100 Songs of the Year 2013

A fantastic year for music for me, not necessarily because it was a fantastic year for music in general, but because I listened to about ten times as much new music as I’ve ever done in any one year in the past. How much good music must I have missed in years gone by? I hate to think. Thanks to Spotify – and Spotify apps like the one from Any Decent Music? – I was able to listen to half a dozen highly-rated new albums a week, most from acts I’d never heard of. And I kept that up all year. Every time an album really intrigued me, or made me smile, I added my favourite material to an ever-expanding list, which I eventually managed to whittle down to 100 songs, which you can find as a Spotify playlist here, if you’re so inclined. The list of all 100 songs is at the bottom of the page. But first, after much deliberation, the Top Twenty…

20. Samaris – Hljóma þú

19. Still Corners – All I Know

18. The Phoenix Foundation – The Captain

17. Two Door Cinema Club – Handshake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIOqiAPqa3g

16. Phoenix – Entertainment

15. Teeth Of The Sea – Responder

14. Diana – Born Again

13. The Electric Soft Parade – Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone

12. Iron & Wine – The Desert Babbler

11. Beady Eye – Flick of the Finger

10. Jamie Cullum – Pure Imagination

9. Moby – Saints

8. Jonathan Wilson – Lovestrong

7. Public Service Broadcasting – New Dimensions In Sound

6. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Future will be Silent

5. Camera Obscura – New Year’s Resolution

4. Los Campesinos! – Avocado, Baby

3. Gary Numan – My Last Day

2. Treetop Flyers – Things Will Change

1. Daft Punk – Get Lucky

Enjoy!

The full list of my 100 Songs of the Year 2013

Alison Moyet – A Place to Stay
amiina – Hilli – Lighthouse Version
Anouk – Pretending As Always
Anouk – Birds
Au Revoir Simone – More Than
B.E.F. (feat. Glenn Gregory) – Party Fears Two
Beady Eye – Flick of The Finger
Beady Eye – Back After The Break
Bibio – Raincoat
Biffy Clyro – Different People
Billy Bragg – No One Knows Nothing Anymore
Billy Bragg – Tomorrow’s Going to Be a Better Day
Blouse – Imperium
Boards of Canada – Reach For The Dead
Boards of Canada – Cold Earth
Camera Obscura – William’s Heart
Camera Obscura – New Year’s Resolution
Daft Punk – Get Lucky – Radio Edit
Daft Punk – Give Life Back to Music
Daft Punk – Lose Yourself to Dance
Daft Punk – Touch
David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
Diana – Born Again
Dido – Day Before We Went To War
The Duckworth Lewis Method – Out In The Middle
Eivør – Green Garden
The Electric Soft Parade – Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone
Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo – Theme From Prince Avalanche
Gary Numan – My Last Day
Goldfrapp – Drew
Goldfrapp – Stranger
Hans-Joachim Roedelius – Lullerby
Hugh Jackman – Suddenly
Hurts – Miracle
Hurts – The Crow
I Am Kloot – These Days Are Mine
Iron & Wine – The Desert Babbler
Iron & Wine – Winter Prayers
Iron & Wine – Baby Center Stage
Jamie Cullum – Edge Of Something
Jamie Cullum – Pure Imagination
Johnny Marr – European Me
Johnny Marr – New Town Velocity
Jonathan Wilson – Dear Friend
Jonathan Wilson – Lovestrong
Julianna Barwick – One Half
Julianna Barwick – Pyrrhic
Julianna Barwick – Waving To You
Karl Bartos – Atomium
Karl Bartos – Rhythmus
Karl Bartos – Hausmusik
Kristyna Myles – The Paris Match
KT Tunstall – Made Of Glass
KT Tunstall – Feel It All
Lanterns on the Lake – Until The Colours Run
Lloyd Cole – Myrtle And Rose
Lloyd Cole – Silver Lake
Los Campesinos! – Avocado, Baby
Maps – A.M.A.
Martin Simpson – Jackie and Murphy
Mike Oldfield – Far Above The Clouds – YORK Remix
Moby – The Perfect Life
Moby – The Last Day
Moby – Saints
Oliver Wilde – Flutter
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Night Café
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – The Future Will Be Silent
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Metroland
Pet Shop Boys – Axis
Phoenix – Entertainment
The Phoenix Foundation – Black Mould
The Phoenix Foundation – The Captain
The Phoenix Foundation – Sideways Glance
The Polyphonic Spree – You Don’t Know Me
The Polyphonic Spree – You’re Golden
Postiljonen – Atlantis
Prefab Sprout – The Best Jewel Thief In the World
Prefab Sprout – The Songs Of Danny Galway
Public Service Broadcasting – New Dimensions in Sound
Pure Bathing Culture – Pendulum
Samantha Barks – On My Own
Samaris – Hljóma þú
Samaris – Góða tungl
Sébastien Tellier – Adieu
Sébastien Tellier – L’amour naissant
Shigeto – First Saturn Return
Sigur Ros – Hrafntinna
Sigur Ros – Ísjaki
Sigur Ros – Var
Still Corners – The Trip
Still Corners – All I Know
Still Corners – Strange Pleasures
Teeth Of The Sea – Reaper
Teeth Of The Sea – Responder
Treetop Flyers – Things Will Change
Treetop Flyers – Is It All Worth It
Two Door Cinema Club – Handshake
Washed Out – It All Feels Right
Washed Out – Weightless
William Tyler – The Geography of Nowhere