Here's another one of my favorite stations, 95.5 WBRU Providence. They always have a diverse list with many songs not present in other station's countdowns. This is taken from their Facebook page, with amusing notes and interesting comments next to the songs written by the staff. Enjoy.
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"Here is the list, unfudged, of our listeners’ favorite 95.5 songs we played in 2010. Notes added, for content’s sake, and clarity"
The Top 95.5 of 2010 as voted by WBRU listeners
1 Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
2 F You - Cee Lo Green
3 Animal - Neon Trees (played 12/3/10 in Holiday BRU Haha)
4 Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine
5 Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
6 Lisztomania - Phoenix (LP released in 2009)
7 Sweet Disposition -T emper Trap
8 Tighten Up - Black Keys
9 Impossible - Anberlin (played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU Haha, smashed computers with listeners)
10 Home - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (played the Newport Folk Festival, had picnic with BRU winners)
11 Undisclosed Desires - Muse (LP released in 2009)
12 This Too Shall Pass - OK Go (played for free at Waterplace Park 8/6/10, played Holiday BRU Haha 12/3/10)
13 Brick By Boring Brick - Paramore (played Comcast Center 7/28/10)
14 Yeah Yeah Yeah - New Politics (opened the SCS season technically by opening for AFI at the Skate Center, played a Cheap Date 8/12/10 at Club Hell, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
15 New Low - Middle Class Rut
16 Closer to the Edge - 30 Seconds to Mars (played 9/8/10 at Lupo’s)
17 Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads
18 The Cave - Mumford & Sons
19 In One Ear - Cage the Elephant (WBRU listeners won a shopping spree with Cage at Mohegan Sun as part of our “Party Like a Rock Star” promotion, they played the arena with Stone Temple Pilots 7/31/10)
20 Crossfire - Brendan Flowers
21 This Is War - 30 Seconds to Mars (played 9/8/10 at Lupo’s)
22 White Knuckles - OK Go (played for free at Waterplace Park 8/6/10, played Holiday BRU Haha 12/3/10)
23 1983 - Neon Trees (played 12/3/10 in Holiday BRU Haha)
24 Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance
25 Lasso - Phoenix
26 Sick of You - Cake (played 7/17/10 at the Newport Yaching Center)
27 Dignity - New Politics (opened the SCS season technically by opening for AFI at the Skate Center, played a Cheap Date 8/12/10 at Club Hell, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
28 Radioactive - Kings of Leon
29 Sing - My Chemical Romance
30 Mountain Man - Crash Kings (played 8/4/10 at Club Hell, and played our listeners in waffle ball that afternoon.)
31 The Catalyst-Linkin Park
32 Here We Are Juggernaut - Coheed and Cambria (played 9/4/10 at the Bank of America Skate Center in the final show of WBRU SCS.)
33 My Best Theory - Jimmy Eat World
34 Tell ‘Em - Sleigh Bells (played 9/15/10 at the Met)
35 Shipping Up to Boston (Live, featuring Dickie from the Bosstones) - Dropkick Murphys
36 Trippin’ Down the Freeway - Weezer (played 7/15/10 at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, a WBRU contest winner took the stage and sang backing vocals on one song.)
37 Dominos - The Big Pink
38 The High Road - Broken Bells
39 Letters From the Sky - Civil Twilight (played SCS at Waterplace Park 6/18/10, played the first show at the new Met, 9/9/10, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
40 Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher) - Gogol Bordello (played 6/28/10 at the HiHat in a very special stripped down performance)
41 Cameras - Matt & Kim (Closed the 2010 WBRU birthday Bash with a show at the Met 11/7/10)
42 Break Through the Silence - Monty Are I (LP released in 2009, played Home Show 4/17/10 at the Ruins, which was the final show for bassist Mike)
43 The Sound - Switchfoot
44 Memories - Weezer (played 7/15/10 at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, a WBRU contest winner took the stage and sang backing vocals on one song._
45 Crystalized - The XX
46 The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells
47 Shake Me Down - Cage the Elephant (WBRU listeners won a shopping spree with Cage at Mohegan Sun as part of our “Party Like a Rock Star” promotion, they played the arena with Stone Temple Pilots)
