A Year In Pop: 47

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Well, that was easy - only four new entries, unless I've read the BBC charts wrong. I'm also guessing that this might be the last week in which our overall winners might be troubled, but let's see.

[Poll #1095062]

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Bit late, have been doing WORK all day, what's with that eh

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Girls Aloud - about bleedy time, oh man I still heart this LOADS and here's why: the 'ahh-berp' vocal samples, the microhouse backing (v similar bass&drums to track 2 off Michael Mayer's Fabric mix, not to mention the same melancholy in the chords), the girls seamlessly finishing each other's lines, the up-and-down chorus melody ("ti-ee-ii-ee-ime" etc), the beautiful middle eight from Nicola where they're grabbing the stars in time-lapse mode... ALL THE TICKS EVER. This is still vyeing with Avril's 'Girlfriend' for my single of the year.

Dizzee - cor, listen to those lovely warm wallop blips! With them and the bass it's like being underwater! Good video too - esp the Mike Skinner chap reading poetry from a book for his audition. Tick.

Soulja - Youuuuuuuuu! Youuuuuuuu! Ohhhhhhh! Ohhhhhhhh! These on their own would get a tick. Which is just as well as the rest of the track (sparse steel drums, tickling high-hat) is non-existent.

Gallows - my word this is an ugly, angry chap with a scratchy shouting voice. Yuck. The tune itself isn't bad at all, but lacks a really smashing chorus hook to pull it off. Under-impressed by Lethal B's rap as well, none of the humour or lyrical dexterity that made 'Police On My Back' so awesome. Hmmm, borderline non-tick. Nearly there but not quite!