Your top 10 favorite albums of 2007
12-04-07, 05:34 PM
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Top 10 in alphabetical order:
The Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
Blonde Redhead - 23
The Boggs - Forts
The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
The National - Boxer
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities
Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Honorable Mention:
Amiina - Kurr
Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Battles - Mirrored
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
Dean & Britta - Back Numbers
Drakes Hotel - Tell Me Everything
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Feist - The Reminder
The Frames - The Cost
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
The Go Team - Proof of Youth
Jesca Hoop - Kismet
Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Jack Penate - Matinee
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate
The Sea and Cake - Everybody
Siouxsie - Mantaray
St. Vincent - Marry Me
The Strange Death of Liberal England - Forward March
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Tunng - Good Arrows
The Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
Blonde Redhead - 23
The Boggs - Forts
The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
The National - Boxer
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities
Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Honorable Mention:
Amiina - Kurr
Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Battles - Mirrored
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
The Clientele - God Save The Clientele
Dean & Britta - Back Numbers
Drakes Hotel - Tell Me Everything
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Feist - The Reminder
The Frames - The Cost
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
The Go Team - Proof of Youth
Jesca Hoop - Kismet
Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Jack Penate - Matinee
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate
The Sea and Cake - Everybody
Siouxsie - Mantaray
St. Vincent - Marry Me
The Strange Death of Liberal England - Forward March
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Tunng - Good Arrows
12-04-07, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Sessa17
Just an FYI, for the purpose of this thread. This was released in the middle of 2006. And Lily Allen & Amy Winehouse were also released at the beginning of 2006, not 2007.
12-04-07, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sessa17
(The National, Clutch, Rilo Kiley, Kings of Leon & many more) all releasing very "paint-by-the-numbers" trite, dissapointing albums.
12-04-07, 08:30 PM
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1) Iced Earth : Framing Armageddon
2) Shadows Fall : Threads of Life
3) Hellyeah
4) Down : 3 Over The Under
5) Megadeth : United Abominations
6) Helloween : Gambling With The Devil
7) Trivium : The Crusade
8) In This Moment : Beautiful Tragedy
9) Scum Of The Earth : Sleeze Freak
10) Static X : Cannibal
Honerable Mention - Black Sabbath/ Heaven & Hell Live At Radio City Music Hall
I don't usually include live albums on Best Of lists, but this album sounds incredible and deserves a mention.
2) Shadows Fall : Threads of Life
3) Hellyeah
4) Down : 3 Over The Under
5) Megadeth : United Abominations
6) Helloween : Gambling With The Devil
7) Trivium : The Crusade
8) In This Moment : Beautiful Tragedy
9) Scum Of The Earth : Sleeze Freak
10) Static X : Cannibal
Honerable Mention - Black Sabbath/ Heaven & Hell Live At Radio City Music Hall
I don't usually include live albums on Best Of lists, but this album sounds incredible and deserves a mention.
12-04-07, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by cactusoly
1) Iced Earth : Framing Armageddon
2) Shadows Fall : Threads of Life
3) Hellyeah
4) Down : 3 Over The Under
5) Megadeth : United Abominations
6) Helloween : Gambling With The Devil
7) Trivium : The Crusade
8) In This Moment : Beautiful Tragedy
9) Scum Of The Earth : Sleeze Freak
10) Static X : Cannibal
Honerable Mention - Black Sabbath/ Heaven & Hell Live At Radio City Music Hall
I don't usually include live albums on Best Of lists, but this album sounds incredible and deserves a mention.
2) Shadows Fall : Threads of Life
3) Hellyeah
4) Down : 3 Over The Under
5) Megadeth : United Abominations
6) Helloween : Gambling With The Devil
7) Trivium : The Crusade
8) In This Moment : Beautiful Tragedy
9) Scum Of The Earth : Sleeze Freak
10) Static X : Cannibal
Honerable Mention - Black Sabbath/ Heaven & Hell Live At Radio City Music Hall
I don't usually include live albums on Best Of lists, but this album sounds incredible and deserves a mention.
for including the In This Moment album in your top ten.1.Between the Buried and Me "Colors"
2.Chimaria "Resurrection"
3.Lily Allen "Smile"
4.Machine Head "The Blackening"
5.Otep "The Accention"
6.the Red Chord "Prey For Eyes"
7.Behemoth "The Apotasy"
8.Arch Enemy "Rise of the Tyrannt"
9.The Dillenger Escape Plan "Ire Works"
10.Avril Lavgine "the Best Damn Thing"
yeah, I'm gonna prob get hell for number 10, but i don't give a shit.
