2010年 Dec 26日 Sunday, 15:07
Favorite albums of 2010
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1. Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago
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2. Loreena McKennitt - The Wind that Shakes the Barley
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3. Agnes Obel - Philharmonics
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4. Marina & the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
5. Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light and Trees
6. Lissie - Catching a Tiger
7. Kingfisher Sky - Skin of the Earth
8. Tarja - What Lies Beneath
Artist of the year
Newly discovered: Shearwater
Debut (with album): Agnes Obel, Marina & the Diamonds
Musical genre of the year
Newly discovered: Alternative Folk & Alternative Country
Song of the year
Tremble (Acoustic Version) by Charlotte Martin.
Honorable mentions: Shearwater - Black Eyes, Agnes Obel - Katie Cruel, Janelle Monáe - Cold War, Delain - Start Swimming, Tori Amos - Personal Jesus, Tina Dico - Welcome Back Colour, The Coral - Butterfly House, Loreena McKennitt - The Parting Glass
Lyrics of the year
Hidden Lakes and Uniforms by Shearwater.
These are not taken from songs released this year. ;)
Overall: I HAVE to get to TEXAS!!!! (from Tori Amos - Black-Dove (January))
Honorable mentions: Veins by Charlotte Martin, my anthem for some very important happenings past year. It fits so well that I can only quote the whole song (a thing I usually don't do).
VEINS
I know you know
Let the life come back and force through my veins
It goes, it goes
Through the protons, neutrons securing the frame
Say yes, say no
It's a matter of me forcing the praise
Put on the new woman, man, and child who are breaking their braces
The catacombs
And revolving doors inside of my brain
Preachers and whores
And the neon pulpits burst into flames
I come from both sides of me and either side of the tracks
Humbling the ghosts
Let the life that floods my veins bring me back
The unshackling of the chains on my wrists
The loyalty to pain that resists
And the greatest books are talking about this
Why must everybody die to exist?
Hello, my love
Seeking passages and food for your soul
On 95
Look ahead 'cause they're not filling that hole yet
Come lay your hands over mine and it will make us both brave
Braver to know
Let the life, the life force back in your veins
The unshackling of the chains on my wrists
The loyalty to pain that resists
And the greatest books are talking about this
Why must everybody die to exist?
Are you ready for the power of God?
Are you waiting for the saints to all nod?
At the girl who should be raised from the dead?
At the demons who've been forced from my head?
Oh hallelujah
Oh hallelujah
Oh hallelujah I have come undone
Oh hallelujah
Oh hallelujah
Oh hallelujah I have come undone
The unshackling of the chains on my wrists
The loyalty to pain that resists
And the greatest books are talking about this
Why must everybody die to exist?
Are you ready for the power of God?
Are you waiting for the saints to all nod?
At the girl who should be raised from the dead?
At the demons who've been forced from my head?
Concert of the year
Tori Amos at Live at Sunset festival in Zurich.
New discoveries
Anna Bergendahl
favorite song: This Is My Life
Balmorhea
favorite song: Truth
Basia Bulat
favorite song: Gold Rush
Ben Woods
favorite song: This Ship Will Never Sail
Black Mountain
favorite song: The Hair Song
Broken Bells
favorite song: The Ghost Inside
Chris Bathgate
favorite song: Serpentine
Delain
favorite song: Start Swimming
Frozen Silence
favorite song: Commemoration
Ginger Ninja
favorite song: Wet like a Dog
Glacier Hiking
favorite song: Shotgun
Gregory Alan Isakov
favorite song: That Moon Song
Horse Feathers
favorite song: Curs in the Weeds
In-Flight Safety
favorite song: Model Homes
Janelle Monáe
favorite song: Cold War
Jason Silver
favorite song: Runaway Train
Kingfisher Sky
favorite song: Her White Dress
Niamh Kavanagh
favorite song: It's for You
Nils Frahm
favorite song: Somewhere Nearby
Okkervil River
favorite song: Lost Coastlines
Robyn
favorite song: Indestructible
Shearwater
favorite song: Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five
Susan Enan
favorite song: Bring on the Wonder
The Acorn
favorite song: Crooked Legs
The Coral
favorite song: Butterfly House
The Morning Benders
favorite song: Cold War
Most-played artists
1 Tori Amos 1,666
2 Shearwater 938
3 Charlotte Martin 674
4 Marina & the Diamonds 632
5 Kate Bush 438
6 Loreena McKennitt 340
7 Bat for Lashes 305
8 Florence + the Machine 289
9 Agnes Obel 217
10 Lady Gaga 206
Most-played albums
1 Marina & the Diamonds – The Family Jewels 507
2 Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago 317
3 Shearwater – NPR: Live Concerts from All Songs Considered Podcast 311
4 Florence + the Machine – Lungs 289
5 Bat for Lashes – Two Suns (Special Edition) 248
6 Agnes Obel – Philharmonics 191
7 Charlotte Martin – On Your Shore 171
8 Kate Bush – The Red Shoes 164
9 Tori Amos – 2010-07-14 Live at Sunset Zurich, Switzerland 147
10 Tori Amos – American Doll Posse 145
Most-played songs
1 Shearwater – Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five 101
2 Fever Ray – When I Grow Up 97
3 Reamonn – Moments Like This 88
4 Shearwater – Black Eyes 84
5 Shearwater – Red Sea, Black Sea 81
6 Marina & the Diamonds – Oh No! 79
7 Charlotte Martin – Tremble (Acoustic Version) 79
8 Janelle Monáe – Cold War 68
9 Lady Gaga – Fashion 61
10 Shearwater – Century Eyes 56