Number 38'Ladyhawke' by Ladyhawke
Trotter’s Top Ten position : n/a in 2008
UK Chart high : 16 in 2009
My Top 50, my rules. When I said the Top 50 was made up of albums from previous annual Top Tens I kind of lied. Ladyhawke didn't make it on the 2008 list. It fell victim to the curse of being released in the autumn and not being listened to enough to make it into the Ten of that year (sad face). In early 2009 though it repeatedly kept being chosen for a listen round Trotter Towers and so deserves its place here. It's also worth mentioning the brilliant single 'My Delirium' did make the Ten singles of that year so it was almost there by proxy! There, enough sorry excuses, why is this album here then? Well, there's a venn diagram with Ladyhawke in the centre of circles containing Joan Jett, Peaches, Bat for Lashes, La Roux and ELO and variants thereof - that should be enough. An album that rode the 80's revival but without an ironically arched eyebrow and just a clear love of the tunes - oh and great watercolours in the video for 'My Delirium'. That'll do nicely.
Look at My Delirium ; Magic ; Paris is Burning
Listen to a sampling of the Top Fifty on Spotify as we go or the 'one from each album' version
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