12-04-07, 10:08 PM
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Apologies in advance if any of these are technically 06 releases...No order
Pelle Carlberg In A Nutshell
Brandi Carlile The Story
Fourth Of July Fourth Of July On The Plains
The Fratellis Costello Music
Good Shoes Think Before You Speak
Patty Griffin Children Running Through
Elizabeth Cook Balls
Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Field Music Tones of Town
Walker Kong Deliver Us From People
Just got Babyshambles & will be listening to Art Brut's latest shortly, so they didn't make the list...Shins & 1990s among those with too few listens
edit. Forgot about Elizabeth Cook (Jimmy LaFave loses out-great disc though)
Pelle Carlberg In A Nutshell
Brandi Carlile The Story
Fourth Of July Fourth Of July On The Plains
The Fratellis Costello Music
Good Shoes Think Before You Speak
Patty Griffin Children Running Through
Elizabeth Cook Balls
Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Field Music Tones of Town
Walker Kong Deliver Us From People
Just got Babyshambles & will be listening to Art Brut's latest shortly, so they didn't make the list...Shins & 1990s among those with too few listens
edit. Forgot about Elizabeth Cook (Jimmy LaFave loses out-great disc though)
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12-05-07, 12:20 AM
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Here's the finalized list, with some slight changes. The top 4 are still just about a tie, though.
1. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Only really discovered Spoon with Gimme Fiction, and then went back and got the rest of their catalog. GF, was in my top 3 the year it came out, but this is a overall better album. It was one I had high hopes for, and it exceeded them.
2. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
- As far as I'm concerned, the best album this band has done yet. One of the first on the list released this year, and it held out all the way through.
3. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
- A later entry as far as the year goes, but I've barely stopped listening to it since. The third consistently great album (I'm not counting Clarity or Static Prevails either, as they weren't) from this band in a row. It's solid all the way through, with not a single bad moment.
4. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
- I was never a huge fan, or for that matter, really much of a fan of the White Stripes before. However, last year I fell in love with The Raconteurs (Broken Boy Soldiers was my #1), and because of that, went back and reassessed them. So when this album was set to be released, I was more receptive to it - and holy crap, it didn't let me down. The past albums are still hit or miss with me, but Icky Thump is completely great.
5. Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It
- While released in their native Canada last year, it didn't come out in the U.S. until January of 2007... so screw it, I'm counting it anyway. Thirty songs segued into one flawless production. Sloan's done some interesting things before, but this one takes it whole.
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
- This was my album for the summer of 2007. Never really cared one way or the other for Wilco before, either, but a co-worker started spinning this album and I found myself owning my own copy not too long there after. It was a still a bit of a grower, but in the complete best sense of it happening.
7. VHS Or Beta - Bring On The Comets
- And yet again, another band I only truly discovered with their latest release. What I love about this album is that it caught me from the first spin, yet it's still revealing itself through this song or that with every listen.
8. Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
- Oddly enough, I hated this album the first time I listened to it. The second and third spins didn't do much to change that opinion, either. Yet, strangely, the more I listened to it, the more I grew to love it, and the more I wanted to listen to it. Always a pleasant surprise when that happens.
9. Rooney - Calling The World
- Say what you may, but this is an exceptional power-pop album. I didn't even think the band had it in them to make something this good, but the fact they did has earned them this spot on the list.
10. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
- This one was a bit of a grower for me, as at first, I didn't like it as much as their last album. The last 4 tracks just seal the deal for me, though.
...and some that are just outside the Top 10, in no particular order...
Matt Pond Pa - Last Light- Here's another band that gets better with every release. They also released an EP this summer - If You Want Blood - that was equally great, too.
VAST - April - So close to making it. Jon Crosby gets better with with each release.
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin - Another band that improved upon their debut.
Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces - Fantastic return from this Boston band.
