Tracks of the Year 2017

Over the past twelve months Spotify informs me that I have listened to over 7000 songs.  I have selected 240 tracks on my monthly playlists and now is time for the cull.  It's a Darwinian survival of the fittest to arrive with the annual top 40.  In keeping with the Top 40 Chart Countdowns of old I am reversing the order and saving the best until last.  My only essential criteria being a 2017 release date and being awesome.

40) Bless This Acid House by Kasabian



39) Say Something Loving by The xx

38) 2 Black 2 Strong by A.B. Original

37) Do You Wanna Get Into Trouble? by Soulwax

36) We Were Beautiful by Belle & Sebastian



35) Put Me Together by Everything Everything

34) You Deserve This by Men I Trust

33) Strange Or Be Forgotten by Temples

32) Feels Like Summer by Weezer



31) You're In Love With A Psycho by Kasabian

30) Never Let Me Go by Green Buzzard

29) Cloud 9 by Baker Boy

28) Melin Wynt by King Creosote

27) Like Gold by Vance Joy

26) Black Rainbows by Cut Copy

25) Everybody's Hero by Sampa The Great

24) Kids Are Cool by San Cisco

23) Murder To The Mind by Tash Sultana



22) Paint Me Silver by Pond

21) Golden by Kingswood

20) Snow by Angus & Julia Stone

19) All Things Must Pass by The Jesus and Mary Chain

18) Pop Voodoo by Black Grape

17) Put Your Life On It by Kasabian

16) Ubu by Methyl Ethel

15) Holding On by The War On Drugs

14) Everything Now by Arcade Fire

13) Notion by Tash Sultana

12) All I Want by Ride

11) Lay It On Me by Vance Joy



10) Magnificent (She Said) by Elbow

9) Don't Delete The Kisses by Wolf Alice



8) Holy Mountain by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

7) Can't Do by Everything Everything

6) Over Everything by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile




5) The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness by The National

4) We Got The Power by Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth



3) Signs Of Life by Arcade Fire



2) The Two Of Us by The Jesus and Mary Chain featuring Sky Ferreira

1) My Name Is Thunder by Jet & The Bloody Beetroots




And here's a Spotify Playlist