2009 Tabulated, Part Three: Songs

I swear the next post will be about comics

And here's the grand finale, only...a month late? Oh well. At least I put some work into it. Just about every entry on the list comes with a clip or mp3, and you can download every single track at once via those ZIP files at the end. I mostly considered singles, loosely defined, which means that some of last year's best LPs aren't represented - Blackout Beach, Clues, Amampondo, you all win in my heart. Everyone was also restricted to one headlining entry each, which still allowed for shameless legal trickery on behalf of Dirty Projectors and the man above. They don't need any more raves, but the guys at #1 moved 6000 albums during their first week, so: listen to that song. "Hey Playa!" is a brilliant demonstration of hip-hop craft, but not a chilly or laboured one; it's mastery with a grin. "I'll make the sun flicker, your poison is my liquor / I'm - that - much - quicker." Even if BlaQKout tanked, no 2009 sample was a better bargain than those Moroccan chants found via cooking TV show. Glorious yet effortless is always a good look.

THE 75 BEST SONGS OF 2009
1. DJ Quik & Kurupt - "Hey Playa! (Moroccan Blues)"
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
3. The-Dream - "Kelly's 12 Play"
4. Pill - "Trap Goin' Ham"
5. Shakira - "She Wolf"
6. Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane - "Shine Blockas"
7. Walter Jones - "Living Without Your Love"
8. Busy Signal - "Dah Style Deh"
9. Alphabeat - "The Spell"
10. Dirty Projectors - "No Intention"
11. Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
12. Camera Obscura - "French Navy"
13. Pet Shop Boys - "King of Rome"
14. Future of the Left - "Arming Eritrea"
15. Destroyer - "Bay of Pigs"
16. Micachu & The Shapes - "Lips"
17. Raekwon ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah - "10 Bricks"
18. Think About Life - "Havin' My Baby"
19. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
20. Kelly Clarkson - "I Do Not Hook Up"
21. Fefe Dobson - "I Want You"
22. Pink Dollaz - "Im Tasty"
23. Neko Case - "People Got a Lotta Nerve"
24. The Mountain Goats - "Genesis 30:3"
25. Annie - "I Don't Like Your Band"
26. UGK ft. Lil Boosie & Webbie - "Harry Asshole"
27. The Hidden Cameras - "Underage"
28. Extra Golden - "Thank You Very Quickly" (no clips of the new songs around, so here's "Obama")
29. St. Vincent - "Marrow"
30. Amerie - "Why R U"
31. K'naan - "Wavin' Flag"
32. Cam'ron - "My Job"
33. Z-Ro ft. Lil O - "I Can't Leave Drank Alone"
34. The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain - "I'm On a Boat"
35. Nifty - "Fine Grind"
36. Chain & The Gang - "Unpronounceable Name" (can't find it anywhere, but I give you "Deathbed Confession")
37. Tune-Yards - "Fiya"
38. Electrik Red - "So Good"
39. Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - "Knotty Pine"
40. Brad Paisley - "Then"
41. The Very Best ft. Ezra Koenig - "Warm Heart of Africa"
42. Eve - "Me N My"
43. Royksopp ft. Robyn - "The Girl and the Robot"
44. Keri Hilson - "Slow Dance"
45. R. Kelly ft. Tyrese, Robin Thicke & The-Dream - "Pregnant"
46. Gentleman Reg - "We're in a Thunderstorm"
47. Sway - "Mercedes Benz" (Radio Rip)
48. Joy Orbison - "Hyph Mngo"
49. Cold Flamez - "Miss Me, Kiss Me, Lick Me"
50. G-Side - "Paradise"
51. Art Brut - "Slap Dash for No Cash"
52. Kode9 - "Black Sun"
53. Handsome Furs - "I'm Confused"
54. Meleka - "Go" (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
55. Oumou Sangare - "Koroko"
56. Kids on TV - "Poison" (SIQUEMU Remix)
57. Baobinga & I.D. - "Man Down"
58. Vieux Farka Toure - "Sarama" (well, at least Amadou & Mariam's "Sarama" is on Youtube. here's "Fafa")
59. Toddla T - "Shake It"
60. Roy Davis Jr ft Erin Martin - "I Have a Vision" (Juan Maclean Remix) [link goes to a different remix]
61. Rick Ross ft The-Dream - "All I Really Want"
62. Gucci Mane - "Wonderful"
63. Dirty Danger - "'Ard Bodied"
64. Sleigh Bells - "Crown On the Ground"
65. Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
66. Canaille - "Vincent Massey"
67. Tinariwen - "Chabiba"
68. Katie Stelmanis - "Believe Me"
69. Discovery ft Angel Deradoorian - "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
70. Emiliana Torrini - "Jungle Drum"
71. Lullabye Arkestra - "We Fuck the Night"
72. Lil Boosie - "Loose as a Goose"
73. Killer Mike - "Man Up"
74. DJ Caloudji - "Sentiment Moko"
75. Double Suicide - "Touch the Sun" (as a consolation I give you half of Double Suicide, playing a song called..."Double Suicide")

Part One (tracks #1-15)
Part Two (tracks #16-33)
Part Three (tracks #34-53)
Part Four (tracks #54-75)