52 Weeks, 52 Songs (2009)

Posted By: disagg
Added On: 06/01/10
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Pretty much what it says on the tin – 52 weeks, 52 songs (the 2009 version). Only – these are the 52 songs that have somehow defined my year (thus not all of 2009 vintage). For each of the songs I’ve written a blog entry (see http://distantaggravation.blogspot.com) to explain how come Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds ended up sitting next to Cheryl Cole.

The Gaslight Anthem – Meet Me By The River’s Edge
Counting Crows – You Can’t Count On Me
New Kids On The Block – Summertime
Lisa Loeb – Snow Day
Emmy The Great – First Love
John Mayer – Free Fallin’ – Live at the Nokia Theatre
Matt Nathanson – Little Victories
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Observatory Crest
Joshua Radin – Someone Else’s Life
The Killers – A Dustland Fairytale
Augustana – I Still Ain’t Over You
McFly – Five Colours In Her Hair
Eric Hutchinson – All Over Now
Bob Dylan, Charlie McCoy, Al Kooper, Joe South, Henry Strzelecki, Kenneth Buttrey, Jerry Kennedy, Bill Aikins, Wayne Moss, Jaime Robertson, Hargus Robbins – I Want You
Mew – Comforting Sounds
Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind
MIKA – Grace Kelly – Live from Sadler’s Wells, London/2009
Phoenix – 1901
Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors – Full
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Ship Song (Paris 1)
The Verve – Love Is Noise
Take That – Up All Night
The Mars Volta – Copernicus
Florence + The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Snow Patrol – Chocolate
Noah And The Whale – Love Of An Orchestra
Frank Turner – I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
David Gray – Jackdaw
Ben Marwood – Question Marks
Stornoway – Unfaithful
John Barrowman, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – I Am What I Am
The Human League – Together In Electric Dreams
Alanis Morissette – That I Would Be Good – Live/Unplugged Version
Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays – 1991 Remix
The Holloways – AAA
Boyzone – No Matter What
Frank Turner – Faithful Son
Paula Cole – I Don’t Want To Wait
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Matt Nathanson – We’ll Recover
Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Are You The One That I’Ve Been Waiting For?
The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You
David Bowie – Life On Mars?
The Ataris – A New England – Acoustic Version
Robbie Williams – You Know Me
The Decemberists – Sleepless
Taylor Swift – White Horse
Snow Patrol – Fifteen Minutes Old
The Leisure Society – The Last Of The Melting Snow
Glee Cast – Don’t Stop Believin’ (Glee Cast Version)