Showing posts with label The Singles List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Singles List. Show all posts

Friday, December 29, 2023

Best of 2023 - Song of the Year

Following the Album list, our list of the best songs is also a testament to the remarkable talent that graced the scene in 2023. We witnessed the triumphant return of legends like Depeche Mode, Everything But the Girl, and Blur, alongside the rise of exceptional newcomers such as The Last Dinner Party. It's undeniable that female artists took center stage, dominating the musical landscape with their creativity and prowess. Here's our list of the best songs that highlighted the year:


Hemlocke Springs - Sever The Blight
Christine and the Queens - To Be Honest
Depeche Mode - Ghost Again
Lana Del Rey  - Candy Necklace
Suki Waterhouse - To Love
Slowdive - Kisses
Tove Lo - I Like You
The Last Dinner Party - My Lady of Mercy
Kali Uchis - I Wish You Roses
Glüme - Queen of LA
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Monday, January 3, 2022

Best of 2021 - Singles / Tracks

Time to roll back and motor through some of the great single releases from 2021. Musical highlights are certainly the albums by London Grammar, Wolf Alice, Big red Machine and the Duran Duran come back. More about this in the album selection.


01. Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth
02. Geoffrey O' Connor ft Laura Jean - Foolish Enough
03. Yves Tumor - Jackie
04. Duran Duran - Anniversary
05. London Grammar - Lose Your Head
06. Big Red Machine ft Fleet Foxes and Anais Mitchell - Phoenix
07. Fleet Foxes - Featherweitght
08. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
09. Wolf Alice - Delicious Things
10. The Antlers - Solstice
11. Agnes - 24 Hours
12. Sharon van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
13. The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
14. Cold Cave - Night Light
15. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club
16. Manchester Orcherstra -  Bed Head
17. Juno Francis - Symmetry
18. Manic Street Preachers - The Secret He Had Missed ft Julia Cumming
19. Weather Station - Parking Lot
20. Shygirl - Cleo

Monday, December 14, 2020

Best of 2020 - The Singles List

The year 2020 has been different in many ways and could not be compared to any of the recent years. The world stopped for a certain period of time, paralyzed by the global COVID-19 pandemic where the virus spread to all corners of the world leaving difficult consequences for the population everywhere. 

It certainly did affected the the music world in the sense that all major music events, festivals and concerts were cancelled until further notice. Only one global event was organised to support the World Health Organisation -One World: Together at Home- a benefit concert, organised by Global Citizen and curated by singer Lady Gaga whose objective was to promote the practice of social distancing while staying together during the COVID-19 pandemic and also support the medical staff all over the world.

On the quantity level of album and singles releases, it might have been less in offer this year but certainly not on its quality level. Every year has its own charm, no matter what is going on and the events that occurred this year events certainly influenced the artists and some of them have already integrated them in their music. 

Our Top 50 songs list, is as always a festival of styles and genres and while this years saw some interesting new comers emerging on the music market, it also meant some happy returns and come backs. Hope you enjoy the Songs list!


01. SRSQ - Temporal Love
02. Jessie Ware - Spotlight
03. The Killers - My Own Soul's Warning
04. Weyes Blood - Wild Time
05. The Neighborhood - Devil's Advocate
06. The Flaming Lips -  Flowers of Neptune 6
07. Sally Dige -  It's You I'm Thinking Of
08. Groove Armada - Edge of the Horizon
09. Cold Beat - Double Sided Mirror
10. Angelo De Augustine - Santa Barbara
11. Fleet Foxes - Sunblind
12. Gorillaz ft Peter Hook - Aries
13. New Order - Be a Rebel
14. Jessie Ware - The Kill
15. Girl in Red - Rue
16. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
17. Structures - Sorry, I Know I'm Late
18. Porridge Radio - Circling
19. Yves Tumor - Kerosene!
20. James Blake - Godspeed

Monday, September 28, 2020

Best of 1990 - The Singles Top 50

The year 1990 has been one of the most exciting years ever, maybe due to the fact that it was between the two decades when music styles shifted and the songs were influenced by the past decade but also looking into the future with new technologies. For some artists it was a clear career peaks when they released their best selling albums and/or singles. This year belonged to Depeche Mode, Madonna, Sinead O'Connor, but at the same time Euro dance and Brit pop exploded.