Velvet Revolver - Libertad - An improvement on their debut. Too bad Scott Weiland can't keep his shit together.
Ash - Twilight Of The Innocents - Another good release, but not as great as their last.
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond- As with their Beantown compatriots in Buffalo Tom, anther exceptional return to form.
The Honorary Title - Scream & Light Up The Sky - Another band who improved upon their debut release.
Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heavens Gate - Good, but didn't grab me as much as their last album.
Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House - A solid effort, but his previous two were better.
Dan Wilson - Free Life - Good, and long overdue solo debut from the former leader of Semisonic and Trip Shakespear.
Feist - The Reminder - Also a good release, but her last was superior. It gets too dragged down during the second half of the album - and could have perhaps benefited from better song sequencing.
Bruce Springsteen - Magic - Easily the most solid and consistent album he's done in over 20 years.
The Cult - Born Into This - They may only reunite to churn out an album every 5 or so years, but when they're this good, it makes it all worth it.
Radiohead - In Rainbows - Didn't hit me at first, but it's growing on me.
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight - A good album, with just one problem - not enough Blake Sennett. Everybody else is all about Jenny Lewis, but the best song on here - "Dreamworld" - is the only one Blake does lead vocals on, and that's a damn shame.
1. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Only really discovered Spoon with Gimme Fiction, and then went back and got the rest of their catalog. GF, was in my top 3 the year it came out, but this is a overall better album. It was one I had high hopes for, and it exceeded them.
2. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
- As far as I'm concerned, the best album this band has done yet. One of the first on the list released this year, and it held out all the way through.
3. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
- A later entry as far as the year goes, but I've barely stopped listening to it since. The third consistently great album (I'm not counting Clarity or Static Prevails either, as they weren't) from this band in a row. It's solid all the way through, with not a single bad moment.
4. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
- I was never a huge fan, or for that matter, really much of a fan of the White Stripes before. However, last year I fell in love with The Raconteurs (Broken Boy Soldiers was my #1), and because of that, went back and reassessed them. So when this album was set to be released, I was more receptive to it - and holy crap, it didn't let me down. The past albums are still hit or miss with me, but Icky Thump is completely great.
5. Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It
- While released in their native Canada last year, it didn't come out in the U.S. until January of 2007... so screw it, I'm counting it anyway. Thirty songs segued into one flawless production. Sloan's done some interesting things before, but this one takes it whole.
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
- This was my album for the summer of 2007. Never really cared one way or the other for Wilco before, either, but a co-worker started spinning this album and I found myself owning my own copy not too long there after. It was a still a bit of a grower, but in the complete best sense of it happening.
7. VHS Or Beta - Bring On The Comets
- And yet again, another band I only truly discovered with their latest release. What I love about this album is that it caught me from the first spin, yet it's still revealing itself through this song or that with every listen.
8. Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
- Oddly enough, I hated this album the first time I listened to it. The second and third spins didn't do much to change that opinion, either. Yet, strangely, the more I listened to it, the more I grew to love it, and the more I wanted to listen to it. Always a pleasant surprise when that happens.
9. Rooney - Calling The World
- Say what you may, but this is an exceptional power-pop album. I didn't even think the band had it in them to make something this good, but the fact they did has earned them this spot on the list.
10. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
- This one was a bit of a grower for me, as at first, I didn't like it as much as their last album. The last 4 tracks just seal the deal for me, though.
...and some that are just outside the Top 10, in no particular order...
Matt Pond Pa - Last Light- Here's another band that gets better with every release. They also released an EP this summer - If You Want Blood - that was equally great, too.
VAST - April - So close to making it. Jon Crosby gets better with with each release.
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin - Another band that improved upon their debut.
Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces - Fantastic return from this Boston band.
Velvet Revolver - Libertad - An improvement on their debut. Too bad Scott Weiland can't keep his shit together.
Ash - Twilight Of The Innocents - Another good release, but not as great as their last.
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond- As with their Beantown compatriots in Buffalo Tom, anther exceptional return to form.
The Honorary Title - Scream & Light Up The Sky - Another band who improved upon their debut release.
Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heavens Gate - Good, but didn't grab me as much as their last album.
Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House - A solid effort, but his previous two were better.
Dan Wilson - Free Life - Good, and long overdue solo debut from the former leader of Semisonic and Trip Shakespear.
Feist - The Reminder - Also a good release, but her last was superior. It gets too dragged down during the second half of the album - and could have perhaps benefited from better song sequencing.
Bruce Springsteen - Magic - Easily the most solid and consistent album he's done in over 20 years.
The Cult - Born Into This - They may only reunite to churn out an album every 5 or so years, but when they're this good, it makes it all worth it.
Radiohead - In Rainbows - Didn't hit me at first, but it's growing on me.
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight - A good album, with just one problem - not enough Blake Sennett. Everybody else is all about Jenny Lewis, but the best song on here - "Dreamworld" - is the only one Blake does lead vocals on, and that's a damn shame.
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12-05-07, 01:17 AM
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By the way, did anyone check out Amazon Editors' Top 100 CDs of 2007. What a bizarre list! The nauseating Feist is at NUMBER ONE with "The Reminder" (a really boring, badly conceived record, in my opinion).
And heres the fun part - Jennifer Lopez makes the Top 100 Critics list with "Brave". WTF is going on??
My Top 7 CDs:
1. "Release The Stars" - Rufus Wainwright
2. "Who We Are" - Lifehouse
3. "American Doll Posse" - Tori Amos
4. "Divinidylle" - Vanessa Paradis
5. "La Radiolina" - Manu Chao
6. "Indiana" - Jon McLaughlin (AMAZING ALBUM)
7. "Paige Aufhammer" - Paige Aufhammer
I loved a lot of other CDs this year, but these were the ones I played the most.
And heres the fun part - Jennifer Lopez makes the Top 100 Critics list with "Brave". WTF is going on??
My Top 7 CDs:
1. "Release The Stars" - Rufus Wainwright
2. "Who We Are" - Lifehouse
3. "American Doll Posse" - Tori Amos
4. "Divinidylle" - Vanessa Paradis
5. "La Radiolina" - Manu Chao
6. "Indiana" - Jon McLaughlin (AMAZING ALBUM)
7. "Paige Aufhammer" - Paige Aufhammer
I loved a lot of other CDs this year, but these were the ones I played the most.
12-05-07, 10:31 AM
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1 Richard Thompson - "Sweet Warrior" Best Album since Mock Tudor and still at the top of his games 40 years after bursting on the Folk Rock scene. Plugged in on this effort and still writing and playing tremendous songs. Favorite Track "Dad's Gonna Kill Me"
2 Feist "The Reminder": I think that this effort is far superior to her last album, and goes cover to cover. Her songwriting has caught up to her impressive vocal interpertation. Favorite Track "I Feel it All"
3 Brandi Carlile "The Story": She is just touching the surface with her talent. And this effort builds on her debut with continued impressive songwriting and showcasig her amazing vocal range. Favorite Track "The Story"
4 Arcade Fire "Neon Bible": I missed the boat on there last effrt, but am happily on board with this one. Closest thing to the Talking Heads in some time. A thinking mans rock band. Favorite Track "Antichrist TV Blues"
5 Low Stars - "Low Stars"- In the flavor of The Eagles, CSNy and the like, just fun California grooving tunes. Favorite Track "Calling all Friends"
6 Jesse Malin "Glitter in the Gutter" Just a flat out great rock n roll album. Not a bad track. Favorite Track "Don't let 'em take you down"
7 Winterpills "The Light Divides" Just love the harmonies these guys create, memorable, interesting songs. There 2nd album is as good as there first which was excellent. Favorite Track "Broken Arm"
8 Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block" One of the breakout records of the year, at least hollywood wise, I hear tunes from this album everywhere on tv and the movies. Like A. Bird, some great whisteling, it's a dense interesting record of a trio that group that seems to have that fine line of indie and pop straddled perfectly. Favorite Track "Young FOlks"
9 The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" I came late to the party on this one, yes Garden State brought me in, but this album is the complete package. One of the best emerging songwriters working with a really great band. Favorite Track "Australia"
10 Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocryhpa": Nobody seems to reward repeat listenings more than A bird. Who has dropped the veil on this album to create more accessible songs. The instrumentation and vocal and whisteling talents are still there, but the arrangements come at you quicker. Favorite Track "Plasticities"
12 Mike "Life in Cartoon Motion". Leave your brain at the door and enjoy the Freddie ride. Favorie Track "Grace Kelly"
13 James Morrison "Undiscovered" Thorougly enoyed this album from Brit newcomer singer songwriter. Someone to watch... Favrie Track "Call the Police"
#14: Spoon "GaGaGaGaGa", Patty Griffin "Children Running Through", Amy Winhouse "Back to Black", Lily Allen "Alright, Still" , John Fogerty "Revival", kt Tunstall "Drastic Fantastic", Rilo Kiley "under the Blacklight", The Bird & The Bee, The Subdudes "Sweet Sympony", Stars "In our Bedroom, After the War", Marc Cohn "Join the Parade", Josh Ritter "The Historical Conquests of JR", The Frames "The Cost"...
