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Thanks to everyone who particpated in last year's thread. You still have until December 31st, 2006 to post/update that thread before I work up the final tally in early January.

2007 Rank'em as You Hear Them Thread

The rules are simple:

This thread is for ranking albums that are released in 2007 in the United States. This does not include reissues or albums that you have purchased/heard for the first time this year but were released in prior years.

Keep your list in one post (edit!) and keep them in some sort of order (see the second post for my system).

At the end of the year I will compile a list of the top albums as voted by MusicTalk.

Note: Please don't use a "placeholder" post if you don't actually plan on updating your list.
You know who you are!

Hopefully we can introduce each other to some more good music this year!

Thanks!

MusicTalk Quick Links:

The One & Only CD Sales and Trade Thread (2007)
2007 CD Spending Tab

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auto's rankings (as of December 24th):


Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga


Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
Radiohead: In Rainbows
Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
The White Stripes: Icky Thump
Panda Bear: Person Pitch
The National: Boxer
Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity


Modest Mouse: We We're Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
LCD Soundsytem: Sound of Silver
M.I.A.: Kala
Queens of the Stone Age: Era Vulgaris
The New Pornographers: Challengers
Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond
Tomahawk: Anonymous
Kanye West: Graduation
Gorillaz: D-Sides
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder
Feist: The Reminder
Bjork: Volta
Okkervil River: The Stage Names


Wilco: Sky Blue Sky
Velvet Revolver: Libertad
The Good, the Bad & The Queen: The Good, the Bad & The Queen
Black Francis: Bluefinger
Air: Pocket Symphony
Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero
Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger
Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist


Lucinda Williams: West
Bloc Party: A Weekend in the City
Dr. Dog: We All Belong
Bright Eyes: Cassadaga
OST: Children of Men
Fishbone: Still Stuck in Your Throat
Interpol: Our Love to Admire
Chris & Rich Robinson: Brothers of a Feather: Live at the Roxy


Kings of Leon: Because of the Times
Patti Smith: Twelve
Perry Farrell's Satellite Party: Ultra Payloaded
Silversun Pickups: Carnavas



The Beastie Boys: The Mix-up

DrRingDing

Ring-Ding's Top Ten Albums of the Year:

1. Kings of Leon's Because of the Times
2. Arcade Fire's Neon Bible
3. Blonde Redhead's 23
4. Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
5. Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
6. Radiohead's In Rainbows
7. LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver
8. The National's Boxer
9. Eisley's Combinations
10. The Shins' Wincing the Night Away

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Superlative, career-making work.


Hard to top and missing just a small something that would otherwise make it 5 stars.
Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall**
Kings of Leon's Because of the Times
The Shins' Wincing the Night Away
Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Blonde Redhead's 23
Arcade Fire's Neon Bible
LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver
The National's Boxer
DJ Jazzy Jeff's Return of the Magnificent
Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
White Stripes' Icky Thump
Patton Oswalt's Werewolves & Lollipops*
Caribou's Andorra
Pharoahe Monche's Desire
Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band's Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP
Travis' The Boy with No Name
Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam
The New Pornographers' Challengers
Okkervil River's The Stage Names
Radiohead's In Rainbows
Talib Kweli's Ear Drum
M.I.A.'s Kala
Band of Horses' Cease to Begin
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's Magic
Kanye West's Graduation
various artists Kompakt Total 8


Excellent album but still room for improvement.
K-Os's Atlantis - Hymns for Disco
Low's Drums and Guns
Menomena's Friend and Foe
The Fratellis' Costello Music
Sondre Lerche & the Faces Down Quartet's Phantom Punch
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black
Dinosaur Jr.'s Beyond
Battles' Mirrored
The Polyphonic Spree's The Fragile Army
The Cinematic Orchestra's Ma Fleur
A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Tegan and Sara's The Con
Queens of the Stone Age's Era Vulgaris
Bishop Allen's The Broken String
St. Vincent's Marry Me
Common's Finding Forever
Carla Bruni's No Promises
Do Make Say Think's You, You're a History in Rust
Eisley's Combinations
Iron & Wine's The Shepherd's Dog
Stephen Marley's Mind Control
PJ Harvey's White Chalk
Taken by Trees' Open Field
Stars' In Our Bedroom After the War
Beirut's The Flying Club Cup
múm's Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy, Let Your Crooked Hands Be Holy
Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
The Thrills - Teenager
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room


