The Top Twenty for 2011

Rank

Submitted By

# of A Listers in 2011

1

tipatina

20

1

Fintan28

20

1

steenbeck

20

4

Pairubu

17

5

ShivSidecar

16

6

sonofwebcore

15

6

Shoegazer

15

8

BeltwayBandit

14

9

bishbosh

13

10

scepticusually

12

11

helenf888

11

11

Fuel

11

11

robbo100

11

11

SweetHomeAlabama

11

15

RockingMitch

10

16

arTEEsane/saneshane

9

16

severin

9

16

nilpferd

9

16

TonNL

9

20

Mark68

8

20

chinhealer

8

20

treefrogdemon

8

20

callumlister

8

Song

Artist

Recommended by

Topic

Police on My Back

Equals

1234Ramones

police

Cool in the Pool

Czukay, Holger

9hairs9knots

summer

Le Freak

Chic

9hairs9knots

dance styles

Runnin`Away

Sly and the Family Stone

9hairs9knots

departures

50 ft Queenie

Harvey, PJ

Abahachi

showing off

I Dig It - You Dig It

Mangelsdorff, Albert & Don Cherry

Abahachi

austerity

Teenage FBI

Guided By Voices

Abahachi

gossip

King of Rock

Run-DMC

AlBahooky

showing off

The Word/Sardines

Junkyard Band

AlBahooky

austerity

Safeway Cart

Young, Neil

albert23

companies and corporations

In a Monastery Garden

Ronalde, Ronnie

albertasaurus

gardens

Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Phillip XIV of Spain

Fahey, John

AlfieHisself

long titles

It's All Too Much

Hillage, Steve

AlfieHisself

futility

Rowche Rumble

Fall

amnesiac7

companies and corporations

Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love

Peebles, Ann

amnesiac7

accidents

Fruit Machine

Homelife

arTEEsane

gambling

Securicor

Lewis, Jeffrey

arTEEsane

companies and corporations

Tarantula

Pendulum v Fresh (ft Spyda & Tenor Fly)

arTEEsane

apologies

Dark-Eyed Woman

Spirit

ashenfacedsupremo

visitors

Gloria

Them

ashenfacedsupremo

B Sides

It's Over

Orbison, Roy

ashenfacedsupremo

divorce

Lilac Wine

Buckley, Jeff

ashenfacedsupremo

wine

Song to the Siren

Buckley, Tim

ashenfacedsupremo

ancient history

Valley Girl

Zappa, Frank

ashenfacedsupremo

gossip

Police Dog Blues

Blind Blake

Bastinado

police

The Old Ark's a Moving

AA Gray and Seven Foot Dilly & his Dill Pickles

Bastinado

children's songs

Approaching Menace

Richardson, Neil

BeltwayBandit

TV themes

Babies

Pulp

BeltwayBandit

eavesdropping

Changing Opinion

Glass, Philip

BeltwayBandit

change of mind

Crossword Puzzle

Stone, Sly

BeltwayBandit

newspapers

Deep Blue Day

Eno, Brian

BeltwayBandit

space

Eavesdropping

Grizzly Bear

BeltwayBandit

eavesdropping

Escape Through the Air Vent

Man or Astro-man?

BeltwayBandit

escape

Gamblin' Man

Donegan, Lonnie

BeltwayBandit

gambling

Heard It Through the Grapevine

Gaye, Marvin

BeltwayBandit

gossip

Lola

Kinks

BeltwayBandit

mistaken identity

Manège

Structures Sonores Lasry-Baschet

BeltwayBandit

TV themes

Puisque Vous Partez en Voyage

Hardy, Françoise and Jacques Dutronc

BeltwayBandit

departures

Theme de Yoyo

Art Ensemble of Chicago

BeltwayBandit

discordant songs

Theme to the Great Egg Race

Denton, Richard and Mark Cook

BeltwayBandit

TV themes

Come and Buy My Toys

Bowie, David

bethnoir

toys

La Mer

Trénet, Charles

bethnoir

water

Needle of Death

Jansch, Bert

bethnoir

futility

Go Leave

McGarrigle, Kate and Anna

BeyondOurKev

divorce

Secret Heart

Sexsmith, Ron

BeyondOurKev

eavesdropping

Your Mother and I

Wainwright, Loudon III

BeyondOurKev

divorce

20th Century Boy

T. Rex

billycutshaw

toys

Blockbuster

Sweet

billycutshaw

mistaken identity

Living by Numbers

New Musik

billycutshaw

modernity

One More Time

Daft Punk

billycutshaw

repetition

Animal Cannabus

Mull Historical Society

bishbosh

escape

Backstage

Pitney, Gene

bishbosh

theatre

Better Use Your Head

Little Anthony & the Imperials

bishbosh

change of mind

Chase the Devil

Romeo, Max

bishbosh

space

Electra

Faithfull, Marianne

bishbosh

mistaken identity

Girl From Mars

Ash

bishbosh

space

Guess I'm Dumb

Campbell, Glen

bishbosh

fools

I am Very Sorry

Ahmed, Kamal (featuring Noor Jehan)

bishbosh

apologies

Love is a Losing Game

Winehouse, Amy

bishbosh

gambling

Nothing Has Been Proved

Springfield, Dusty

bishbosh

newspapers

Outer Space

Grant, John

bishbosh

space

The Gnu Song

Flanders and Swann

bishbosh

children's songs

We`re Leaving

Devotchka

bishbosh

departures

Accident

electric eels

blackshadow

accidents

Departure

Crystal Stilts

blackshadow

departures

Futile Devices

Stevens, Sufjan

blackshadow

futility

Good Intentions Paving Company

Newsom, Joanna

blackshadow

companies and corporations

Silver Surfer

Warm Jets

blackshadow

superheroes

The Daily Planet

Hollis, Mark

blackshadow

newspapers

Henrietta Longbottom

Felt

BlimpyMcFlah

gossip

Losing My Edge

LCD Soundsystem

BlimpyMcFlah

modernity

Jake the Peg

Harris, Rolf

bluepeter

children's songs

Nice Weather for Ducks

Lemon Jelly

bluepeter

water

More Bounce to the Ounce

Zapp and Roger

bongoparty

fetishes

Overnight Sensation

Raspberries

Brobat

false endings

Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space

Spiritualized

BrokenFace

opening tracks

Banish Negative Thoughts

Pagan Wanderer Lu

callumlister

futility

Mr. E's Beautiful Blues

Eels

callumlister

Mr. and Mrs.

Over and Over

Hot Chip

callumlister

repetition

Red Sun No 5

Pallett, Owen

callumlister

red

Space Walk

Lemon Jelly

callumlister

space

The Garden

Askew, Ed

callumlister

gardens

Time to Pretend

MGMT

callumlister

debuts

Whip Your Booty

Williams, Andre and Velvet Hammer

callumlister

fetishes

Eat the Rich

Aerosmith

CaroleBristol

austerity

Fuego d'Amor (Ring of Fire)

Cash, Johnny

Catcher

foreign language versions

In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)

Pixies

Catcher

afterlife

The Void

Raincoats

Catcher

discordant songs

Rumour Has It

Summer, Donna

Cherryt

gossip

Astronomy Domine

Voïvod

chinhealer

space

Breaking the Law

Judas Priest

chinhealer

criminals

Hit the Lights

Metallica

chinhealer

debuts

Jingle Bells

Yuletide Blasphemy

chinhealer

anti-Christmas

The Lonely Man

Harnell, Joe

chinhealer

superheroes

White Heat, Red Hot

Judas Priest

chinhealer

red

Wine, Women an' Song

Whitesnake

chinhealer

wine

You Can't Bring Me Down

Suicidal Tendencies

chinhealer

apologies

Hell is Chrome

Wilco

Chopper68

afterlife

A Woman a Man Walked By

Harvey, PJ & John Parish

Chris7572

mistaken identity

Shady Lane

Pavement

Chris7572

false endings

Signed Curtain

Matching Mole

Chris7572

futility

That's Bad

Tucker, Moe

Chris7572

austerity

Red

Okkervil River

ChrisDBroughton

red

King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown

Pablo, Augustus

d33pf1x

B Sides

I Love My Label

Lowe, Nick

DaddyPig

companies and corporations

Close the Coalhouse Door

Unthanks

DancingLlamas

accidents

Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song)

Dickies

DarceysDad

children's songs

Une Sale Histoire (Female Version)

Fab 5 Freddy

DarceysDad

B Sides

Unemployed in Summertime

Torrini, Emiliana

DarceysDad

summer

Cheryl Tweedy

Allen, Lily

daveportivo

B Sides

Space is the Place

Sun Ra

daysinsurrey

space

September

Earth, Wind and Fire

debbym

September

Pale Spectre

Wake

DirtySketel

visitors

Escape

A Guy Called Gerald

dothebathosphere

escape

Always on My Mind

Nelson, Willie

DrMaybe

apologies

Ruby

Touré, Ali Farka and Toumani Diabaté

DrMaybe

red

I Fought the Law

Crickets

englishhermit

criminals

The Bells

Originals

englishhermit

weddings

This Boy

Beatles

englishhermit

B Sides

Dying on the Vine

Cale, John

exodus

wine

Anything Goes

Fitzgerald, Ella

exodus/nilpferd

modernity

The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

Dominatrix

exquisitrix

fetishes

La Horse

Gainsbourg, Serge

fasteddiehemmings

animals

Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Ohio

Stevens, Sulfjan

Finished

opening tracks

$1000 Wedding

Parsons, Gram

Fintan28

weddings

A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

Monkees

Fintan28

apologies

Angels on the Balcony

Blondie

Fintan28

theatre

Are You There (With Another Girl)

Warwick, Dionne

Fintan28

eavesdropping

Can I Change My Mind

Davis, Tyrone

Fintan28

change of mind

Canción de Cuna Para el Niño Astronauta

Arco Iris

Fintan28

space

Drifter's Escape

Dylan, Bob

Fintan28

escape

Frank and Jesse James

Zevon, Warren

Fintan28

criminals

He Stopped Loving Her Today

Jones, George

Fintan28

futility

Hey Joe

Leaves

Fintan28

criminals

Johnny's Garden

Manassas

Fintan28

gardens

Knocking on Heaven's Door

Dylan, Bob

Fintan28

afterlife

Mr. Bojangles

Walker, Jerry Jeff

Fintan28

Mr. and Mrs.

Oh, the Divorces!

Thorn, Tracey

Fintan28

divorce

Old September Blues

My Morning Jacket

Fintan28

September

Stage Fright

Band

Fintan28

theatre

The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company Resignation Company

Friedberger, Matthew

Fintan28

companies and corporations

Tighten Up

Bell, Archie & the Drells

Fintan28

dance styles

Turn Down Day

Cyrkle

Fintan28

summer

Ooh Las Vegas

Harris, Emmylou

Fintan28/Pairubu

gambling

Coconut

Nilsson

foefum

futility

Il Giardino Delle Delizie

Morricone, Ennio

foefum

gardens

Sad (Garden)

Utro (Morning)

foefum

gardens

I Keep Coming Back

Davis, Tyrone

FrancesSmith

repetition

Shake Some Action

Flamin' Groovies

fredflinstone

opening tracks

We Are All Prostitutes

Pop Group

fredflintstone

discordant songs

Der Mussolini

DAF

fudanshi801

dance styles

A Love from Outer Space

AR Kane

Fuel

birthdays

Broken Toys

22 Pistepirkko

Fuel

toys

Catch a Fire

Bug

Fuel

futility

Death of a Thespian

Themselves

Fuel

theatre

Gepetto

Belly

Fuel

toys

Kinky Love

Pale Saints

Fuel

fetishes

Magic Carpet Ride (Japanese Version)

Pizzicato Five

Fuel

foreign language versions

Odessa

Caribou

Fuel

divorce

Skeng

Bug

Fuel

criminals

South London Boroughs

Burial

Fuel

debuts

The Crown

Byrd, Gary & the GB Experience

Fuel

ancient history

Austerity Measure

Obey, Chief Commander Ebenezer

glasshalfempty

austerity

Chi Mai

Morricone, Ennio

glasshalfempty

TV themes

Outro (I'm a Fool to Want You)

Ward, M.

glasshalfempty

fools

(Who Planted Thorns in) Miss Alice's Garden

Explosive

glasshalfempty/Pairubu

gardens

Busy Doin' Nothin'

Beach Boys

Gordonbrill

visitors

Girls Talk

Edmunds, Dave

gordonimmel

gossip

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

gordonimmel

afterlife

I Believe in Father Christmas

Lake, Greg

gordonimmel

anti-Christmas

It Should Have Been Me

Fair, Yvonne

gordonimmel

weddings

I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up Christmas

Mann, Aimee

GrotLtd

anti-Christmas

My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)

