making a list, chkng it twice

07Dec07

So to keep the list-making going, and as suggested by Daniel, Esq.: what’s your year-end best list of eMu and non-eMu titles combined? I’ll get the ball rolling…

20. Minsk, The Ritual Fires of Abandonment
19. Against Me!, New Wave
18. Angels of Light, We Are Him
17. Saigon, Return of tha Yardfather (Technically Dec. 06, but who’s counting?)
16. UGK, Underground Kingz
15. Kanye West, Graduation
14. Various Artists, The Bombshell Baby of Bombay / The Bombay Connection
13. Prodigy, The Return of the Mac
12. Chris Letcher, Frieze
11. The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Good, The Bad & The Queen
10. Burial, Untrue
9. Wu-Tang Clan, 8 Diagrams
8. Jay-Z, American Gangster
7. My Teenage Stride, Ears Like Golden Bats
6. Gallows, Orchestra of Wolves
5. Paramore, Riot!
4. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
3. Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2. The National, Boxer
1. M.I.A, Kala

Too soon to know: Ghostface Killah, The Big Doe Rehab, Scarface, M.A.D.E.. Honorable mention: Colombia!: The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes, Siobahn Donaghy, Ghosts and the first halves of Fall Out Boy, Infinity on High and Britney Spears Blackout.

joe.

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1 Daniel, Esq. on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

Great! I’m on it, but it will take me a while to post a list. Mostly I look forward to reading other people’s lists.
2 Jesse on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

1. The National - Boxer
2. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
3. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
4. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
5. Battles - Mirrored
6. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7. Ra Ra Riot - Ra Ra Riot EP
8. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
9. Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Will
10. Feist - The Reminder
11. Menomena - Friend and Foe
12. The Seedy Seeds - Change States
13. They Might Be Giants - The Else
14. Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
15. Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
16. Radiohead - In Rainbows
17. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
18. Enon - Grass Geysers… Carbon Clouds
19. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
20. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
21. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
22. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
23. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
24. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
25. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
26. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
27. The Cloud Room - Please Don’t Almost Kill Me EP
28. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
29. Oh No! Oh My! - Between the Devil and the Sea EP
30. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
31. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
32. Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
33. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
34. Los Campesinos - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
35. Robbers on High Street - Grand Animals
36. Blonde Redhead - 23
37. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus
38. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer
39. The Fratellis - Costello Music
40. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
41. The Earlies - Enemy Chorus
42. Dr. Dog - We All Belong
43. Bishop Allen - The Broken String
44. The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
45. The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home
46. Maritime - Heresey and the Hotel Choir
47. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
48. The Frames - The Cost
49. Pela - Anytown Graffiti
50. The Broken West - I Can’t Go On/I’ll Go On
3 jd on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

Here’s mine (if I get more downtime at work I’ll see about a top 10 reissues & comps)

10. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
9. Radiohead - In Rainbows
8. Budos Band - Budos Band II
7. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
6. Oh No - Dr. No’s Oxperiment
5. South Rakkas Crew - Mix Up
4. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortelada
3. M.I.A. - Kala
2. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
4 joe on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

the first round of contributions from eMusic writers:

Alan Light, (Rolling Stone, New York Times)
10. Josh Ritter, Historical Conquests…
9. Jay-Z, American Gangster
8. Patty Griffin, Children Running Through
7. M.I.A., Kala
6. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
5. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, Raising Sand
4. Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
3. Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2. White Stripes, Icky Thump
1. Bruce Springsteen, Magic

Andrew Perry, (Daily Telegraph, MOJO)
25. Ponys, Turn The Lights Out
24. Grinderman, Grinderman
23. The Fall, Reformation Post TLC
22. Tokyo Dragons, Hot Nuts
21. Gwyneth Herbert, Between Me And The Wardrobe
20. Om, Pilgrimage
19. Super Furry Animals, Hey Venus
18. The Hives, The Black & White Album
17. Stereo Total, Paris Berlin
16. Julian Cope, You Gotta Problem With Me
15. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand
14. Battles, Mirrored
13. Jamie T, Panic Prevention
12. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
11. The Stooges, The Weirdness
10. Dizzee Rascal, Maths English
9. Bill Callahan, Woke On A Whaleheart
8. Carbon Silicon, The Last Post
7. The Aliens, Astronomy For Dogs
6. Robert Wyatt, Comic Opera
5. Jack-O & The Tennessee Tearjerkers, Flip Side Kid
4. Turbonegro, Retox
3. The Horrors, Strange House
2. The White Stripes, Icky Thump
1. Arctic Monkeys, Favourite Worst Nightmare