I enjoy it, but there's something missing.
The Good, the Bad & the Queen's The Good, the Bad & the Queen
!!!'s Myth Takes
Deerhoof's Friend Opportunity
Explosions in the Sky's All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Feist's The Reminder
Bright Eyes' Cassadaga
Wilco's Blue Sky Blue
Interpol's Our Love to Admire
Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full
Ryan Adams' Easy Tiger
Sage Francis's Human the Death Dance
The Besnard Lakes' The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Frog Eyes' Tears of the Valedictorian
Architecture in Helsinki's Places Like This
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds's Live at Radio City**
Josh Ritter's The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Grinderman's Grinderman
The Good Life's Help Wanted Nights
Junior Senior's Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (2006 UK)
Liars' Liars
Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight
Sunset Rubdown's Random Spirit Lover
Rogue Wave's Asleep at Heaven's Gate
Nina Nastasia & Jim White's You Follow Me


Middle of the road, I don't actively dislike it but I probably won't listen to it much either. For older artists, it means it's completely forgettable by comparison.
Bloc Party's Weekend in the City
Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!'s Some Loud Thunder
Air's Pocket Symphony
John Mellencamp's Freedom's Road
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists' Living with the Living
Norah Jones' Not Too Late
Bright Eyes' Four Winds EP
Joss Stone's Introducing Joss Stone
Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero
Electrelane's No Shouts, No Calls
Bjork's Volta
Tim Armstrong's A Poet's Life
The Bravery's The Sun and the Moon
Satellite Party's Ultra Payloaded
Rufus Wainwright's Release the Stars
Jose Gonzalez's In Our Nature
Smashing Pumpkins' Zeitgeist


Hmm. I can't get into it at all. Heading into active dislike.
Kaiser Chiefs' Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Tori Amos's American Doll Posse
Dolores O'Riordan's Are You Listening?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Is Is EP


No Sir, I don't like it.
Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts' Let's Just Be


I actively dislike it and would rather jab my ears out with cotton swabs.


Shoot me before playing this, please.

*due to it being a comedy album, it will remain unranked in the year's 10 best
**due to it being a live album, it will remain unranked in the year's 10 best
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give me some more time to digest these:
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
Cake's B-Sides and Rarities
Modeselektor's Happy Birthday!
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' Follow the Lights EP
Eagles' The Long Road Out of Eden
Sigur Ros' Hvarf - Heim
Gorillaz's D-Sides
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's Ask Forgiveness EP
Blanche's Little Amber Bottles
The Gunshy's There's No Love in This War
Yeasayer's All Hour Cymbals

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Anticipated purchases:
Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (due Dec 19)

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Top Individual Tracks (absent of rankings):
The Shins' "Australia"
LCD Soundsystem's "Someone Great" and "All My Friends"
Of Montreal's "Gronlandic Edit" and "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger"
Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"
Modest Mouse's "Dashboard" and "We've Got Everything"
K-Os' "Flypaper"
Arcade Fire's "Keep the Car Running"
Travis' "Closer"
The National's "Brainy"
Kings of Leon's "Ragoo", "Fans" & "The Runner"
Interpol's "Pioneer to the Falls"
Bright Eyes' "If the Brakeman Turns My Way"
Tegan and Sara's "Back in Your Head" & "Call It Off"
Spoon's "Finer Feelings"
The New Pornographers' "Challengers"
Caribou's "Sandy"
Iron & Wine's "Flightless Bird, American Mouth"
Kanye West's "Flashing Lights"
Cloud Cult's "Chemicals Collide"

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Quake1028

John's 2007 Album Rankings (As of 10/13/07)


Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

1/2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero



1/2
!!! - Myth Takes


Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

1/2



1/2

BOMB

Overall Rankings
1.
2.
3.
4.

