1. Jay-Z: Empire State Of Mind / Run This Town / D.O.A / Thank You / On To The Next One. Basically every track on Blueprint 3 is incredible!!! Jay-Z was the King of 2009 - even his pub serves some of the best food in NY!
2. Kasabian: Fire / Where Did All The Love Go? / The Underdog. Three Massive tunes from a band who grow bigger & better each album.
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Zero / Heads Will Roll. Perfect Synth-Pop.
4. Vampire Weekend: Cousins. Short, Strange but Catchy as Hell!
5. Gossip: Heavy Cross Fred Falke Remix. FF turns Beth Dito into a soulful diva on this stunning rework.
6. Drake Ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem: Forever. Heavy as Hell debut from (already massive Stateside) newboy Drake. It’s since been butchered & repacked as an Eminem tune for the UK market.
7. The Virgins: Your Love Is Colder Than Death. Been hanging around the NYC l.e.s. scene for a few years & finally got a UK release in 2009 (to much indifference)
8. Paloma Faith: New York. She's bonkers as anything but this is a fantastic song.
9. Kanye West: See You In My Nightmares Rynecologist Remix. Unknown Canadian DJ turns this moody album track into a dancefloor stomper.
10. Lady GaGa: Paparazzi. The best track from a undeniable global megastar.
11. Deadmau5: Ghosts’n’Stuff. Guitar-driven club monster. Sounds so heavy on a good system.
12. Florence & The Machine: You Got The Love The XX Remix. On paper this sounds like a pretentious nightmare or a Shoreditch dream, In reality it was more of a total reworking (than a remix) with simply stunning results.
13. MSTRKRFT Ft. John Legend: Heartbreaker. Piano driven house tune + JL’s soulful crooning over the top = win!
14. Bat For Lashes: Daniel. One of Britain’s finest voices with a possible ode to the Karate Kid!
15. Jack Penate: Tonight’s Today. Balearic vibes on a record that surpassed all expectations.
16. Sebastien Tellier: Kilometer A-Trak Remix. A-Trak did so many great remixes this year but this is my favourite.
17. The Big Pink: Dominos. Despite being caned on a TV commercial & re-released however many times this still sounds great.
18. Empire Of The Sun: We Are The People. Madmen from Australia offer to fill in the gap before the next MGMT album.
19. Beyonce: Sweet Dreams. Ole Bouncy goes dark & moody with spectacular results.
20. The Gaslight Anthem: The 59 Sound. Springsteen-sounding stadium sound from New Jersey
21. Bloc Party: One More Chance. Amazing early 90s sounding piano house from the irritating band.
22. The Prodigy: Warrior’s Dance. It’s 1989 and we’re at a free warehouse rave - woo woo!
23. Mike Snow: Animal. Great debut from the Swedish duo.
24. 50 Cent: Baby By Me. The mumbler returns with a track that gets better with every listen. Fiddy traditionally pulls out 1 decent track per album - I guess it’s downhill from here then!
25. Julian Casablancas: 11th Dimension. JC without The Strokes? Sounding awesome against the odds!
