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2010 – my year in music

What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …

I have re-ranked both singles and albums in December 2024, and I have also included the original charts I wrote at the end of 2010.

	Top albums of 2010

1	Divine Comedy	Bang Goes The Knighthood
2	Midway Still	Note To Self
3	Futureheads	The Chaos
4	New Young Pony Club	The Optimist
5	Sky Larkin	Kaleide
6	Jonny Cola and the A Grades	In Debt
7	Tenek	On The Wire
8	Bettie Serveert	Pharmacy of Love
9	Everything Everything	Man Alive
10	Rose Elinor Dougall	Without Why
11	Bikini Test Failure	Fleecing The Easily Pleased
12	Peter Gabriel	Scratch My Back
13	We Are Scientists	Barbara
14	The Like	Release Me
15	Marc Almond	Varieté
16	Goldfrapp	Head First
17	Stornoway	Beachcombers Windowsill
18	Nurse Who Loved Me	Illuminate
19	Mystery Jets	Serotonin
20	Nada Surf	If I Had A Hi-Fi
21	Hyperbubble	Candy Apple Daydreams
22	Tender Trap	Dansette Dansette
23	Die So Fluid	The World Is Too Big For One Lifetime
24	These New Puritans	Hidden
25	Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly	Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
26	Foals	Total Life Forever
27	Wurzels	A Load More Bullocks
28	Coral	Butterfly House
29	Bluetones	A New Athens
30	General Fiasco	Buildings
31	These Ghosts	You Are Not Lost, You Are Here
32	Kele	The Boxer
33	Barlights	You Cannot Choose The Roads That Take You Home
34	Get	They Don't Play Songs Like Ours On The Radio - Beauty Parade Volume Three

The albums I played to death:

These aren’t necessarily the same as my favourite albums now, but the ones I remember buying on release and playing over and over and over again.

14/05/10	Midway Still	Note To Self
31/05/10	Divine Comedy	Bang Goes The Knighthood

	Original chart - top albums of 2010

1	Jonny Cola and the A Grades	In Debt
2	Midway Still	Note To Self
3	Sky Larkin	Kaleide
4	Rose Elinor Dougall	Without Why
5	Futureheads	The Chaos
6	Everything Everything	Man Alive
7	Bettie Serveert	Pharmacy Of Love
8	Various Artists	Electio Pop
9	New Young Pony Club	The Optimist
10	These New Puritans	Hidden
11	Hyperbubble	Candy Apple Daydreams
12	Die So Fluid	The World Is Too Big For One Lifetime
13	These Ghosts	You Are Not Lost, You Are Here
14	Marc Almond	Variete
15	Mystery Jets	Serotonin
16	Wurzels	A Load More Bullocks
17	Nurse Who Loved Me	Illuminate
18	Like	Release Me
19	Divine Comedy	Bang Goes The Knighthood
20	Tenek	On The Wire
21	We Are Scientists	Barbara
22	Two Door Cinema Club	Tourist History
23	Bikini Test Failure	Fleecing The Easily Pleased
24	Foals	Total Life Forever
25	General Fiasco	Buildings
26	Dave Couse	Alonewalk

	Top tracks of 2010

1	Brother	Darling Buds of May
2	Futureheads	Struck Dumb
3	New Young Pony Club	Chaos
4	Sea Power	Living Is So Easy
5	Sky Larkin	Still Windmills
6	Midway Still	Note To Self
7	Y Niwl	Undegpedwar
8	Futureheads	Heartbeat Song
9	Divine Comedy	At The Indie Disco
10	Good Shoes	Under Control
11	Thomas Tantrum	Face The Music
12	Erland and the Carnival	The Derby Ram
13	Jonny Cola and the A Grades	Marlborough Road
14	The Like	Square One
15	Divine Comedy	Down In The Street Below
16	Gorillaz	Stylo (Erland and the Carnival Carnivalization remix)
17	Cahier Collection	The Leading Role
18	Bozwood	(Murder At) Fresh And Wild
19	Brownies	Fox Force Five
20	A Band Called Quinn	D.I.Y.
21	Bettie Serveert	Deny All
22	Crystal Fighters	Follow
23	Rubberbandits	Horse Outside
24	Wurzels	Ruby
25	Republica	Christiana Obey (Tenek remix - full version)
26	Twin Sister	All Around And Away We Go
27	Eliza	Eyjafjallajokull
28	Vile Electrodes	Play With Fire
29	Lucky Soul	Up In Flames
30	Tigercats	Konny Huck
31	Teenage Fanclub	Baby Lee
32	Deferred Sucess	Sheriff Fatman (live at Phoenix FM 18-02-2010)
33	Stornoway	Zorbing
34	Corporal Machine and the Bombers	Don't Scatter My Ashes In Romford
35	David Devant and his Spirit Wife	Moving To LA
36	Goldfrapp	Rocket
37	Action Design	Desperation
38	Blur	Fool's Day
39	Wurzels	Sowing The Seeds Of Love
40	Amy MacDonald	Don't Tell Me That It's Over
41	Best Coast	Boyfriend
42	Le Corps Mince de Francoise	Gandhi
43	Marnie Stern	Transparency Is The New Mystery

