Your most listened to music in 2008

[RPS]

Everyone can use last.fm to look at the last twelve months to see their most listened to bands.

Artists

10. Girl Talk (released Feed the Animals and it was the best party album of the year)

9. Daft Punk (really got into Daft Punk this year and listened to them a shit load)

8. Hot Chip (I heard Ready for the Floor and fell in love with them)

7. Antony & The Johnsons (I had all their songs on my computer, but never listened until this year)

6. M.I.A (went and saw her concert in June, so I was listening to her nonstop before and after, plus released some new stuff)

5. Hercules & Love Affair (best album of the year and best band of the year. The only reason they aren't #1 is because they had one album to listen to, while Blur, Rufus and Of have a huge discography)

4. Blur (2007 and early 2008 I was obsessed with Blur.)

3. Rufus Wainwright (I didn't realise I listened to him so much this year)

2. Of Montreal (released Skeletal Lamping and I really started to listen to Hissing Fauna more and more)

1. Justice (is anyone surprised?)

Songs

10. Justice - Let Their Be Light (amazing song off †)

9. Hot Chip - Out At the Pictures (great into to a great cd)

8. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (one of the catchiest tunes of the year)

7. Justice - Genesis (another amazing song off †)

6. Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor (probably my most favorite song of the year)

5. Radiohead - 15 Step (something about this song was just amazing)

4. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind

3. Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong

2. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules Theme #2

1. Hercules & Love Affair - Time Will

Albums

10. Lady GaGa - The Fame

9. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

8. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

7. M.I.A - Kala

6. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

5. The Good, The Bad, The Queen - Self-Titled

4. Justice - A Cross the Universe

3. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark

2. Vampire Weekend - Self Titled

1. Hercules & Love Affair - Self-Titled

[Clawson]

Artists

10. Muse (230)

9. The Stone Roses (236)

8. Paul Weller (254)

7. The Enemy (278)

6. Editors (291)

5. The Tragically Hip (321)

4. The Jam (440)

3. The Beatles (548)

2. The Smiths (595)

1. Oasis (2,012)

Songs

10. Oasis - The Shock of the Lightning (51)

8. The Enemy - Had Enough (53)

8. Oasis - Falling Down (53)

7. Oasis - Supersonic (56)

6. The Smiths - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (57)

5. Alan Rickman & Johnny Depp - Pretty Women (58)

4. Oasis - Bag It Up (67)

3. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (69)

2. The Jam - Strange Town (71)

1. The Smiths - This Charming Man (82)

Albums

10. Kasabian - Empire (200)

9. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (210)

8. Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth (212)

7. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (226)

6. Editors - An End Has A Start (229)

5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (233)

4. The Enemy - We'll Live And Die In These Towns (266)

3. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (320)

2. The Jam - The Best Of (366)

1. Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (373)

[METALMAN]

Artists

1. Belle & Sebastian

2. Death Cab For Cutie

3. Ryan Adams

4. The Beatles

5. The Smiths

6. Bob Dylan

7. Neil Young

8. Kings of Leon

9. R.E.M.

10. Sigur Ros

Songs

1. Birdland - Weather Report

2. It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career - Belle & Sebastian

3. Ice - Lights

4. Gravity's Rainbow - Klaxons

5. To Be Young - Ryan Adams

6. Girls Like Mystery - The Cribs

7. Coney Island - Death Cab For Cutie

8. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths

9. The Rescue Blues - Ryan Adams

10. Lazy Line Painter Jane - Belle & Sebastian

Albums

1. Gold - Ryan Adams

2. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

3. Up The Bracket - The Libertines

4. Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian

5. October Road - James Taylor

6. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party

7. Because of the Times - Kings of Leon

8. Rubber Soul - The Beatles

9. Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths

10. Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie

Well that threw up a few "what the fuck?" moments.

[fourstarfizzle]

Mine is definately screwed I think since I swapped from Winamp to Itunes early in the year, so mine is pretty old and outdated me thinks.

