41. Bird Song - Florence and the Machine

It’s time for my 50 ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FEMALE VOCALISTS list! It took some time to narrow my selection to just 50 (I cheated with Melanie Pain and Camille Dalmais, counting them under one umbrella of “Nouvelle Vague singers” but who’s paying attention?). My criteria are simple: they are female of the species, I love their voice, and they have attempted to sing in English at one point in their career. I’ve left off the list some of my favourite female musicians, not because I don’t like their voice, but because their voice isn’t their biggest selling point for me. The present list is focused mostly on the quality/uniqueness of their tone (voice box), and their ability to emote the hell out of the songs. 

I’ll present some stats at the end of my list, which will be spread over 23 posts or so. Let’s?

42. The Bridge is broken - The Dø (Olivia Merilahti)

43. 10 Mile Stereo - Beach House (Victoria Legrand)

46. Pursuit of happiness (Kid Cudi cover) - Lissie

46. Ojos asi - Shakira

46. Bulletproof - La Roux (Eleanor Jackson)

47. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane (Grace Slick)

48. In a manner of speaking (Tuxedomoon cover) - Nouvelle Vague (Mélanie Pain)

48. Guns of Brixton (The Clash cover) - Nouvell Vague (Camille Dalmais)

49. Be my baby - The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett)

50. Beat of my drum - Nicola Roberts

Hypnotize U - N.E.R.D. (Album: Nothing @Amazon; track via Cause=Time)

Best of 2010 .::. 100 tracks | 11-25 (DL)

11. Hypnotize U – N.E.R.D.

12. Cupid Boy – Kylie Minogue

13. It Must Be Love – Monarchy

14. Turnt Out – The-Dream

15 . Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval) – Massive Attack

16.  Royal T (Ft. Roisin Murphy) – Crookers

17. 10 Mile Stereo – Beach House

18. To Binge (featuring Little Dragon) – Gorillaz

19. Baptism – Crystal Castles

20.  Elastic Love (Feat M.I.A.) – Christina Aguilera 

21. Thunderbird – The Golden Filter

22. Sorrow – The National

23. Tornado – Jónsi

24. Stepping Up – M.I.A.

25. Paris Blue – Lykke Li

Best of 2010 .::. 25 albums | #10. Teen Dreams - Beach House (Song: 10 Mile Stereo)

The beautiful, lush, melodic Teen Dreams was on my radar since it was leaked last year, and I put it on my year-end list then. However, seeing that its official release was this year, and I’m making a conscious effort to catalog things according to official release date, I’m counting it for this year as well. I just like it that much.