Les fins d’année sont propices aux bilans et classements en tout genre. Ces dernières semaines ont vu fleurir, comme chaque année, un nombre insolent de tops 20/50/100 des meilleurs albums/singles/artistes de l’année 2008 par les pontes de l’actu musicale: Rolling Stone, Spin, NME. C’est le moment où je tombe dans le fossé de mon inculture musicale, malgré mes efforts pour muscler cette connaissance en multipliant les téléchargements inconnus du grand public, écumant les sites de hits indé obscurs, prospectant des concerts à l’aveuglette dans l’espoir de découvrir l’artiste-révélation et autres singeries de ce type pour étoffer un peu plus ma bibliothèque iTunes. Pourtant dès que je regarde le Top 100 des meilleurs titres de l’année selon Pitchfork, je me sens soudainement rabaissée à ma triste condition de mélomane populiste et démago et tombe dans un trou de noms inconnus qui m’agressent tout en me disant quelque chose sans pour autant m’éclairer. Que l’on se rassure, sur la liste, j’en connais au moins… 41 (qui dit mieux?). Je suis néanmoins bien contente de voir les Fleet Foxes en deuxième position du classement et ravie de découvrir Hercules and Love Affair qui rafle la tête de liste (voir la vidéo ci-dessous). Y a encore du boulot. Vous croyez que si j’écoute tout ça avant 2009, je serais à la page? Je vous prépare mon top à moi pour un prochain post, c’est promis.
100 Girls - “Hellhole Ratrace”
99 Final Fantasy - “The Butcher”
98 The Magnetic Fields - “The Nun’s Litany”
97 Buraka Som Sistema (Feat. M.I.A. and DJ Znobia) - “Sound of Kuduro”
96 Empire of the Sun - “Walking on a Dream”
95 Friendly Fires (Feat. Au Revoir Simone) - “Paris (Aeroplane Remix)”
94 WHY? - “Fatalist Palmistry”
93 Atlas Sound - “River Card”
92 Born Ruffians - “I Need a Life (Four Tet Remix)”
91 Jamie Lidell - “All I Wanna Do”
90 Sic Alps - “Message From the Law”
89 Ponytail - “Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)”
88 Low Motion Disco - “Things Are Gonna Get Easier”
87 The Veronicas - “Untouched”
86 Los Campesinos! - “Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks”
85 Osborne - “16th Stage”
84 Beach House - “Gila”
83 Titus Andronicus - “Upon Viewing Brueghel’s ‘Landscape With the Fall of Icarus’”
82 Solange - “Sandcastle Disco”
81 Love Is All - “Wishing Well”
80 The Bug (Feat. Warrior Queen) - “Poison Dart”
79 Ida Maria - “Oh My God”
78 Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper”
77 Telepathe - “I Can’t Stand It”
76 Justice - “DVNO (Radio Edit)”
75 Little Boots - “Stuck on Repeat”
74 Wale - “The Kramer”
73 Goldfrapp - “A&E”
72 Fleet Foxes - “Blue Ridge Mountains”
71 Sigur Rós - “Gobbledigook”
70 Rihanna - “Don’t Stop the Music”
69 Portishead - “The Rip”
68 Four Tet - “Ribbons”
67 Young Jeezy (Feat. Kanye West) - “Put On”
66 Lykke Li - “Dance, Dance, Dance”
65 Max Tundra - “Which Song”
64 The Whitest Boy Alive - “Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)”
63 The Very Best - “Kamphopo”
62 The Tough Alliance - “Lucky”
61 Q-Tip - “Gettin’ Up”
60 Crystal Castles - “Courtship Dating”
59 The Dodos - “Fools”
58 Annie - “I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me”
57 High Places - “From Stardust to Sentience”
56 Vampire Weekend - “Oxford Comma”
55 Usher (Feat. Young Jeezy) - “Love in This Club”
54 Lykke Li - “Little Bit”
53 Be Your Own Pet - “Becky”
52 Ricardo Villalobos - “Enfants (Chants)”
51 TV on the Radio - “Golden Age”
50 Invisible Conga People - “Cable Dazed”
49 Jay Reatard - “Always Wanting More”
48 Spiritualized - “Soul on Fire”
47 Alphabeat - “Fascination”
46 M83 - “Graveyard Girl”
45 Antony and the Johnsons - “Shake That Devil”
44 Hot Chip - “One Pure Thought”
43 Kelley Polar - “Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City)”
42 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!”