Ramones

happyclapper

long titles

Slain by Elf

Urusei Yatsura

happyclapper

toys

Benediction

Weakerthans

helenf888

theatre

Blarney's Stoned

Hawkshaw, Alan

helenf888

TV themes

Bowling Alley Bar

Handsome Family

helenf888

apologies

Death Cab for Cutie

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

helenf888

accidents

Flaming September

Faithfull, Marianne

helenf888

September

Ghostbusters

Parker, Ray Jr.

helenf888

companies and corporations

Like to Get to Know You

Spanky and Our Gang

helenf888

false endings

Love Theme from Spartacus

Lateef, Yusef

helenf888

ancient history

September

Sylvian, David

helenf888

September

The Conversation

Twilight Singers

helenf888

eavesdropping

The Morning Paper

Smog

helenf888

newspapers

Last Flight

Akiakane

HoshinoSakura

futility

Minus Zero

Merzbow

JckKrc

discordant songs

My Pal Foot Foot

Shaggs

JckKrc

discordant songs

I`m Leavin`

Presley, Elvis

Jessegaron

departures

Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Ayers, Roy

jforbes

summer

(I'd Go the) Whole Wide World

Wreckless Eric

JimCraggs

debuts

Silver Swan Rag

Joplin, Scott

johnboater

animals

I Need a Dollar

Blacc, Aloe

juliendonkeyboy

austerity

Ping Pong

Stereolab

KenPeggs

repetition

Frolic

Michelini, Luciano

lakey

TV themes

It Ain't Me Babe

Dylan, Bob

lambretinha

mistaken identity

NatWest Barclays Midlands Lloyds

Manic Street Preachers

lambretinha

companies and corporations

September 12th

Williams, Saul

lambretinha

September

Ice Cold Ice

Husker Du

LarryPartridge

false endings

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On

Palmer, Robert

littleriver

apologies

Marrakesh Express

Crosby Stills & Nash

littleriver

escape

Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)

Delfonics

littleriver

long titles

The Actor's Opprobrium

Of Montreal

littleriver

theatre

The Funnies

Wagon Christ

littleriver

newspapers

The Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith

Bolan, Marc

littleriver

gardens

Hercules

Mercury Rev

llamalpaca

ancient history

Here I Go Again

Whitesnake

llamalpaca

departures

No Expectations

Rolling Stones

llamalpaca

departures

Please Read the Letter

Plant, Robert & Alison Krauss

llamalpaca

departures

Be-Bop-a-Lula

Vincent, Gene

lonniej

red

John the Revelator

Son House

lonniej

ancient history

Road to Cairo

Ackles, David

lonniej

change of mind

Sweet September

Evans, Bill

lonniej

September

Tiger Rag

Armstrong, Louis

lonniej

animals

Ashes to Ashes

Bowie, David

magicman

mistaken identity

Champion

West, Kanye

magicman

showing off

I Wan'na Be Like You

Prima, Louis

magicman

children's songs

Les Mannequins (Showroom Dummies)

Kraftwerk

magicman

foreign language versions

Many Rivers to Cross

Cliff, Jimmy

magicman

B Sides

Photoshop Handsome

Everything Everything

magicman

modernity

The Great Pretender

Platters

magicman

mistaken identity

Caught By the Fuzz

Supergrass

Makinavaja

police

Fly Away

Vega, Alan, Alex Chilton and Ben Vaughn

Makinavaja

escape

News of the World

Jam

Makinavaja

newspapers

Septiembre No Está Tan Lejos

Nadadora

Makinavaja

September

Shazam!

Eddy, Duane

Makinavaja

superheroes

The Baltimore Sun

Jayhawks

Makinavaja

newspapers

Thunderbird

Seasick Steve

Makinavaja

wine

Rhythm of the Rain

Cascades

Marconius7

fools

Summertime

Stewart, Billy

Marconius7

summer

The Uninvited Guest

Carpenters

Marconius7

visitors

Anyway Anyhow Anywhere

Who

Mark68

discordant songs

Gangsters

Special AKA

Mark68

eavesdropping

Good Year for the Roses

Jones, George

Mark68

divorce

It's a Nice Place to Visit (But Not to Live In)

Ann-Margret

Mark68

long titles

Looking for Lewis and Clark

Long Ryders

Mark68

opening tracks

Porquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonnable? (Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?)

