extended Cab Version]
30. Drake feat. Wizkid and Kyla - One Dance
31. A Tribe Called Quest - Dis Generation
32. Kanye West feat. Kendrick Lanar - No More Parties in L.A.
33. D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
34. Chance the Rapper feat. Jeremih - Summer Friends
35. Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
36. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 02
37. Noname - Yesterday
38. Weyes Blood - Do You Need My Love
39. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
40. Young Thug - Kanye West
41. Beyoncé - Sorry
42. French Montana feat. Kodak Black - Lockjaw
43. Joey Purp feat. Chance the Rapper - Girls@
44. Anderson .Paak - Come Down
45. Kevin Morby - I Have Been to the Mountain
46. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times
47. Chance the Rapper feat. Knox Fortune - All Night
48. Blood Orange - E.V.P.
49. Aphex Twin - CHEETAHT2 [Ld spectrum]
50. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
51. Esperanza Spalding - Earth to Heaven
52. YG - Who Shot Me?
53. Kaytranada feat. Anderson .Paak - Glowed Up
54. dvsn - Hallucinations
55. Gucci Mane - First Day Out tha Feds
56. Desiigner - Panda
57. Jamila Woods feat. Noname - VRY BLK
58. Young Thug - Digits
59. Whitney - No Woman
60. Maxwell - 1990x
61. Sampha - Blood on Me
62. Drake - Controlla
63. Cass McCombs - Bum Bum Bum
64. Porches - Be Apart
65. Savages - Adore
66. KING - The Greatest
67. Young M.A. - OOOUUU
68. Nao - Girlfriend
69. Vince Staples feat. A$AP Rocky - Prima Donna
70. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Existence in the Unfurling
71. Isaiah Rashad - Smile
72. Moses Sumney - Lonely World
73. Schoolboy Q - That Part
74. The 1975 - Somebody Else
75. Travis Scott feat. Young Thug - Pick Up the Phone
76. Ka - 30 Keys
77. Skepta - Man
78. serpentwithfeet - blisters
79. Mr. Fingers - Qwazars
80. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
81. Deakin - Golden Chords
82. Ariana Grande - Into You
83. Huerco S. - Promises of Fertility
84. G.L.O.S.S. - Give Violence a Chance
85. Angel Olsen - Sister
86. Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love
87. Alicia Keys - In Common
88. Rihanna - Needed Me
89. Frankie Cosmos - On the Lips
90. Pinegrove - Old Friends
91. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin - No Heart
92. Sheer Mag - Can't Stop Fighting
93. Danny Brown - When It Rain
94. Cate Le Bon - Wonderful
95. Kamaiyah - I'm On
96. Kodak Black feat. Gucci Mane - Vibin in This Bih
97. Olga Bell - Randomness
98. Moor Mother - Deadbeat Protest
99. Sturgill Simpson - Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
100. Lil Peep - Kiss


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1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. Beyoncé - Lemonade
4. David Bowie - Blackstar
5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
8. Anohni - Hopelessness
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
12. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
13. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
14. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
16. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
17. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
18. Mitski - Puberty 2
19. Rihanna - Anti
20. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
21. Young Thug - JEFFERY
22. YG - Still Brazy
23. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
24. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
25. Kaytranada - 99.9%
26. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
27. Noname - Telefone
28. NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
29. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
30. Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
31. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
32. Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo (The Woman at the End of the World)
33. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS’night
34. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
35. Hamilton LeithauserRostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
36. Jamila Woods - Heavn
37. King - We Are King
38. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
39. Moodymann - DJ-Kicks
40. Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith - A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
41. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
42. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
43. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
44. Kevin Gates - Islah
45. William Tyler - Modern Country
46. Pinegrove - Cardinal
47. Kamaiyah - A Good Night in the Ghetto
48. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
49. Porches - Pool
50. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin - Savage Mode

Wire Top 50 Albums of 2016

Info: The Wire is "a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music. Since then it has covered hip hop, modern classical, free improvisation, post-rock, and various forms of electronic music. (from Wikipedia)

