Saturday, May 9, 2009

WXPK TOP 107 of 2008

As a regular feature, I'll be archiving year end countdowns from alternative rock and AAA stations in the US and Canada, especially focusing those that aren't archived on the station's website. First off is a AAA station based in White Plains, WXPK. I'll be writing more on this station, but for now here's last year's countdown

1. Viva La Vida -- Coldplay
2. Sex on Fire -- Kings of Leon
3. House of Cards -- Radiohead
4. Rock & Roll -- Eric Hutchison
5. I Will Possess Your Heart -- Death Cab For Cutie
6. You Are the Best Thing -- Ray La Montagne
7. Dream Catch Me -- Newton Faulkner
8. Shattered (Turn the Car Around) -- O.A.R.
9. Sequestered In Memphis -- The Hold Steady
10. Sometime Around Midnight -- Airborne Toxic Event
11. I'm Yours -- Jason Mraz
12. Human -- The Killers
13. Orphans -- Beck
14. Come On, Get Higher -- Matt Nathanson
15. Long Road to Ruin -- Foo Fighters
16. I'm Amazed -- My Morning Jacket
17. Take Back the City -- Snow Patrol
18. The Way I Am-- Ingrid Michaelson
19. Supernatural Superserious -- R.E.M.
20. If I Had Eyes -- Jack Johnson
21. Old Enough -- The Raconteurs
22. Come Around -- Counting Crows
23. Mercy -- Duffy
24. My Sweet Love -- John Mellancamp
25. Strange Overtones -- David Byrne & Brian Eno
26. Violet Hill -- Coldplay
27. Sweet and Low -- Augustana
28. Say Hey (I Love You) -- Michael Franti & Spearhead
29. U Want Me 2 -- Sarah McLachlan
30. Many Shades of Black -- The Raconteurs
31. Make You Crazy -- Brent Dennan
32. Freeway -- Aimee Mann
33. A-Punk -- Vampire Weekend
34. Peace Love & Happiness -- G.Love & Special Sauce
35. Time to Pretend -- MGMT
36. You Got Yr Cherry Bomb -- Spoon
37. You Can't Count on Me -- Counting Crows
38. Dirty City -- Steve Winwood
39. Lost! -- Coldplay
40. Cath... -- Death Cab For Cutie
41. The Pedestrian -- Foxboro Hot Tubs
42. Way Past Long -- Sonny Landreth
43. Pork and Beans -- Weezer
44. Life, Love & Laughter -- Donavon Frankenreiter
45. Boots of Chinese Plastic -- Pretenders
46. That's Entrainment -- Van Morrison
47. It's Alright -- Dar Williams
48. The Shock of the Lightning -- Oasis
49. Livin' In the Future -- Bruce Springsteen
50. Saving My Face -- KT Tunstall
51. Please Read the Letter -- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
52. Believe -- Bravery
53. 7:26 -- Michael Nappi
54. Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution -- Black Crowes
55. Say -- John Mayer
56. Fix It -- Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
57. Scare Easy -- Mudcrutch
58. Busy Thinking 'Bout Today -- Phil Roy
59. Whole Thing -- Big Blue Ball
60. Habit Forming -- X Levitation Cult
61. Something Good This Way Comes -- Jakob Dylan
62. The News -- Carbon/Silicon
63. Little Favours -- KT Tunstall
64. Trashcan -- Delta Spirit
65. It'll All Come Around -- Back Door Slam
66. Funplex -- The B52s
67. Casey Fear -- Paddy
68. Duncan and Brady -- Bob Dylan
69. Always Where I Need to Be -- The Kooks
70. Lake Michigan -- Rogue Wave
71. Burn You Up, Burn You Down -- Big Blue Ball
72. All That I Know -- Collective Soul
73. Dance With Me -- Old 97's
74. I Thought About You -- The Beautiful Girls
75, Love Is Noise -- The Verve
76. The Weight of Her -- Butch Walker
77. Oxford Comma -- Vampire Weekend
78. No Hiding Place -- Elvis Costello
79. You Don't Understand Me -- The Racontuers
80. Invisible Man -- Joe Jackson
81. No Sunlight -- Death Cab For Cutie
82. Never Miss A Beat -- Kaiser Chiefs
83. No One's Gonna Love You -- Band of Horses
84. Grounds for Divorce -- Elbow
85. Busy Being Fabulous -- Eagles
86. 31 Today -- Aimee Mann
87. The Lovers Are Losing -- Keane
88. Mother Mary -- Foxboro Hot Tubs
89. Hope -- Jack Johnson
90. Testify -- Danielia Cotton
91. The Only One -- The Cure
92. Unsettle My Heart -- The Boat People
93. That's How People Grow Up -- Morrisey
94. On My Way -- Del Sol
95. Lover of the Bayou -- Mudcrutch
96. Underneath -- Alanis Morissette
97. All In My Head -- Shawn Mullins
98. Hollow Man -- R.E.M.
99. Listen -- Amos Lee
100. Thank You Too -- My Morning Jacket
101. Back Door Slam -- Back Door Slam
102. Gamma Ray -- Beck
103. Love Is Free -- Sheryll Crow
104. Until the Day Is Done -- R.E.M.
105. The Clockwise Witness -- Devotchka
106. Why Do Men Fight? -- Carbon/Silicon
107. Sweeter Than the Rest -- Joan Osborne

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