Playlist

31 songs from 2008: lucky

Posted on by stuart

Travel, elections, recovery: it’s been a complicated and amazing year. There’s a real sizzle in the air and we feel it in this year’s best-of list.

NEWCOMERS

Caribou, Georgie James, Los Campesinos!, MGMT, Midnight Juggernauts, Mono In VCF, Santogold, Sons & Daughters, Stephanie McKay, The B-52’s, To My Boy

SECOND-TIMERS

Adele, Mates Of State, R.E.M., Ra Ra Riot, Tina Dico

RETURNING FAVORITES

Supergrass, The Ting Tings, We Are Scientists, Foals, Hot Chip, Sia, The Hives, TV On The Radio, Joe Jackson, Nicole Atkins, Snow Patrol, The Futureheads, Bloc Party, Elbow, Goldfrapp, Death Cab For Cutie

2008 Playlist

Track by track, with artist
  1. Great DJ
    THE TING TINGS
  2. Living Well Is The Best Revenge
    R.E.M.
  3. You’ll Find A Way
    SANTOGOLD
  4. Into The Galaxy
    MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
  5. Love Surreal
    NICOLE ATKINS
  6. I Will Possess Your Heart
    DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
  7. Invisible Man
    JOE JACKSON
  8. My Only Offer
    MATES OF STATE
  9. Take Back The City
    SNOW PATROL
  10. Kids
    MGMT
  11. Halfway Home
    TV ON THE RADIO
  12. One Pure Thought
    HOT CHIP
  13. Ghost Under Rocks
    RA RA RIOT
  14. Grounds For Divorce
    ELBOW
  15. Look Me Up
    GEORGIE JAMES
  16. Diamond Hoo Ha Man
    SUPERGRASS
  1. Melody Day
    CARIBOU
  2. Cassius (album version)
    FOALS
  3. Money
    STEPHANIE MCKAY
  4. The Beginning Of The Twist
    THE FUTUREHEADS
  5. Funplex
    THE B-52’S
  6. Gilt Complex
    SONS & DAUGHTERS
  7. A&E
    GOLDFRAPP
  8. Count To Ten
    TINA DICO
  9. Soon We’ll Be Found
    SIA
  10. Chasing Pavements
    ADELE
  11. Escape City Scrapers
    MONO IN VCF
  12. Mercury
    BLOC PARTY
  13. You! Me! Dancing!
    LOS CAMPESINOS!
  14. Model
    TO MY BOY
  15. After Hours
    WE ARE SCIENTISTS

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