Source: The Wire 
Date of publication: The Wire January 2017 Issue (#395)
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1. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Shirley Collins – Lodestar
3. Moor Mother – Fetish Bones
4.Autechre – elseq 1-5 (just elseq 1 available)
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
6. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
7. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina
8. Yves Tumor – Serpent Music
9. Gaika – SECURITY
10. Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force – Yermande
11. Gate – Saturday Night Fever
12. Solange – A Seat at the Table
13. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
14. Oren Ambarchi – Hubris
15. Babyfather – “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
16. 75 Dollar Bill – Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
17. Anna Meredith – Varmints
18. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
20. Carla dal Forno – You Know What It’s Like
21. David Toop – Entities Inertias Faint Beings
22. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
23. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered
24. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All Africans
25. Laura Cannell – Simultaneous Flight Movement
26. Ectoplasm Girls – New Feeling Come
27. Steve Gunn – Eyes on the Lines
28. Ian William Craig – Centres
29. Matmos – Ultimate Care II
30. Laraaji & Sun Araw – Professional Sunflow
31. Scott Walker – The Childhood of a Leader (OST)
32. Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
33. Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
34. Katie Gately – Color
35. Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini – Devotional Songs
36. Anxiety – Anxiety
37. Skepta – Konnichiwa
38. Puce Mary – The Spiral
39. The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Bes
40. Catherine Christer Hennix – Live At Issue Project Room
41. Horse Lords – Interventions
42. Roy Montgomery – R M H Q: Headquarters
43. Frank Ocean – Blonde
44. Thalia Zedek – Eve
45. Charlemagne Palestine – Cathédrale De Strasbourg
46. Kepler Quartet – Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8
47. Circuit Des Yeux – Jackie Lynn
48. Zomby – Ultra
49. Klara Lewis – Too
50. Peder Mannerfelt – Controlling Body

FACT Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016

Info: FACT is a music publication launched in the UK in 2003, with particular focus on electronic, pop, rap, and experimental artists.

Source: Fact (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 13-20th December 2016
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1. Popcaan - Ova Dweet
2. Rihanna - Work
3. Danny L Harle feat. Carly Rae Jepsen - Super Natural
4. Pangaea - Skips Desk
5. Beyonce - Formation
6. Equiknoxx - Bubble
7. D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
8. Fox - Vacio
9. Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
10. Drake - One Dance
11. Dont DJ - Gammelan
12. Fat Joe and Remy Ma - All The Way Up
13. DJ Marfox - 2685
14. D∆WN - Honest
15. Lil Uzi Vert - Money Longer
16. Avalon Emerson - The Frontier
17. DJ Q - Sonic
18. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
19. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
20. Sir Spyro feat. Killa P, Lady Chann & Teddy Bruckshot - Topper Top
21. Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
22. Floorplan - Mmm Hmm Hmm
23. Dave - Wanna Know
24. Demdike Stare - Hardnoise
25. Lindstrøm - Closing Shot
26. Abra - Crybaby
27. Radiohead - Burn The Witch
28. Mr. Fingers - Qwazars
29. Young M.A - OOOUUU
30. Willow - A2
31. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 07
32. Alexandria - Problem
33. Quavius - Love The Way
34. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home
35. Soda Plains - Rodeo
36. Peder Mannerfelt - Public Images
37. AJ Tracey - Naila (Murlo Remix)
38. Tinashe - Ride of Your Life
39. Skepta - Man
40. Jubilee feat. HoodCelebrityy - Wine Up
41. Alicia Keys - In Common
42. Elysia Crampton feat. Why Be & Chino Amobi - Dummy Track
43. Young Thug - Harambe
44. Reckonwrong - The Passions of Pez
45. UMFANG - Force
46. Denzel Curry - Knotty Head
47. Justice - Safe and Sound
48. Machine Woman - I Can Mend Your Broken Heart
49. Gage - Talons Reach
50. Cousin Stizz - Every Season


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1. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
2. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
3. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
4. Lorenzo Senni - Persona
5. Mitski - Puberty 2
6. Kamaiyah - A Good Night In The Ghetto
7. Steve Hauschildt - Strands
8. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
9. Pangaea - In Drum Play
10. Solange - A Seat at the Table
11. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
12. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
13. Rihanna - ANTI
14. YG - Still Brazy
15. Beyoncé - Lemonade
16. The Outfit, TX - Green Lights: Everythang Goin
17. Konx-Om-Pax - Caramel
18. Bjarki - Б
19. Young Thug - JEFFERY
20. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
21. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
22. Demdike Stare - Wonderland
23. David Bowie - Blackstar
24. Negative Gemini - Body Work
25. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
26. Sophia Loizou - Singulacra
27. DVA [Hi:Emotions] - NOTU_URONLINEU
28. FIS - From Patterns To Details
29. Helena Celle - If I Can't Handle Me…
30. Powell - Sport
31. Angel Olsen - My Woman
32. Seekersinternational - Ragga Preservation Society
33. Ohal - Acid Park
34. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
35. Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein - Stranger Things Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
36. Jake Meginsky - Seven Psychotropic Sinewave Palindromes
37. Abra - Princess
38. Second Woman - Second Woman
39. Disasterpeace - Hyper Light Drifter
40. Botany - Deepak Verbera
41. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
42. Will Long - Long Trax
43. Mozzy - Mandatory Check
44. Elon Katz - The Human Pet
45. Klara Lewis - Too
46. Cousin Stizz - MONDA
47. Chino Amobi - Airport Music For Black Folk
48. Good Willsmith - Things Our Bodies Used To Have
49. Serpentwithfeet - Blisters
50. Lil Uzi Vert - Lil Uzi Vert vs the World

