OK, obviously, this is not a John Peel-endorsed one, but in honour of the great man (and because I was not going to have time to listen to everything I have downloaded/bought this year) this is my personal festive 50. Feedback and comments welcome.

1. Long Blondes ‘Weekend Without Make-Up’
2. Primal Scream ‘Country Girl’
3. My Latest Novel ‘When We Were Wolves’
4. The Gossip ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’
5. Morrissey ‘You Have Killed Me’
6. X-Vectors ‘Now Is The Winter Of Our Discoteque’ (winner of the 17seconds award for best title)
7. Nelly Furtado ‘Maneater’
8. CSS ‘Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above’
9. Corinne Bailey Rae ‘Put Your Records On’
10. Muse ‘Starlight’
11. Aberfeldy ‘Whatever Turns You On’
12. Camera Obscura ‘Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken’
13. The Shins ‘Phantom Limb’
14. Love Is All ‘Make Out. Fall Out. Make Up.’
15. Luke Haines ‘Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop.’
16. Peter Bjorn & John ‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.’
17. Junior Boys ‘In The Morning’
18. The Fratellis ‘Chelsea Dagger’
19. The Organ ‘Brother’
20. Muse ‘Supermassive Black Hole’
21. Neil’s Children ‘Another Day’
22. Amy Winehouse ‘Rehab’
23. Yo La Tengo ‘Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind’
24. Arctic Monkeys ‘Leave before The lights Come On’
25. Peter Bjorn & John ‘Young Folks’
26. Snow Patrol ‘Chasing Cars’
27. Camera Obscura ‘Let’s Get Out Of This Country’
28. The View ‘Superstar Tradesman’
29. Gruff Rhys ‘Candylion’
30. The Spinto Band ‘Oh Mandy’
31. The Futureheads ‘Skip To The End’
32. Arctic Monkeys ‘When The Sun Goes Down’
33. Albert Hammond Jr ‘Back to the 101’
34. The Rapture ‘Get Myself Into It’
35. Yo La Tengo ‘Beanbag Chair’
36. Scanners ‘Low life’
37. The Feeling ‘I Love It When you Call’
38. The Delays ‘Valentine
39. Rogers Sisters ‘Never Learn To Cry’
40. Aberfeldy ‘Hynotised’
41. Scritti Politti ‘The Boom Boom Bap’
42. The Pipettes ‘Pull Shapes’
43. The Upper Room ‘Black And White World’
44. Hot Chip ‘Never Learn To Cry’
45. Belle and Sebastian ‘The Blues Are Still Blue’
46. Long Blondes ‘Once and Never Again’
47. Mogwai ‘Friend Of The Night’
48. Morrissey ‘The Youngest Was The Most Loved’
49. The Raconteurs ‘Steady As She Goes’
50. Dirty Pretty Things ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’

Looking at the above list, I’m reminded thatit’s been another fantastic year for music (at the beginning of 2000, I almost gave up on music altogether as I just felt that I couldn’t connect with most of what was out there). There’s a lot of wonderful stuff out there, and it’s a very close call for some of these. It’s also amazing to think how much good stuff Rough Trade are putting out too.

I’m also reminded that not working in a record shop any more, it’s also quite hard to hear everything that comes out. But hey.

Let the rows commence. Feel free to disagree- but leave a message and let me know what YOU think is the track of the year,