Domingo 1 Ene 2012, 14:27

How much of a loser does it make me that I've actually been looking forward to being able to do this for a couple weeks now? Clearly, I have no life.

If, understandably, you choose to skip over this nonsense (sorry if you followed this link from some artist or track page thinking it would be something substantial), I'm currently partway through counting down my top twenty albums of the year here with download links and overly-wordy reviews and junk.

And now, as per usual, my fifty most played artists. With play counts and position changes from last year. Bolded were not within last year's top fifty. Underlined are artists I hadn't properly listened to before this year.

1. Deas Vail (731 plays)
2. Grizzly Bear (622 plays)
3. Wye Oak (592 plays)
4. Laura Marling (569 plays) DOWN 2
5. Bombay Bicycle Club (502 plays)
6. Eisley (434 plays)
7. The Antlers (415 plays) UP 11
8. Sarah Slean (401 plays) UP 42
9. Bright Eyes (384 plays) UP 31
10. Fleet Foxes (379 plays)
11. The Rosebuds (375 plays)
12. Jeniferever (371 plays) UP 13
13. Lydia (344 plays) DOWN 2
14. Los Campesinos! (343 plays) UP 1
15. Dum Dum Girls (336 plays)
16. Lykke Li (315 plays)
17. The Elected (303 plays)
17. The Cinema (303 plays)
19. Sufjan Stevens (284 plays) DOWN 16
20. Maria Taylor (245 plays) UP 9
21. My Brightest Diamond (241 plays)
22. Feist (229 plays)
23. Mates of State (220 plays) DOWN 1
24. Rilo Kiley (217 plays) UP 4
25. Now It's Overhead (211 plays) DOWN 6
26. Mutemath (210 plays)
27. Okkervil River (194 plays)
28. The Decemberists (193 plays) UP 8
29. St. Vincent (177 plays)
30. Beach House (171 plays) DOWN 18
31. Asobi Seksu (139 plays) UP 12
31. Warpaint (139 plays)
33. The Narrative (132 plays) DOWN 24
34. Copeland (127 plays)
35. Kate Bush (121 plays)
36. Joanna Newsom (120 plays) DOWN 35
37. Zola Jesus (119 plays) DOWN 10
37. She & Him (119 plays) DOWN 32
39. Stars (105 plays) DOWN 26
40. Azure Ray (103 plays) DOWN 32
41. Lady Gaga (101 plays) NO CHANGE
42. Shannon Wright (94 plays) DOWN 32
43. Neko Case (92 plays) UP 2
44. Fredrik (90 plays)
44. Amanda Palmer (90 plays)
46. Alela Diane (88 plays)
47. Sharon Van Etten (84 plays)
48. Mew (80 plays) DOWN 7
48. Arcade Fire (80 plays) DOWN 27
50. Tegan and Sara (76 plays) DOWN 17

Top fifty tracks and play counts.

1. Grizzly Bear – All We Ask (59 plays)
2. Laura Marling – Sophia (58 plays)
3. Grizzly Bear – While You Wait for the Others (54 plays)
4. Wye Oak – Civilian (50 plays)
4. Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle (50 plays)
6. Deas Vail – Birds (48 plays)
6. Wye Oak – Holy Holy (48 plays)
8. Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able (47 plays)
8. Wye Oak – Fish (47 plays)
10. The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out (46 plays)
11. The Cinema – My Blood Is Full Of Airplanes (45 plays)
12. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks (44 plays)
12. Eisley – Watch It Die (44 plays)
12. Lykke Li – Sadness Is a Blessing (44 plays)
15. Eisley – I Wish (43 plays)
15. The Cinema – She's On My Arm Now (43 plays)
17. The Antlers – Parentheses (41 plays)
17. Bombay Bicycle Club – Leave It (41 plays)
17. Laura Marling – I Was Just A Card (41 plays)
20. Eisley – Smarter (40 plays)
20. The Cinema – The Wolf (40 plays)
22. Bombay Bicycle Club – Bad Timing (39 plays)
22. Laura Marling – Don't Ask Me Why (39 plays)
22. Wye Oak – Doubt (39 plays)
22. The Cinema – Say It Like You Mean It (39 plays)
26. Grizzly Bear – Fine for Now (38 plays)
26. Grizzly Bear – Southern Point (38 plays)
26. Grizzly Bear – Foreground (38 plays)
26. Deas Vail – Sunlight (38 plays)
26. Bright Eyes – Approximate Sunlight (38 plays)
26. Bombay Bicycle Club – What You Want (38 plays)
26. My Brightest Diamond – Be Brave (38 plays)
26. Los Campesinos! – By Your Hand (38 plays)
34. The Cinema – Kill It (37 plays)
35. Bombay Bicycle Club – How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep (36 plays)
35. Jeniferever – Waifs & Strays (36 plays)
35. Fleet Foxes – The Shrine / An Argument (36 plays)
38. Eisley – Sad (35 plays)
38. Fleet Foxes – Someone You'd Admire (35 plays)
38. Los Campesinos! – To Tundra (35 plays)
41. Grizzly Bear – About Face (34 plays)
41. Laura Marling – Salinas (34 plays)
41. Wye Oak – Dogs Eyes (34 plays)
41. Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (34 plays)
41. Lydia – Ghosts (34 plays)
46. Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader (33 plays)
46. Wye Oak – Plains (33 plays)
46. Wye Oak – We Were Wealth (33 plays)
46. Laura Marling – Night After Night (33 plays)
46. Bombay Bicycle Club – Beggars (33 plays)

Top fifty with one track per artist.

