| fearlessw's 50 Favorite Albums of 2007 |
[Dec. 22nd, 2007|11:46 am] |
1. Caribou / Andorra (Elliot Smith + The Zombies + Kid A. One of those albums that reflects the state of my mind and feels absolutely of its time. Listening to it the first time, I could feel all the teeth of the gears fall silently and perfectly into place. “Melody Day”)
2. Jens Lekman / Night Falls Over Kortedala (He’s a little Sinatra, a little Morrissey, a little ABBA. Singer / songwriters always have a special place with me, especially the Romantics. He’s the best today. “Friday Night a the Drive-In Disco”)
3. M.I.A. / Kala (Most people seem to take this a feel-good party type of album, but what I love is how she turns on pop colonialism, appropriating The Modern Lovers and Pixies like they were flavors of the month. “Paper Planes”)
4. Okkervil River / The Stage Names (Like most of my favorite albums, this exudes a love for music. The history of pop is always under the surface, sometimes bubbling up (“Plus Ones”) and sometimes taking over (“John Allyn Smith Sails”). “Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe”)
5. LCD Soundsystem / Sound of Silver (It’s received a lot of love, and maybe more hate. I suppose it is very stupid, but I can’t help it. I’ve heard every track picked as a favorite by someone – the hallmark of a classic. “North American Scum”)
6. The National / Boxer (Like The Stage Names, this is a sequel album, a darker, meeker sibling that seems to leave the best parts unstated, and is all the more beautiful for it. “Ada”)
7. St. Vincent / Marry Me (Another singer who says things both simply and strangely. Though its had a fair amount of media attention, its been nearly universally and unfairly ignored on year-end lists. “Paris is Burning”)
8. Jay-Z / American Gangster (I’ve always enjoyed Jay-Z as a singles artist. This, I think, is his first great album. Too much has been made of the concept, but not enough of his brilliance as a storyteller. “Hello Brooklyn 2.0”)
9. Feist / The Reminder (“1234”)
10. Beirut / The Flying Club Cup (“Cliquot”)
11. Menomena / Friend and Foe (“Evil Bee”)
12. Kanye West / Graduation (“Stronger”)
13. PJ Harvey / White Chalk (“When Under Ether”)
14. Radiohead / In Rainbows (“Nude”)
15. The Avett Brothers / Emotionalism (“Die Die Die” – my favorite song of the year)
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Is Is [EP] (“Down Boy”)
17. John Vanderslice / Emerald City (“White Dove”)
18. Pharoahe Monch / Desire (“Body Baby”)
19. Bishop Allen / The Broken String (“Rain”)
20. El-P / I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead (“Up All Night”)
21. Fiery Furnaces / Widow City
22. Daft Punk / Alive 2007
23. Wilco / Sky Blue Sky
24. Black Francis / Bluefinger
25. Animal Collective / Strawberry Jam
26. Dan Deacon / Spiderman of the Rings
27. Arcade Fire / Neon Bible
28. Saturday Looks Good to Me / Fill Up the Room
29. Bonnie “Prince” Billy / Ask Forgiveness [EP]
30. Battles / Mirrored
31. Josh Ritter / Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
32. Of Montreal / Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
33. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings / 100 Days, 100 Nights
34. Rufus Wainwright / Release the Stars
35. Rilo Kiley / Under the Blacklight
36. Andrew Bird / Armchair Apocrypha
37. Los Campesinos! / Sticking Fingers Into Sockets [EP]
38. Ghostface Killah / The Big Doe Rehab
39. Panda Bear / Person Pitch
40. Liars
41. Aesop Rock / None Shall Pass
42. The White Stripes / Icky Thump
43. The Bees / Octopus
44. Elliott Smith / New Moon
45. Klaxons / Myths of the Near Future
46. Black Lips / Good Bad Not Evil
47. Patrick Wolf / The Magic Position
48. Iron & Wine / The Shepherd’s Dog
49. Justice / †
50. Grizzly Bear / Friends [EP]
I post lists like this to try to justify an obsessive hobby that isn't really justifiable. Hopefully, you can still profit from it. I love the first eight, really like the next 25 or so, and think the rest are worth checking out and better than average. I'll post my top songs, too. |
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i'm so behind on things.. and just listened to boxer in full earlier this week and now i can't stop listening to it. so good! next up is lcd, i can't believe i haven't heard that one yet. it's like i'm too good for the hype or something. i need to be better about that.
Glad you like The National. Have you heard 2004's Alligator yet? I like one even more. I hope you like LCD, too. "North American Scum" through "All My Friends" is one of my favorite sequences of songs ever. I don't know how hype works. I never listen to the radio or watch music TV. I mostly learn about new music from word-of-mouth on www.rateyourmusic.com, or from reviews / buzz on www.pitchforkmedia.com or www.stereogum.com. I also like to keep an eye of http://spinner.aol.com/; sometimes they make great albums available there. | |
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