I’ve now finished my lockdown inspired favourite 50 songs countdown, which started in early April. All 50 tracks are listed below, with links to each accompanying blog. There’s also a Spotify playlist with the songs in ranked order, plus 4 bonus tunes (my numbers 51-54) as my top 50 choices from My Bloody Valentine, Whiteout, Plush and The KLF are not available on Spotify.
- #1 “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell
- #2 “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys
- #3 “Everything Flows” by Teenage Fanclub
- #4 “Game Of Pricks” by Guided By Voices
- #5 “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy
- #6 “Strength Of Strings” by Gene Clark
- #7 “Gold Soundz” by Pavement
- #8 “One More Time” by Daft Punk
- #9 “Chillout Tent” by The Hold Steady
- #10 “Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
- #11 “You Made Me Realise” by My Bloody Valentine
- #12 “Together In Electric Dreams” by Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey
- #13 “The Rat” by The Walkmen
- #14 “Farewell Transmission” by Songs: Ohia
- #15 “The Ballad Of El Goodo” by Big Star
- #16 “Get Me” by Dinosaur Jr
- #17 “True Faith” by New Order
- #18 “Winterlong” by Neil Young
- #19 “Nobody But Me” by The Human Beinz
- #20 “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” by The Byrds
- #21 “Outdoor Miner” by Wire
- #22 “Born To Run” by Bruce Springsteen
- #23 “Teen Age Riot” by Sonic Youth
- #24 “Trans-Europe Express” by Kraftwerk
- #25 “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC
- #26 “Kids In America” by Kim Wilde
- #27 “Atomic” by Blondie
- #28 “Sabotage” by Beastie Boys
- #29 “No Time” by Whiteout
- #30 “Virginia Plain” by Roxy Music
- #31 “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath
- #32 “The Sound Of The Crowd” by The Human League
- #33 “Three-Quarters Blind Eyes/Found A Little Baby” by Plush
- #34 “”Be My Baby” by The Ronettes
- #35 “These Are The Days” by Lift To Experience
- #36 “Get Ready For Love” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- #37 “Care Of Cell 44” by The Zombies
- #38 “Paid In Full” by Eric B. & Rakim
- #39″ The Killing Moon” by Echo & The Bunnymen
- #40 “Lisztomania” by Phoenix
- #41 “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles
- #42 “3am Eternal” by The KLF
- #43 “Roland” by Interpol
- #44 “They Live By Night” by The Make-Up
- #45 “Roygbiv” by Boards of Canada
- #46 “There, There My Dear” by Dexys Midnight Runners
- #47 “Everlasting Love” by The Love Affair
- #48 “Surrender” by Cheap Trick
- #49 “Mistakes & Regrets” by …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
- #50 “City Sickness” by Tindersticks
TOP 50 PLAYLIST
- “Isolation Thrills” – My top 50, plus 4 bonus tracks (my numbers 51-54) as my top 50 choices by My Bloody Valentine, Whiteout, Plush and The KLF are not available on Spotify.
UPDATE: B100 (FAVOURITE SONGS 51-100)
B100: with apologies to Guided By Voices
I’ve also now shared my next 50 favourite records that didn’t quite make the cut for my top 50 – click here for the ranked list or click here for the accompanying Spotify playlist.
GENRE PLAYLISTS – THE 379 LONGLIST
I’ve also compiled some genre playlists, spanning all 379 tunes from my original longlist, only song per artist. Each playlist is generally 25 to 35 tracks long, and again some songs are missing due to Spotify not having them (18 in total). Genre definitions are completely my own too, should some tunes seem misclassified! These playlists are alphabetically sorted by artist, not ranked.
- 379: Electronic
- 379: Garage/Psych (60s/70s)
- 379: Hip Hop
- 379: Indie A to D
- 379: Indie E to I
- 379: Indie J to N
- 379: Indie O to Sm
- 379: Indie So to Y
- 379: Pop
- 379: Punk (and post-punk)
- 379: Rock
- 379: Soul & Country
Plus there is also now a 379: Complete playlist, featuring the 361 songs from my 379 longlist that are available on Spotify – a full 24 hours of audio goodness, definitely designed more for shuffle play than one sitting…
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