And the winner is..........

Rocket Science end of year results...

Best Album : The Rifles - Freedom Run

Best Book: Andy Kershaw - No Off Switch




Gig of the year: Morrissey @ Harwick Town Hall June 21st




Magazine of the year: Word Magazine




One to watch 2012: Spector

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Rocket Science #4:07

well she's show showing it off then
the glitter in her lovely eyes
show show showing it off then
and all the people shake their money in time

1: Please Please Please- James Brown

from the album 'Please, Please, Please' (1959)
2: Cosmogony (Serban Ghenea Mix) - Bjork
from the single (2011)
3: Crash - The Primitives
from the album 'Lovely' (1988)
4: Dub Outside - Steve Mason & Dennis Bovell
from the album 'Ghosts Outside' (2011)
5: Bust a Move - Young MC
from the album 'Stone Cold Rhymin' ' (1989)
6: Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five - Wings
from the album 'Band on the Run' (1973)
7: Well... All Right! - Buddy Holly
from the album 'A Rock n Roll Collection' (1972)
8: The Rip Tide - Beirut
from the album 'The Rip Tide' (2011)

9: A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
from the EP 'Poguetry in Motion' (1986)
10: Hometown Farewell Kiss - The Triffids
from the album 'Calenture' (1987)
11: Little Man - Little Dragon
from the album 'Ritual Union' (2011)
12: Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (feat. Santigold) - Beastie Boys
from the album 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two' (2011)




13: Vampires (Afrolicious & Rob Garza Remix) - Thievery Corporation
from the single 'Vampires' (2011)
14: Liar Liar - The Castaways
from the single (1965)
15: Freddie's Lapels - D. Charles Speer & The Helix
from the album 'Leaving the Commonwealth' (2011)
16: Ghost Story - Cloud Control
from the album 'Bliss Release' (2011)
17: Between The Lines (Instrumental) - Bonobo [Simon Green]
from the promo (2011)
18: Confusion - Nouvelle Vague
from the album 'Best of Nouvelle Vague (Limited Edition)' (2010)
19: You Can't Keep Me - Amy LaVere
from the album 'Stranger Me' (2011)
20: What a Mouth (What a North and South) - Tommy Steele & Harry Robinson
from the single (1960)

Rocket Science #4:Christmas

Do you think I would leave you dieing
There's room on my horse for two
Climb up here, Joe we'll soon be flying
Back to the ranks so blue

1: Deck The Halls - REM

2: Christmas Time Again - Bad Manners

3: Christmas Wrapping - Best Coast

4: I Wish It Could Be Christmas - Frank Sidebottom

5: Snowflake In a Hot World - Mercury Rev

6: Through December - Laura Veirs

7: Feliz Navidad - Sea Of Bees

8: Christmas - The Who

9: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Slow Club

10: I Smell Winter - The Housemartins

11: Ain't No Chimneys In The Project - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

12: Ring the Bells - James

13: Will You Still Be In Love With Me Next Year? - Hot Club de Paris

14: Let It Snow - The Puppini Sisters

15: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott & Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra

16: The Last of the Melting Snow - The Leisure Society

17: December In New York - Thea Gilmore

18: Santa Claus - Throwing Muses

19: Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - Jack White

20: Merry Xmas (War Is Over) - Badly Drawn Boy

21: Wombling Merry Christmas - The Wombles

22: Christmas Is Going To The Dogs - Eels

23: Ballad Of Jack Frost - The Triffids

24: Last Christmas (TFI Friday Performance) - Manic Street Preachers

25: Christmas Was Better in the 80's - The Futureheads

Rocket Science #4:06

All my lazy teenage boasts are now high precision ghosts
And they're coming round the track to haunt me
When she looks at me and laughs I remind her of the facts
I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely

1: Betty Et Zorg - Gabriel Yared

from the OST 'Betty Blue (37.2 Le Matin)' (1986)
2: November the Second - Morrissey
from the EP - Everyday is like Sunday' (2011)

3: Good for Nothing - Hard-Fi
from the album 'Killer Sounds' (2011)
4: Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
from the album 'Bite' (1983)
5: Alphabet St. - Prince
from the album 'Lovesexy' (1988)
6: Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells
from the album 'Treats' (2010)
7: What Did the Hippie Have In His Bag? - Cornershop
from the single (2011)



8: Future Starts Slow - The Kills
from the album 'Blood Pressure' (2011)
9: Six Months In a Leaky Boat (Live) - SplitEnz
from the album 'Extravagenza (live)' (2005)
10: Fine Time - New Order
from the album 'Technique' (1989)
11: Hits Me Like a Rock (feat. Bobby Gillespie)- CSS
from the album 'La Liberacion' (2011)
12: Crystalline (Serban Ghenea Mix) - Björk
from the single (2011)
13: Blue As Your Blood - The Walkmen
from the album 'Lisbon' (2010)
14: Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis

from the album 'Live at the Filmore West' (1971)
15: Speaking In Tongues - Arcade Fire
from the album 'The Suburbs (Deluxe Edition)' (2011)
16: Holdin' On To Black Metal - My Morning Jacket

from the album 'Circuital' (2011)

17: The Wild Hunt - The Tallest Man On Earth
from the album 'The Wild Hunt' (2010)
18: Shadows - Warpaint
from the album 'The Fool' (2010)
19: So It Goes - Nick Lowe
from the album 'Jesus of Cool' (1978)
20:We're The Replacements - They Might Be Giants
from the album 'A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants' (2011)