Space Cadet

And that brings us up to the top 50. I need a food and data gathering break, and then I'll start into it after supper. Say about an hour. :nice: noted.

54. (710 pts) Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian Write About Love - 4 votes Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher - 3 votes 53. (730 pts) Wavves - King of the Beach - 3 votes 52. (735 pts) Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid - 3 votes 51. (750 pts) Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way - 4 votes

59. (665 pts) Hot Chip - One Life Stand - 3 votes 58. (680 pts) Cloud Control - Bliss Release - 4 votes 56. (705 pts) Best Coast - Crazy For You - 3 votes Kula Shaker- Pilgrims Progress - 3 votes

Guess I need to listen to her sometime then? Jedward are a pair of cheesy identical twins of X Factor fame. I couldn't tell you what they sound like, though, I've saved myself that anguish.

64. (585 pts) We Are Scientists – Barbara - 3 votes 63. (590 pts) The Courteeners - Falcon - 3 votes 62. (605 pts) James Blunt - Some Kind of Trouble - 2 votes 61. (635 pts) These New Puritans - Hidden - 3 votes 60. (655 pts) The Roots - How I Got Over - 2 votes

:laugh3: You can take that one up with Dave if you like. And make sure you tell him his votes do count. :thinking:

71. (550 pts) Delorean - Subiza - 2 votes 67. (575 pts) Aidan Knight - Versicolour - 3 votes Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today - 2 votes Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty - 2 votes Susanne Sundfør – The Brothel - 2 votes 65. (580 pts) Holy Fuck - Latin - 3 votes Surfer Blood – Astrocoast - 3 votes

And so 72 marks the highest rank an album can achieve with a single vote this year. All albums from here on in received more than one vote.

80. (480 pts) My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KillJoys - 2 votes 72. (500 pts) Anders Trentemoller – Into the Great Wide Yonder - 1 vote Hola a todo el mundo - Hola a todo el mundo - 1 vote Jedward - Planet Jedward - 1 vote The Beautiful Girls – Spooks - 1 vote The Cat Empire - Cinema - 1 vote The Niro - Best Wishes - 1 vote The Wonder Years - The Upsides - 1 vote Tom McRae - Alphabet of Hurricanes - 1 vote

86. (455 pts) Villagers - Becoming a Jackal - 3 votes 82. (465 pts) Pendulum – Immersion - 2 votes The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night - 2 votes The Walkmen - Lisbon - 3 votes Warpaint - The Fool - 3 votes 81. (470 pts) Parades - Foreign Tapes - 3 votes

92. (430 pts) Amy MacDonald - A Curious Thing - 2 votes 90. (440 pts) James Yuill - Movement in a storm - 2 votes Menomena - Mines - 2 votes 87. (450 pts) Ólafur Arnalds - And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness - 2 votes Scissor Sisters – Night Work - 2 votes The Script - Science & Faith - 3 votes

Ok, time for round two... :dance: 100. (410 pts) Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill - 3 votes 93. (425 pts) CocoRosie - Grey Oceans - 1 vote Graffiti6 - Colours - 1 vote Maika Makovski - Maika Makovski - 1 vote Mt. Desolation - Mt. Desolation - 1 vote The Jacka & Laroo - Neva Be The Same - 1 vote Westlife - Gravity - 1 vote Wir Sind Helden - Bring Mich Nach Hause - 1 vote

Dear record companies that still haven't gotten the memo about video embedding, this is your yearly reminder that you are currently missing out on free publicity. My sincere thanks to the many record companies that seem to be catching on now. :nice: You make my life so much easier.

Ok, that was 278 - 101 100 - 51 later this afternoon Top 50 this evening!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

145. (295 pts) Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart Wintersleep - New Inheritors 133. (300 pts) B.o.B - B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray Coma Cinema - Stoned Alone Errors - Come Down With Me Erykah Badu - Return of the Ankh Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 Kashmir - Trespassers Lower Than Atlantis - Far Q Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man Minus The Bear - OMNI Robyn – Body Talk Rowland S Howard - Pop Crimes The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards 121. (325 pts) Adebisi Shank – This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank Delays - Star Tiger Star Ariel Disco Ensemble - The Island of Disco Ensemble Fran Healy - Wreckorder Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager M.I.A. – Maya Miley Cyrus - Can’t Be Tamed Neon Trees - Habits OK Go – Of the Blue Colour of the Sky Paul Cary - Ghost of a Man Polock - Getting down from the trees The Domino State - Uneasy Lies The Crown 120. (330 pts) Miami Horror - Illumination 118. (350 pts) The Holidays – Post Paradise Wild Nothing - Gemini 117. (355 pts) Mystery Jets - Serotonin 116. (370 pts) Philip Selway: Familial 103. (375 pts) Anais Mitchell – Hadestown Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise Detroit Social Club - Existence Electric President - The Violent Blue Escape Directors - Ladders Hadouken! - For The Masses iLiKETRAiNS - He Who Saw The Deep Midlake – The Courage of Others Niño y pistola - As arthur and the writers Rod Stewart - Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 5 Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises Taylor Swift - Speak Now 102. (380 pts) Love Amongst Ruin - Love Amongst Ruin 101. (400 pts) Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws

192. (200 pts) Hjaltalín – Terminal KV Express - D-sensation Little Red – Midnight Remember Loreena McKennit - The Wind that Shakes the Barley Maroon 5 – Hands All Over Norma Jean - Meridonial Robert Plant – Band of Joy Ryan Adams – Cardinals III / IV Take That - Progress The Whigs - In The Dark Vex'd - Cloud Seed 180. (210 pts) Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This ceo - White Magic Dead Mellotron - Dead Mellotron Everything Everything- Man Alive Joe Bonamassa - Black Rock Jonny Greenwood - Norwegian Wood OST N.E.R.D. - Nothing Our Last Night - We Will All Evolve So So Modern - Crude Futures Teen Daze - Four More Years Titus Andronicus – The Monitor Young The Giant - Young the Giant 170. (230 pts) Blackbird Blackbird - Summer Heart Connan Mockasin - Please Turn Me Into The Snat Damien Jurado - Saint Barlett Halves - It Goes, It Goes (Forever And Ever) Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune Las Migas - Reinas del Matute She & Him- Volume Two Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky Teenage Fanclub – "Shadows" The Pineapple Theif – Someone Here Is Missing 169. (240 pts) Girl Talk - All Day 157. (250 pts) Atomic Tom - The Moment Camélia Jordana - Camélia Jordana Cathy Davey - The Nameless Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul Diamond Rings - Special Affections HIM - Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, chapters 1-13. Jon Hopkins - Monsters Soundtrack Kaki King - Junior Marc Ribot - Silent Movies The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers The Black Angels – Phosphene Dream The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme 147. (275 pts) 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway Adam Green - Minor Love Bad Books - Bad Books Moddi - Floriography Röyksopp - Senior The Weepies - Be My Thrill The-Dream - Love King Unkle Bob - Shockwaves Efterklang - Magic Chairs The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

Congratulations, you have very original tastes. :smiley:

242. (140 pts) Grayson Gilmour - No Constellation O. Children – O. Children Ratatat-LP4 Scoutt Niblett - The calcination of scout niblett The Kissaway Trail - Sleep Mountain 237. (145 pts) Bonobo - Black Sands Kate Nash - My Best Friend Is You Micah P Hinson - And the pioneer saboteurs The Boy Who Trapped The Sun - Fireplace You Me At Six- Hold Me Down 231. (150 pts) Die! Die! Die! - Form Fictionist-Lasting Echo Kele – The Boxer The Seabellies – By Limbo Lake Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network OST Zeus - Say Us 224. (160 pts) Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle Ed Harcourt - Lustre Emma Pollock - The Law Of Large Numbers Gypsy & the Cat - Gilgamesh Matthew Dear - Black City The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo Yukon Blonde - s/t 215. (170 pts) Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Children Collide – Theory of Everything Gayngs - Relayted I Am Kloot - Sky At Night Northern Portrait - Criminal Art Lovers Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up Plan B- The Defamation Of Strickland Banks Portugal. The Man – American Ghetto The Morning Benders - Big Echo 209. (180 pts) Eels - Tomorrow Morning Fyfe Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon Lostprophets- The Betrayed Magic Kids - Memphis White Hinterland - Kairos Wolf Parade - Expo 86 203. (190 pts) 22/20's - Shake/Shiver/Moan Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans Ghost Animal - Summertime In Heaven Jakob Dylan - Women and Country KT Tunstall - Tiger Suit Turin Brakes - Outbursts

276. - 278. (100 pts) Aqualung - Magnetic North Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez Pete Molinari - A Train Bound For Glory 273. (105 pts) Cyaneed - Dr. Daniel The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt The Wave Pictures - Susan rode the cyclone 270. (110 pts) Cabins – Bright Victory Eivør - Larva The Naked and Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You 268. (115 pts) Hungry Kids of Hungary – Escapades Weezer – Hurley 262. (120 pts) Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo Shad - TSOL Shearwater - The Golden Archipielago Shout Out Louds – Work The Chemical Brothers - Further The Hoosiers - The Illusion of Safety 259. (125 pts) Dead Letter Circus - This Is The Warning The Divine Comedy - Bang goes the knighthood The New Pornographers – Together 255. (130 pts) Cherry Ghost- Beneath This Burning Shoreline Josh Ritter - So runs the world away Shihad – Ignite The Acorn - No Ghost 247. (135 pts) Barb - Barb Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil's Tattoo General Fiasco - Buildings Hoquiam – Hoquiam Jack Johnson- To The Sea Netsky – Netsky Seabear – We Built a Fire Toro y Moi – Causers of This

And it's go... go... go! Ok, folks, it's past time to get this show on the road... Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 5th anniversary of Coldplay's albums of the year countdown! 43 lists, 278 albums, and one very overdue countdown. This afternoon will bring us up to the top 50. The top 50 countdown will take place this evening (aprox 5:00 EST subject to change)

I kind of need some minimal proof of existence to count something - the whole idea is for others to be able to listen to things for themselves. Uh, I traditionally bumped things up, but I'm using a different spreadsheet system this year that makes it complicated to impossible. Sorry. Spreadsheet fail. :disappointed:

:laugh3::laugh3::laugh3::laugh3::laugh3: That one's great! :laugh3::laugh3::dead: "You shall not play!" :laugh3: :vuvuzela:

Can you carry a tune? If those were my options I would pick a favourite band, butcher a song, and then give a brief overview of the band and their genre's history. So with Fleet Foxes I would talk a little about the band and their style, a little about them recording their album, a little about their peers, like Beirut and Bon Iver and their place in the American indie scene, a little bit about the history of American folk music- like the old fashioned folk, how it developed into the blues and then rock, how folk resurged in the 60's and how the indie scene picked it up again- and I would play a song of theirs or two. If you keep all your sub-topics brief, the range of material and the pace that you switch from thing to thing will fill up the 10 minutes without you ever droning on long enough to make people bored.

Nope, but providing it ends up being album length, it will be eligible for this years list...it looks like they're planning to get it out soon...ish.... Sure, I'll take a look if you like... it would end up being tied with 6 other albums for 209th place if I put it back in.

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.... Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihMMw0rnKz4]YouTube - Mashed Taters ?[/ame]