Jay Ruttenberg, (Time Out New York)
10. Nellie McKay, Obligatory Visitors
9. Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, Banging Down the Doors
8. Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion
7. White Stripes, Icky Thump
6. Bill Callahan, Woke on a Whaleheart
5. Drug Rug, Drug Rug
4. Various Artists, Imagine the Shapes
3. Yoko Ono, Yes, I’m a Witch
2. M.I.A., Kala
1. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black

Phil Sutcliffe (MOJO)
10. Uncle Bob, Sugar & Spite
9. Bjork, Volta
8. Lucinda Williams, West
7. Mary Gauthier, Between Daylight And Dark
6. Mr Hudson & The Library, A Tale Of Two Cities
5. Rufus Wainwright, Release The Stars
4. Bellowhead, Burlesque
3. Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II
2. Bruce Springsteen, Magic
1. Richmond Fontaine, Thirteen Cities

Douglas Wolk (Rolling Stone, Blender)
20. Heartbreak Scene, The Szabo Songbook
19. Biota, Half a True Day
18. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
17. !!!, Myth Takes
16. Judee Sill, Live in London: The BBC Recordings 1972-1973
15. hollAnd, Love Fluxus
14. Deerhoof, Friend Opportunity
13. Various Artists, I’m Not There (soundtrack)
12. The New Pornographers, Challengers
11. Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
10. The Shins, Wincing the Night Away
9. Kirsten Ketsjer the Rock Band, Fffooo K Tsscch
8. GusGus, Forever
7. The Human Hearts, Civics
6. M.I.A., Kala
5. The Fiery Furnaces, Widow City
4. Life Without Buildings, Live at the Annandale Hotel
3. Various Artists, After Dark
2. Joanna Newsom, Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP
1. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
5 richard on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

Mine:

12. Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
11. The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
10. Vampire Weekend - EP
9. Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
8. Grinderman - Grinderman
7. Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
6. Minus the Bear - Planet Of Ice
5. Tim Fite - Over the Counter Culture
4. Jens Lenkman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
1. Dax Riggs - We Sing of Only Blood Or Love
6 Daniel, Esq. on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

Some very dark discs dot the top of my list this year. What a great year for new music.

1. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2. Various Artists – After Dark (Italians Do It Better Comp.)
3. Burial – Untrue
4. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
5. A Place To Bury Strangers – A Place To Bury Strangers
6. Studio – West Coast EP
7. M.I.A. — Kala
8. Low – Drums and Guns
9. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Iron & Wine – The Sheppard’s Dog
11. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
12. The Clientele – God Save the Clientele
13. The New Pornographers – Challengers
14. A Mountain of One – Collected Works
15. Skull Disco – Soundboy Punishments
16. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
17. Rhianna – Good Girl Gone Bad
18. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
19. Tinariwen – Aman Iman: Water is Life
20. Nina Nastasia & Jim White – You Follow Me
21. Stars of the Lid – and Their Refinement . . .
22. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
23. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
24. The Nat’l – Boxer
25. Spencer Moore – Spencer Moore
26. Louis Philippe – An Unknown Spring
27. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Scribble Mural Comic Journal
28. Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War
29. Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals
30. White Williams – Smoke
31. James Blood Ulmer – Bad Blood in the City
32. Cobblestone Jazz – 23 Seconds
33. Lucky Soul – The Great Unwanted
34. Kathy Diamond – Miss Diamond To You
35. Sally Shapiro – Disco Romance
36. Justice – Justice (Not sure what else to call it)
37. Andy Palacio – Watina
38. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Dandelion Gum
39. Liars – Liars
40. The Twilight Sad – 14 Autumns, 15 Winters

I reserve the right to amend this list to correct egregious errors in judgment, or to supplement it after further considering new or forthcoming (on eMusic) discs from Ghostface, Wu-Tang, Glass Candy, The Chromatics and other stuff that comes my way.
7 joe on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

I am srsly anticipating the Chromatics album.

