Your most listened to music in 2008

[Skummy]

According to Last.fm, which is largely inaccurate for all the usual reasons (only takes into account music I listen to on my laptop, which isn't much compared to music I listen to on CD or mp3 player or what-have-you)

Top Artists:

1. Scott Walker

2. The Divine Comedy

3. Leonard Cohen

4. The Conet Project

5. Tom Waits

6. The Lucksmiths

7. Adam Green

8. Morphine

9. Earth

10. Portishead

11. Scout Niblett

12. Jason Webley

13. Tindersticks

14. World's End Girlfriend

15. A Silver Mt. Zion

16. Television Personalities

17. Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell

18. Frank Sinatra

19. The Ramones

20. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Top tracks:

1. Scout Niblett - Do You Want To Be Buried With My People?

2. Scout Niblett - Kiss

3. Scout Niblett - Dinosaur Egg

4. David Thomas Broughton - Execution

5. The Smiths - Oscillate Wildly

6. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Give Me That Old Time Religion

7. Tom Waits - On The Road

8. Adam Green - What A Waster

9. Be My Guest - Highway To Hell

10. David Lynch - Ghost Of Love

11. Leonard Cohen - Waiting For The Miracle

12. Leonard Cohen - The Future

13. Adam Green - Nat King Cole

14. Earth - Engine Of Ruin

15. Scott Walker - 30 Century Man

[GoGo Yubari]

Albums

10. "Nonsuch" by XTC (110)

9. "De Stjil" by The White Stripes (111)

7. "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles (117)

7. "The Velvet Underground" by The Velvet Underground (117)

6. "Into the Sun" by Sean Lennon (118)

5. "Abbey Road" by The Beatles (126)

4. "MOON GOLD" by The Pillows (138)

3. "Retreat From the Sun" by that dog. (148)

2. "Blue Scholars" by Blue Scholars (178)

1. "You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This" by Mirah

Songs

9. "Lions and Tigers" by Asobi Seksu (37)

9. "Thru and Thru" by The Rolling Stones (37)

9. "Coffee + TV" by Blur (37)

9. "Something Like a Romance" by The Pillows (37)

7. "Break It Down Again" by Tears For Fears (38)

7. "Make You Happy" by Erin Boheme (38)

4. "Gone Sugaring" by Mirah (39)

4. "Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo" by Harvey Danger (39)

4. "Where I'm From" by Digable Planets (39)

3. "Say I Believe in It" by Isabelle Antena (46)

2. "Flying Teapot" from Cowboy Bebop (sung by Emily Bindiger, composed by Yoko Kanno) (48)

1. "Ami ni Utaeba (If You Sing in the Rain)" by The Pillows (64)

Artists

20. Gorillaz (190)

19. Jamiroquai (193)

18. Art Brut (198)

17. Jimi Hendrix (200)

16. Rasputina (205)

15. The Velvet Underground (221)

14. BONNIE PINK (229)

13. Tsuneo Imahori/The Trigun Soundtrack (233)

12. Miles Davis (239)

11. Ben Folds Five (252)

10. Mirah (273)

9. Blue Scholars (289)

8. Nirvana (291)

7. Beastie Boys (306)

6. Weezer (311)

5. Yoko Kanno/The Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack and maybe one song from Darker Than Black (360)

4. Blur (406)

3. The White Stripes (418)

2. The Beatles (715)

1. The Pillows (1032)

It's interesting to see how these reflect my tastes; certainly Weezer, Nirvana, and the Beasties would be lower than where they are, but I've got a fuckton of their songs (whereas the Velvets, who are either my #3 or #4 band of all time probably, I only have three albums of with the fourth coming soon) so uh. Yeah.

[Mr Evil Guy]

This was only since I got my new laptop, which was August 14th(which makes me incredibly depressed I listen to so much music. )

Artists:

Magnetic Fields (1061)

Of Montreal(715)

Animal Collective

TV On The Radio

The Cure

Deerhunter

The Smiths

Wolf Parade

Sunset Rubdown

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Los Campesinos

Arcade Fire

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Stars

Architecture in Helsinki

Belle and Sebastien

Tapes N' Tapes

The Microphones

Why?

Neutral Milk Hotel

Top Songs:

1(Tied) Animal Collective - Fireworks + Wolf Parade - Grounds for Divorce(51)

3. The Smiths - Cemetary Gates(48)

4(tied) Deerhunter - Never Stops + Beirut - Nantes(46)

6. of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Prometian Curse(40)

7. TV On The Radio - DLZ(35)

8.(tied) Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea + Tapes n' Tapes - Insistor(33)

10. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything(32), this would probably be top of the year if it was combined with old computer.

fuck the last five in a fancy list, Animal Collective Reverend Green, Joy Division Disorder, Sunset Rubdown You Go On Ahead(from Black Cab Sessions), of Montreal Suffer For Fashion and Why? These Few Presidents.

Albums

1 The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs(476)

2 of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?(247)

3 of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping(238)

4 The Magnetic Fields – Get Lost(181)

5 TV on the Radio – Dear Science,(178)

6 Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary(166)

7 Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam(160)

The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (160)

9 Deerhunter – Microcastle(140)

10 The Magnetic Fields – The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees(121)(This is over most of the others because the first four songs. Insaaaaaaaaane good.)

11 of Montreal – Satanic Panic in the Attic(117)

12 Why? – Alopecia(116)

13 The Microphones – Glow, Pt. 2(114)(Didn't think I liked them this much. it's probably cause I Want Wind To Blow, which is insanely good)

14 of Montreal – The Sunlandic Twins(113)

15 Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend(109)

16 Dodos – Visiter(106)

17 Architecture in Helsinki – In Case We Die(98)

Beirut – The Flying Club Cup(98)

19 The Magnetic Fields – Holiday(97)

20 The Magnetic Fields – Distortion(94)

21 Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea(90)

The Wave Pictures – Instant Coffee Baby(90)

23 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion(89)(Already? Jesus christ.)

24 Arcade Fire – Funeral(87)

25 Sunset Rubdown – Random Spirit Lover(85)

The Velvet Underground – Andy Warhol (85)

[Turbo Yannis]

I'll just go with my top 25 on iTunes

1. 'Every Man Has a Molly' - Say Anyting

2. 'Our Bovine Public' - The Cribs

3. 'Inaction' - We Are Scientists

4. 'Woe' - Say Anything

5. 'Total Ravenge' - Say Anything

6. 'Everyone Says You're So Fragile' - Idlewild

7. 'A Ghost In The Arcade' - Idlewild

8. 'Men's Needs' - The Cribs

9. 'We Can No Longer Cheat You' - Say Anything

10. 'Spidersong' - Say Anything

11. 'A Pound of Silver Is Worth Its Weight In Blood' - Tokyo Rose

12. 'After Hours' - We Are Scientists

13. 'Less Than Four' - Tokyo Rose

14. 'I Want a Warning' - Idlewild

15. 'Patricia the Stripper' - The Wombats

16. 'Parajuana' - Two Frung Aqua Yetis and a Crude Danish

17. 'Everything (As It Moves)' - Idlewild

18. 'Blame It on Obvious Ways' - Idlewild

19. 'Alive With The Glory Of Love' - Say Anything

20. 'The Promise In Compromise' - Tokyo Rose

21. 'Suzanne' - Weezer

22. 'In Competition for the Worst Time' - Idlewild

23. 'Don't You Wanna Be Relevant' - The Cribs

24. 'No Emotion' - Idllewild

25. 'Good Luck' - Reuben

Alot of Idlewild. More than I though there'd be.

[METALMAN]

All those Idlewild songs are really good but I'm a bit surprised to see none from 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part. They're most likely my favourite two of their albums.

[Turbo Yannis]

My problem is that I usually have my iPod on shuffle and never end up getting to the end of songs. I used to be addicted to The Remote Part aswell.

[Mr. X]

Artists

10) Modest Mouse

9) Disturbed

8) Nine Inch Nails

7) The Beatles

6) Queens of the Stone Age

5) Machine Head

4) Foo Fighters

3) Hurt

2) Radiohead

1) 10 Years

Songs

10) Hurt - House Carpenter

9) Machine Head - Imperium

8) Mastodon - This Mortal Soil

7) Queens of the Stone Age - I Never Came

6) 10 Years - Through the Iris

5) 10 Years - Beautiful

4) 10 Years - R.E.S.T.

3) 10 Years - Actions & Motives

2) Hurt - Summers Lost

1) 10 Years - Seven

Albums

10) The Beatles - 1

9) Frank Sinatra - My Way (Best of)

8) Machine Head - Through The Ashes of Empires

7) Radiohead - The Bends

6) Radiohead - In Rainbows

5) Machine Head - The Blackening

4) Hurt - Vol. II

3) 10 Years - The Autumn Effect

2) 10 Years - Division

1) 10 Years - Killing All That Holds You

Edited January 1, 2009 by Mr. X

[Liam]

I went through a huge period of not listening to music on my laptop/PC, or at least not having Last.fm, so to top my lists doesn't take a hell of a lot, really.

Artists

1. The Gaslight Anthem (81, for reference)

2. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

3. The Presidents Of The USA

4. Crowded House

5. Pearl Jam

6. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

7. Coheed and Cambria

8= Bloc Party

8= The Smiths

10. Los Mendozas (10)

Nothing overly surprising for me, as this is all stuff I either got into this year (DLS vs SP, Gaslight), or got back into (Pearl Jam, The Smiths) or just attempted to get into more (Bloc Party), but as can be seen by the totals, it doesn't really say a lot. Los Mendozas ten songs work out as about 15 minutes worth of total play >_>

Songs

1= Frankmusik – 3 Little Words (10)

1= The Gaslight Anthem – Great Expectations

3 MiMi Soya – Don't Stand on Ceremony

4 The Gaslight Anthem – The '59 Sound

5= Bloc Party – Hunting For Witches

5= The Gaslight Anthem – Film Noir

7= Heathers – Fire Ants

7= The Gaslight Anthem – High Lonesom

7= Bloc Party – Banquet

10= The Gaslight Anthem – I Coul'da Been a Contender (5)

10= Iced Earth – Melancholy (Holy Martyr)

10= The Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches

10= The Gaslight Anthem – Miles Davis & The Cool

10= The Gaslight Anthem – Boomboxes And Dictionaries full track

10= Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – Young And Lovestruck

10= Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – Postcards From Catalunya

10= Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – Waiting For The Monster To Drown

10= The Gaslight Anthem – Wooderson

Not surprising really, as it constitutes songs from Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly's new album, The Gaslight Anthem's new album, and random songs that I've enjoyed, including 3 catchy numbers from one of YI's gaylist....so damn you, YI!

Albums

1 The Gaslight Anthem – Sink Or Swim (25)

2 The Presidents of the United States of America – The Presidents of the United States of America

3 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – Searching For The Hows And Whys

4 Crowded House – Recurring Dream

5 The Smiths – Singles

6 Torche – Meanderthal

7 Zyklon – Disintegrate

8 Primordial – To The Nameless Dead

9= Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (8)

9= Bloc Party – A Weekend In the City

9= Death Cab for Cutie – Plans

9= Katatonia – Tonight's Decision

9= Guster – Lost and Gone Forever

This probably shows my taste a little more, what with Torche, Primordial, Zyklon and Katatonia showing up. But otherwise, thats about it really, a lot of the same kinda stuff. PoUSA get a good showing, mostly because I went and saw them live. Guster and Katatonia make this list primarily off of one or two songs, also.

Edited January 6, 2009 by rvdwannabe

[Dan]

Artists

1 Funeral for a Friend

747

2 Coheed and Cambria

382

3 Hadouken!

356

4 Angels & Airwaves

322

5 Enter Shikari

299

6 Kids In Glass Houses

238

7 Blink-182

234

8 Kings of Leon

225

9 Basshunter

223

10 The Killers

198

11 Bob Marley & The Wailers

196

12 Fightstar

172

13 Kanye West

169

13 Taking Back Sunday

169

15 Bloc Party

151

Songs

Hadouken! – Declaration of War

Funeral for a Friend – Juneau

Basshunter – DotA

Busta Rhymes – We Made It (feat. Linkin Park)

Cascada – Truly Madly Deeply

Wyclef Jean – Perfect Gentleman

Bloc Party – The Prayer (Hadouken Remix)

Angels & Airwaves – Secret Crowds

Eight Legs – These Grey Days

Bloc Party – Flux

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Buffalo Soldier

Boys Like Girls – The Great Escape

The Killers – Mr. Brightside

Kings of Leon – Closer

The Gaslight Anthem – Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts

[Big Tuna]

Bands

1. Dream Theater

2. Disturbed

3. Puddle of Mudd

4. Chris Volz

5. Metallica

6. Nonpoint

7. Five Finger Death Punch

8. Demon Hunter

9. Socialburn

10. All That Remains

Songs

1. Disturbed - Inside The Fire

2. Dream Theater - Panic Attack

3. Dream Theater - Pull Me Under

4. Five Finger Death Punch - The Bleeding

5. All That Remains - Two Weeks

6. Puddle of Mudd - Thinking About You

7. Egypt Central - You Make Me Sick

8. Dream Theater - Constant Motion

9. Theory of a Deadman - Hate My Life

10. Lostprophets - Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters And The Story of a Lonely Girl

Albums

1. Chris Volz - Redemption

2. Disturbed - Indestructible

3. Puddle of Mudd - Famous

4. Five Finger Death Punch - The Way of the Fist

5. Nonpoint - Vengeance

6. All That Remains - Overcome

7. Egypt Central - Egypt Central

8. Socialburn - Where You Are

9. Dream Theater - Images And Words

10. Disturbed - Believe

[reyrey619]

Artists:

1. Jay-Z (786)- I went on a huge Jay-Z kick this year for some reason. Part of it was American Gangster being released at the end of 2007, and also because I saw him in concert in October, which as you'll notice boosts my play count.

2. Kanye West (709)- Saw him in concert in May so that has something to do with the high play count. Also 808's was released this year.

3. Lupe Fiasco (689)- Saw him in concert twice this year and The Cool was released at the end of 2007.

4. Girl Talk (576)- Feed The Animals came out this year, and I saw him in concert 3 times

5. Wale (573)- Just discovered him this past year and have become a huge fan.

6. Lil Wayne (548)- The Carter 3 was obviously released this year and that really opened my eyes to Lil Wayne.

7. Clipse (480)- This is kind of just a random kick that I had earlier this year. A few of my friends discovered how good they were and it basically rubbed off on me.

8. Weezer (376)- The Red Album was released this year, but I doubt that was the main reason why their play count is so high.

9. T.I. (359)- Paper Trail was released this year and is pretty much the main reason why he had so many plays.

10. Goldfinger (334)- Saw them in concert this year and realized how fucking awesome they were.

[B-Rad]

I don't get to listen to music as much as I'd like to, but anyway, here we go...

TOP ARTISTS:

10: Garbage (Bought their greatest hits album, just listened to it a lot when it came out.)

9: Linkin Park (I have a crapload of their songs on my computer, so I listen to them a lot when I put my player on random)

8: Thrice (They're four disc set came out this year, listened to it a good bit)

7: Apocalyptica (Actually only listened to the two or three tracks with singers, so this is kinda impressive)

6: Avenged Sevenfold (I was on an Avenged Sevenfold kick earlier in the year, not to much now...)

5: Chevelle (After I was slightly disappointed with their previous album, their newest one was awesome, still listened a lot.)

4: Atreyu (I like them since I've started to be able to understand them, heh heh.)

3: 12 Stones (12 Stones is one of my all time favorite bands, so yeah.)

2: Red (Red is officially my favorite band of the year, they put on a kickass live show, and are just awesome. Their plays would be a LOT higher if they had more than one album in the past 3 years, and I can't wait until February 10th.)

1: Authority Zero (I heard that the lead singer quietly released a solo album, which resulted in me finding out they released an album last year that I didn't know about. Started listening to them like CRAZY again).

TOP SONGS:

10: (TIE)

Cinder Road "Should've Known Better" (Meh, they're local)

Scary Kids Scaring Kids "Faces" (Started to love SKSK this year, they're awesome.)

9: Avenged Sevenfold "Afterlife" (Ugh, Avenged Sevenfold kick)

7: (TIE)

Lifer "No Need" (This song is kinda old, but it's possibly one of my favorite songs ever)

Apocalyptica "I'm Not Jesus" (Corey Taylor can do no wrong...)

5: (TIE)

Five Finger Death Punch "Never Enough" (My roommate is obsessed, so I listened to them a good bit)

There For Tomorrow "Pages" (Friend introduced me to them through their myspace, love this song)

3: (TIE)

Atreyu "Falling Down" (Read their band info...)

Chevelle "The Fad" (Read band info, again...)

2: Dropping Daylight "Apologies" (Almost saw them live in '07, bought their album, just listened to this song a lot...more than I thought, I guess.)

1: Red "Already Over" (No surprise here, for me, I love Red and everything about them...)

TOP ALBUMS:

10: Skillet "Comatose" (Man, I must have been on a Christian Rock kick last year, and I'm not even Christian)

9: Garbage "Absolute Garbage" (Yeah, Greatest Hits!!!)

8: Scary Kids Scaring Kids "Scary Kids Scaring Kids"

7: Lifer "Lifer" (Yeah, that's mostly due to "No Need")

6: Apocalyptica "World's Collide"

5: Operator "Soulcrusher"

4: Nirvana "Nirvana" (Again, probably a Greatest Hits reasoning right here...)

3: Linkin Park "Minutes to Midnight"

2: Avenged Sevenfold "Avenged Sevenfold"

1: Red "End of Silence"

[YI]

1: Authority Zero (I heard that the lead singer quietly released a solo album, which resulted in me finding out they released an album last year that I didn't know about. Started listening to them like CRAZY again).

Yeah, he was one of the first to get into the trend of "punk guys releasing acoustic albums" about 3/4 year ago I think. It's basically totally forgot about though, quite like the one from the singer of Millencolin, to be fair, it wasn't that good.

But "12:34" was a fucking AMAZING album. Authority Zero are the only band I can think of that's actually improved by shedding the majority of their ska/reggae stuff and focussing on a more punk-rock sound, I mean the odd tune like "Sirens" is great to shake things up, but as a whole "12:34" was their best release due to it being just straight up punk with a melodic-hardcore edge.