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The League Of Extraordinary Tracks 6: 2008 Poll!
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— 16 July 2023 Tom

LEAGUE OF TRACKS ADMIN!: I’d hoped to only have one skip week on holiday but it looks like that won’t be the case. So we’ll be back with Four Letter Words in two Sundays’ time, and 2023 the week after that. The upshot of that, though, is that I can keep this one open for longer – so I’ve extended it over the weekend. Tell your friends! If you’re a 200-and-h8er tell your enemies too!

This week’s poll takes us back to 2008 – a turbulent year, and a controversial pop poll which led to the “MGMT Clause” to prevent two tracks by the same band meeting in the semi-finals ever again. Today’s poll is however a MGMT-free zone, as our nominators have dug up a bunch of hopefully new-to-you tracks.

As usual, please vote for UP TO FOUR of these songs. And only vote for tracks you DIDN’T PREVIOUSLY KNOW.

To actually hear them all, check out the playlist post

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Latest comments (of 32)

Tom   16 months ago

Huge apologies to Martijn whose comment sat in moderation limbo during my entire holiday!

actualee simpson   16 months ago

This was the playlist that grew on me the most over the course of the week, to the point where I sort of regretted my votes by the end, and did a total 180 from my original impression of the […]

koganbot   16 months ago

Btw, it's quite possible (I might even say probable) that the "Desabafo/Deixa eu dizer" remix was made several years later to capitalize on the Marcelo D2 original ("original") being used in 2011 in […]

mondosalvo   16 months ago

Dunno yet who nominated American Music Club, but please accept my condolences. There's a small gap between each of the top 11 and then a colossal chasm before 12th place.

The League Of Extraordinary Tracks 6: 2008 Playlists
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— 16 July 2023 Tom

This week we’re revisiting the year 2008 – a decade-and-a-half (and an extensive pop poll) behind us, how does it look and what can we still unearth? Our nominators have risen to the challenge with a dozen tracks. Two of them are either YouTube-only or only on Spotify in some territories, so don’t miss out on those! Once you’ve had a listen, go vote in the poll post.

  1. WALE – “The Opening Title Sequence” (from The Mixtape About Nothing)
  2. SPARK IS A DIAMOND – “Check Your Lease, You’re In Fuck City” (from Try This On For Size)
  3. FREE BLOOD – “Quick And Painful” (from EP1) – only on Spotify in some regions
  4. THE HELIO SEQUENCE – “Can’t Say No” (from Keep Your Eyes Open)
  5. DANEZ vs RIFHES – “See U Falling” (from Geekcore Vol.1) – not on Spotify
  6. MORGAN GEIST – “Most Of All” (from Double Night Time)
  7. LIL BOOSIE – “I Ain’t Comin’ Home Tonight” (from Lil Boosieanna)
  8. SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN – “Glue Girls” (from Pershing)
  9. ROY HARGROVE – “Starmaker” (from earfood)
  10. AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB – “All My Love” (from The Golden Age)
  11. BUIKA – “No Habra Nadie En El Mundo” (from Nina De Fuego)
  12. CAMILLE – “Canards Sauvages” (from Music Hole)

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