48 You Got Me - Crash Kings (played 8/4/10 at Club Hell, and played our listeners in waffle ball that afternoon.)
49 Worth It All - Fairhaven (played 7/2/10 at free SCS show at Waterplace Park)
50 Careful - Paramore (played Comcast Center 7/28/10)
51 Maybe - Sick Puppies
52 Islands - The XX
53 Resistance - Muse
54 I Was a Teenage Anarchist - Against Me!
55 Ready to Start - Arcade Fire
56 At or With Me - Jack Johnson (played 7/10/10 at Comcast Center)
57 Eclipse (All Yours) - Metric
58 Felicia - Constellations (played 7/9/10 at free SCS show at Waterplace Park)
59 Cousins - Vampire Weekend
60 Giving Up the Gun - Vampire Weekend
61 Fader - The Temper Trap
62 Your Decision - Alice in Chains (LP released in 2009)
63 Laredo - Band of Horses
64 Stylo - Gorillaz
65 Thicker Than Blood - Keep Me Conscious (WBRU Rock Hunt finalists in 2010)
66 Her Words Destroyed My Planet - Motion City Soundtrack (played 11/6/10 for the WBRU 41st Birthday Bash at Lupo’s)
67 Black Rain - Soundgarden (old recording from Superunknown spruced up and issued as a single in 2010)
68 Knights of Bostonia - State Radio (played 1/28/10 at Lupo’s and played Rock Band on the wii with some WBRU contest winners.)
69 Between The Lines - Stone Temple Pilots (played 8/31/10 at Mohegan Sun Arena)
70 Machine Gun Blues - Social Distortion (played 7/30/10 at Lupo’s)
71 My Body - Young the Giant
72 Next To Me - Civil Twilight (played SCS at Waterplace Park 6/18/10, played the first show at the new Met, 9/9/10, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
73 Terrible Love - The National
74 You and Your Heart - Jack Johnson (played 7/10/10 at Comcast Center)
75 Jesus Stole My Girlfriend - Violent Soho (opened for the Crash Kings 2/4/10 at The Ruins before anybody knew who they were, then opened for AFI to kick off SCS, and opened for 30 Seconds to Mars at Lupo’s 9/8/10. Asked for weed from the fans at every show.)
76 Anyway - The Valar (WBRU Rock Hunt semi-finalists in 2010.)
77 Written in Reverse - Spoon
78 Freak - Smashing Pumpkins
79 Mi Reyna - Santa Mambo (WBRU Rock Hunt finalists in 2010. Played 7/16/10 at Waterplace park in a free WBRU SCS show)
80 Out of the Blue - Julian Casablancas (played 3/23/10 at Lupo’s)
81 Barricade - Interpol
82 Giving It All Away - Dead Confederate (played a WBRU Cheap Date 9/27/10 at the now defunct Jerky’s, WBRU’s final show at that venue)
83 World of Lines - Coheed and Cambria (played 9/4/10 at the Bank of America Skate Center in the final show of WBRU SCS.)