Artists

1. The Blood Brothers

2. Jonah Matranga

3. Supergrass

4. Beirut

5. The Ataris

6. Crystal Castles

7. Frank Turner

8. Gallows

9. Andrew WK

10. Death From Above 1979

Albums

1. The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes

2. The Divine Comedy - Casasnova

3. Frank Turner - Sleep is for the Week

4. Doug Stanhope - Something to Take the Edge Off

5. Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth

6. Family Guy - Live In Las Vegas

7. The Fratellis - Costello Music

8. Declan O'Rourke - Since Kyabram

9. The Divine Comedy - Absent Friends

10. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Ashbury Park, NJ

Songs

1. Neil Hannon - So Long & Thanks for All The Fish

2. Frank Turner - The Outdoor Type (Lemonhead's Cover)

3. Genghis Tron - Chapels

4. Beirut - Scenic World

5. Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds

6. The Divine Comedy - To Die A Virgin

7. +44 - No It Isn't

8. Ian Love - The Only Night

9. Final Fantasy - Adventure.exe

10. The Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four

[New Damage]

Artists

1 - Soundgarden

2 - Shinedown

3 - Nickelback

4 - Audioslave

5 - Limp Bizkit

6 - Alice In Chains

7 - Metallica

8 - Faith No More

9 - The Exies

10 - Queens of the Stone Age

Not many suprises here, thought that The Exies may've been slightly outside 10 though, but meh.

Albums

1 - Soundgarden - Superunknown

2 - Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

3 - Shinedown - Us and Them

4 - Shinedown - Leave A Whisper

5 - Soundgarden - Down on the Upside

6 - Audioslave - Audioslave

7 - Soundgarden - Louder than Love

8 - Nickelback - Silver Side Up

9 - Audioslave - Out of Exile

10 - Faith No More - Angel Dust

0 of these albums are from this year. :/ Half since 2000, Us & Them and Out of Exile both from 2005 being the newest, and the rest in the 1990s.

There's only about 20ish plays Badmotorfinger and Superunknown, having only got Badmotorfigner a few days before Xmas last year. LastFM is a little biased though as I may've listened to other albums more times, but albums with more tracks on them will have more plays etc. Having a "best of" for both Nirvana and Guns N' Roses don't help matters either as the tracks will be attributed to the original albums rather than the greatest hits.

Songs

1 - Soundgarden - Rusty Cage

2 - Soundgarden - Outshined

3 - Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose

3 - Soundgarden - New Damage

5 - Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers

6 - Soundgarden - Somewhere

6 - Soundgarden - Face Pollution

8 - Soundgarden - Drawing Flies

8 - Soundgarden - Mind Riot

8 - Soundgarden - Searching With My Good Eye Closed

All tracks from Badmotorfinger, top 17 are Soundgarden. I am a little suprised by that, would've thought a song or two from Superunknown would break the top 10 or some Alice in Chains would get there, oh well. I fell in love with that album.

Edited December 31, 2008 by TheModernWay

[Hobo]

Artists:

1 Loudon Wainwright III

2 John Cale

3 Tom Waits

4 Randy Newman

5 Warren Zevon

6 Peter Gabriel

7 Leonard Cohen

8 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

9 Colin Hay

10 Willie Nelson

Albums:

1 John Cale – Fragments of a Rainy Season

2 Loudon Wainwright III – Strange Weirdos: Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up

3 Loudon Wainwright III – The Last Man on Earth

4 Loudon Wainwright III – More Love Songs

5 John Cale – Helen of Troy

6 Willie Nelson – Across the Borderline

7 Loudon Wainwright III – History

8 Randy Newman – Good Old Boys

8 Tom Waits – Bone Machine

10 Loudon Wainwright III – Recovery

Songs:

1 John Cale – Thoughtless Kind

2 Loudon Wainwright III – Grey In L.A.

3 Loudon Wainwright III – Motel Blues

4 Loudon Wainwright III – Living Alone

5 John Cale – Leaving It Up to You

6 John Cale – Buffalo Ballet

7 Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter

8 Loudon Wainwright III – Unhappy Anniversary

9 Loudon Wainwright III – Missing You

10 John Cale – Guts

[Cactus Drags]

I was going to preface this by saying that from September onwards, my ipod was used a fair bit for the store soundtrack where I work, and I figured that might skew my charts, but it apparently hasn't had much of an effect (like, my work's playlist features little to no screaming vocals, and obviously no expletives).

