Top 5 of 10: Music

Here are the songs that wore out on my Ipod in 2010.

5. We Are Born / Sia

Why: Actually lives up to the hype.

Best Track: Oh Father

4. Body Talk / Robyn

Why: Some of the best dance music this year. 

Best Track: Dancing On My Own

3. Record Collection / Mark Ronson and The Business International

Why: This album feels like listening a play list of awesome songs you’ve never heard made by your cool friend. It’s surprisingly cohesive and catchy.

Best Track: Somebody to Love Me

2. Soldier of Love / Sade

Why: It’s not everyday you hear new music from Sade and after nine years, they did not disappoint. Even Kanye got excited.

Best Track: Babyfather

1. Here Lies Love / David Byrne and Fatboy Slim

Why: A concept album about the life of Imelda Marcos bringing together David Byrne and Fatboy Slim and featuring  22 guest vocalists? Against the odds, this works. You have to give them credit for that.

Best Track: A Perfect Hand

Top 5 of 10: Cinema

Now that 2010 is well and truly behind us, its time to look back and name our favourite films of the past year. 

The Academy (and to a lesser extent the Hollywood Foreign Press) will be all up in our face with their choices, but as time has proven over and over again, they often are way off.

So instead here are the films that you talking about and the reasons why they made my list. 

I love films and I love going to the cinema, and 2010 was a good year for that.

5: Never Let Me Go

Why: It reminded me how short life is.

4: Please Give

Why: My love for Nicole Holofcener - the new Woody Allen. 

I even loved the unresolved infidelity, because we are all adults here.

3: The Kids Are Alright

Why: When Annette Bening sang All I Want, my heart broke.

This film never forced any agenda but instead used humour and nuance to subtly explore modern relationships.

2: I Am Love

Why: When Edo says: Happy is a word that makes you sad.

Everything from the opening titles to the sets were breathtaking. This was more than cinema, this was art. And Tilda of course! She’s amazing.

1: Cairo Time

Why: A small film that made little impact but was the most enjoyable two hours of my 2010.