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And The Winners Are...

• Stuart Bailie
• 21 Dec 07, 09:31 AM

On tonight's Late Show at 10pm, I'll be playing my fave tracks from 2007. This has become an annual event, and I do enjoy the chance to load up a two hour programme with all the choice moments.

It's probably a throwback to John Peel and his Festive 50, which was a national event for some of us. Myself and my mates would debate the relative standings of Joy Division, The Undertones, The Clash and The Specials. For years, Stiff Little Fingers were a feature, eventually giving way to the Wedding Present, PJ Harvey and the Mary Chain. Happily, all the Festive 50 polls are on the John Peel microsite, providing a snapsot of alternative music as it occurred.

Here are my top records of 2007.

ALBUMS

1. Beirut ¨C The Flying Club Cup
2. Rilo Kiley ¨C Under The Blacklight
3. Arcade Fire ¨C Neon Bible
4. Robert Plant, Alison Krauss ¨C Raising Sand
5. Modest Mouse ¨C We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
6. Jens Lekman ¨C Night Falls Over Kortedela
7. The Undertones ¨C Dig Yourself Deep
8. Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings ¨C 100 Days, 100 Nights
9. Bruce Springsteen ¨C Magic
10. Foy Vance ¨C Hope
11. Panda Bear ¨C Person Pitch
12. The Good The Bad & The Queen ¨C The Good The Bad & The Queen
13. MIA ¨C Kala
14. Radiohead ¨C In Rainbows
15. Laura Viers ¨CIcebreakers
16. Cathy Davey ¨C Tales Of Silversleeve
17. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew ¨C Spirit If
18. Wilco ¨C Sky Blue Sky
19. LCD Soundsystem ¨C Sound of Silver
20. Ry Cooder ¨C My Name Is Buddy

SINGLES

1.Modest Mouse ¨C Dashboard
2. Arcade Fire ¨C Keep The Car Running
3. Soul Savers ¨C Revival
4. Amiina, Lee Hazlewod ¨C Hilli
5. Duffy ¨C Rockferry
6. Candie Payne ¨C I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
7. Bruce Springsteen ¨C Radio Nowhere
8. Editors ¨C Smokers Outside The Hospital Door
9. Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse ¨C Valerie
10. The Good The Bad And The Queen ¨C Green Fields
11.The View ¨C Same Jeans
12. Manic Street Preachers ¨CYour Love Is Not Enough
13. The Hold Steady ¨C Chips Ahoy
14. Andrew Bird ¨C Heretics
15. Tuung ¨C Bullets
16. Feist - 1234
16. Josh Ritter ¨C Right Moves
17. MIA ¨C Jimmy
18. Peter Bjorn And John ¨C Young Folks
19. Ian Brown ¨C Illegal Attacks
20. The Shins ¨C Australia

Stu Bailie presents The Late show on Radio Ulster, every Friday from 10pm until midnight. See his playlist here.

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