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Artists Of The Year
CMU Track Of The Year 2009
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 21 December 2009
Since last month, CMU Daily readers, an 18,000-strong group featuring all the key players and opinion formers in the music and media industries, have been voting for their favourite tracks of 2009.
Voting closed on Friday and over the weekend the scores were counted, recounted, dropped, picked up, and then counted one last time. And so now we can officially tell you that (drum roll, please), the very best track of 2009, as voted by the always discerning CMU readership, is Grizzly Bear’s ‘Two Weeks’.
The band were already off on their Christmas holidays by the time the news came in, but Adam Brooks, Product Manager at their label Warp Records, told CMU: “‘Two Weeks’ is something special – a song that has undeniable pop hooks without sacrificing great musicianship, and a song that has played a vital part in Grizzly Bear’s emergence as one of this year’s most treasured alternative bands. It’s great to know that CMU Daily’s readers agree and for it to be voted track of 2009 is a fitting end to a fantastic year for the band”.
CMU Editor Andy Malt added: “Voting in this year’s CMU Track Of The Year poll has been tight, but Grizzly Bear’s ‘Two Weeks’ took an early lead and held it right up to the end. And deservingly so. It’s certainly the band’s most immediate and poppy track to date, but the standard they set in their songwriting and performance is as high as ever. A great track from a great album”.
The full to ten is as follows:
1. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
2. Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
3. Friendly Fires – Kiss Of Life
4. The Molotovs – Come To Grief
5. Biffy Clyro – The Captain
6. The Horrors – Sea Within A Sea
7. Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
8. Bon Iver – Blood Bank
9. La Roux – Bulletproof
10. Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
A special mention must go to The Molotovs, who appear on a list otherwise made up of what you might call more obvious names. Their track ‘Come To Grief’, taken from their excellent mini-album ‘And The Heads Did Roll’, clearly struck a chord with a lot of fans this year, who managed to lift the band into fourth position in the poll.
But what about albums, you say? Well, we left it to CMU Editor Andy Malt to select the ten best long players, and you can check out what he picked here.
