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“Basic Space” by The xx
From the album xx (2009)
“Basic Space” by The xx appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2009 and 2010. It was first released in 2009 on the album xx. Its best result is #37 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010.
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"Basic Space" sits on xx, the debut album the English band the xx released in August 2009 through Young Turks, and like most of that record it gets a lot out of very little. Jamie xx produced it and plays the drum machine, Oliver Sim handles bass, Romy guitar and Baria Qureshi keyboards, and Qureshi, Romy and Sim all sing. Romy and Sim wrote the words; the music is credited to all four.
The album was recorded at the label's own London studio from December 2008 into February 2009, and Jamie mixed it with engineer Rodaidh McDonald, the pair chasing the close, unvarnished feel of the band's demos. It also freezes a lineup in time: xx is the only album they made as a four-piece, and Qureshi was gone not long after its release.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 53 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 | 89 |
| 2010 | 37 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 97 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2010 | 97 |
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