2 Feist "The Reminder": I think that this effort is far superior to her last album, and goes cover to cover. Her songwriting has caught up to her impressive vocal interpertation. Favorite Track "I Feel it All"
3 Brandi Carlile "The Story": She is just touching the surface with her talent. And this effort builds on her debut with continued impressive songwriting and showcasig her amazing vocal range. Favorite Track "The Story"
4 Arcade Fire "Neon Bible": I missed the boat on there last effrt, but am happily on board with this one. Closest thing to the Talking Heads in some time. A thinking mans rock band. Favorite Track "Antichrist TV Blues"
5 Low Stars - "Low Stars"- In the flavor of The Eagles, CSNy and the like, just fun California grooving tunes. Favorite Track "Calling all Friends"
6 Jesse Malin "Glitter in the Gutter" Just a flat out great rock n roll album. Not a bad track. Favorite Track "Don't let 'em take you down"
7 Winterpills "The Light Divides" Just love the harmonies these guys create, memorable, interesting songs. There 2nd album is as good as there first which was excellent. Favorite Track "Broken Arm"
8 Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block" One of the breakout records of the year, at least hollywood wise, I hear tunes from this album everywhere on tv and the movies. Like A. Bird, some great whisteling, it's a dense interesting record of a trio that group that seems to have that fine line of indie and pop straddled perfectly. Favorite Track "Young FOlks"
9 The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" I came late to the party on this one, yes Garden State brought me in, but this album is the complete package. One of the best emerging songwriters working with a really great band. Favorite Track "Australia"
10 Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocryhpa": Nobody seems to reward repeat listenings more than A bird. Who has dropped the veil on this album to create more accessible songs. The instrumentation and vocal and whisteling talents are still there, but the arrangements come at you quicker. Favorite Track "Plasticities"
12 Mike "Life in Cartoon Motion". Leave your brain at the door and enjoy the Freddie ride. Favorie Track "Grace Kelly"
13 James Morrison "Undiscovered" Thorougly enoyed this album from Brit newcomer singer songwriter. Someone to watch... Favrie Track "Call the Police"
#14: Spoon "GaGaGaGaGa", Patty Griffin "Children Running Through", Amy Winhouse "Back to Black", Lily Allen "Alright, Still" , John Fogerty "Revival", kt Tunstall "Drastic Fantastic", Rilo Kiley "under the Blacklight", The Bird & The Bee, The Subdudes "Sweet Sympony", Stars "In our Bedroom, After the War", Marc Cohn "Join the Parade", Josh Ritter "The Historical Conquests of JR", The Frames "The Cost"...
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12-05-07, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
Triviums album came out last november. And for including the In This Moment album in your top ten.
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for including the In This Moment album in your top ten..
oops revised...
1) Iced Earth : Framing Armageddon
2) Shadows Fall : Threads of Life
3) Hellyeah
4) Down : 3 Over The Under
5) Megadeth : United Abominations
6) Helloween : Gambling With The Devil
7) In This Moment : Beautiful Tragedy
8) Scum Of The Earth : Sleeze Freak
9) Static X : Cannibal
10) 3 Inches of Blood : Fire Up The Blades
12-05-07, 05:38 PM
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Might be tough to come up with 10.