84 Beautiful Thieves - AFI (LP released in 2009) (played 5/28/10 at the Bank of America Skate Center in the first show of WBRU SCS)
85 Bending Over Backward - Wandas (WBRU 2010 Rock Hunt winners)
86 You’ve Seen the Butcher - Deftones
87 Bushwick Blues - Delta Spirit (played 11/27/10 at the Met in a WBRU Cheap Date)
88 Just Breathe - Pearl Jam (LP released in 2009)
89 Die By the Drop - The Dead Weather
90 All I Want - A Day to Remember (played 11/10/10 at Lupo’s)
91 Harold T. Wilkins - Fanfarlo (the return to free SCS shows kicked off with these guys 6/11/10)
92 Coffee and Cigarettes - Jimmy Eat World
93 People Say - Portugal the Man
94 Shameful Metaphors - Chevelle (LP released in 2009)
95 Wait Up (Boots of Danger) - Tokyo Police Club
95.5 The Royal We - Silversun Pickups (LP released in 2009, gets the .5 honor for being such a big part of 2009)
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"Here is the list, unfudged, of our listeners’ favorite 95.5 songs we played in 2010. Notes added, for content’s sake, and clarity"
The Top 95.5 of 2010 as voted by WBRU listeners
1 Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
2 F You - Cee Lo Green
3 Animal - Neon Trees (played 12/3/10 in Holiday BRU Haha)
4 Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine
5 Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
6 Lisztomania - Phoenix (LP released in 2009)
7 Sweet Disposition -T emper Trap
8 Tighten Up - Black Keys
9 Impossible - Anberlin (played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU Haha, smashed computers with listeners)
10 Home - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (played the Newport Folk Festival, had picnic with BRU winners)
11 Undisclosed Desires - Muse (LP released in 2009)
12 This Too Shall Pass - OK Go (played for free at Waterplace Park 8/6/10, played Holiday BRU Haha 12/3/10)
13 Brick By Boring Brick - Paramore (played Comcast Center 7/28/10)
14 Yeah Yeah Yeah - New Politics (opened the SCS season technically by opening for AFI at the Skate Center, played a Cheap Date 8/12/10 at Club Hell, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
15 New Low - Middle Class Rut
16 Closer to the Edge - 30 Seconds to Mars (played 9/8/10 at Lupo’s)
17 Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads
18 The Cave - Mumford & Sons
19 In One Ear - Cage the Elephant (WBRU listeners won a shopping spree with Cage at Mohegan Sun as part of our “Party Like a Rock Star” promotion, they played the arena with Stone Temple Pilots 7/31/10)
20 Crossfire - Brendan Flowers
21 This Is War - 30 Seconds to Mars (played 9/8/10 at Lupo’s)
22 White Knuckles - OK Go (played for free at Waterplace Park 8/6/10, played Holiday BRU Haha 12/3/10)
23 1983 - Neon Trees (played 12/3/10 in Holiday BRU Haha)
24 Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance
25 Lasso - Phoenix
26 Sick of You - Cake (played 7/17/10 at the Newport Yaching Center)
27 Dignity - New Politics (opened the SCS season technically by opening for AFI at the Skate Center, played a Cheap Date 8/12/10 at Club Hell, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
28 Radioactive - Kings of Leon
29 Sing - My Chemical Romance
30 Mountain Man - Crash Kings (played 8/4/10 at Club Hell, and played our listeners in waffle ball that afternoon.)
31 The Catalyst-Linkin Park
32 Here We Are Juggernaut - Coheed and Cambria (played 9/4/10 at the Bank of America Skate Center in the final show of WBRU SCS.)
33 My Best Theory - Jimmy Eat World
34 Tell ‘Em - Sleigh Bells (played 9/15/10 at the Met)
35 Shipping Up to Boston (Live, featuring Dickie from the Bosstones) - Dropkick Murphys
36 Trippin’ Down the Freeway - Weezer (played 7/15/10 at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, a WBRU contest winner took the stage and sang backing vocals on one song.)
37 Dominos - The Big Pink
38 The High Road - Broken Bells
39 Letters From the Sky - Civil Twilight (played SCS at Waterplace Park 6/18/10, played the first show at the new Met, 9/9/10, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
40 Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher) - Gogol Bordello (played 6/28/10 at the HiHat in a very special stripped down performance)
41 Cameras - Matt & Kim (Closed the 2010 WBRU birthday Bash with a show at the Met 11/7/10)
42 Break Through the Silence - Monty Are I (LP released in 2009, played Home Show 4/17/10 at the Ruins, which was the final show for bassist Mike)
43 The Sound - Switchfoot
44 Memories - Weezer (played 7/15/10 at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, a WBRU contest winner took the stage and sang backing vocals on one song._
45 Crystalized - The XX
46 The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells
47 Shake Me Down - Cage the Elephant (WBRU listeners won a shopping spree with Cage at Mohegan Sun as part of our “Party Like a Rock Star” promotion, they played the arena with Stone Temple Pilots)
