Friday, January 1, 2010

My Picks Of The Year 2009(English,Hindi,Tamil,Telugu)

Overall,2009 has been a good year of music in my opinion.While Hindi and Telugu was fantastic,Tamil was very average.When it comes to English,Iam just listing out my favourite numbers which I seem to have enjoyed through this year.So here we go!..

English
As I said,this list is just a bunch of my favourite songs(But in the order of preference though!)which I've heard this year,and some of them might not have even released this year!..First 2 songs,Fireflies and Paparazzi were two knockouts and were consistent in my playlist for a while now.In terms of the albums,21st Century Breakdown and Cradlesong were fantastic!..


1.Fireflies(Ocean Eyes,Owlcity)
2.Paparazzi(The Fame,Lady Gaga)
3.Beautiful(Relapse,Eminem)
4.21 Guns(21st Century Breakdown,Green Day)
5.Natural(Cradlesong,Rob Thomas)
6.So Fine(Imperial Blaze,Sean Paul)
7.Love etc(Yes,Pet Shop Boys)
8.Three(The Singles Collection,Britney Spears)
9.New Divide(Transformers-The revenge of the Fallen,Linkin Park)
10.Sexy Bitch(One Love,David Guetta)

Hindi
2009 was one heck of a year for Hindi.The year started off with a bang when Amit Trivedi's Dev D and Rahman's Delhi 6 came out.Both occupy the top 2 slots in the soundtracks of the year,followed by Tum Mile,Kaminey and newcomer Piyush Mishra's Gulaal.The composer(s) of the year goes to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Salim-Sulaiman.They were unstoppable and churned out some kick ass songs right through the year.

1.Dil Gira Dafatan(Delhi 6,A.R.Rahman)
2.Barso Yaaron(London Dreams,Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
3.Dil Ibaadat(Tum Mile,Pritam)
4.Kya Kare Zindagi(Kaminey,Vishal Bharadwaj)
5.Life is Crazy(Wake Up Sid,Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
6.Paayaliya(Dev D,Amit Trivedi)
7.Aasma Odh Kar(13B,Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
8.Kurbaan Hua(Kurbaan,Salim-Sulaiman)
9.Ye Doorian(Love Aaj Kal,Pritam)
10.Milke Yun Laga(Jail,Sharib-Toshi)

The next 5 tracks that deserve mention are:
11.Sapnon Se Bhare Naina(Luck By Chance,Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
12.Jao Na(Whats Your Rashee,Sohail Sen)
13.Gadbadi Hai(Rocket Singh,Salim-Sulaiman)
14.Saanson Ka Rukna(Straight,Sagar Desai)
15.Yaara Maula(Gulaal,Piyush Mishra)

Top 5 soundtracks
1.Dev D(Amit Trivedi)
2.Delhi 6(A.R.Rahman)
3.Tum Mile(Pritam)
4.Kaminey(Vishal Bharadwaj)
5.Gulaal(Piyush Mishra)

Composer(s) of the year:Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Salim-Sulaiman

Though Indipop wasn't that great this year,we had some fantastic albums like Sivamani's Mahaleela,Kailasa's yet another winner,Chandaan Mein and Mohit Chauhan's Fitoor.

Top 5 Indipop albums
1.Mahaleela(Sivamani)
2.Chandaan Mein(Kailasa)
3.Fitoor(Mohit Chauhan)
4.Tu Hi Mere Rab Ki Tarha Hai(Mithoon)
5.Saptak(Mekaal Hassan)

Tamil
Tamil was,as i said very average this year.But a lone composer,Yuvan ruled the roost right through the year with amazing soundtracks.But G.V Prakash used his opportunity to full extent and hit the bulls eye with Selva's Ayirathil Oruvan soundtrack and it occupies the top slot in the soundtracks of the year,followed by Sabesh-Murali's refreshing Pokkisham,Yuvan's Yogi,Sarvam and Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum.And needless to say,the composer of the year tag goes to Yuvan this year!..

1.Yaarodu Yaro/Yogi Theme without Sarangi(Yogi,Yuvan Shankar Raja)
2.Neethane(Sarvam,Yuvan Shankar Raja)
3.Indha Paadhai(Aayirathil Oruvan,G.V.Prakash)
4.Yerutthazha Yezhu Mani(Peraanmai,Vidyasagar)
5.Nila Nee Vaanam(Pokkisham,Sabesh-Murali)
6.Tharai Erangiya(Eeram,S.S.Thaman)
7.Chinnan Sirisu(Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum,Yuvan Shankar Raja)
8.Kathaigal Pesum(Angaadi Theru,G.V.Prakash)
9.Thuli Thuli(Paiya,Yuvan Shankar Raja)
10.Edu Edu(Appavi,Joshua Shridhar)

Top5 soundtracks
1.Aayirathil Oyuvan(G.V.Prakash)
2.Pokkisham(Sabesh-Murali)
3.Yogi(Yuvan Shankar Raja)
4.Sarvam(Yuvan Shankar Raja)
5.Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum(Yuvan Shankar Raja)

Composer of the year:Yuvan Shankar Raja

Telugu
Telugu,surprisingly had one amazing year after a prolonged lull for the previous 2 years.Yuvan's Oy and Mickey J Meyer's Leader were 2 breathtaking soundtracks and occupy top 2 slots.The best composer(s) of the year goes to Mickey J Meyer and Mani Sharma.Many of you might be surprised by the addition of Mani Sharma,but he churned out hits consistently and his offbeat evolved sound in Banam was also very impressive!..

1.Seheri(Oy,Yuvan Shankar Raja)
2.Maa Telugu Thalliki instrumental(Leader,Mickey J Meyer)
3.Telusuko(Kavya's Diary,Manu Ramesan)
4.Aanandama(Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kashtam,Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
5.Arere Chejarindha(Boni,Ramana Gogula)
6.Meghama(Prayanam,Mahesh Shankar)
7.Yele Yele(Ganesh,Mickey J Meyer)
8.Ek Niranjan(Ek Niranjan,Mani Sharma)
9.Kadile Padam(Banam,Mani Sharma)
10.Ringa Ringa(Arya 2,Devi Sri Prasad)

Next 5 tracks that deserve mention:
11.Nachave Nachesave(Kasko,Premgi Amaran)
12.Maahive(Ride,Hemachandra)
13.Neelo Anuvantha(Kalavaramaye Madilo,Sharreth Vasudevan)
14.Your My Love story(Current,Devi Sri Prasad)
15.Poolu Gusa Gusa(Saleem,Sandeep Chowta)

Top 5 soundtracks
1.Oy(Yuvan Shankar Raja)
2.Leader(Mickey J Meyer)
3.Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kashtam(Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
4.Kavya's Diary(Manu Ramesan)
5.Prayanam(Mahesh Shankar)

Composer(s) of the year:Mickey J Meyer and Mani Sharma

3 comments:

Arun said...

No Iktara? :-o

Kay Kay said...

no surprises with kollywood!!

Varun said...

as someone pointed out..
how come no iktara??
it was a solo by amit trivedi no..

nice pick da...so much of music to have listened to before this list came up..pretty good job...

In tamil, YSR seems to have swept your choices..anyways Naanayam, TVP and tamizh padam r missin...they really did have amazing songs...

Overall, though they were your personal picks...you could have omitted and added a few...