These for sure:
(in no particular order)
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Blackfield - Blackfield II
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring (EP)
Type O Negative - Dead Again
KMFDM - Tohuvabohu (sp?)
Ministry - The Last Sucker
Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth
Fauxliage - S/T
These for sure:
(in no particular order)
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Blackfield - Blackfield II
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring (EP)
Type O Negative - Dead Again
KMFDM - Tohuvabohu (sp?)
Ministry - The Last Sucker
Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth
Fauxliage - S/T
12-07-07, 09:27 AM
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Because no one has said it yet I'll add
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
...just incredible. A late discovery that makes me forget about all the other 'albums of the year' candidates. Others include MIA "Kala" Battles "Mirrored" The National "Boxer" etc...same as everyone else. Also, Santogold...and whatever EP sorta thing she put out...'Les Artistes'...WOW.
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
...just incredible. A late discovery that makes me forget about all the other 'albums of the year' candidates. Others include MIA "Kala" Battles "Mirrored" The National "Boxer" etc...same as everyone else. Also, Santogold...and whatever EP sorta thing she put out...'Les Artistes'...WOW.
12-07-07, 11:00 AM
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My full top 50 is here if anyone cares to see; here's the alphabetical top 10 from it:
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls with Sand
James Blackshaw - The Cloud of Unknowning
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I
Jay-Jay Johanson - The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known
M.I.A. - Kala
MV & EE w/ the Golden Road - Gettin' Gone
The National - Boxer
Port-Royal - Afraid to Dance
Studio - Yearbook 1
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls with Sand
James Blackshaw - The Cloud of Unknowning
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I
Jay-Jay Johanson - The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known
M.I.A. - Kala
MV & EE w/ the Golden Road - Gettin' Gone
The National - Boxer
Port-Royal - Afraid to Dance
Studio - Yearbook 1
12-07-07, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mphtrilogy
8 Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block" One of the breakout records of the year, at least hollywood wise, I hear tunes from this album everywhere on tv and the movies. Like A. Bird, some great whisteling, it's a dense interesting record of a trio that group that seems to have that fine line of indie and pop straddled perfectly. Favorite Track "Young FOlks"
12-07-07, 12:42 PM
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In no particular order:
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Tegan & Sara - The Con
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Colin Hay - Are You Lookin at Me
Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
Rilo Kiley - Under The Backlight
Feist - The Reminder
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Tegan & Sara - The Con
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Colin Hay - Are You Lookin at Me
Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
Rilo Kiley - Under The Backlight
Feist - The Reminder
12-07-07, 04:56 PM
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I guess I'm the only one so far who's mostly into hip hop...here are some of my favorites, in no particular order...
Common - Finding Forever
Kanye West - Graduation
Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
Devin The Dude - Waiting To Inhale
Ryan Adams - Easy, Tiger
Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
WC - Guilty By Association
Chrisette Michele - I Am
UGK - Underground Kingz
Justice - Cross
The Used - Lies For Liars
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Common - Finding Forever
Kanye West - Graduation
Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
Devin The Dude - Waiting To Inhale
Ryan Adams - Easy, Tiger
Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
WC - Guilty By Association
Chrisette Michele - I Am
UGK - Underground Kingz
Justice - Cross
The Used - Lies For Liars
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12-21-07, 12:11 AM
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Album of the Year: Blu and Exile- Below the Heavens
Pharoahe Monch- Desire
Brother Ali-Undisputed Truth
Evidence- The Weatherman LP
Move.Meant- The Scope of Things to Come
Talib Kweli- Eardrum
Common- Finding Forever
Blue Scholars- Bayani
Theory Hazit- Extra Credit
Ghostface Killah- Big Doe Rehab
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Honorable Mention:
SoulStice- Dead Letter Perfect
Sage Francis- Human the Death Dance
Aesop Rock- None Shall Pass
El-P- I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Plan B- Paint it Blacker
Musiq Soulchild- Luvanmusiq
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Kanye West- Graduation
Busdriver- Roadkillovercoat
Pharoahe Monch- Desire
Brother Ali-Undisputed Truth
Evidence- The Weatherman LP
