Obviously the Christmas album chart isn’t normally anything that catches anybody’s eye, although this year sees Erasure climbing back up to number 11 with Snow Globe – but here’s the rest of the chart:
Well, that’s pretty much it for 2017. As this blog becomes increasingly irrelevant, I predicted at the start of the year that it might not last forever, but we’ve made it through another year, despite our politicians’ best attempts.
But this year, as the blog celebrated its fifth anniversary, we ran our last series of posts about the Peel Sessions, launched the new Stowaway Heroes series (which will continue early next year), and investigated the entire history of the NME Poll. Next year, we’ll expand that thread to look at the NME Awards, and, well… more on that later.
All in all, it’s been a pretty good year. Let’s see what 2018 has in store for us!
Before we learn what this year’s number one track for stowaways is, let’s recap the top ten so far!
And now, the number one – with their remarkable comeback Where’s the Revolution, here are Depeche Mode:
Something for you for Boxing Day! From Tracey Thorn‘s Christmas album, this is Joy:
We’ve had a couple of days off again, so let’s take quick a look at the top ten so far:
And at number two, a late entry from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. A fantastic track from the new album is this: As We Open, So We Close.
Here’s the 2017 Christmas chart for stowaways!
From out of nowhere, a completely unexpected and brilliant orchestral festive version of Only You, by Yazoo. How could it not be on the top three of our tracks of 2017?
After five fantastic multi-disc Further Listening reissues in 2017, there’s been a lot of Pet Shop Boys activity to work your way through. The one you have to wonder about slightly is Reunion – why on earth wasn’t this released at the time? It’s clearly incredible. Number four on our top tracks of the year:
At number 5 on our top ten tracks of the year, from their lovely comeback Home Counties, here are Saint Etienne, with the fantastic Whyteleaf:
Since we’ve had a few days off, let’s recap lower reaches of the top ten so far:
Here’s number 6 – Erasure, with the lovely Be Careful What You Wish For!
Music for stowaways 