Another writer contribution:

Matthew Fritch, (Magnet)
10. My Teenage Stride, Ears Like Golden Bats
9. Bill Callahan, Woke On A Whaleheart
8. The Budos Band, II
7. Unsane, Visqueen
6. Ween, La Cucaracha
5. Caribou, Andorra
4. Maritime, Heresy and the Hotel Choir
3. The New Pornographers, Challengers
2. The Weakerthans, Reunion Tour
1. Against Me!, New Wave
8 Cheryl Morris on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

Annor’s choices:
1. Boxer - The National
2. The Flying Club Cup - Beirut
3. Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird
4. Challengers - The New Pornographers
5. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
6. Peppermint Tea House Asia Classics - Shoukichi Kina
7. Fort Nightly - White Rabbits
8. Hit the Hits - Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra
9. Foley Room - Amon Tobin
10. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon

Others:
Kala - M.I.A (managed to download before removed)
Spiderman of the Rings - Dan Deacon
I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead - El-P
9 joe on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

A few more writers:

John Schaefer (WNYC)

20. Sharon Jones & The DapKings, 100 Days, 100 Nights
19. Frank London, A Night in the Old Marketplace
18. Chanticleer, And On Earth Peace – A Chanticleer Mass
17. 17 Hippies, Heimlich
16. Bach, Goldberg Variations (Simone Dinnerstein, piano)
15. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
14. James Blackshaw, The Cloud of Unknowing
13. The Real Tuesday Weld, London Book of the Dead
12. Arnold Schönberg: Gurrelieder (Michael Gielen, SWF Orchestra)
11. Kitka & Marianna Sadovska, The Rusalka Cycle
10. The Bad Plus, Prog
9. Beirut, Flying Club Cup
8. Osvaldo Golijov, Oceana
7. Art Brut, It’s A Bit Complicated
6. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
5. John Doe, A Year In the Wilderness
4. The National, Boxer
3. Okkervil River, The Stage Names
2. New Pornographers, Challengers
1. Jamie T, Panic Prevention

Chris Roberts (The Guardian, The Telegraph, Melody Maker)
10. Rothko, A Life Lived Elsewhere
9. Arctic Monkeys, Favourite Worst Nightmare
8. Kristin Hersh, Learn To Sing Like A Star
7. Grinderman, Grinderman
6. Soulsavers ft Mark Lanegan, It’s Not How Far You Fall…
5. Piano Magic, Part Monster
4. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
3. The Clientele, God Save The Clientele
2. Anthony Reynolds, British Ballads
1. The National, Boxer
10 porieux on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

No jazz fans here eh?
11 anose on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

I can’t believe !!! only showed up on one list! WTF!!!

It was one of my favorite releases of 2007, and certainly the best live act I saw this year. OK, I only saw two shows this year (I don’t get out much). But still…
12 Daniel, Esq. on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

Porieux, I love old jazz. But with new jazz releases — like classical — I’ve lost track of whose relevant, what discs are worthwhile, and so forth. Basically, I need guidance on what separates the wheat from the chaffe among this year’s new releases.

That’s my longwinded way of saying I’d welcome a list of the year’s best jazz (and/or classical) discs.
13 Matos W.K. on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

My eMusic (not general) Top 10, as sent to Joe:

Michaelangelo Matos
1. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2. John Prine & Mac Wiseman, Standard Songs For Average People
3. Danuel Tate, Pushcard EP
4. Les Savy Fav, Let’s Stay Friends
5. Kenge Kenge, Introducing Kenge Kenge
6. Gogol Bordello, Super Taranta!
7. Nick Lowe, At My Age
8. Blonde Redhead, 23
9. Caribou, Andorra
10. v/a, 5 Years Get Physical

great year overall; this isn’t my overall Top 10 but it’s a damn good list anyway
14 Adamm on Dec 7th, 2007 said:

for the most part my full list would look like a lot of others here, so here’s a short list of things i didn’t see mentioned elsewhere, in no particular order:

Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean (2007 Jazz Pick)

Strategy: Future Rock

Akron/Family: Love is Simple

No Age: Weirdo Rippers

Anything and everything from Awesome Tapes From Africa (http://www.awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com)
15 Frank on Dec 8th, 2007 said:

I love lists. Here’s mine:

1. The National - Boxer
2. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
5. Mice Parade - Mice Parade
6. Burial - Untrue
7. Karate - 596
8. Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat
9. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
10. Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse
11. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna. Are You The Destroyer
12. Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
13. Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
14. Tocotronic - Kapitulation
15. iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies To Lessons Learned
16. The Sea And Cake - Everybody
17. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
18. Herbie Hancock - River: The Jonie Letters
19. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (Deluxe Edition)
20. Elliott Smith - New Moon
16 Daniel, Esq. on Dec 8th, 2007 said:

