One of our founding PodPals, Valbert Smart from LitRag Records’ recording artists, The Withholders, has checked in with his list of best songs he added in 2011.
Valbert sez: “2011 was a great year for… some French pop, two Smiths covers, a few 2010 leftovers that I was too lazy to hear the first time around, at least one internet meme, the bizarre presence of 1983, and only 1 Beach Boys track, given that the Smile Box didn’t come out till November… ”
| # | Name | Artist | Album | Plays |
| 1 | La Liste | Rose | Rose | 22 |
| 2 | Fair Game | The Like | Release Me | 21 |
| 3 | Nobody’s Diary | Yaz | You And Me Both | 21 |
| 4 | If You Were Here | Cary Brothers | Who You Are (Bonus Track Version) | 19 |
| 5 | Holiday Road | Lindsey Buckingham | National Lampoon’s Vacation Official Soundtrack | 19 |
| 6 | Safari Disco Club | Yelle | Safari Disco Club (single) | 19 |
| 7 | Promises, Promises | Naked Eyes | The Best Of Naked Eyes | 18 |
| 8 | The Politics Of Dancing | Re-Flex | Lost & Found: Imagination, Vol. 1 | 17 |
| 9 | The Glamorous Life (Club Edit) | Sheila E | The Glamorous Life | 17 |
| 10 | Shadowtime | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Superstition | 17 |
| 11 | Murder On The Dancefloor | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Murder On The Dancefloor | 17 |
| 12 | Pussycat | Elastica | Sub Pop 7″ | 16 |
| 13 | Game On (feat. Sandeep Parikh & Felicia Day) | The Guild | Game On (feat. Sandeep Parikh & Felicia Day) – Single | 15 |
| 14 | Château | Housse de Racket | Kitsuné Maison Compilation 10: The Fireworks Issue | 14 |
| 15 | I’ll Kill Her | Soko | Not Sokute | 13 |
| 16 | Think About Your Troubles | Jellyfish | Fan Club (Disc 4) | 12 |
| 17 | Slippery Slope | The Dø | Both Ways Open Jaws | 10 |
| 18 | Adieu | Cœur de pirate | Adieu – Single | 9 |
| 19 | Radioactive (Acoustic) | Marina & The Diamonds | Radioactive | 9 |
| 20 | There Is A Light That Never Goes Out | Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High – EP | 8 |
| 21 | Beating Heart | La Sera | La Sera | 8 |
| 22 | Nothing But Heart | Low | C’mon | 8 |
| 24 | Asleep | Emily Browning | Sucker Punch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 7 |
| 23 | Surf’s Up | The Beach Boys | The SMiLE Sessions [Disc 1] | 6 |
| 25 | Settle Down | Kimbra | Settle Down – EP | 5 |
No playlist yet, but peer pressure might fix that!
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