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The year is winding down and 2007 saw a lot of great albums. Give us your 5 favorite albums from 2007.

 

I'll go first:

 

 

1. Boxer - The National

2. Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird

3. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon

4. In Rainbows - Radiohead

5. The Shepard's Dog - Iron & Wine

 

 

 

Honorable mentions:

 

In Our Nature- Jose Gonzalez

We All Belong- Dr. Dog

Sky Blue Sky- Wilco

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LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

Handsome Furs - Plague Park

 

hon mentions: Spoon, Julie Doiron, Justice, Kanye, Radiohead, Marnie Stern, Menomena, Andrew Bird, Miracle Fortress, Feist

 

I also hold out hope that my mind will change when Ghostface/Wu-Tang come out in December.

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A far far far better year in music than last year.

 

1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

2. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests

3. Radiohead - In Rainbows

4. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain

5. The National - Boxer

 

Honourable Mention: Feist, Deerhoof, John Vanderslice, Iron And Wine, Andrew Bird, Blitzen Trapper, Spoon, Jens Lekman, Great Lake Swimmers, Arcade Fire.

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Tie for #1

 

1. Wilco-Sky Blue Sky

1. Damon Albarn, Simon Tong, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen-The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3. The White Stripes-Icky Thump

4. The Frames-The Cost

5. Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

 

Honorable Mentions: Hanson-The Walk (surprisingly good), John Fogerty-Revival, Dropkick Murphys-The Meanest of Times

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1. The National

2. Patty Griffin

3. New Pornographers

4. Panda Bear

5. Mendoza Line

 

Honorable Mention: White Stripes, Wilco, Broken West, Gogol Bordello, Of Montreal, Radiohead, Spoon, Chuck Prophet, White Rabbits.

 

I didn't think too hard about this; I'm sure I've forgotten a bunch that I ought to have considered. I'll think harder in late December.

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No real order:

1) SBS -Wilco

2) Armchair Apocrypha -Andrew Bird

3) Eef Barzelay -Eef Barzelay

4) You Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying -Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs

5) New Moon -Elliott Smith

 

Honorable Mentions: Rough Bunnies, Jose Gonzalez, Iron & Wine, Laura Veirs, Dinosaur Jr., Meat Puppets

 

Extra Special honorable mention to the Jicks' Jan. 20th show which I believed I snagged from someone on VC? It is way up there in the ranking of things I've listened to the most this year. I loooove that thing!

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I. Dinosaur Jr's Beyond

II. Elliott Smith's New Moon

III. Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

IV. Iron and Wine's The Shepherd's Dog

V. Kings of Leon's Because of the Times

 

Others: Radiohead's In Rainbows, Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, Wilco's Sky Blue Sky

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Spoon - Ga x5

Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation

White Stripes - Icky Thump

Feist - The Reminder

Ted Leo - Living With The Living

 

Great year all around though: begin introduced to The National, Dr Dog, Ted Leo, and others has been great. I finally "get" something by Radiohead with this new album, but still don't think it's the greatest stuff in the world.

 

I've even attended some outstanding shows, so I've been really happy with 2007.

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early, but pretty good guesstimate for my top 4 (after that the order is pretty arbitrary at this point):

 

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

The National - Boxer

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

 

 

honorable mentions:

 

Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, Georgie James, Jens Lekman, Iron & Wine, St. Vincent, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Richard Hawley, A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Dinosaur Jr., Pharoahe Monch, Kanye, David Vandervelde, The Besnard Lakes, Twilight Sad, Kevin Drew, Jason Isbell, Sharon Jones

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early, but pretty good guesstimate for my top 4 (after that the order is pretty arbitrary at this point):

 

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

The National - Boxer

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

honorable mentions:

 

Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, Georgie James, Jens Lekman, Iron & Wine, St. Vincent, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Richard Hawley, A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Dinosaur Jr., Pharoahe Monch, Kanye, David Vandervelde, The Besnard Lakes, Twilight Sad, Kevin Drew, Jason Isbell, Sharon Jones

 

That Bon Iver album is really, really good. I think everyone should wait on top tens till they hear the new Phosphorescent though. It will definitely be near the top of my list.

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That Bon Iver album is really, really good. I think everyone should wait on top tens till they hear the new Phosphorescent though. It will definitely be near the top of my list.

yeah, i'm pretty new to that Phosphorecent one (couple weeks), but it'll def be on my list somewhere

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Allow me to be the first to very proudly give top honours (or even an honourable mention - say it ain't so!) to:

 

1. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

 

Perhaps the densest record I've heard since YHF, in terms of musicianship and lyrical content. It's an absolute stunner, and the hot streak these guys have been on since Satanic Panic in the Attic continues to floor me with each new song they release.

 

And:

 

2. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga

3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

4. Feist - The Reminder

5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

 

In another year, any of these could have captured the top slot. I think it's been a fuckin' fantastic year for tunage. :dance

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