Stupefaction Top 12 for 2010

This is never easy for me, but at least I got this together ahead of time year. And in case you're thinking "who gives a crap?", don't worry...I'm under no delusions about anyone wondering what I loved this year (and if you visit regularly you'll know), but I like running it here as a matter of record. In no particular order, and with no further ado:


01. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone) (CD, MP3, vinyl)


02. Vic Godard & Subway Sect - We Come As Aliens (Overground) (CD & MP3. Limited edition vinyl available directly from the band)


03. Vic Godard & Irvine Welsh - Blackpool EP (Gnu) (CD-only available directly from the band)


04. Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle (Domino) (CD & MP3)


05. Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (Heavenly) (CD, MP3, vinyl)


06. Paolo Conte - Nelson (Universal) (CD, MP3)


07. Patti Smith - Just Kids (Ecco Publishing) (Book)


08. Sexual Objects - Cucumber (Creeping Bent) (MP3. Limited edition vinyl available here.)


09. Harvest Ministers - Strange Love Letter (Crayon Records) (MP3, CD. CD available to order here)


10. Spoon - Transference (Merge) (CD, MP3, vinyl)


11. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band feat. Tom Waits - Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing b/w Corrine Died On The Battlefield - very limited edition 78 RPM record (Preservation Hall) (also available on Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall (CD, MP3)


12. Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord) (CD, MP3)

From my Last.FM stats - Top 15 listened-to artists, 2010:
01. Tom Waits
02. Willie Mitchell
03. Paolo Conte
04. The Harvest Ministers
05. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
06. Sufjan Stevens
07. Borscht
08. Sidney Bechet
09. Echo & The Bunnymen
10. Big Star
11. Spoon
12. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
13. John Lurie
14. Vic Godard & The Subway Sect
15. Roddy Frame