Over the next month we will feature the best singles from the 1990 that comes as a result of the Singles poll that was up this summer. Stay tuned!


Saturday, July 18, 2020

Best of 1990 - The Singles Poll

In history 1990 is mostly remembered for the start of reunification of Germany and demise of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the socialist governments in Easter European countries. While the Wind of changes was flowing throughout Europe, George Michael released his biggest hit "Freedom" and for Madonna it was one of her most scandalous years ever as some of her live shows were condemned and the music video for "Justify My Love" banned from daily airplay on MTV. 
Apart from this, despite the previous success of SAW production in the previous years, it saw a sharp decline in popularity where new dance forms were emerging, including Euro dance, house and acid jazz as well as Baggy / Madchester and the rise of Brit pop. Among the winning artists at the Brit awards were Phil Collins, Neneh Cherry, Annie Lennox and Fine Young Cannibals. 

The poll has closed. The results are going to be revealed soon. Stay tuned!


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Sunday, February 2, 2020

Best of 2010's - Top 100 Singles

It is impossible to sum up the all decade's great single releases in 100 songs but somehow we agreed on the following 100 songs have made big impact on us at the time that they were popular and beyond it. "Sugar for the Pill" is clearly our favorite song of the past decade.


01. Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill 
02. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II 
03. Austra - Beat and The Pulse 
04. Goldfrapp – Drew 
05. Preoccupations – Memory 
06. Tame Impala - The Less I Know 
07. Weyes Blood – Andromeda 
08. M83 – Solitude 
09. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness 
10. Tears for Fears - I Love You But I'm Lost  
11. The Horrors - Still Life  
12. Beck - Waking Light 
13. John Maus - Hey Moon 
14. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round 
15. David Bowie - Where Are They Now? 
16.  Bjork - Stone Milker 
17.  The War on Drugs - The Strangest Thing 
18.  Boy Harsher – Motion 
19. SSion ft Ariel Pink - At Least The Sky is Blue 
20. PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land 

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Year in Review - 2019

Thirty one days divide us from the end of the year 2019 and this also the last year in the 10's decade. As every year, we are in the process of preparing the year end lists which will include Top 40 Album List, Top 50 singles list, Top 10 EP List and Top 20 Videos list. Starting off from today, we will feature the countdown of our favorite releases.

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Best of 1989- Singles

Time to put the year 1989 on display and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the year that was closing the 80's decade. Known as the year of revolutions that swept through the eastern block countries in Europe as well as the year of innovations which brought the first commercial internet services. Musically the charts were still dominated by Stock-Aitken-Waterman hits also introducing Donna Summer to their hits factory. 
The second half of 1989 was also dominated by the the growing House music genre led by Inner City and S'Express and Italo disco which evolved into Eurodance. Even though the 1989 chronologically belonged to the 80's decade, it clearly sensed the 90's spirit in all terms and the music styles that started in late 90's eventually reached their peak points in the 90's and beyond.


Monday, January 7, 2019

Best of 2018- The Singles

This year, for the fist time we were counting down the top 100 favorite singles  tracks which were either officially released or were simply great album tracks. Just a short refection on the top 3; No 3 is Pinkshinyultrablast's song "In the Hanging Gardens" which combines more influences than any other tune on he charts. It is layered, complex and one of the few songs that was holding the synth pop torch in 2018. At No 2, we find "At least the Sky is Blue" by Ssion and yet another collaboration with Ariel Pink. The video for the song was voted as Video of the Year on our site. And finally, No 1, certainly one of the biggest surprises in 2018, "I Love You, but I am Lost" by Tears for Fears. It was released in the last weeks of 2017 and managed to make an impact on us in 2018. It was not love on first listen, but the song managed to grow becoming the song of the year. Not all Tears for Fears would agree here, but we think that the band managed to reinvent themselves not losing their aesthetics.

Please find the entire top 100 list below.


