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Spotify playlist: 100 songs from 2011

Ah, it’s that time of the year again. The cool air, Christmas lights, the impending fluffy white stuff that’s luriking round elsewhere… and the lists. Oh, the lists!

I’ve been keeping a Spotify playlist of random songs I’ve enjoyed listening this year. This list was at times confused with the starred playlist, so I ended up doing some trimming and merging anyway. All with the goal to reach a sweet round number - at first I was aiming for a manageable 50 song playlist but wound up with too many finalists. Sadly there’s not a single commercially available software that measures which songs stimulated the brain more than others. I’m afraid I must say this is all based on guesstimates. That’s why I enjoy cranking up the Last.FM stats. It’s all about the cold-hearted numbers.

There are also a couple of songs from albums I did not listen to that much throughout the year, so there may be songs on those albums that I will end up loving more AND let’s not forget the albums that were released late in the year that I’ve barely even listened at the moment. There are no winners, I say.

[ Spotify Playlist ]

Anyway, I look forward to listening to other playlists!

Complete list
There is one single song that’s not available to stream at the moment but I coulnd’t bring myself to delete! It’s in the Top 20!

100. Bibio – Excuses
99. Thao & Mirah – Folks
98. Smith Westerns – Weekend
97. Deerhoof – Behold a Marvel in the Darkness
96. Yuck – Rubber
95. Veronica Falls – Beachy Head
94. Is Tropical – The Greeks
93. Ghostpoet – Us Against Whatever Ever
92. Little Scream – Cannons
91. Puro Instinct – California Shakedown
90. Zomby/Reark – Natalia’s Song

89. Asobi Seksu – Trails
88. Blood Orange – Sutphin Boulevard
87. Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave Me
86. Country Mice – Morning Son
85. Ladytron – White Elephant
84. Win Win – Future Again (Oakland) (Feat. Angela Sarakan)
83. The Drift – Horizon
82. John Maus – Believer
81. Björk – Crystalline
80. Ganglians – Jungle

79. Nicolas Jaar – Wouh
78. White Denim – Anvil Everything
77. Neon Indian – Polish Girl
76. The Naked And Famous – The Sun
75. Lindi Ortega – Little Red Boots
74. Arctic Monkeys – Library Pictures
73. Sun Airway – Wild Palms
72. Wooden Shjips – Lazy Bones
71. Pure X – You’re In It Now
70. Wilco – Art Of Almost

69. Caitlin Rose – Shanghai Cigarettes
68. Holy Ghost! – Hold On
67. The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
66. Feist – How Come You Never Go There
65. Com Truise – Futureworld
64. Panda Bear – Alsatian Darn
63. Low – Especially Me
62. EMA – Marked
61. Dum Dum Girls – Wrong Feels Right
60. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

59. Crystal Stilts – Still as the Night
58. Laura Marling – Sophia
57. Phantogram – Don’t Move
56. Say Hi To Your Mom – Devils
55. Girls – Honey Bunny
54. Arms – Heat & Hot Water
53. Toro Y Moi – Sweet
52. St. Vincent – Cheerleader
51. Flako – Dwarf Dance
50. I Break Horses – Wired

49. Youth Lagoon – Daydream
48. Cass McCombs – County Line
47. Twin Sister – Saturday Sunday
46. Thee Oh Sees – The Dream
45. Cat’s Eyes – Over You
44. Sinden – Seekwal
43. Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI
42. Cant – Answer
41. Gardens & Villa – Black Hills
40. Sepalcure – Fleur

39. The Deer Tracks – Dark Passenger
38. Ringo Deathstarr – Tambourine Girl
37. Radiohead – Codex
36. Katy B – Hard To Get
35. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
34. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – FFunny FFriends
33. Maybeshewill – To The Skies From A Hillside
32. Cameras – I Know
31. Wye Oak – Dogs Eyes
30. TV On The Radio – Will Do

29. Active Child – Hanging On
28. Little Dragon – Shuffle A Dream
27. Real Estate – It’s Real
26. Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers
25. The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
24. Tune-Yards – Gangsta
23. Body Language – Falling Out
22. Wild Flag – Future Crimes
21. Zola Jesus – Hikikomori
20. Exitmusic – The Sea

19. PJ Harvey – The Glorious Land
18. Still Corners – The Twilight Hour (* Not available on Spotify - Streaming on Soundcloud )
17. Explosions In The Sky – Postcard From 1952
16. Deadboy – Wish U Were Here
15. Gang Gang Dance – MindKilla
14. Widowspeak – Harsh Realm
13. Anna Calvi – I’ll Be Your Man
12. Washed Out – You and I
11. Sbtrkt – Trials Of The Past (feat. Sampha)
10. Battles – Inchworm

9. Mogwai – George Square Thatcher Death Party
8. Austra – Beat and the Pulse
7. The Kills – DNA
6. James Blake – Unluck
5. The Horrors – Moving Further Away
4. Jamie Woon – Lady Luck
3. Wild Beasts – Catherine Wheel
2. Planningtorock – Manifesto
1. M83 – Reunion