41 No Age - “Sleeper Hold”
40 T.I. [ft. Rihanna] - “Live Your Life”
39 Kanye West - “Love Lockdown”
38 TV on the Radio - “DLZ”
37 Big Boi [ft. Raekwon and André 3000] - “Royal Flush”
36 Arthur Russell - “I Couldn’t Say It to Your Face”
35 Shearwater - “The Snow Leopard”
34 Fuck Buttons - “Sweet Love for Planet Earth”
33 Animal Collective - “Street Flash”
32 Crystal Castles - “Untrust Us”
31 Aeroplane [ft. Kathy Diamond] - “Whispers”
30 MGMT - “Time to Pretend”
29 Vampire Weekend - “M79″
28 No Age - “Eraser”
27 T.I. - “No Matter What”
26 The Walkmen - “In the New Year”
25 The Hold Steady - “Constructive Summer”
24 Gang Gang Dance - “House Jam”
23 Beyoncé - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
22 Santogold - “Lights Out”
21 Hercules and Love Affair - “Hercules’ Theme”
20 The Juan MacLean - “Happy House”
19 Vivian Girls - “Where Do You Run To”
18 Women - “Black Rice”
17 Wiley - “Wearing My Rolex”
16 The Mae Shi - “Run to Your Grave”
15 Amadou and Mariam - “Sabali”
14 Lil Wayne - “A Milli”
13 Kanye West - “Flashing Lights”
12 Cut Copy - “Out There on the Ice”
11 David Byrne and Brian Eno - “Strange Overtones”
10 Estelle [ft. Kanye West] - “American Boy”
09 Portishead - “Machine Gun”
08 Air France - “Collapsing at Your Doorstep”
07 Cut Copy - “Hearts on Fire”
06 Deerhunter - “Nothing Ever Happened”
05 M83 - “Kim & Jessie”
04 Santogold - “L.E.S. Artistes”
03 Hot Chip - “Ready for the Floor”
02 Fleet Foxes - “White Winter Hymnal”
01 Hercules and Love Affair - “Blind”
Le top 50 des meilleurs albums par Rolling Stone :
49 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
48 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
47 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
46 The Academy Is… - Fast Times at Barrington High
45 Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
44 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
43 Nas - Untitled
42 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
41 AC/DC - Black Ice
40 Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
39 Taylor Swift - Fearless
38 Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
37 Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
36 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
35 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
34 Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
33 Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
32 Jamey Johnson - The Lonesome Song
31 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
30 Duffy - Rockferry
29 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
28 The Knux - Remind Me in Three Days…
27 Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
26 Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
25 The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
24 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
23 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
22 Jackson Browne - Time the Conquerer
21 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
20 Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
19 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part 1 (4th World War)
18 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
17 B.B. King - One Kind Favor
16 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
15 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
14 Ryan Adams And The Cardinals - Cardinology
13 Blitzen Trapper - Furr
12 Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
11 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
09 Metallica - Death Magnetic
08 Beck - Modern Guilt
07 Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
06 Santogold - Santogold
05 John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and Freedom
04 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
03 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
02 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs:The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
01 TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Top 40 des meilleurs albums selon Spin :
39 Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
38 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
37 Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
36 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
35 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
34 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
33 El Guincho - Alegranza
32 The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
31 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
30 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
29 Nas & DJ Green Lantern - The Nigger Tape
28 Metallica - Death Magnetic
27 The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed
26 R.E.M. - Accelerate
25 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
24 Duffy - Rockferry
23 Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks
22 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
21 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
20 Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
19 Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
18 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
17 The Roots - Rising Down
16 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
15 Beck - Modern Guilt
14 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
13 No Age - Nouns
12 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 1: 4th World War
11 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
10 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
09 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
08 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
07 Deerhunter - Microcastle
06 Santogold - Santogold
05 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
04 Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
03 Portishead - Third
02 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
01 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Le Top 50 de NME :
49 Bloc Party - Intimacy
48 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
47 The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound
46 Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets
45 Black Keys - The Attack & Release
44 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
43 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
42 School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
41 These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
40 The Kills - Midnight Boom
39 Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
38 Beck - Modern Guilt
37 Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
36 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
35 Cass Mccombs - Dropping The Writ
34 Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
33 Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
32 Mogwai - The Hawk Is howling
31 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
30 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
29 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
28 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
27 Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
26 Verve - The Forth
25 Portishead - Third
24 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
23 Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
22 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
21 Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
20 Spiritualized - Songs in A and E
19 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
18 Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
17 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
16 Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
15 Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of Understatement
14 Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
13 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
12 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
11 Neon Neon - Stainless Style
10 Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
09 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
08 Mystery Jets - Twenty One
07 Santogold - Santogold
06 Metronomy - Nights Out
05 Foals - Antidotes
04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
03 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
02 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
01 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
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