Bryan Ferry will be taking over this Wednesday, 3rd December, picking 10 of his favourite tracks this year.

http://playlists.net/the-12-playlists-of-xmas

Bryan's Playlist:-

1. Prince - She's Always in my Hair
2. Caribou - Can't do Without you
3. Clean Bandit - Rather Be
4. Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
5. Pharrell Williams - Happy
6. The Horrors - I See You
7. Bryan Ferry - Avonmore
8. Alt-j - Left Hand Free
9. The War on Drugs - Under the Pressure
10. Katy Perry - Dark Horse

Mes Amis,
With the exception of the excellent 'War On Drugs' and, of course 'Avonmore', Windswept doesn't find too much to like on this particular list.
In fact he suspects that the 'Taste Tarantula' got bored with the task, delegated it to the intern, and asked her do him something cool. Unfortunately she didn't fully grasp the adjective and came up with this instead!
Anyway, always keen to spread a little joy W2 is pleased to present his Christmas playlist:
1.Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family.
2.Almost Like The Blues by Leonard Cohen
3.Send In The Clowns by Bryan Ferry
4.Moonshine by Laura Doggett
5.The Ellan Vannin Tradgedy by Richard Hawley & The Smoke Fairies
6.Bei mir bist du Schon by The Hot Sardines
7.Avonmore by Bryan Ferry
8.It's Tight Like That! by The Basin Street Brawlers
9.The 'In' Crowd by Gregory Porter
10.These Days Are Mine by I Am Kloot
Enjoy and remember, if you can't be good, be cool.
Salutations,
Windswept

A brilliant idea, Monsieur Windswept, to publish your own list. I prefer our hero's version of 'The In-Crowd' (because it sounds so 'roxy') to Dobie Gray, Ramsey Lewis and even Gregory Porter - but the latter's version is doubtlessly outstanding.

These are my suggestions - 'Avonmore' is my personal album of the year :

1 BRYAN FERRY Loop De Li (Avonmore)
2 BRYAN FERRY Midnight Train (Avonmore)
3 BRYAN FERRY Soldier Of Fortune (Avonmore)
4 BRYAN FERRY Driving Me Wild (Avonmore)
5 PAUL CARRACK No Easy Way Out (Blue Views/1995)
6 COLDPLAY A Sky Full Of Stars (Ghost Stories/2014)
7 PINK FLOYD Take It Back (The Division Bell/1995)
8 LEONARD COHEN Did I Ever Love You? (Popular Problems/2014)
9 CHRISTOPHER CROSS Got To Be A Better Way (Secret Ladder/2014)
10 DAVID CROSBY Radio (Croz/2014)
11 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS Cry To Me (Soulsville/2010)
12 STING Soul Cake (If On A Winter's Night/2009)

My all time favourite Christmas album is 'The Christmas Album' by The Manhattan Transfer.

Regards

-pianoman-

Unconvinced Mr F had anything to do with these choices. If so, he should either stop listening to Radio 1 or start listening to the Ferrys with more eclectic tastes.