MM, you’re right; the Pushcard EP is amazing. I love the jazzy-improv techno sound of the Wagon Repair label (and to me, this EP is one of the best examples of that sound and aesthetic).
17 Jason on Dec 8th, 2007 said:

Most (all?) of these are on Emusic:

All Hour Cymbals / Yeasayer (very surprised this hasn’t shown up on more Top 10 lists)
The Flying Club Cup / Beirut
Andorra / Caribou
Night Falls Over Kortedala / Jens Lekman
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga / Spoon
Ghettoblaster / Socalled
Mice Parade / Mice Parade

From the “Wish I Heard About in 2006″ club:
Night Ripper / Girl Talk
The Dusty Foot Philosopher / K’Naan
18 skerzo on Dec 8th, 2007 said:

Thanks guys - you’re really swelling my SFL lists!
Also, I’m surprised by the lack of Panda Bear mentions considering the praise I seem to remember it getting all those many months ago…

I haven’t done a list just yet but I can chip in with Meg Baird’s ‘Dear companion’ which I haven’t seen on many lists but I’ve been loving this year…
19 btx on Dec 8th, 2007 said:

Erm, I hate doing these–it’ll be 2009 (heck, this will be outdated by the end of the month) by the time I’ve surveyed enough of the 2007 stuff to really get close to a best of for the decade…but, these lists certainly are useful for the save for later list…all from emusic, I don’t get stuff any other way…

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Grinderman - Grinderman (not as good as Lyre of Orpheus, however)
Jens Lenkman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Los Campensinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Lightsockets (even if it is an EP, it rocks)
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
O’Death - Head Home
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (and I pretty much hate animal collective)

May make the list, jury is still out:
Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey (EP is better than the LP, which is pretty good in itself)
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbols
Burial - Untrue
Pole - Steingarten

I’m surprised to see Challengers on so many lists–perhaps I haven’t listened to it enough times, but I haven’t found much I like about it.
20 Joey Jo Jo on Dec 8th, 2007 said:

Apparat - Walls
Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
Art Brut - It’s a Bit Complicated
The Boggs - Forts
Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Dntel - Dumb Luck
Dust Galaxy - Dust Galaxy
Frost - Love! Revolution!
Husky Rescue - Ghost is not Real
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
Punk TV - Punk TV
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
Tim Armstrong - A Poet’s Life
Two Lone Swordsmen - Wrong Meeting
Two Lone Swordsmen - Wrong Meeting 2
21 zgreen on Dec 9th, 2007 said:

1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
5. The National - Boxer
6. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. Phosphorescent - Pride
9. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
10. Elliott Smith - New Moon

Honorable Mentions:
Prinzhorn Dance School - Prinzhorn Dance School
Joe Henry - Civilians
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Studio - West Coast
Angels Of Light - We Are Him
22 porieux on Dec 9th, 2007 said:

My top picks of 2007, alphabetical by artist:

4 Corners-4 Corners
None Shall Pass-Aesop Rock
The Antisocial Club-Alan Pasqua
Foley Room-Amon Tobin
9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006-Anthony Braxton
Turn My Teeth Up!-Baby Elephant
Turn My Teeth Up! - The Mental-Instroz-Baby Elephant
Nu Med-Balkan Beat Box
Mago-Billy Martin, John Medeski
Black Devil Disco Club In Dub-Black Devil Disco Club
Glyphic-Boxcutter
Xenosapien-Cephalic Carnage
Altitude with special guest John Medeski-Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte as Groundtruther
Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard-Chris Potter
Song For Anyone-Chris Potter
23 Seconds-Cobblestone Jazz
Hair Guitar-Copy
Abandoned Language-Dalek
Sacred Ground (feat. Cassandra Wilson)-David Murray Black Saint Quartet
Presents: Ziltoid the Omniscient-Devin Townsend
The Release Party-Dilated Peoples
Sound Catcher-DJ Vadim
Mother of Illusion EP-Dust Galaxy
I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead-El-P
From the River to the Ocean-Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake
The Sun-Fridge
Orchestre National de Jazz Luxembourg feat. George Duke and Didier Lockwood-Gast Waltzing, George Duke, Didier Lockwood
Funk On Fire-Hightower
Moog Acid-Jean Jaques Perrey and Luke Vibert
Tenorist-Jerry Bergonzi
Romances-Kaada/Patton
AHO: Tuba Concerto / Contrabassoon Concerto-Lew Lipnick
Chicago, Detroit, Redruth-Luke Vibert
Kala-M.I.A. (XL)
Beat Konducta Vol. 3 & 4: In India-Madlib
Inamorata-Method Of Defiance
The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man-MF GRIMM
Pilgrimage-Michael Brecker
The Last Sucker-Ministry
Live at The Kennedy Center Volume Two-Mulgrew Miller
Draw Breath-Nels Cline Singers
Fantastic Playroom-New Young Pony Club
The Roundhouse Tapes-Opeth
Oslo/Chicago: Breaks-Powerhouse Sound
Zephyros-Satoko Fujii Quartet
Rolling Steady: The 1983 Music Mountain Sessions-Skatalites
Mythmaker-Skinny Puppy
West Coast-Studio
The Gang Font feat. Interloper-The Gang Font feat. Interloper
Tropidelico-The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Gothic Kabbalah-Therion
Anonymous-Tomahawk
Two Bands And A Legend - Feat. Cato Salsa Experience And The Thing With Joe Mcphee-Two Bands And A Legend
Wrong Meeting-Two Lone Swordsmen
Wrong Meeting 2-Two Lone Swordsmen
My Downfall (Original Soundtrack)-Venetian Snares
Pink Green-Venetian Snares
Jazz-Wallace Roney
Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique-µ-Ziq
23 Andri on Dec 10th, 2007 said:

In particular order:

Blonde Redhead - 23
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Black Kids - Wizard of Ahhhs
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Ps. Nice pic of Bessastaðir, I think I can see Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson in one of the windows.
:p
24 BillyGoatBlue on Dec 10th, 2007 said:

In no particular order, discs I’ve been loving this year:

Patrick Wolf
Menomena
Pissed Jeans
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Yeasayer
Tinariwen
Efterklang
Phosphorescent
Dan Deacon
Panda Bear
Okkervil River
Blitzen Trapper
The Bowerbirds
Pharoahe Monch

very good year for me
25 joe on Dec 10th, 2007 said:

More writer lists…

Johnny Black (MOJO)
To My Boy, Messages
Laura Veirs, Saltbreakers
Straylight Run, The Needles, The Space
Field Music, Tones Of Town
Chuck Prophet, Soap And Water
Fall Out Boy, Infinity On High
The Research, Breaking Up
Maria Taylor, Lynn Teeter Flower
LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver
Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
The Color Fred, Bend To Break
Devon Sproule, Keep Yur Silver Shined
The Shins, Wincing The Night Away
Efterklang, Under Giant Trees
Bright Eyes, Cassadega
Cornelius, Sensuous
NickHarper, Miracles For Beginners
Blue States, First Steps Into
Kate Walsh, Tim’s House
Marah, Angels Of Destruction

Chris Weingarten, (Paper Thin Walls)
1. Battles - Mirrored
2. Against Me! – New Wave
3. The Mae Shi – HLLLYH
4. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
5. UGK – Undergroud Kingz
6. Big Business – Here Comes The Waterworks
7. Gowns – Red State
8. Hyphy Hits
9. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime
10. Zs – Arms
11. Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works
12. Jay-Z – American Gangster
13. Patton Oswalt – Werewolves And Lollipops
14. Hallelujah The Hills – Collective Psychosis Begone
15. Fog – Ditherer
16. Wold – Screech Owl
17. Devin The Dude – Waitin’ To Inhale
18. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
19. Baroness – The Red Album
20. Kanye West – Graduation

Simon Reynolds, (Author Generation Ecstasy, Rip It Up & Start Again)
1/ Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dandelion Gum (Graveface)
2/ The Good, the Bad and the Queen –The Good the Bad and the Queen (Honest Jon’s/Parlophone)
3/ Panda Bear, Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
4/ Robert Wyatt, Comicopera (Domino)
5/ Burial, Untrue (Hyperdub)
6/ Sally Shapiro, Disco Romance (Paperbag)
7/ Neil Landstrumm, Restaurant of the Assassins (Planet Mu)
8/ Battles, Mirrored (Warp)
9/ The Focus Group, We Are All Pan’s People (Ghost Box)
10/ Pinch, Underwater Dancehall (Tectonic)