01. Tears For Fears - I Love You But I 'm Lost
02. SSION ft. Ariel Pink - At Least The Sky Is Blue
03. Pinkshinyultrablast - In The Hanging Gardens
04. Seinabo Sei - I Owe You Nothing
05. MGMT- When You Die
06. Thom Yorke - Unmade
07. Lady Gaga- Your Song
08. Chvrches ft Matt Beringer - My Enemy
09. Johnny Marr - Hi Hello 
10. Robyn- Honey
11. BadBadNotGood - I Don't Know
12. David Byrne - Everybody's Coming to my House
13. U.S. Girls- Rosebud
14. Ladytron - The Island
15. Arcade Fire - Put Your Money on Me
16. Soft Cell - Northern Lights
17. Thom Yorke - Suspirium
18. St Vincent - Fast Slow Disco
19. Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love
20. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - If Love Is The Law

Sunday, August 5, 2018

Best of 1988- Top 50 Singles

In the 20th Century, the year 1988 was the year with the most Roman numeral digits, but more important, in science and technology, it was the year of the first Internet-based chat protocol between  the USA and Europe. 
On the music level, in the UK the charts were dominated by the Stock-Aitken-Waterman hits who received the Brit Award for their production skills most notably for the success of Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley. In the USA the charts were dominated by George Michael, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. 
On the different floors House music was slowly emerging, while Alternative and indie rock were even more diversified into various other musical expressions including the emerging Shoegaze sound. Of course there was a whole lot of different music moving people' hearts...


01. The Church - Under The Milky Way
02. Morrisey - Everyday is Like Sunday
03. Enya - Orinoco Flow
04. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing
05. Morrissey - Suedehead
06. The La's - There She Goes
07. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
08. Tracey Chapman - Fast Car
09. The House of Love - Christine
10. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot 
11. The KLF - What Time is Love? (1988)
12. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
13. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
14. S'Express - Theme from S'Express 
15. Inner City - Good Life
16. Bryan Ferry - Kiss and Tell
17. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
18. Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
19. George Michael - One More Try
20. Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my Sobriety

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Best of 2017- Singles and Tracks

Already last week we revealed our Albums list which will not leave much for imagination what the Tracks and Singles will mostly consist of. But besides the big heavy weights of 2017, there will of course will be some other delights that we liked a lot in 2017. This list will be revealed in six parts. Stay tuned!


01. Slowdive- Sugar for the Pill
02. Boy Harsher- Motion
03. Grizzly Bear- Three Rings
04. MGMT- Little Dark Age
05. The Horrors- Something to Remember Me By
06. The War on Drugs- Strangest Thing
07. Oren Lavie- ft Vanessa Paradis- Did You Really Say No?
08. Depeche Mode- Cover Me
09. Crimer- Brotherlove
10. Jessie Ware- Midnight
11. Slowdive- Star Roving
12. St. Vincent- Los Ageless
13. Alvvays- Dreams Tonite
14. Beach Fossils- Sugar
15. Sébastien Tellier - Lovely Blonde
16. Protomartyr- A Private Understanding
17.Perfume Genius- Die 4 You
18. John Maus- The Combine
19. Feist ft Jarvis Cocker- Century
20. Grizzly Bear- Neighbours

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Best of 1987 - Top 50 Singles

This fall we will continue with our 30 year anniversary of 1987 with the selection of Best single releases. As mentioned, an interesting year which was still sort of a crossover year in which some music styles from the first half of the decade started to transform into new genres raising new musical opportunities and opening stages for new kids. The European market was mostly dominated by SAW releases while in the USA it was mostly Madonna, Whitney Houston, U2 who were holding top positions on the charts for several weeks.
Along the commercial level, creativity was also in bloom in all varieties of sounds from Jangle Pop all the way to new trends in electronic music.

Time has come to reveal the Top 40 singles of 1987, thirty years after as submitted by friends and readers of Burning Flame.



01. New Oder- True Faith
02. The Cure- Just Like Heaven
03. Pet Shop Boys- It’s a Sin
04. Depeche Mode- Never Let Me Down Again
05. Prince- Sign O’ the Times
06. The Jesus and Mary Chain – April Skies
07. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger   
08. Depeche Mode- Strange Love
09. Black- Everything is Coming Up Roses          
10. U2 - With or Without You
11. The House of Love- Shine On
12. Pink Floyd- Learning to Fly
13. The Pogues- Fairytale of New York
14. M/A/R/R/S- Pump Up the Volume
15. Suzanne Vega – Luka
16. INXS- Need You Tonight
17. The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
18. Madonna - La Isla Bonita
19. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield ‎- What Have I Done to Deserve This?  
20. Sinead O’ Connor- Troy 

