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1 - The first song you remember hearing from this artist
2 - The song that made you love this artist
3 - The song you love most as of today

Murder By Death
I'm Afraid Of Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolfe
Killbot 2000
Steal Away

The Beatles
Yesterday
Help!
Eleanor Rigby

Cursive
Art Is Hard
Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
Into The Fold

The Decemberists
Engine Driver
A Sporting Life
Record Year for Rainfall

Mirah
Person Person
Words Cannot Describe
Education

Elliott Smith
Angeles
Angeles
A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free

Gnarls Barkley
Crazy
Just A Thought
Surprise

Okkervil River
Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
Lost Coastlines
Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979

CAKE
Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Frank Sinatra
Nugget

Flogging Molly
What's Left of the Flag
Tobacco Island
Another Bag of Bricks

AFI
The Days of the Phoenix
Cereal Wars
God Called in Sick Today

Bright Eyes
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(01) Beach House * Saltwater * Beach House * 2007
(02) Beach House * Tokyo Witch * Beach House * 2007
(03) Cocteau Twins * The Itchy Glowbo Blow * Blue Bell Knoll * 1988
(04) Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat * The Firesky * An Interlude To The Outermost * 2007
(05) Fleet Foxes * Your Protector * Fleet Foxes * 2008
(06) The Fall * Tommy Shooter * Imperial Wax Solvent * 2008
(07) Tape * Reperto * Luminarium * 2008
(08) Shocking Pinks * Emily * Shocking Pinks * 2007
(09) Sun Kil Moon * Lucky Man * April * 2008
(10) Grouper * Invisible * Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill * 2008
(11) Alina Orlova * Vasaris * Дикая Собака Динго * 2008
(12) Alina Orlova * Спи * Дикая Собака Динго * 2008

Monthly Top Tracks - Link To Calculate Yr Own!

Well, as you may be able to tell, I don't often listen to the same tracks ad finitum, and so the lower number ones were probably tied - but you just can't get the data these days can you - Or can you?

Aug-2007 Wolf Parade : Fancy Claps (1 plays)
Sep-2007 The Futureheads : Meantime (2 plays)
Oct-2007 Nick Drake : River Man (3 plays)
Nov-2007 The Good, the Bad & the Queen : Green Fields (6 plays)
Dec-2007 Patrick Wolf : The Magic Position (3 plays)
Jan-2008 Simone White : The Beep Beep Song (1 plays)
Feb-2008 Crystal Castles : Air War (3 plays)
Mar-2008 Björk : Bachelorette (3 plays)
Apr-2008 Burial : Wounder (3 plays)
May-2008 The Shortwave Set : No Social (6 plays)
Jun-2008 MGMT : Time to Pretend (3 plays)
Jul-2008 Portishead : The Rip (3 plays)
Aug-2008 Skream : Tortured Soul (3 plays)
Sep-2008 Camera Obscura : If Looks Could Kill (5 plays)
Oct-2008 Butthole Surfers : Pepper (5 plays)
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25. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay are, possibly, the biggest musical act in the world at the moment, but luckily for them, their biggest album to date is also easily their best. The influences- from The Beatles to whatever modern electronica Chris Martin listens to- are painted as obviously over this record as the Delacroix painting is on the coverart, but it still makes for a thrilling meld of sounds that continue the catchy, effervescent feel of their best singles.
Essential track: Strawberry Swing

24. Jesse McCartney - Departure
Believe me when I say I'm as surprised as you that McCartney has ended up on this list- before 2008 I'd never even heard of the guy. You could call him a Justin Timberlake wannabe, but McCartney blends JT's slick electric rhythms with pounding R'n'B sounds and some of the catchiest pop imaginable. All this comes to a climax in Relapse, which has a double chorus Girls Aloud would be proud of and so memorable a beat you'll be humming it in your sleep.
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