Move.Meant- The Scope of Things to Come
Talib Kweli- Eardrum
Common- Finding Forever
Blue Scholars- Bayani
Theory Hazit- Extra Credit
Ghostface Killah- Big Doe Rehab
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Honorable Mention:
SoulStice- Dead Letter Perfect
Sage Francis- Human the Death Dance
Aesop Rock- None Shall Pass
El-P- I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Plan B- Paint it Blacker
Musiq Soulchild- Luvanmusiq
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Kanye West- Graduation
Busdriver- Roadkillovercoat
12-21-07, 01:05 AM
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1. Kelly Willis - Translated From Love
2. They Might Be Giants - The Else
3. Blonde Redhead - 23
4. Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
5. Battles - Mirrored
6. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
7. Au Revoir Simone - The Bird Of Music
8. Everybody Else - Everybody Else
9. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
10. The Detroit Cobras - Tied & True
Bonus list:
11. Kristin Hersh - Learn To Sing Like A Star
12. a brokeheart pro - The Kitten Next Door
13. Jesca Hoop - Kismet
14. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
15. Danni Leigh - Masquerade of a Fool
16. The 1900s - Cold & Kind
17. Lucinda Williams - West
18. Jenny Owen Youngs - Batten the Hatches
19. Siouxsie - Mantaray
20. Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game
2. They Might Be Giants - The Else
3. Blonde Redhead - 23
4. Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
5. Battles - Mirrored
6. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
7. Au Revoir Simone - The Bird Of Music
8. Everybody Else - Everybody Else
9. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
10. The Detroit Cobras - Tied & True
Bonus list:
11. Kristin Hersh - Learn To Sing Like A Star
12. a brokeheart pro - The Kitten Next Door
13. Jesca Hoop - Kismet
14. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
15. Danni Leigh - Masquerade of a Fool
16. The 1900s - Cold & Kind
17. Lucinda Williams - West
18. Jenny Owen Youngs - Batten the Hatches
19. Siouxsie - Mantaray
20. Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game
12-21-07, 03:31 AM
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Can't make a top ten because a lot of the albums I've enjoyed this year, didn't come out this year, but of those that did:
1. Justice - Cross. Thank's to a recommendation from a poster here, I checked this album out and it completely and totally blew me away. I've been listening to it for months, with no end in site.
2. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool. I love with this cat is doing for hip-hop. He's a clever one, Lupe is. Probably too clever to really be successful in the mainstream.
3. The Bird and the Bee - Please Clap Your Hands. CD has probably my favorite song of the year "Fucking Boyfriend". Great pop sound.
4. Client - Heartland. I've only just started listening to it, but I'm really enjoying their sound. It sounds like an extension of Garbage, when they got all electronic. Plus some of these songs are like rough dirty sex for your ears. Who doesn't want that?
5. The Pippettes - We Are The Pippettes. This is a cheat, since I've been listening to these girls for a year, but the cd only just came out in the states this year, so I'll recognize them here.
6. Musiq Soulchild - Luvanmusiq. One of the last great reasons I still listen to R&B.
1. Justice - Cross. Thank's to a recommendation from a poster here, I checked this album out and it completely and totally blew me away. I've been listening to it for months, with no end in site.
2. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool. I love with this cat is doing for hip-hop. He's a clever one, Lupe is. Probably too clever to really be successful in the mainstream.
3. The Bird and the Bee - Please Clap Your Hands. CD has probably my favorite song of the year "Fucking Boyfriend". Great pop sound.
4. Client - Heartland. I've only just started listening to it, but I'm really enjoying their sound. It sounds like an extension of Garbage, when they got all electronic. Plus some of these songs are like rough dirty sex for your ears. Who doesn't want that?
5. The Pippettes - We Are The Pippettes. This is a cheat, since I've been listening to these girls for a year, but the cd only just came out in the states this year, so I'll recognize them here.
6. Musiq Soulchild - Luvanmusiq. One of the last great reasons I still listen to R&B.
12-21-07, 09:22 AM
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Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim
Against Me! - New Wave
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Sundowner - Four One Five Two
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Against Me! - New Wave
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Sundowner - Four One Five Two
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
12-21-07, 09:32 AM
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I'm out of the music loop, and I've only bought 2 albums that were released in 2007.
So, my favorites are:
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
So, my favorites are:
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky