Numbers 275 - 250 - Beginnings

And here it all is.

The beginnings of it all. The dregs as some might have it, but reality is that of all the horns blown and all the things struck and strummed in undoubtedly billions of permutations down the decade, of all those countless notes and the nuances between them, THESE ONES I HAVE CHOSEN ARE THE VERY BEST OF ALL. I've whittled the universe to a pinhead for you.

I'd be really grateful to hear any and all feedback. What I'm really NOT interested in is "how can you possibly think x is a better song than y?" If you want to do that sort of binary nit-picking, go de-louse a zebra. You don't get it.

This IS a hierarchy, let's be clear, but if I gave myself another 24 hours it would all look different again. It's not authoritative in the sense of it being final. It's authoritative because it's the best it can be at this moment. Or any theoretical one.

• Song must have been released between Jan 1, 2000 and Dec 31, 2009 (by single OR by the date of the album on which the track debuted)
• A maximum of three tracks per artist in the LONGLIST of over 500 tracks
• Each song graded and LONGLIST reduced accordingly to Top 275
• All titles in Top 275 are then ranked individually

And at the end of the day, that only took me just on five years to complete!

FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT ....

#	Name	Artist	Album (Year)
275	Diamond Dancer	Bill Callahan	Woke On A Whaleheart (2007)
274	Golden Age	TV On The Radio	Dear Science (2008)
273	Smiley Faces	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere (2006)
272	19-20-20	The Grates	Gravity Won't Get You High (2006)
271	Two Silver Trees	Calexico	Carried To Dust (2008)
270	International Dateline	Ladytron	Witching Hour (2005)
269	That's Not My Name	The Ting Tings	We Started Nothing (2008)
268	Pageant Square	The Kingsbury Manx	The Kingsbury Manx (2000)
267	No Ghost	The Acorn	No Ghost (2010)
266	Last Dance	The Raveonettes	In And Out Of Control (2009)
265	La Rock 01	Vitalic	OK Cowboy (2005)
264	Plaster Casts Of Everything	Liars	Liars (2007)
263	Processed Beats	Kasabian	Pre-Release Singles Compilation [2641660] (2003)
262	Prayer to God	Shellac	1000 Hurts (2000)
261	Your Hand In Mine	Explosions In The Sky	The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (2003)
260	Pirates	Burial	Burial (2006)
259	Galang	M.I.A.	Arular (2005)
258	I Have Forgiven Jesus	Morrissey	You Are The Quarry (2004)
257	Pendulum	Broadcast	Pendulum [EP] (2003)
256	Tom The Model	Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man	Out Of Season (2002)
255	Southern Hospitality	Ludacris Feat. Pharrell	Back For The First Time (2000)
254	I'll Send My Face To Your Funeral	His Name Is Alive	Detrola (2006)
253	Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)	Arcade Fire	Funeral (2004)
252	Song 4 Mutya	Groove Armada	Greatest Hits (2007)
251	Carve Your Name	The Grates	Teeth Lost, Hearts Won (2008)
250	Drop The Phone	Shy Child	Noise Won't Stop (2007)