1. Grizzly Bear – All We Ask (59 plays)
2. Laura Marling – Sophia (58 plays)
3. Wye Oak – Civilian (50 plays)
3. Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle (50 plays)
5. Deas Vail – Birds (48 plays)
6. The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out (46 plays)
7. The Cinema – My Blood Is Full Of Airplanes (45 plays)
8. Eisley – Watch It Die (44 plays)
8. Lykke Li – Sadness Is a Blessing (44 plays)
10. Bright Eyes – Approximate Sunlight (38 plays)
10. My Brightest Diamond – Be Brave (38 plays)
10. Los Campesinos! – By Your Hand (38 plays)
13. Jeniferever – Waifs & Strays (36 plays)
13. Fleet Foxes – The Shrine / An Argument (36 plays)
15. Lydia – Ghosts (34 plays)
16. Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down (33 plays)
17. The Rosebuds - Waiting for You (32 plays)
18. Okkervil River - Wake and Be Fine (27 plays)
19. Maria Taylor - Like It Does (26 plays)
20. Warpaint - Undertow (23 plays)
20. St. Vincent - Surgeon (23 plays)
20. Feist - Undiscovered First (23 plays)
23. The Elected - Have You Been Cheated (22 plays)
24. Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (20 plays)
24. The Narrative - Make It Right (20 plays)
26. Sharon Van Etten - Don't Do It (19 plays)
26. The Decemberists - June Hymn (19 plays)
26. Asobi Seksu - Perfectly Crystal (19 plays)
26. Robin Pecknold - I'm Losing Myself (feat. Ed Droste) (19 plays)
30. Sarah Slean - Last Year's War (18 plays)
31. Alela Diane - The Rifle (17 plays)
31. Mutemath - All or Nothing (17 plays)
33. Rilo Kiley - 13 (16 plays)
33. Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People (Original Version) (16 plays)
35. Now It's Overhead - Believe What They Decide (15 plays)
35. Mates of State - Sway (15 plays)
37. Radiohead - Idioteque (14 plays)
37. Carissa's Wierd - Meredith & Iris (14 plays)
39. Beach House - Real Love (13 plays)
39. Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand (13 plays)
39. Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary (13 plays)
42. Fredrik - Inventress of Ill (and Everything) (12 plays)
43. Headless Heroes - Here Before (11 plays)
43. Young the Giant - Apartment (11 plays)
43. Amanda Palmer - On an Unknown Beach (11 plays)
46. Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - Birmingham 1982 (10 plays)
46. Copeland - To Be Happy Now (10 plays)
46. Esben and the Witch - Marching Song (10 plays)
46. First Aid Kit - Winter Is All Over You (10 plays)
46. Summer Camp - Losing My Mind (10 plays)

One more pointless list because I just like statistics: top fifty minus all tracks from 2011 releases (this made sense when I thought of the idea; now it just looks like I was obsessed with two bands in particular - which actually isn't too far from the truth).

1. Grizzly Bear – All We Ask (59 plays)
2. Grizzly Bear – While You Wait for the Others (54 plays)
3. Deas Vail – Birds (48 plays)
4. Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able (47 plays)
5. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks (44 plays)
6. Grizzly Bear – Fine for Now (38 plays)
6. Grizzly Bear – Southern Point (38 plays)
6. Grizzly Bear – Foreground (38 plays)
6. Deas Vail – Sunlight (38 plays)
10. Grizzly Bear – About Face (34 plays)
11. Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader (33 plays)
12. Grizzly Bear - Dory (32 plays)
13. Grizzly Bear - I Live with You (30 plays)
13. Grizzly Bear - Hold Still (30 plays)
15. Deas Vail - Cages (28 plays)
16. Wye Oak - Take It In (27 plays)
17. Wye Oak - Keeping Company (24 plays)
17. Deas Vail - Excuses (24 plays)
19. Warpaint - Undertow (23 plays)
20. Deas Vail - Life in These Little Boats (22 plays)
20. Deas Vail - Growing Pains (22 plays)
20. Deas Vail - The Things You Were (22 plays)
23. The Antlers - Shiva (21 plays)
23. Deas Vail - The Leaper (21 plays)
25. Deas Vail - Atlantis (20 plays)
25. Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (20 plays)
27. Deas Vail - The Great Physician (19 plays)
27. Deas Vail - Under Our Skin (19 plays)
27. Deas Vail - Tell Me (19 plays)
27. Sharon Van Etten - Don't Do It (19 plays)
31. Sarah Slean - Last Year's War (18 plays)
31. Deas Vail - Dance in Perfect Time (18 plays)
31. Wye Oak - That I Do (18 plays)
34. Sarah Slean - Count Me Out (17 plays)
34. Alela Diane - The Rifle (17 plays)
34. Deas Vail - Under Cover (17 plays)
34. Deas Vail - Puzzles and Pieces (17 plays)
34. Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered in Snow) (17 plays)
39. Rilo Kiley - 13 (16 plays)
39. Laura Marling - Hope in the Air (16 plays)
39. Warpaint - Composure (16 plays)
39. Warpaint - Baby (19 plays)
39. Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People (Original Version) (16 plays)
44. Sarah Slean - Blue Parade (15 plays)
44. Grizzly Bear - Easier (15 plays)
44. Now It's Overhead - Believe What They Decide (15 plays)
44. Deas Vail - Rewind (15 plays)
44. Warpaint - Set Your Arms Down (15 plays)
44. Warpaint - Warpaint (15 plays)
44. Wye Oak - Tattoo (15 plays)