Awaiting Judgment
The Hives - Black and White Album
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory
50 Cent - Curtis
Pharoahe Monche - Desire
Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
Common - Finding Forever
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Bjork - Volta
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance
Elliott Yamin - Elliott Yamin
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Katharine McPhee - Katharine McPhee
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
RJD2 - The Third Hand
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Some Loud Thunder
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

dcrw6

After completely bungling last year's because of losing my computer, I'm determined to stay on top of all my lists this year.

chino77

might as well save a spot.

worrywort

12/17

20. Feist - The Reminder
19. ccc - Cracked Pepper
18. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
17. Mark Ronson - Version
16. Tunng - Good Arrows
15. Office - Night at the Ritz
14. Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa
13. Voxtrot
12. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
11. Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops
10. Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated
09. The Rumble Strips - Girls and Weather
08. Radiohead - In Rainbows
07. jENS Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
06. Kanye West - Graduation
05. The National - Boxer
04. Lily Allen - Alright Still [US release]
03. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block [US release]
02. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
01. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

DJLinus

Final rankings:

1. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
3. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
4. The National - Boxer
5. The Fratellis - Costello Music
6. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
7. Nick Lowe - At My Age
8. The Pierces - Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge
9. Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion
10. The New Pornographers - Challengers
11. Amy LaVere - Anchors and Anvils
12. Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated
13. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
14. Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
15. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
16. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
17. Mark Ronson - Version
18. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
19. Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home
20. The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes
21. Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
22. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
23. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
24. Pink Martini - Hey Eugene!
25. Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
26. Apathy - Baptism By Fire
27. Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Men
28. Kanye West - Graduation
29. The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
30. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
31. Common - Finding Forever
32. Fauxliage - Fauxliage
33. Crowded House - Time on Earth
34. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
35. Mr. J Medeiros - Of Gods and Girls
36. The Bird and the Bee - The Bird and the Bee
37. Dntel - Dumb Luck
38. The Brunettes - Structure and Cosmetics
39. Jill Cunnif - City Beach
40. Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos
41. 1990s - Cookies
42. Mandy Moore - Wild Hope
43. Tim Fite - Over the Counterculture
44. Jack Ingram - This Is It
45. Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Long Soon
46. Justice - Cross
47. RJD2 - The Third Hand
48. Ingrid Michaelson - Girls and Boys
49. Northern State - Can I Keep This Pen?
50. Sara Bareillis - Little Voice
51. Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd.
52. Rooney - Calling the World
53. Jason Falkner - I'm OK...You're OK
54. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
55. Aly & AJ - Insomniatic
56. v/a - Instant Karma
57. The Click Five - Modern Minds and Pastimes
58. Korn - Unplugged

To Be Evaluated:
Way too many

fnordboy

Updated - June 28, 2007



Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Psychic TV - Hell is Invisible... Heaven is Her/e NEW


Atrium Carceri - Ptahil
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming
Throbbing Gristle - Part 2 NEW


Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
jesu - conqueror
Tokyo Police Club - Smith E.P.


The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen


Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away


Bright Eyes - Four Winds


Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker

Tarantino

As of Feb. 2nd...




Bloc Party - Weekend In The City
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High


Channel Two - Artful Time Reduction
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Trae - The Truth Show
Sean Price - Jesus Price Superstar




Lily Allen - Alright, Still



= J

FatTony

Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground - Live At The Pretty Parlor (CD/DVD)
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning Of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice
The Aggrolites - Reggae Hit LA
Blue Scholars - Bayani


Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Big D And The Kids Table - Strictly Rude
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life
MxPx - Secret Weapon
Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
Thrice - Alchemy Index Vols. I & II (Fire & Water)
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
Crime in Stereo - Is Dead
Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer


Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home
Lifetime - S/T
Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship
Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go
Rocky Votolato - The Brag And The Cuss
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves & Lollipops
Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim
Bedouin Soundclash - Street Gospels
Gabriel Teodros - Lovework
Against Me! - New Wave
The Receiving End Of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
The Pietasters - All Day
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
Kanye West - Graduation
World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted To Bad Ideas
Steel Train - Trampoline
Saves The Day - Under The Boards
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere In The Between
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga


Anberlin - Cities
Comeback Kid - Broadcasting...
Reel Big Fish/Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer - Duet All Night Long
The Good, The Bad, And The Queen - S/T
Tiger Army - Music From Regions Beyond
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
The Tossers - Agony
Portugal. The Man - Church Mouth
HORSE the band - A Natural Death
Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
I Hate Kate - Embrace The Curse
Strung Out - Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty
Reel Big Fish - Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For Free
Schoolyard Heroes - Abominations
Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying
Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre
Maritime - Heresy And The Hotel Choir
American Steel - Destroy Their Future
Eisley - Combinations
Anti-Flag - A Benefit For Victims Of Violent Crime


Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
The Academy Is... - Santi
Minus The Bear - Interpretaciones Del Oso
The Locust - New Erections
Fall Of Troy - Manipulator
Suburban Legends - Infectious
Cobra Starship - Viva La Cobra!

Arpeggi

Do Make Say Think-You, You're A History in Rust in the best album of the year.

whynotsmile

yoda

The Bus

I'll probably keep it to just the top 10.

Top 10 Albums of 2007

The Shins — Wincing the Night Away
Manu Chao — La Radiolina
Of Montreal — Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer?
Maxïmo Park — Our Earthly Pleasures
Arcade Fire — Neon Bible
Kings of Leon — Because of the Times
LCD Soundsystem — The Sound of Silver
Patrick Wolf — The Magic Position
M.I.A. — Kala
Radiohead — In Rainbows


Top 10 Songs of 2007

Vampire Weekend — "A Punk"
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Los Campesinos — "You! Me! Dancing!"
M.I.A. — "Paper Planes"
The Shins — "Turn On Me"
Kings of Leon — "Fans"
LCD Soundsystem — "Someone Great"
Electrelane — "The Greater Times"
Arcade Fire — "(Antichrist Television Blues)"
Maximo Park — "Girls Who Play Guitars"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — "Some Loud Thunder"

GatorDeb

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Top Ten (so far)
1. Alright, Still - Lily Allen
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Sessa17

This is basically a "rank'em as I buy them" thread, since I'm only ranking the CD's that I actually buy in 2007. On a scale of 1-10, 10 of coarse being the best (not that anyone will ever actually read this).

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky = 9.5/10


Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living with the Living8.5/10

The Blow - Poor Aim: Love Songs = 8/10

House of Fools - Live & Learn - 7.5/10

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible = 7.5/10

The Fratellis - Costello Music = 7.5/10

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga GA = 7.5/10

The New Pornographers - Challengers = 7.5/10

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank = 7/10

Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate = 7/10


The Twilight Sad -Fourteen Autumns Fifteen Winters = 7/10

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away = 7/10

Clutch - From Beale Street To Oblivion = 6/10

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver - 5/10

[b]Johnathan Rice - Further North - 5/10

The Noisettes - What's the Time Mr. Wolf = 5/10

Bright Eyes - Four Winds 5/10

[b]Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight = 5/10 (biggest let-down of 2007)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder = 5/10

She Wants Revenge - This is Forever = 4/10

Bloc Party- Weekend in the City = 3/10

nodeerforamonth

The Dictators: "Everyday Is Saturday"-- Yeah, this is a compilation of demos, and I wasn't expecting much when I ordered it, but upon listening to it, I like the demos better than the originals!!! They're rawer, louder, & better.
Frankenstein 3000: "Welcome To Planet Ohmega"-- Recognize many of the songs from various compilations, but they're rerecorded here, sounding most excellent! Superb cover of the Car's "Bye Bye Love" on here too!


The Queers: "Munki Brain" -- The Queers doing what they do best, which is writing Beach Boys crossed with the Ramones music. This album is heavier on the Beach Boys sides of things, and is just as good as anything else they have released (except for "Love Songs For the Retarded" which is a classic).
Frankenstein 3000: "Lost In Space"-- Compilation of a ton of unreleased older tracks that was originally just pressed for the band, but they decided to press an extra 25 copies for the public. Excellent songwriting, a few covers. Those that aren't covers sound like they should be covers. Super loud guitars, great raspy vocals. Can't wait for their new album later this year!!!