REISSUES
1/ Daphne Oram, Oramics (Paradigm)
2/ Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth (Domino)
3/ Nico, The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 (Rhino)
4/ Harmonia, Harmonia Live 1974 (Crowland)
5/ Sun Ra, Disco 3000 (Art Yard)
6/ Dinosaur L, 24/24 Music (Sleeping Bag)
7/ Black Dog — The Book of Dogma (Soma)
8/ Various, Now We Are Ten (Trunk)
9/ White Noise, An Electric Storm (Island)
10/ Betty Davis, Betty Davis (Lights in the Attic)
26 BB on Dec 10th, 2007 said:

Roughly ordered from best to less-best, but I really don’t like putting numbers next to albums:

Iron & Wine - The Shepherd’s Dog
Chris Bathgate - A Cork Tale Wake
The Great Northern - Trading Twilight for Daylight
Beirut - The Flying Cup Club
Basia Bulat - Oh My Darling
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Field Music - Tone of Town
Mice Parade - Mice Parade
The Earlies - The Enemy Chorus
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Tunng - Good Arrows
The Six Parts Seven - Casually Smashed to Pieces
Future Clouds and Radar - S/T
Rosie Thomas - These Friends of Mine
Small Sails - Similar Anniversaries
Ellis Island Sound - The Good Seed
Helios - Ayres
Alaska in Winter - Dance Party In The Balkans
Eluvium - Copia
Grails - Burning Off Impurities
Rocky Votolato - The Brag and Cuss
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Apparat - Walls
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Explosions In The Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
27 joe on Dec 11th, 2007 said:

More writer lists!

Jack Rabid, (The Big Takeover)
sloan, never hear the end of it
the long blondes, someone to drive you home
new model army, high
new pornographers, challengers
the shins, wincing the night away
maximo park, our earthly pleasures
emma pollock, watch the fireworks
idlewild, make another world
the effigies, reside
rogue wave, asleep at heaven’s gate
blonde redhead, 23
voxtrot, voxtrot
bad religion, new maps of hell
radiohead, in rainbows
amy winehouse, back to black
john doe, a year in the wilderness
fields, everything last winter
ed kuepper & the kowalski collective, jean lee and the yellow dog
great northern, trading twilight for daylight
feist, the reminder
28 Rich on Dec 11th, 2007 said:

My Favorites…

1. Boxer - The National
2. Person Pitch - Panda Bear
3. In Rainbows - Radiohead
4. Friend and Foe - Menomena
5. All Hour Cymbals - Yeasayer
6. The Reminder - Feist
7. Hissing Fauna Are you the Destroyer? - Of Montreal
8. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
9. God Save the Clientele - The Clientele
10. Cryptograms - Deerhunter
11. You Follow Me - Nina Nastasia & Jim White
12. Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird
13. Night Falls Over Kortedala - Jens Lekman
14. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
15. Andorra - Caribou
16. Fort Nightly - White Rabbits
17. Miss Diamond to You - Kathy Diamond
18. The Stage Names - Okkervil River
19. Fourteen Autumns Fifteen Winters - The Twilight Sad
20. Are the Dark Horse - The Besnard Lakes
21. ASA Breed - Matthew Dear
22. Full Bloom - Soft Circle
23. Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
24. Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective
25. Random Spirit Lover - Sunset Rubdown
26. The Flying Club Cup - Beirut
27. Scribble Mural Comic Journal - A Sunny Day in Glasgow
28. Untrue - Burial
29. On the Wing Now - Foreign Born
30. There’s No Home - Jana Hunter
31. Mirrored - Battles
32. Icky Thump - The White Stripes
33. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
34. Raven and the White Night - Odawas
35. We Are Him - Angels of Light
36. Marry Me - St. Vincent
37. S/T - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
38. Songs III: Bird On the Water - Marissa Nadler
39. Wild Mountain Nation - Blitzen Trapper
40. Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink - Bodies Of Water
29 hoboghost on Dec 12th, 2007 said:

to make up for showing up on only one measly list:

Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog
30 Punker on Dec 25th, 2007 said:

If I see Animal Collective or Panda Bear in anybody’s 2007 favorites list, I automatically dismiss the entire list. I think those albums were utter crap for musichead posers.

making a list, chkng it twice

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