	Original chart - top tracks of 2010

1	Crystal Fighters	Follow
2	Erland and the Carnival	The Derby Ram
3	New Young Pony Club	Chaos
4	Gorillaz	Stylo (Erland and the Carnival Carnivalization remix)
5	Twin Sister	All Around And Away We Go
6	Le Corps Mince de Francoise	Gandhi
7	Thomas Tantrum	The Last Kiss
8	Y Niwl	Undegpedwar
9	Jonny Cola and the A Grades	Marlborough Road
10	Bettie Serveert	Deny All
11	Midway Still	I Don't Care
12	Brother	Darling Buds Of May
13	Joy Formidable	I Don't Want To See You Like This
14	Frank and Walters	The Parson
15	Good Shoes	Under Control
16	Kula Shaker	Drink Tea (For The Love Of God)
17	Milk Kan	Junkshop
18	Pre New	The Pre New Anthem
19	Futureheads	Heartbeat Song
20	Blur	Fool's Day
21	Echobelly	Molotov
22	These New Puritans	Three Thousand
23	Afrirampo	Miracle Lucky Girls
24	Pulled Apart By Horses	High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive
25	Brownies	Fox Force Five
26	Rubberbandits	Horse Outside
27	Good Natured	Be My Animal
28	A Band Called Quinn	DIY
29	Discodeine feat Jarvis Cocker	Synchronize
30	Sky Larkin	Still Windmills
31	Like	Square One
32	Rose Elinor Dougall	Carry On
33	Vile Electrodes	Empire Of Wolves
34	These Ghosts	Luna
35	Die So Fluid	Figurine
36	Crystal Castles feat Robert Smith	Not In Love
37	Stanley	Monkeys And Friends
38	Katie and the Ayres	Into The Light
39	Funeral Party	NYC Moves To The Sound Of LA
40	So So Modern	Berlin
41	Vileevils and Pop Will Eat Itself	Demon
42	Gaggle	I Hear Flies
43	Stars and Sons	If It's Good For Me
44	Shibuya Crossings	Take It Out On Me
45	Action Design	Desperation
46	Blood Red Shoes	Heartsink
47	3rd Rock Revolution	Images Of ...
48	British Sea Power	Zeus
49	Everything Everything	Schoolin
50	Egyptian Hip Hop	Moon Crooner
51	Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip	Cauliflower
52	Marc Almond	Variete
53	Royksopp	The Alcoholic
54	Kingmaker MMX	Armchair Anarchist
55	Arp Attack	Boy
56	Mystery Jets	Flash A Hungry Smile
57	Lucky Soul	A Coming Of Age
58	Alphabet Backwards	Polar Bears
59	Hattie Murdoch	Submarine
60	Eliza	Eyjafjallajookull
61	Divine Comedy	At The Indie Disco
62	Stellarium	Harbinger
63	Lara	In Between
64	Ste McCabe with Maria and the Gay	Make Your Own Kind of Music
65	Lost Harbours	Morning Song
66	I Am Kloot	Fingertips
67	Bozwood	(Murder At) Fresh And Wild
68	Megadudes	Mrs Radbone
69	Beady Eye	Sons Of The Stage
70	Dutch Uncles	Fragrant
71	Death Of The Elephant	Transition To War
72	Nurse Who Loved Me	Why Do I Still Think Of You
73	Bees	We No Speak Americano
74	Goldfrapp	Rocket
75	Philip Selway	By Some Miracle
76	Mum Wants A Mixtape	Blade To Your Skin
77	Talulah Does The Hula	Don't Panic
78	Dikta	Thank You
79	Wurzels	Ruby
80	David Devant and his Spirit Wife	Moving To LA
81	Cahier Collection	The Leading Role
82	Paul Hawkins and the Awkward Silences	Perpetual Motion
83	Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern	Calling Out Your Name Again
84	Gorillaz	Stylo
85	Los Campesinos!	Romance Is Boring
86	Republica	Suck Baby Suck
87	Gruff Rhys	Shark Ridden Waters
88	Femmepop	Kick
89	Missdavinalee	Come On!
90	Boxer Rebellion	If You Run
91	Charlatans	Love Is Ending
92	Katalina Kicks	145
93	Duke Spirit	Everybody's Under Your Spell
94	We Are Scientists	Rules Don't Stop
95	Big Whup	Yaaaay
96	Tigercats	Konny Huck
97	Tunng	Sashimi
98	Chatelaine	Broken Bones
99	Mathildes Destiny	I Got This Perfect Girlfriend
100	Abdoujaparov	Politics Is Boring

	My favourite cover versions of 2010

1	Wurzels	Ruby
2	Deferred Sucess	Sheriff Fatman
3	David Devant and his Spirit Wife	Moving To LA
4	Wurzels	Sowing The Seeds Of Love

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