The Wildhearts: "The Wildhearts"-- Tons of riffs, melody, and long songs. Was expecting a little more, though. Not as catchy/poppy as other recent stuff they've done. May rank this higher with time.
Onslaught: "Killing Peace"-- Like Destruction, it's been years since I've listened to anything from this band. For some reason, this holds up better.
Fu Manchu: "We Must Obey"-- Great stoner rock.
The Woggles: "Rock And Roll Backlash"-- Great garage rock.
The Devilrock Four: "First In Line"-- Excellent AC/DC type hard rockin' stuff here. "Dancefloor" is hands down the song of the year. Catchy choruses, loud guitars, what more could you want?




Machine Head: "The Blackening-- not bad.
Chimaira: "Resurrection-- didn't live up to the hype, but not bad.
Hammerlock: "Forgotten Range" -- this hard punkin' band's album is a little bit more country than what I'm used to. May rank higher after some more listens.
Ginger: "Yoni" -- kind of disappointing album for Ginger, but still miles above anything else in its genre. This is loud pop. Better than VDC, but not as good as "A Break In The Weather". Anxiously awaiting the new Wildhearts album though.


Destruction: "Thrash Anthems" -- newly recorded versions of old "classics". First time hearing this band in some years. Didn't hold up all that well.

Cosmic Bus

It's hard to keep up as the listings and number of participants grow, but I fell into a "similar taste" rhythm with several other posters last time around and made a point to check their rankings now and then for things I might've missed listening to. Plus, hey, it's fun to make lists!

gmal2003

More albums to come. Reviews may change upon further listenings. There will be a few albums released during the second half of last year which I am am now just buying.

1. Sparta - Threes
2. Bloc Party - Weekend in the City very disappointing so far

Metrodub

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The National - Boxer
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky


!!! - Myth Takes
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Blonde Redhead - 23
Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Lewis and Clarke - Blasts of Holy Birth
Maps - We Can Create
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
The Narrator - All That to the Wall


Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
Battles - Mirrored
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Busdriver - Roadkillovercoat
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Deer Tick - War Elephant
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Digitalism - Idealism
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
Dizzee Rascal - Maths and English
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
Editors - An End Has a Start
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Fog - Ditherer
Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies To Lessons Learnt
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Josh Rouse - Country Mouse, City House
K-Os - Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver
Le Loup - The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by Knocked Up
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
Palomar - All Things, Forests
A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers
Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate
Rosebuds - Night of the Furies
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance
Seabear - The Ghost That Carried Us Away
Shape of Broad Minds - Craft of the Lost Art
Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter from the Ash
Son Volt - The Search
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living With the Living
The Aliens - Astronomy for Dogs
The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
The Ike Reilly Assassination - We Belong to the Staggering Evening
The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear
The New Pornographers - Challengers
The Rakes - Ten New Messages
The Shaky Hands - The Shaky Hands
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Thee, Stranded Horse - Churning Strides
Underworld - Oblivion With Bells
UNKLE - War Stories
Vampire Weekend - Blue CD-R
White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
Wooden Wand - James and the Quiet
Yourcodenameis: Milo - They Came from the Sun