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Best of 2016- Singles and Tracks

Ladies and Gents, here comes the Singles and Tracks list. There was no question about the top chart position as Preoccupations' song proved to be the best in it's genre and beyond. M83 went mellow and we loved their progressive electronic take. What else.. check in the list and on the link below


01. Preoccupations - Memory
02. M83 - Solitude 
03. PJ Harvey - The Community Of Hope (Video version)
04. Geneva Jacuzzi - Cannibal Babies
05. Lower Dens - Real Thing
06. Sugar For Sugar- Bizarre Love Triangle
07. Get Well Soon - It's A Catalogue
08. Shura - Nothing's Real
09. Temples - Certainty
10. Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids
11. Primal Scream, Sky Ferreira - Where The Light Gets In
12. The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner 
13. Radiohead - Daydreaming
14. Transfigure - Fields
15. La Femme - Sphynx
16. Villa Nah - Stranger
17. BETSY - Fair
18. Happy Meals - If You Want Me Now
19. Cat's Eyes - Chameleon Queen
20. Yeasayer - I Am Chemistry

Friday, December 23, 2016

Best of 1986- Top 50 Singles

In early 1985, the Pet Shop Boys stormed the UK charts with "West End Girls" which would also remain their signature tune and biggest hit. Together with Erasure, they were transforming the synth pop into electro dance giving it a new face. The Communards certainly contributed to this trend as their cover of the disco classic “Don’t Leave Me This Way” was the best selling single of the year. Madonna and George Michael were still among the best selling artists further developing the pop genre and Madonna’s third studio album True Blue was the best selling in the UK.

 The following Top 50 represents the result of the 'Best of 1986 - The Singles list' from 2016 together with our in-house votes


01. The Smiths- There is a Light that Never goes out
02. New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
03. Desireless- Voyage Voyage
04. Depeche Mode - Stripped
05. The Smiths- Bigmouth Strikes Again
06. The Stranglers- Always The Sun
07. Big Audio Dynmaite- E=MC2
08. a-ha- Hunting High and Low
09. Cyndi Lauper- True Colours
10. David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
11. Madonna - Live to Tell
12. Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
13. Black- Wonderful Life
14. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
15. The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
16. Genesis - Land of Confusion
17. R.E.M. - Fall on Me
18. Kim Wilde- You Keep Me Hangin' On
19. The Pretenders- Don't Get Me Wrong
20. Talk Talk - Living in Another World

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Best of 2015- Tracks and Singles

Some of the top tracks and singles that came out during 2015. 
Seems like there was a huge Tame Impala radiation. 


01. Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better
02. Susanne Sundfør- Memorial
03. Viet Cong - Continental Shelf
04. Belle and Sebastien- Play for Today
05. Bjork- Stonemilker
06. Surfjan Stevens- Should Have Know Better
07. Blur- There Are too Many of Us
08. David Bowie- Blackstar
09. Brandon Flowers- I Can Change
10. New Order- Tutti Frutti

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Best of 1985 - Top 50 Singles List

The year 1985 was the year of big charity concerts and records. Following up on the release of "Do They Know It’s Christmas Time" from 1984, the big Live Aid concert was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. The event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, US. Also inspired by Band Aid, USA for Africa band project released "We Are the World", a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. 
Among the best selling albums this year was Dire Straits’ album Brothers in Arms which at the same time was the first ever album to be released on CD. Jennifer Rush had the best selling single in the UK with "The Power of Love" while in the USA, Madonna and George Michael both solo and with Wham! ruled the charts. 
With 1985 New Wave completely faded, knocked out by guitar-driven rock most notably by the Jangle rock which in this period of time was popularized as College rock with R.E.M. and The Smiths paving the way. On the other hand, Electronic music was transforming into new rhythms with the emerging Chicago house and Detroit techno that would give hits in the years to come.


The following Top 50 represents the result of the 'Best of 1984 - The Singles List' poll from 2014 together with our in-house votes. 

