2017 has been another fascinating year for bands and artists in Scotland.
We had the comeback of the familiar with The Jesus and Mary Chain returning after a near 20 years absence, Mogwai actually enjoying singing and bringing the Hydro down with a jawdropping end-of-year show and Amy Macdonald with a first album in five years which revealed all the pop-sharp melodies that saw her shoot into the public conscience ten years ago with her debut album This Is The Life.
Calvin Harris's hold on the world of commercial electronic dance music continued with his fifth studio album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 which debuted at number two on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200.
Away from the mainstream, Sacred Paws' afro-pop tinged debut album Strike A Match won the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award for 2017.
Here is my playlist of the essential 100 tunes to come out of Scotland.
This best of Scottish soundtrack for 2017 is an eclectic adventure into hip hop, alternative, dance, house, electronica, indie, punk, post-grunge, post-rock and nu-folk.
This 100 has been whittled down from a not very shortlist of 300.
You should find the famous, the little known, and some cracking hidden music gems.
And we start with....
Part 1 - 100-76
=100 The Bad Kind - Black Sails.
A soaring DIY alt-rock anthem from the two-year-old four-piece rock band from Dundee with a "do it yourself" philosophy.
=100 Daydream Frenzy - Get Around.
A passionately jagged indie guitar jam from the Aberdeen alt-rockers formed by three school friends back in 2010.
99 Bad Mannequins - Double Denim
In which the Glasgow garage rockers create a song that sounds like Status Quo force fed The Hives. That's a compliment. Clearly.
98 Tamzene - Lullaby
A beautifully constructed piano tinkling soulful gem from the Cromarty singer-songwriter who started busking at the age of 14.
97 mayaßay - 3†4
Smooth jazzy trip hop flavours from Edinburgh producer aka Walter Kemp Bruce
96 Cucina Povera - Sokerihyhmä
Finnish-born, Glasgow resident Cucina Povera creates a surreal minimalist electro-throb fascination that could be an O Superman for 2017.
95 Sam Gellaitry - Take Me Back
Stirling producer blends future beats, bass and R&B in a tune that's hard to resist.
94 The Animal Mothers - Hipster Suicide
Glasgow-Falkirk garage-punks go fast and furious.
93 Bluebirds - New Town Sheep
Track 1 off the There Is No God EP by the exciting Glasgow-Edinburgh psyche-industrial punk combo.
92 Pinact - Bring You Down
One of the standout tracks from The Part That No One Knows, the second album from Glasgow nu-grungers.
91 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Presidici (Et Chapaquiditch)
Damage and Joy was the Mary Chain's first album in 19 years, and bristled with hook-laden tunes done with their usual dirty panache.
90 Frauen - Unreal City
An uproarious opening track from the three-piece Glasgow emo combo's debut album Unreal City which was recorded in just a week.
89 Meursault - I Will Kill Again
Neil Pennycook revealed further proof that he is one of the most underrated musicians in Scotland with this magical title track from a super LP.
88 Amy Macdonald - Down By The Water
In which the Bishopbriggs singer-songwriter shows she has not lost her ear for a killer melody line and rediscovered the form of her breakthrough debut LP This Is The Life.
87 JD Twitch - Rock, Roll, Jam, Mix
Glasgow producer creates a scratchy dirty dancefloor loving gem.
86 Fatalists - Glass Eyed Reptiles
Edinburgh alt-combo combine the swagger of LCD Soundsystem & the raw power of Future Of The Left on this belter. “Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-shake it”
85 Permahorn - My Blood Carries My Dreams Away
When you I was wading through dross, this fascinating mash of churning backwards guitar and bass, drum loops and 20-year-old vocal samples from US Army Radio Japan just screamed: "LISTEN". this Scottish/Serbian lo-fi duo are hot.
84 Adam Holmes & the Embers - Whatever
A huge dose of uplifting melancholy with a hint at hard lessons assisted by the deft songwriting skills of this Edinburgh folk combo.
83 DJ Femme Fresh - Gong Bath - Épater
Glasgow's dirty pop princess smears Gallic juice over a hypnotic and slightly surreal groove.
82 Current Affairs - Breeding Feeling
Yes it has the stamp of Siouxie and the Banshees all over it, but what a stamp from this Glasgow goth-punk combo. Keep stamping.
81 Eyes Of Others - Don't Know What To Do With You
Edinburgh-based John Bryden produces a captivating soundtrack for a dark club night.
80 The Great Albatross - The Honeymoon's Over
Seeing in black is this cajoling nugget from Glasgow vs California indie-folk combo taken from their debut full-length album, Asleep in the Kaatskills.
79 Joseph Marinetti - Meditation For Artist
Edinburgh producer orchestrates an abstract, amphetamine-fuelled club music cracker.
78 The Animal Mothers - One Day California Will Fall Into The Sea
A police siren wail riff and a guitar goes into overdrive, it's those Glasgow-Falkirk noise-punks The Animal Mothers from their ... Must Be Destroyed LP.
77 Pinact - Regrettable Thrill
A classic throbbing bass line, a whirl of a guitar hooks and you have this explosive Weezer vs Nirvana indie-punk beauty from Pinact's latest album The Part That No One Knows.
76 Birdhead - Custom Muscle
A pounding jewel from a two-piece from Edinburgh who reveal influences from anywhere between The Fall and Giorgio Moroder.
Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2017 Part 2 (75-51)
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