Muso’s Guide’s Favourite 50 of 2011 – 10-1
We’ve spent the last two days unveiling numbers 50-11 in our top 50 songs of 2011, and now the time has come to unveil what Muso’s Guide’s hefty panel of writers nominated as their top 10 songs released this year. It’s been a pretty diverse selection thus far, and the top end of the chart is no different.
10. Wild Beasts – Reach a Bit Further
9. Ghostpoet – Cash and Carry Me Home
8. PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
7. Radiohead – Lotus Flower
6. The Horrors - Endless Blue
5. Metronomy – The Bay
4. Yuck - Get Away
3. Metronomy - The Look
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
1. Lana Del Rey - Video Games
It got so buried in the sea of ‘is she real, OMG her real name isn’t Lana’ sideshow, that it’s easy to forget how great a song Video Games is. True, it might already have become an albatross around her name, bringing about expectations of her debut album that simply can’t be lived up to, but that doesn’t matter for now. Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present to you Muso’s Guide’s official favourite song of 2011…
