45 x 45’s of 2018
Catching up with the modern music*, kids. So that was 2018, and here are the tracks that soundtracked it. Spotify link at the bottom for the playlist.
*list features Paul McCartney, David Byrne and Cher so…you know, finger on the pulse as ever, but whatevs, enjoy.
1.Girlfriend (feat. Dam-Funk) – Christine and the Queens
Queen of the year releases laid back 80’s inspired anthem, rebooted to some very 2018 concerns. Amazing
2. Missing U – Robyn
Robyn returns with shiny, euphoric , sad/happy “dance through my pain” classic
3. Why Don’t You (feat JAFAAR) - Tepr
Euro-Franco sun kissed poolside banger part 1
4. My My My! – Troye Sivan
Coming out awakening set to a dreamy, ecstatic soundtrack
5. Dancefloor – Tracey Thorn
Daft Punk-esque pissed-up travelogue of the best night of your life
6. Four Out Of Five – Arctic Monkeys
Hotel California re-imagined as a sci-fi Kubrick fantasy moon vacation
7. Under The Sun – Roosevelt
Euro-Germanic sun kissed poolside banger part 2
8. Fireworks – First Aid Kit
Lovely, careworn Swedish loveliness, feeling like it was just breathed out sitting in a hut on the Stockholm archipelago
9. Present Tense – ShadowParty
Good to see New Order releasing a song in 2018 without actually releasing a song
10. It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) – The 1975
The ever eclectic Matty Healy goes 80’s, sounding in places like an updated Belinda Carlisle (no bad thing really)
11.Pray for Me (with Kendrick Lamar) – The Weeknd
12. Honey – Robyn
13. Bloom – Troye Sivan
14. no tears left to cry – Ariana Grande
15. Falling Into Me – Let’s Eat Grandma
16. so sad so sexy – Lykke Li
17. Make Me Feel – Janelle Monae
18. Sanctify – Years and Years
19. Babylon – Booka Shade
20. Comme si – Christine and the Queens
21. Fast Slow Disco – St. Vincent
22. No Angel – Charli XCX
23. Queen – Tracey Thorn
24. Ocean (Feat. Dave Gahan) – Goldfrapp
25. Don’t Go – Diego Garcia
26. He’s Got His Mother’s Hips – John Grant
27. Plaything – Roisin Murphy
28. Little Bit – Bright Light Bright Light
29. Seventeen – Troye Sivan
30. Hunger – Florence and the Machine
31. Love It If We Made It – The 1975
32. Me and Michael – MGMT
33. Fuh You – Paul McCartney
34. Suspirium – Thom Yorke
35. Wasted Times – The Weeknd
36. Snakeskin – Deerhunter
37. deep end – Lykke Li
38. Everybody’s Coming To My House – David Byrne
39. Party for One – Carly Rae Jepsen
40. Little Dark Age – MGMT
41. It Gets Better (With Time) – The Internet
42. Immaterial – SOPHIE
43. Cheap City – Jake Shears
44. Life is Golden – Suede
45. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight – Cher
https://open.spotify.com/user/timbisset/playlist/62TWRXkY7sGsxXKGYrGc1p?si=UcIpOzKMS8S8jwiHBk9WRA
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