[Shaun]

and a mini-list for the poppier nonsense:

TOP 20 ULTIMATELY ARTLESS BUT QUITE NICE TO SHAKE YOUR ARSE TO SONGS
1) Mini Viva - One Touch
2) Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire
3) Nicole Scherzinger - Poison
4) Kylie Minogue - All the Lovers
5) Eminem - Won't Back Down (feat. P!nk
6) Ke$ha - Blow
7) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
8) Kylie Minogue - Get Out of My Way
9) The Saturdays - Higher
10) Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight
11) Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are (feat. B.o.B.)
12) Rihanna - Only Girl (in the World)
13) Flo-Rida - Club Can't Handle Me
14) McFly - Party Girl
15) Enrique Iglesias - Heartbeat (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
16) Hera Bjork - Je Ne Sais Quoi
17) Kelly Rowland - Commander
18) Nicki Minaj - Fly (feat Rihanna)
19) P!nk - Raise Your Glass
20) Shakira - Waka Waka (Time for Africa)

[Tom]

You have appalling taste in music.

[Smithy]

:O

Raise Your Glass = Epic Win

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Tom

You have appalling taste in music.

obvious troll is obvious

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Nutcracker

obvious troll is obvious

Could call you a troll with some of these choices

[Shaun]

except a troll = someone trying to cause an argument. And I'm not...

so whatever. run along to your Tinie Tempah or whatever it is you do.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Nutcracker

except a troll = someone trying to cause an argument. And I'm not...

so whatever. run along to your Tinie Tempah or whatever it is you do.

I'm not trying to cause an argument, merely stating my opinion. On all accounts it could be your response that is trying to cause an argument . But funny you slate that and then have Kanye West in your countdown ... twice.

[Shaun]

yeah really funny considering his universal critical acclaim.

[Tom]

similar style though

[ILoveTRW]

Only thing I like on the list is Kelis the rest is just ewww

[MeMyselfAndI]

i agree with tom

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Nutcracker

#41: Groove Armada - History (feat. Will Young)

Youtube video

I was apprehensive about the idea of Will Young on a dance track - but it works perfectly. Somewhat similar to "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat, Young's vocals give it a fresh new twist.

ooh I love this. Has it been released already?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Zippy

ooh I love this. Has it been released already?

Yeah I think so - was quite early in the year.

[Shaun]

Part 3: Albums

I've picked 30 albums to make up my favourites of 2010, but before I get to that here's a few lists of others. I've come up with four categories:

- Brief flirtations that grew old quickly
- Things that didn't grab me but grabbed a lot of others
- Go away, think about what you've done, and try harder next time.
- Go away, think about what you've done, and kill yourselves.

Coming up now

[Damaris]

I pretty much love all the songs here (Minus a few)

Best Coast-Boyfriend
Wavves-King Of The Beach
The Drums-Me And The Moon
Patrick Wolf-Time Of My Life
My Chemical Romance Na Na Na

Would be my top 5

[Damaris]

Shaun, have you heard Zola Jesus's album?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Damaris

Shaun, have you heard Zola Jesus's album?

not yet - have heard great things about her though!

[Damaris]

Yeah, she's great!
I don't know if it would be your cup of tea though...

[Shaun]

Simon Curtis - 8-Bit Heart
There were a few decent pop songs here and there, and at the time I guess I thought the whole 'look at me! I'm robotic!' thing was fresh...but it hasn't even lasted the test of a year, so I don't see great things for him.

Broken Bells - Broken Bells
I got a track of theirs as a free download for joining something called 'mflow' and the track itself was quite promising. But this album was just really too unadventurous. It was the sound of a party winding down and it just didn't capture my imagination at all, despite one or two decent tracks.

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Probably the biggest turnaround I've done on an album of recent times. It's very experimental, I'll give it that. And has one or two decent songs - but it's truly a case of too many cooks spoil the broth. There're no great songs that you'd formerly relied on them to piss out. Their Glastonbury performance demonstrated this - noone wants to pay £200+ to see some people experimenting with Indian folk bands.

Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
Brandon, honey, I adore you to pieces but maybe the other Killers took a year out for a reason... this was just a weak tribute act to the real thing. The songs were predictable and generic, and despite some hope with Magdalena, Jacksonville and Crossfire - it's long since disappeared off my radar.

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Maybe I just expected too much of this. It was just a pretty standard R&B album, in fairness, and nothing really leapt out at me despite my burgeoning hype in her following 'Monster'.

The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
I had 4 of their songs prior to the release of this. I quite liked them. Loved two of them. But the album omitted one of those tracks, and the fact that 60% of it sounds like MGMT b-sides doesn't help...

Prince - 20Ten
I've put it in this list because 'Compassion' was pretty bloody good. Just a shame about the rest of the album...

Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
I adore her voice. But this album just lacked any variety...it was the equivalent of administering anaesthetic for an hour. Quite a pleasant sensation...if you're numb.

Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
Not that bad at all, really. Just not as good as the first part, and too short to make an impression.

The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack
Nice sound to them, sort of like a West Coast-Strokes. But the album lacked punch...it was like the support band before a headliner.

Neon Trees - Habits
By all means a good album. It's just grown a bit old for me and doesn't quite match up to my top 30. Pretty good for what it is though - they're more than capable to fill in the boots of your generic The Big Pinks or Pigeon Detectives.

Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Again I love the sound to this album - it's very laidback, west-coast rock: nice gentle sounds and rhythms..and it's again purely not as great as the others on my list. Pretty nice though.

[Rory]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfandI

i agree with tom

Yeah, Leona was at her best this year, imho.
xxxxx

[Smithy]

8bit heart got boring after about 4 plays Pink Friday though

[Z]

Just spent ages going through the top 50 you posted, love a fair few of them (and thank you for introducing me to John Grant, new obsession of the week I reckon!)

[Tom4784]

I approve, apart from your critique of Plastic Beach. I can't look at you right now because of it.

[Shaun]

*cries to 'Lift Me Up'*

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Nutcracker

*cries to 'Lift Me Up'*

*Greg & James do a figure skating routine in the background as you weep*