Best of 2008

As with every year, it is difficult for me to rank tracks especially due to my eclectic tastes. Nevertheless, this time my list might seem a bit ‘mainstream’ compared to the previous years. It might be due to the fact that I have been far from where the action is for some time now or because in this digital age there are so many tracks I can get access to that I end up listening to the most obvious or simply because I am aging? Anyway, now that 2007 has long gone and swept the whole record industry away, my own small revolution will come in the way that I will not be sending my lovely crafted ‘Best of the Year’ CD to my friends this year but proposing it as a download version instead. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, my friends.

1. TV On The Radio 'Family Tree / DLZ'
2. American Music Club 'The Windows On The World'
3. Calexico 'House of Valparaiso'
4. Elbow 'The Loneliness of the Tower Crane Driver'
5. Sister 'Lovers of Today'
6. Ladyhawke 'My Delerium (Single Version)'
7. Friendly Fires 'Paris (Justus Köhncke Remix)'
8. the Streets 'The Escapist'
9. Anne Clark 'Psalm'
10. Bon Iver 're:stacks'
11. MGMT 'Electric Feel (Justice Remix)'
12. White Lies 'Unfinished Business'
13. Joseph d'Anvers '1000 Fois'
14. Stickboy 'I Hope That You're Happy'
15. M.I.A. 'Paper Planes (re-issue)'
16. Quiet Village 'Too High To Move / Pillow Talk'
17. Vampire Weekend 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa' / Hot Chip feat. Peter Gabriel 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (cover)'
18. Ting Tings 'That's Not My Name'
19. Flobots 'No Handlebars (DJ Shadow Remix)'
20. Portishead 'The Rip'
    

Well... I had to make decisions... I believe many other tunes really should have been in the Top 20 but there was not enough room to fit at least 50 tracks I would have loved to feature in such a restrictive space... So here's a bonus CD with just a few of the tracks that have been on heavy rotation either on my turntables or iPod.

• Goldfrapp 'A&E'
• Esser 'I Love You' (not on the CD)
• Alex Lloyd 'Same Day'
• Fleet Foxes 'White Winter Hymnal'
• Beck 'Chemtrails'
• LCD Soundsystem 'Big Ideas (Single Edit)'
• The Rapture 'No Sex For Ben'
• Why? 'The Hollows'
• Black Kids 'I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (Twelves Remix)'
• Metronomy 'Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix)'
• Cut Copy 'Hearts On Fire (Original Version)'
• M83 'Kim & Jessie (Montag Remix)'
• Santogold 'L.E.S. Artistes'
• Santogold & Diplo 'Icarus'
• Friendly Fires 'I'm Good, I'm Gone - Lykke Li Cover'
• Lykke Li 'I'm Good, I'm Gone'
• SoKo 'I Will Never Love You More'
• Bost & Bim Ft Brisa Roché & Lone Ranger 'Jamaican Boy'
• Kings of Leon 'Use Somebody (Single Edit)'
  
  Part 1 - Number 1 to Number 10 here (120MB)
  Part 2 - Number 11 to Number 20 here (95MB)
  Bonus CD here (143MB)