February - Yr Verdict

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The accumulated week in pop polls for February give us the following top ten for the month:

1. Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
2. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Catch You
3. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around Comes Around
4. Lady Sovereign - Love Me Or Hate Me
5. Lily Allen - Alfie
6. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
7. Fergie - Glamorous
8. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
9. Omarion - Ice Box
10=. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
10=. Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair

The poll I did last month was interesting but didn't add a huge amount to the original polls, other than to point out polarising tracks (Fall Out Boy and Jojo). So something simpler this time:

[Poll #940257]

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I love the way it's got all these emotional contradictions going on; Nelly's voice is wounded, the music is stately and dignified, the words are ambivalent and detached.