American Songwriter Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016

Info: American Songwriter is a bimonthly magazine, established in 1984 and based in Nashville, covering every aspect of the craft and art of songwriting.

Source: American Songwriter (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 1-7th December 2016
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1. Lori McKenna - Humble & Kind
2. Margo Price - Hands of Time
3. Drive-By Truckers - Surrender Under Protest
4. Courtney Marie Andrews - How Quickly Your Heart Mends?
5. Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
6. Angel Olsen - Intern
7. Handsome Family - Gold
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Distant Sky
9. Brandy Clark - Homecoming Queen
10. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
11. Sturgill Simpson - Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
12. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
13. Beyoncé - Daddy Lessons
14. David Bowie - I Can’t Give Everything Away
15. Miranda Lambert - Runnin' Just in Case
16. Shovels & Rope - The Last Hawk
17. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
18. Lambchop - The Hustle
18. Lydia Loveless - Heaven
20. Richmond Fontaine - I Got Off the Bus
21. William Bell - This Is Where I Live
22. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times
23. Elizabeth Cook - Tabitha Tuders’ Mama
24. John Paul White - Black Leaf
25. Eric Bachman - Mercy
26. Sara Watkins - Young in All the Wrong Ways
27. Ryley Walker - The Halfwit in Me
28. Bob Weir - Only a River
29. Yola Carter - Orphan Country
30. Bon Iver - ___45___
31. Whitney - Golden Days
32. Wilco - We Aren’t the World (Safety Girl)
33. Paul Simon - The Werewolf
34. Radiohead - Burn the Witch
35. case/lang/veirs - Atomic Number
36. Kenny Chesney - Jesus & Elvis
37. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
38. Steve Gunn - Ancient Jules
39. Okkervil River - Okkervil River R.I.P.
40. Frankie Lee - High and Dry
41. Anohni - Drone Bomb Me
42. Charles Bradley - Good to Be Back Home
43. Mavis Staples - Take Us Back
44. Parquet Courts - Berlin Got Blurry
45. Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - Nine Times Along
46. St. Paul & the Broken Bones - I’ll Be Your Woman
47. Joan Shelley - Cost of the Cold
48. Paul Cauthen - Marfa Lights
49. Felice Brothers - Jack at the Asylum
50. Big Thief - Masterpiece


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1. Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
2. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
3. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
4. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
5. case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
6. David Bowie - Blackstar
7. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
8. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
9. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
10. Dori Freeman - Dori Freeman
11. Parker Millsap - The Very Last Day
12. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
13. Mudcrutch - 2
14. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
15. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts Of Highway 20
16. William Bell - This Is Where I Live
17. Hayes Carll - Lovers And Leavers
18. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Silver Tears
19. Mitski - Puberty 2
20. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
21. Brandy Clark - Big Day In A Small Town
22. Robert Ellis - Robert Ellis
23. Beyoncé - Lemonade
24. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee
25. Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep
26. Lydia Loveless - Real
27. Dawes - We’re All Gonna Die
28. Miranda Lambert - The Weight Of These Wings
29. Brian Fallon - Painkillers
30. Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me
31. Lambchop - FLOTUS
32. Kelsey Waldon - I’ve Got A Way
33. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
34. Savages - Adore Life
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
37. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
38. Courtney Marie Andrews - Honest Life
39. Warpaint - Heads Up
40. Maren Morris - Hero
41. Lera Lynn - Resistor
42. Conor Oberst - Ruminations
43. Amanda Shires - My Piece Of Land
44. Pinegrove - Cardinal
45. Frank Ocean - Blonde
46. Felice Brothers - Life in the Dark
47. Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math
48. Brothers Osborne - Pawn Shop
49. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
50. Twin Peaks - Down In Heaven