Top Albums of 2007
Better late than never, right?
I've been so busy of late that I accumulated a stack of albums I hadn't listened to, but I still wanted to give them all a fair shake. Hence the ridiculous delay.
Then there was the dilemma of ranking them. I just don't have the energy or motivation to do that at this time. And, in all honestly, I hold these albums in such similar esteem that I'd rather not put them in any kind of order. Yeah, I'm wimping out.
Thus, to compensate for my emasculating refusal to rank them, you're going to get 15 albums instead of the normal 10. Actually, I'm doing that because I simply couldn't get the list down to just 10. Again, wimping out. I'm so pathetic.
So, in alphabetical order...
I've been so busy of late that I accumulated a stack of albums I hadn't listened to, but I still wanted to give them all a fair shake. Hence the ridiculous delay.
Then there was the dilemma of ranking them. I just don't have the energy or motivation to do that at this time. And, in all honestly, I hold these albums in such similar esteem that I'd rather not put them in any kind of order. Yeah, I'm wimping out.
Thus, to compensate for my emasculating refusal to rank them, you're going to get 15 albums instead of the normal 10. Actually, I'm doing that because I simply couldn't get the list down to just 10. Again, wimping out. I'm so pathetic.
So, in alphabetical order...
Akron-Family - Love is Simple
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Tunng - Good Arrows
White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
posted by John | 1:14 PM
2 Comments:
Yes! Finally. Great list . . . it's far better than my own. After hearing LCD's 45:33, that and Sound of Silver would probably rank out at #4 or #5 on mine if I updated it. Also, I'd try to make room for Spoon and Animal Collective. When I was listening to a ton of music last year, I forgot to seek out the more indie, un-mainstream stuff, and my list reflects that. Yours shows that I have a ton of stuff to listen to. So glad to see Gogol on there (can't wait to see them in April!) and my two fav albums of 2007, In Rainbows and Neon Bible. Looking back, 2007 was a fantastic year, both for American film and American music. (If I might ask, what was your favorite album of the year? . . . if it's In Rainbows, it would be uncanny that we'd both have the same fav film/album of the year. What would be next? - a martian invasion?)
congrats on the Juno cover story "additional reporting by"!
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