Cadeau de Mariage (The Wedding Present)

Mark68

foreign language versions

Summer Skin

Death Cab for Cutie

Mark68

summer

Yellow Submarine

Beatles

Mark68

children's songs

The River

Reid, Terry

Marrow

water

I'm on My Way to a Better Place

Chairmen of the Board

May1366

afterlife

We Won't Be in Your Way Anymore

Thomas, Irma

May1366

divorce

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Deodato

mike65ie

space

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

MinorPlaces

ancient history

Things May Come and Things May Go, But the Art School Dance Goes On Forever

Brown, Pete & Piblokto

miserlyoldgit

long titles

Loving Hannah

Black, Mary

mmoloney

change of mind

Mistadobalina

Del tha Funkee Homosapien

mmoloney

Mr. and Mrs.

Spacer

Sheila and B Devotion

mmoloney

space

The Wanderer

Dion

mmoloney

showing off

What a Fool Believes

Doobie Brothers

mmoloney

fools

Black Wedding

Sunn O)))

Mnemonic

weddings

Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever

Woodpigeon

Mnemonic

long titles

Nostalgia

Barker, Emily and the Red Clay Halo

Mnemonic

TV themes

Red Hot Car

Squarepusher

Mnemonic

discordant songs

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Hall, Henry & his Orchestra

Mnemonic

children's songs

The Coming of the Roads

Collins, Judy

Mnemonic

modernity

Amused as Hell

Coughlan, Cathal

murphsup

modernity

Best Dressed Chicken in Town

Dr. Alimantado

murphsup

animals

Bayram Sekeri

Kocani Orkestar

nilpferd

weddings

Bullitt

Schifrin, Lalo

nilpferd

police

Hanging Garden

Necks

nilpferd

gardens

Nasty Gal

Davis, Betty

nilpferd

gossip

One Note Samba

Mann, Herbie with João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim

nilpferd

austerity

The Garden

Cut Chemist

nilpferd

gardens

Wash Your Face in My Sink

Dream Warriors

nilpferd

debuts

You Tell Me

Go-Betweens

nilpferd

gossip

Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)

Davis, Miles

Noodsy

anti-Christmas

Confetti

Lemonheads

Noodsy

divorce

Opus 49 No 4 Wiegenlied/Lullaby

Brahms, Johannes

Noodsy

children's songs

Sea, Sex and Sun (English Version)

Gainsbourg, Serge

Noodsy

foreign language versions

The Big Three Killed My Baby

White Stripes

Noodsy

companies and corporations

Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)

Iron & Wine

Noodsy

animals

Batman Theme

Hefti, Neal

Pairubu

superheroes

Con le Mie Lacrime (As Tears Go By)

Rolling Stones

Pairubu

foreign language versions

Contort Yourself

Chance, James & the Contortions

Pairubu

discordant songs

Corner Store

Richman, Jonathan & the Modern Lovers

Pairubu

modernity

Denomination Blues (Part 1)

Phillips, Washington

Pairubu

afterlife

Desculpe, Babe

Os Mutantes

Pairubu

apologies

Fuzzy Felt

Kabeedies

Pairubu

toys

Geh Vorbei (Walk On By)

Warwick, Dionne

Pairubu

foreign language versions

Green Hornet

Wray, Link

Pairubu

superheroes

Kites are Fun

Free Design

Pairubu

toys

Madman Running Through the Fields

Dantalian's Chariot

Pairubu

fools

Mony Mony

James, Tommy & the Shondells

Pairubu

companies and corporations

Nick Cave Dolls

Bongwater

Pairubu

toys

Ragazzo Solo, Ragazzo Sola (Space Oddity)

Bowie, David

Pairubu

foreign language versions

Rose Coloured Glasses

Lothar and the Hand People

Pairubu

red

Analogue Bubblebath

Aphex Twin

pandapirate

debuts

La Femme d'Argent

Air

ParmoKing

opening tracks

National Shite Day

Half Man Half Biscuit

PopeyePete

companies and corporations

Escape is So Simple

Cowboy Junkies

richardrj

escape

Occasional Rain

Callier, Terry

RichJames

water

Sorry

Sebadoh

RichJames

apologies

Tears for Affairs

Camera Obscura

RichJames

fools

The Accidentals

Broadcast

RichJames

accidents

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Campbell, Glen

RipThisJoint

change of mind

Gratefully Dead

Animals

RipThisJoint

afterlife

Lather