48 You Got Me - Crash Kings (played 8/4/10 at Club Hell, and played our listeners in waffle ball that afternoon.)
49 Worth It All - Fairhaven (played 7/2/10 at free SCS show at Waterplace Park)
50 Careful - Paramore (played Comcast Center 7/28/10)
51 Maybe - Sick Puppies
52 Islands - The XX
53 Resistance - Muse
54 I Was a Teenage Anarchist - Against Me!
55 Ready to Start - Arcade Fire
56 At or With Me - Jack Johnson (played 7/10/10 at Comcast Center)
57 Eclipse (All Yours) - Metric
58 Felicia - Constellations (played 7/9/10 at free SCS show at Waterplace Park)
59 Cousins - Vampire Weekend
60 Giving Up the Gun - Vampire Weekend
61 Fader - The Temper Trap
62 Your Decision - Alice in Chains (LP released in 2009)
63 Laredo - Band of Horses
64 Stylo - Gorillaz
65 Thicker Than Blood - Keep Me Conscious (WBRU Rock Hunt finalists in 2010)
66 Her Words Destroyed My Planet - Motion City Soundtrack (played 11/6/10 for the WBRU 41st Birthday Bash at Lupo’s)
67 Black Rain - Soundgarden (old recording from Superunknown spruced up and issued as a single in 2010)
68 Knights of Bostonia - State Radio (played 1/28/10 at Lupo’s and played Rock Band on the wii with some WBRU contest winners.)
69 Between The Lines - Stone Temple Pilots (played 8/31/10 at Mohegan Sun Arena)
70 Machine Gun Blues - Social Distortion (played 7/30/10 at Lupo’s)
71 My Body - Young the Giant
72 Next To Me - Civil Twilight (played SCS at Waterplace Park 6/18/10, played the first show at the new Met, 9/9/10, played 12/8/10 in the Holiday BRU haha)
73 Terrible Love - The National
74 You and Your Heart - Jack Johnson (played 7/10/10 at Comcast Center)
75 Jesus Stole My Girlfriend - Violent Soho (opened for the Crash Kings 2/4/10 at The Ruins before anybody knew who they were, then opened for AFI to kick off SCS, and opened for 30 Seconds to Mars at Lupo’s 9/8/10. Asked for weed from the fans at every show.)
76 Anyway - The Valar (WBRU Rock Hunt semi-finalists in 2010.)
77 Written in Reverse - Spoon
78 Freak - Smashing Pumpkins
79 Mi Reyna - Santa Mambo (WBRU Rock Hunt finalists in 2010. Played 7/16/10 at Waterplace park in a free WBRU SCS show)
80 Out of the Blue - Julian Casablancas (played 3/23/10 at Lupo’s)
81 Barricade - Interpol
82 Giving It All Away - Dead Confederate (played a WBRU Cheap Date 9/27/10 at the now defunct Jerky’s, WBRU’s final show at that venue)
83 World of Lines - Coheed and Cambria (played 9/4/10 at the Bank of America Skate Center in the final show of WBRU SCS.)
84 Beautiful Thieves - AFI (LP released in 2009) (played 5/28/10 at the Bank of America Skate Center in the first show of WBRU SCS)
85 Bending Over Backward - Wandas (WBRU 2010 Rock Hunt winners)
86 You’ve Seen the Butcher - Deftones
87 Bushwick Blues - Delta Spirit (played 11/27/10 at the Met in a WBRU Cheap Date)
88 Just Breathe - Pearl Jam (LP released in 2009)
89 Die By the Drop - The Dead Weather
90 All I Want - A Day to Remember (played 11/10/10 at Lupo’s)
91 Harold T. Wilkins - Fanfarlo (the return to free SCS shows kicked off with these guys 6/11/10)
92 Coffee and Cigarettes - Jimmy Eat World
93 People Say - Portugal the Man
94 Shameful Metaphors - Chevelle (LP released in 2009)
95 Wait Up (Boots of Danger) - Tokyo Police Club
95.5 The Royal We - Silversun Pickups (LP released in 2009, gets the .5 honor for being such a big part of 2009)