ARTISTS

1 Reuben

2 Underoath

3 Atreyu

4 Thrice

5 Brand New

6 Say Anything

7 A Wilhelm Scream

8 Flyleaf

9 Innerpartysystem

10 Fall Out Boy

Surprised at Atreyu being so high, Brand New so low and that Fall Out Boy are even there at all.

ALBUMS

1. They're Only Chasing Safety (Underoath)

2. In Defense of the Genre (Say Anything)

3. Flyleaf (Flyleaf)

4. Racecar is Racecar Backwards (Reuben)

5. Ruiner (A Wilhelm Scream)

6. The Inevitability of a Strange World (Halifax)

7. The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (Brand New)

8. What it is to Burn (Finch)

9. Deja Entendu (Brand New)

10. Fight With Tools (Flobots)

The only thing out of place there is Say Anything, that's a little odd. I was mildly amused at the lack of '08 albums making the top ten.

TRACKS

1. I'm Content With Losing (Underoath)

2. Don't Stop (Innerpartysystem)

3. Reinventing Your Exit (Underoath)

4. A Pillar of Salt (The Thermals)

5. Get Well Soon (Reggie and the Full Effect)

6. It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door (Underoath)

7. The Party Song (Emery)

8. Congratulations (A Wilhelm Scream)

9. Start Today (Gorilla Biscuits)

10. A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black And White (Underoath)

I think The Thermals track is a "shop anomaly", as I'm sure I've not listened to it a great deal outside of work.

I like how Underoath feature heavily, yet it's all earlier stuff, and none of the album they released this year. Lost in the Sound... is a quality album, but I've not gotten into it nearly as much as ...Safety - by far their best IMO.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Thanks to my PC crashing I've had to restart from scratch around August... but after just finding an old Itunes database I might pathetically thread two databases together at some point for consistency >_<

So here's my iPod top 25

1) 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' by Presidents of the United States of America

2) 'Allison' by Pixies

3) 'The Longest Line' by NOFX

4) 'Velouria' by Pixies

5) 'DVNO' by Justice (might be higher if I counted the remixes)

6) 'Spieluhr' by Rammstein

7) 'Rosenrot' by Rammstein

8) 'The Trees' by Rush

9) 'Neon Knights' by Black Sabbath

10) 'Warsaw' by Joy Division (technically by Warsaw but meh)

11) 'Let There Be Light' by Justice

12) 'Plug In Baby' by Muse

13) 'Tame' by Pixies

14) 'What Difference Does It Make' by Smiths

15) 'Inner City Pressure' by Flight of the Conchords

16) 'Bliss' by Muse

17) 'Futurism' by Muse

18) 'Johnny and Mary' by Placebo

19) 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' by Plastic Bertrand

20) '2+2=5' by Radiohead

21) 'Benzin' by Rammstein

22) 'The Spirit of Radio' by Rush

23) 'Love' by Smashing Pumpkins

24) 'Suspect Device' by Stiff Little Fingers

25) 'Iron Man' by Black Sabbath

Not surprisingly, the catchy short songs are stuck near the top whilst some of the longer awesome ones are stuck to the bottom >_<

Although what is surprising is that out of my top 25.. I only have one Radiohead song... and they're what I'd call my favourite band.

[MalaCloudy Black]

ARTISTS

Tom Waits

Johnny Cash

Cannibal Corpse

Nine Inch Nails

Ghostface Killah

Tomahawk

Wu-Tang Clan

Mike Patton

The Mountain Goats

Ice Cube

Saul Williams

Thursday

Neil Young

Nas

Fantomas

TRACKS

Amy Winehouse - Rehab

NIN - The Great Destroyer

Ensiferum - Slayer of Light

Tom Waits - Army Ants

Ice Cube - Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It

Cannibal Corpse - The Time To Kill Is Now

Cannibal Corpse - Five Nails Through The Neck

The Mountain Goats - No Children

7 more Cannibal Corpse songs no one cares about

Tom Waits - Fish In The Jailhouse

[tristy]

Songs:

Nine Inch Nails - "1,000,000"

Bob Dylan - "Positively 4th Street"

Coldplay - "Violet Hill"

Rev Theory - "Voices"

Lil' Wayne - "Lollipop (Official Remix w/ Kanye West)"

Guns 'N Roses - "If The World"

Jeff Tweedy - "Simple Twist of Fate"

City & Colour - "The Death of Me"

Nine Inch Nails - "Head Down"

Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart"

Albums:

"Beside You In Time: Live" by Nine Inch Nails

"The Slip" by Nine Inch Nails

"Chinese Democracy" by Guns 'N Roses

"In This Twilight: Live 2005 - 2007" by Nine Inch Nails

"And All That Could Have Been: Live" by Nine Inch Nails

"Tha Carter III" by Lil' Wayne

"Live!" by Michale Graves & the Misfits

"Bring Me Your Love" by City & Colour

"And All That Should Have Been: Live" by Nine Inch Nails

"WWE Anthology"

Artists:

Nine Inch Nails

Bob Dylan

Metallica

Three 6 Mafia

Lil' Wayne

The Beatles

Linkin Park

The Mars Volta

Pink Floyd

Slipknot

[Jook]

ARTISTS

1. Flight of the Conchords

2. Blonde Redhead

3. Boards of Canada

4. Frank Sinatra

5. Fleet Foxes

6. Viva Voce

7. Why?

8. Steely Dan

9. Portishead

10. Cocteau Twins

SONGS

1. Elbow 'Grounds for Divorce'

2. Fleet Foxes 'White Winter Hymnal'

3. Portishead 'Machine Gun'

4. Crystal Castles 'Courtship Dating'

5. Flight of the Conchords 'Ladies of the World'

6. Fleet Foxes 'Tiger Mountain Pleasant Song'

7. UTE 'Panic/Float'

8. Bunky 'Chuy'

9. Wild Beasts 'Woebegone Wanderers'

10. Yeasayer '2080'

ALBUMS

1. Yeasayer 'All Hour Cymbals'

2. Bunky 'Born to be a Motorcycle'

3. Sissy 'All Under'

4. Frank Sinatra 'In The Wee Small Hours'

5. Why? 'Alopecia'

6. Viva Voce 'Lovers, Lead The Way!'

7. Fleet Foxes 'Fleet Foxes'

8. Crystal Castles 'Crystal Castles'

9. Lukestar 'Lake Toba'

10. Midnight Juggernauts 'Dystopia'

Edited January 1, 2009 by Jook

[alldaws1]

Artists

1. Alter Bridge (612)

2. Paramore (371)

3. Seether (340)

4. Theory Of A Deadman (331)

5. Nickelback (310)

6. Fuel (306)

7. 3 Doors Down (285)

8. Anberlin (280)

9. Motion City Soundtrack (264)

10. Shinedown (255)

Tracks

1. Killswitch Engage - My Curse (94)

2. Rev Theory - Light It Up (59)

3. The Exies - These Are The Days (51)

4. Fuel - Leave The Memories Alone (50)

5. Paramore - Emergency (Live) (48)

6. Rev Theory - Hell Yeah (44)

6. Alter Bridge - Come To Life (44)

6. Fuel - Halos Of The Sun (44)

6. Operator - Nothing To Lose (44)

6. Art Of Dying - Get Through This (44)

I must have had those last five on a playlist at some point, otherwise that's one hell of a coincidence that they all have 44 plays

Albums

1. Alter Bridge - Blackbird (357)

2. Paramore - Riot! (310)

3. Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces (261)

4. Alter Bridge - One Day Remains (228)

5. Fuel - Angels & Devils (221)

6. Theory Of A Deadman - Scars & Souvenirs (195)

7. Nickelback - Dark Horse (181)

8. The Exies - A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth (173)

9. 3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down (168)

10. Rev Theory - Light It Up (147)

Somehow the Alter Bridge albums don't add up to the total Alter Bridge plays which is weird because I don't have anything outside of those albums. I've obviously listened to Nickelback's new album way too much since it came out in October/November or whenever it was.

[METALMAN]

You've listened to it 181 times in two months? That's crazy. I don't think I've even listened to my favourite album that number of times.

[alldaws1]

That's 181 times a song from that album has been played, I haven't listened to the album 181 times.

[VerbalPuke]

I'm going the same route as The General since I've never used last.fm.

1. The Zeros - Handgrenade Heart

2. Camera Silens - Identite

3. Energetic Krusher - The Blast

4. Al Kapott - Panchocolachorizo

5. Angelic Upstarts - Youth Leader

6. Nuclear Assault - Sin

7. Anti Cimex - New Blood

8. The Men They Couldn't Hang - Going Back to Coventry

9. Toxic Holocaust - Arise From the Cemetary

10. The Men They Couldn't Hang - Shirt of Blue

11. Motorhead - Shoot You in the Back

12. Motorhead - Black Leather Jacket

13. Camera Silens - Les Bal Des Vauriens

14. Eddie Cochran - Cut Across Shorty

15. Kat - Devil's Child

16. Riistetyt - Suur Suomi

17. The Zeros - Wimp

18. Aggression - Forgotten Skeleton

19. Destroyer 666 - Song for a Devil's Son

20. English Dogs - Ambassador of Fear

21. The Zeros - Beat Your Heart Out

22. Camera Silens - Squatt

23. Crude SS - Forced Values

24. Destroyer 666 - The Eternal Glory of War

25. Disarm - Domd

The first thing I notice is that there is a variety of songs from different countries. Australia, France, Sweden, Ireland, England, Poland, and Canada are represented. I was on a rather large kick for The Zeros and Camera Silens apparently as they made the list multiple times. I think a few songs such as Black Leather Jacket and Panchocolachorizo are products of hearing the song, falling in love, and playing the hell out of it. There is actually a nine way tie for the last spots, but I cut it off at 25 so as to not get ridiculous.

For the fun of it though the next bands would be Doom, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Motorhead, Sacrifice, and the Zeros.

[Spee]

ARTISTS

1. Ayumi Hamasaki (92)

2. Angelzoom (90)

3. Flowing Tears (88)

4. Mortal Love (87)

5. Informatik (85)

6. The Azoic (84)

7. E-Type (82)

8. :wumpscut: (74)

9. Hannah Fury (73)

10. X-Perience (72)

SONGS

1. E-Type - Eurofighter (60)

2. Dismantled - Get It Through (53)

3. Crematory - Sleeping Solution (49)

4. The Azoic - Conflict (Turmoil Mix) (34)

5. Von Thronstahl – Dumnezeu Exista/God Exists (33)

5. Minerve – Clear (33)

7. Die verbannten Kinder Evas – Arise From Dreams Of Thee (32)

8. Flowing Tears - Radio Heroine (30)

8. Informatik – Perfect Stranger (Robot Mix Version) (30)

10. Dargaard – In the Omnipresence of Death (26)

ALBUMS

1. Angelzoom - Angelzoom (87)

2. Flowing Tears – Jade (86)

3. Mortal Love – I Have Lost (80)

4. E-Type – Eurotopia (78)

5. Informatik – Nymphomatik (73)

6. X-Marks the Pedwalk – Experiences (66)

7. Dismantled – Standard Issue (61)

8. 4 Strings – Believe (60)

9. Perfume – Complete Best (59)

10. X-Perience – Magic Fields (58)

[METALMAN]

That's 181 times a song from that album has been played, I haven't listened to the album 181 times.

Oh...obviously...

Otherwise Nickleback would have slightly more than 310 plays.

There was someone else in the thread that had a scarily large number of listens on their songs. I think it was Clawson.

[IAceI]

Using the way that AD has (where you add up each total listens of the song together) for 59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem I have a total of 903. Which is an average of 72.25 plays per song. And that's on iTunes where it only actually registers at the very end of the song where it moves onto the next one, so doesn't include all the listens where I changed song before it got to the very end. Which is quite often, especially with Great Expectations (and that's still my most listened song with 127 plays).

Meh. I feel a bit pathetic.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Speaking of which, iTunes only registering a listen once the song has finished has caused me to listen to more songs in full.

There have been so many songs I've not quite got into for the first minute or so, then listened to the whole thing only for the song to register with me.

[Clawson]

There was someone else in the thread that had a scarily large number of listens on their songs. I think it was Clawson.

And that includes listening to music a quarter of the time from September-December than I did from January to August. If I was consistent all the way through a lot of those numbers would be higher.