Updated: 08/2020



01. Kate Bush- Running Up That Hill 

02. The Smiths- How Soon is Now? 
03. 
Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls 
04. The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary 
05. Depeche Mode- Shake the Disease 
06. Killing Joke- Love Like Blood 
07. Simple Minds- Don't You (Forget About Me) 
08. New Order- The Perfect Kiss 
09. The Cure- Close to Me 
10. Talk Talk- Life's What You Make It 
11. 
a-ha- The Sun Always Shine on TV
12. Grace Jones- Slave to the Rhythm
13. The Cure- In Between Days
14. Echo & The Bunnymen- Bring on the Dancing Horses
15. Jesus and The Mary Chain- Just Like Honey
16. Tears for Fears- Everybody Wants to Rule The World
17. Madonna - Into the Groove
18. Siouxsie and the Banshees- Cities in Dust
19. 
King- Love and Pride
20. David Bowie and Pat Metheny Group- This is not America

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Best of 2014- The Singles List

Simply said, here is our list of 40 songs that made our 2014. We tried to keep it one song per artist this year. Enjoy the list:


01.  Beck - Waking Light
02.  School Of Seven Bells -I Got Knocked Down(But I'll Get Up)
03.  The Horrors - Change Your Mind
04.  People at Parties - Mineral Material/Mazes
05.  iamamiwhoami – shadowshow
06.  Tempers - Hell Hotline
07.  Minuit Machine- Sabotage
08.  Perfume Genius - Queen
09.  Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
10.  La Roux - Let Me Down Gently
11.  Papercuts - Life Among The Savages
12.  The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
13.  White Hex - Paradise
14.  Get Well Soon - Careless Whisper
15.  Lykke Li – Gunshot
16.  Liars - Vox Tuned D.E.D.
17.  Sébastien Schuller - Regrets
18.  Zastranienie - Prism
19.  Client - Refuge
20. Terror Bird- The Wrong Way

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Best of 1984 - Top 50 Singles List

The growing popularity of Michael Jackson which started in 1983 also set foot in 1984 especially after the video for "Thriller" was released. Even though the content of the video was controversial at that time, it was also groundbreaking and it revolutionized the music industry and the world of pop by breaking down the racial barriers and transforming the music video into a work of art.
Even at the other end of the Atlantic the 1983 started with a small scandal which involved Frankie Goes To Hollywood who got banned by BBC for almost a year due to the explicit lyrics in the and provocative video for their biggest hit "Relax". Despite this fact, the band managed  to have major success around the world with their debut album "Welcome to the Pleasuredome". This was also the first big success for ZTT Records and three times platinum in the UK. Towards the end of the year the Frankie Goes to Hollywood ban was slowly lifted and "Relax" was the ultimate anthem of 1984 introducing the Frankie Says Relax trend. 
With the growing popularity of MTV, in 1984 the first MTV Music Awards were given away at the  Radio City Music Hall in New York. Among the winners were Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, Herbie Hancock. Madonna has not been up for awards, but manged to make prominence and shake the pop world with her performance at the VMA's. 
Just ahead of Christmas when 1984 was in the fade out, a group of musicians headed by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure got together for a good cause forming Band Aid. This was a group of musicians who recorded a song to raise awareness and funds for the Ethiopian famine in 1983–1985. It included more than 40 musicians and it sold over two million copies around the globe and raised more than $24 million. 
 Towards the end of the year New Gold Dream which could easily be translated as the golden era of new Wave slowly began to vanish and became clear that the new musical term was Pop.

 The following Top 50 represents the result of the 'Best of 1984 - The Album list' from 2014 together with our in-house votes.
 
Updated: 08/2020


01. Bronski Beat- Small Town Boy 
02. Echo & The Bunnymen- The Killing Moon 
03. Talk Talk- It’s My Life 
04. Prince- When Doves Cry 
05. Billy Idol- Eyes Without a Face 
06. Cyndi Lauper- Time After Time  
07. Leonard Cohen- Dance Me to the End of Love  
08. Dead or Alive- You Spin Me Around 
09. Duran Duran- New Moon on Monday 
10. Alphaville - Big in Japan 
11. A-ha- Take on Me
12. Prince and the Revolution- Purple Rain
13. Madonna - Borderline
14. Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls '84
15. Gary Numan- Berserker
16. Siouxsie and The Banshees- Dazzle
17. Eurythmics- Here Comes the Rain Again 
18. Frankie Goes To Hollywood- Two Tribes
19. The Smiths- What Difference Does it Make  
20. The Style Council- Shout to the Top

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