1888 - Honey, I'd Kill...
65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideals
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Aa - GAame
Alberta Cross - The Thief and the Heartbreaker
Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
Akron Family - Love is Simple
Amiina - Kurr
Amon Tobin - Foley Room
Antibalas - Security
Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
Apparat - Walls
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated
Ash - Twilight of the Innocents
A-Trak - Dirty South Dance
Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir
Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold
Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Bishop Allen - The Broken String
Bjork - Volta
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Breathe, Owl, Breathe - Canadian Shield
Calla - Strength in Numbers
Caribou - Andorra
Cary Brothers - Who You Are
Charlotte Hatherley - The Deep Blue
Common - Finding Forever
Cornelius - Sensuous
Crowded House - Time on Earth
Dappled Cities Fly - Granddance
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Dntel - Dumb Luck
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in the Rust
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild Soundtrack
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Eluvium - Copia
Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
Feist - The Reminder
Field Music - Tones of Home
Fields - Everything Last Winter
Film School - Hideout
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace
Ghosts - The World is Outside
God Is An Astronaut - Far From Refuge
Golden Smog - Blood on the Slacks
Gore Gore Girls - Get the Gore
Grand National - A Drink and a Quick Decision
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Help She Can't Swim - The Death of Nightlife
Husky Rescue - Ghost is not Real
Idlewild - Make a New World
Illinois - What the Hell Do I Know?
Imperial Teen - The Hair, The TV, The Baby & The Band
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Jeremy Enigk - The Missing Link
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul
Jesu - Conqueror
John Vanderslice - Emerald City
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Josh Rouse - She's Spanish, I'm American
Junior Boys - Dead Horse
Justice - Cross
Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers
Les Savy Fav - Lets Stay Friends
Liars - Liars
Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
Love of Diagrams - Mosaic
Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
Menomena - Friend and Foe
MIA - Kala
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Modeselektor - Happy Birthday
Mother Mother - Touch Up
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Parts and Labor - Mapmaker
Pela - Anytown Graffiti
Piano Magic - Part Monster
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Pseudosix - Pseudosix
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Radical Face - Ghost
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities
Rob Crow - Living Well
Rocky Votolato - The Bragg and Cuss
Rooney - Calling the World
Satellite Party - Ultra Payloaded
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
Sister Vanilla - Little Pop Rock
Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Studio - Yearbook 1
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Swod - Sekunden (City Centre Offices)
Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Tegan and Sara - The Con
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
The Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
The Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse
The Brunettes - Structure and Cosmetics
The Church - El Momento Siguiente
The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
The Cult - Born Into This
The Detroit Cobras - Tied and True
The Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
The Donnas - Bitchin
The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime
The Fratellis - Costello Music
The Go Find - Stars on the Wall
The Go Team! - Proof of Youth
The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Hex Dispensers - The Hex Dispensers
The Maccabees - Colour It In
The Most Serene Republic - Population
The Noisettes - What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
The Photo Atlas - No, Not Me, Never
The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
The Ponys - Turn the Lights Out
The Thrills - Teenager
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
Tunng - Good Arrows
Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye
Vietnam - Vietnam
Windmill - Puddle City Racing Lights
Winterkids - Memoirs
Yacht - I Believe in You, Your Magic is Real
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Lose All Time


1990s - Cookies
Air - Pocket Symphony
Angels of Light - We Are Him
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Black Francis - Bluefinger
Bracken - We Know About the Need
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Call Me Lightning - Soft Skeletons
Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
Eisley - Combinations
Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
Figurines - When the Deer Wore Blue
Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
Fridge - The Sun
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
Future of the Left - Curses
Grinderman - Grinderman
Growing - Vision Swim
Hard-Fi - Once Upon a Time in the West
Jeremy Larson - Swim
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Kathy Diamond - Miss Diamond to You
Mark Ronson - Version
Mice Parade - Mice Parade
Midnight Movies - Lion the Girl
Odd Nosdam - Level Live Wires
One AM Radio - This Too Will Pass
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Pole - Steingarten
Pop Levi - The Return to Form Black Magick Party
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Sahara Hotnights - What If Leaving is a Loving Thing
Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Spokane - Little Hours
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
Stereophonics - Pull the Pin
Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon
The Cinematics - A Strange Education
The Concretes - Hey Trouble
The Earlies - The Enemy Chorus
The Electric Soft Parade - No Need to Be Downhearted
The Mooney Suzuki - Have Mercy
The Nightwatchman - One Man Revolution
The View - Hats Off to the Buskers
Tomahawk - Anonymous
Travis - The Boy With No Name
Voxtrot - Voxtrot


Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Chris Cornell - Carry On
Cowboy Junkies - At the End of Paths Taken
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Pelican - City of Echoes
Tori Amos - American Doll Posse

Shiv Shankly

Once: Original Soundtrack


The Focus Group: We Are Pan's People
Midnight Movies: Lion The Girl
The Frames: The Cost
Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior
Paprika: Original Soundtrack (Susumu Hirakawa)
Cornelius: Sensuous
Llily Allen: Alright Still
White Stripes: Icky Thump




Oysterband: Meet You There
Within Temptation: The Heart of Everything
Feist: The Reminder
Marc Almond: Stardom Road
Dean & Britta: Back Numbers
Bjork: Volta
Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna...
Of Montreal: Icons, Abstract Thee



Lee Hazlewood: Cake or Death
Gui Boratto: Chromaphobia
The Beautiful South: The BBC Sessions







The Stooges: The Weirdness