'Tis the season for music journos and bloggers to rank and rate their favorite musical discoveries of the year. And thanks to a fine transcribing soul at ILM, we have NME's rankings right here. By their lists, this was the year of Hot Chip:
50 The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out
49 Absentee - Schmotime
48 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles of A Bohemian Teenager
47 Wolfmother - s/t
46 Semifinalists - s/t
45 Bob Dylan - Modern Times
44 Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballard of The Broken Seas
43 Beck - The Information
42 The Automatic - Not Accepted Anywhere
41 The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control
40 Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
39 The Young Knives - Voices Of Animals and Men
38 Metric - Live It Out
37 Be Your Own Pet - s/t
36 Datarock - Datarock Datarock
35 Forward Russia - Give Me A Wall
34 Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours To Keep
33 The Bronx - s/t
32 Lily Allen - Alright, Still
31 The Sunshine Underground - Raise The Alarm
30 Cat Power - The Greatest
29 The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done
28 Morrissey - Ringleader of The Tormentors
27 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - s/t
26 Jarvis - That Jarvis Cocker Record
Read on for the rest of the album list and their singles selections.
25 Mogwai - Mr Beast
24 Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
23 The Knife - Silent Shout
22 The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
21 The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
20 The Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
19 The Longcut - A Call And Response
18 The Rapture - Pieces of The People We Love
17 The Futureheads - News and Tributes
16 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
15 Thom Yorke - The Eraser
14 TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
13 Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
12 The Killers - Sam's Town
11 Howling Bells - s/t
10 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
09 Kasabian - Empire
08 The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
07 The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
06 Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
05 CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
04 Hot Chip - The Warning
03 Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
01 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotTop 50 Singles
50 Larrikin Love - "Happy As Annie"
49 Pull Tiger Tail - "Animator"
48 The Young Knives - "She's Attracted To"
47 Howling Bells - "Setting Sun"
46 TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
45 Secret Machines - "Alone, Jealous and Stoned"
44 Regina Spektor - "Fidelity
43 The Rumple Strips - "Motorcycle"
42 Kelis - "Bossy"
41 The Sunshine Underground - "Put You In Your Place"
40 The Rapture - "Get Myself Into It"
39 The Strokes - "You Only Live Once"
38 Muse - "Knights Of Cydonia"
37 Panic! At The Disco - "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
36 Kasabian - "Empire"
35 Dan Sartain - "Replacement Man"
34 To My Boy - "I Am X-Ray"
33 Nelly Furtado - "Promiscuous"
32 Mates of State - "Fraud in the 80's"
31 Be Your Own Pet - "Adventure"
30 Ali Love - "K Hole"
29 The Dresden Dolls - "Back Stabber"
28 Hot Chip - "Boy From School"
27 Primal Scream - "Country Girl"
26 Maps - "Lost My Soul"
25 The Flaming Lips - "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
24 Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push"
23 Midlake - "Roscoe"
22 Muse - "Starlight"
21 Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces"
20 Jarvis - "Running The World"
19 The Streets Ft, P . Doherty - "Prangin' Out"
18 Justice Vs Simian - "We Are Your Friends"
17 Klaxons - "Atlantis To Interzone"
16 The Holloways - "Generator"
15 The Long Blondes - "Once and Never Again"
14 The Raconteurs - "Steady, As She Goes"
13 Arctic Monkeys - "When The Sun Goes Down"
12 Metric - "Monster Hospital"
11 Klaxons - "Gravity's Rainbow"
10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Cheated Hearts"
09 The View - "Wasted Little DJ's"
08 The Horrors - "Sheena Is A Parasite"
07 Amy Whinehouse - "Rehab"
06 CSS - "Let's Make Love and Listen To Death From Above"
05 Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
04 Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole"
03 The Gossip - "Standing In The Way Of Control"
02 Peter Bjorn and John ft. Victoria Bergsmen - "Young Folks"
01 Hot Chip - "Over and Over"
Looks like Gnarls and CSS were bathed in NME affection as well. The main way this list differs from an American mag's? It's not hung-up on "cool." And since you guys have so much better taste than England, cast your vote in the Gummys!
