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#3 - "No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross" - Sufjan Stevens
For a while this was the only real candidate for song of the year for me (and I accept that on TiBB this won't be a popular sentiment). For me I guess the track is about being unable to find comfort in his religion (he's quite Christian I believe), or anything in particular, when his mum died. It's kinda blunt by Sufjan standards - the whole "fuck me, I'm falling apart" bit is a touch surprising - but the whole classic, simple, pure nature of the track is lovely.

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#2 - "Run Away With Me" - Carly Rae Jepsen
I would imagine that even ABBA can no longer sleep at night knowing that they didn't write this pop masterpiece first. It is just excellent. That 80s throwback saxophone caving into a mellow foot-tapping verse that just builds and builds into that chorus? With lyrics that adorable? Ridiculous.

:flutter: No.1 must be mind blowing to topple this under-rated (thankfully not on this forum) masterpiece.

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#1 - "Loud Places" - Jamie xx & Romy
In the absence of a proper 'The xx' comeback (even their second album falls drastically short of this track's standards), the pair teaming up for a couple of tracks on his excellent solo album this year was a very nice remedy indeed. Her voice on this is probably the most calming thing I have ever heard, and the whole way it just rattles along with bottles clinking against each other, a small brush of house music influences, and the gradual introduction of a bit of a gospel choir, clapping enthusiastically, just turns the whole thing into a bit of a religious experience for me (which I know is silly but shut up and let me have my fun).

ohh i'm listening to that now and i'm loving it on first play :flutter:

It reminds me of the everything but the girl 'Missing' a bit :)

I'm copying your music taste from now on, Shaun.

I'm sick of having S Club on repeat.

Both ways are fine Braden

Thank you for doing this Shaun I have as always discovered about a dozen tunes I never knew I needed in my life

Oh I forgot about this oops erm

http://i.imgur.com/92GJhnr.png

so I'll rush this now yes

#50 - Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
#49 - Say Lou Lou - Lucid Dreaming
#48 - Jeremih - Late Nights
#47 - Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh
#46 - Marina and the Diamonds - FROOT
#45 - Madeon - Adventure
#44 - Blur - The Magic Whip
#43 - Roisin Murphy - Hairless Toys
#42 - Major Lazer - Peace is the Mission
#41 - Ciara - Jackie

#40 - Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind
#39 - Years & Years - Communion
#38 - Hot Chip - Why Make Sense?
#37 - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
#36 - Alesso - Forever
#35 - The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes
#34 - Ellie Goulding - Delirium
#33 - Florence + the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
#32 - Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
#31 - FKA Twigs - M3LLI5X

#30 - Galantis - Pharmacy
#29 - Shamir - Ratchet
#28 - A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP
#27 - Jazmine Sullivan - Reality Show
#26 - Justin Bieber - Purpose
#25 - Adele - 25 (lol)
#24 - Giorgio Moroder - Deja Vu
#23 - Alabama Shakes - Sound & Colour
#22 - Seinabo Sey - Pretend
#21 - The Go! Team - The Scene Between

#20 - Indiana - No Romeo
#19 - Tame Impala - Currents
#18 - Mark Ronson - Uptown Special
#17 - Alessia Cara - Know-It-All
#16 - Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect
#15 - Janet Jackson - Unbreakable
#14 - Disclosure - Caracal
#13 - Purity Ring - Another Eternity
#12 - Miguel - Wildheart
#11 - Torres - Sprinter

#10 - Passion Pit - Kindred
#9 - CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
#8 - John Grant - Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
#7 - Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION
#6 - Jamie xx - In Colour
#5 - Grimes - Art Angels
#4 - Dr. Dre - Compton
#3 - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
#2 - Bjork - Vulnicura
#1 - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

(I actually ended up listening to 102 albums last year and Laura Marling, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Beach House, Mikal Cronin, Lana del Rey and Madonna all came kinda close to the top 50 but not really close enough... although I haven't actually posted any music reviews this year I just ended up writing down a score I'd give it in a big word file and then just rearranging them in order throughout the year as new albums appeared...)

(And I'm sure there's a whole bunch of others I'd probably like if I bothered to give them the time like Courtney Barnett/Dawn Richard/Father John Misty/etc but oh well)