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Top 10:

 

1. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

2. The Stars of the Lid- And Their Refinement of the Decline

3. The Field- From Here We Go Sublime

4. The National- Boxer

5. Studio- Yearbook 1

6. Radiohead- In Rainbows

7. Band of Bees- Octopus

8. The Sea and Cake- Everybody

9. The Good, The Bad, and the Queen- S/T

10. Panda Bear- Person Pitch

 

Honrable Mentions:

 

Burial- Untrue

Daft Punk- Alive 2007

Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew- Spirit If...

Andrew Bird- Armchair Apocrypha

Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Battles- Mirrored

Wilco- Sky Blue Sky

 

 

Biggest Disappointment:

 

Beastie Boys- The Mix Up

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Here's the top ten from Twisted Ear

 

My personal list goes:

 

1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

2. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera

3. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

4. Gruff Rhys - Candylion

5. Lavender Diamond - Imagine Our Love

6. Citay - Little Kingdom

7. Caribou - Andorra

8. Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart

9. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

10. Andre Ethier - On Blue Fog

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I seriously cannot recommend the Winterpills album enough -- if you're into atmospheric indie-folk type stuff, they're about as good as it gets...

 

 

1. Spoon // Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

2. Winterpills // The Light Divides

3. LCD Soundsystem // Sound Of Silver

4. Radiohead // In Rainbows

5. Deerhoof // Friend Opportunity

6. Feist // The Reminder

7. The New Pornographers // Challengers

8. Andrew Bird // Armchair Apocrypha

9. Okkervil River // The Stage Names

10. Wilco // Sky Blue Sky

 

Honarable Mentions...

Ted Leo/Rx // Living With the Living

The National // Boxer

Maritime // Heresy And The Hotel Choir

Modest Mouse // We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank

Richard Swift // Dressed Up For Letdown

Jesse Mailin // Glitter in the Gutter

Additional Moog // Thirty Three & A Third

Black Kids // Wizard of Ahhhs EP

I'm From Barcelona // Let Me Introduce My Friends

Dizzee Rascal // Maths + English

Menomena // Friend And Foe

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1 The National - Boxer

2 Radiohead - In Rainbows

3 Menomena - Friend and Foe

4 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

5 Panda Bear - Person Pitch

6 Georgie James - Places

7 Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

8 The Ladybug Transistor - Can't Wait Another Day

9 David Vandervelde - The Moonstation House Band

10 Okkervil River - The Stage Names

 

Next 15 in alpha order

 

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal

Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated

Chikita Violenta - The Stars and Suns Sessions

Dinosaur Jr - Beyond

Dog Day - Night Group

Kevin Drew - Spirit if

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1. Delta Spirit - Ode to Sunshine (Not a well known group by any means but I listen to this at least once a day. Every song on this album is great. I highly recommend it. They are even better live.)

2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

3. Dr. Dog - We All Belong

4. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger/Follow the Lights

5. Ween - La Cucaracha

 

I liked Spoon and the National's releases this year, some good songs, but some portions of them are not really my bag. I'm surprised I even listened to this many new albums.

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I just posted this in another thread....but, I'm really surprised that there has not been a mention of Mescalito. My favorite album of 2007 is Ryan Bingham 'Mescalito'. Saw him open for DBT earlier this year.

 

Link to Bingham's Myspace

 

and here is a write up on Bingham from allmusic.com:

 

Americana singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham was raised in rural Texas, where years of hardscrabble ranch work and competitions on the rodeo circuit would eventually surface in the dusty riffs of his country-styled debut, Mescalito. Living alone since his mid-teens, Bingham shuttled back and forth between Southwestern border towns and relatives' homes, often sleeping in his truck after nightly rodeo gigs. It was during those treks that he began entertaining friends with the guitar, an instrument he'd learned at the age of 17 from a mariachi neighbor. Drawing inspiration from Bob Dylan, Marshall Tucker, and Bob Wills

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1. Burial-Untrue

2. Radiohead-In Rainbows

3. Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago

4. The National-Boxer

5. St. Vincent-Marry Me

6. M.I.A.-Kala

7. Band of Horses-Cease to Begin

8. Okkervil River-The Stage Names

9. Jarvis Cocker-Jarvis

10. The New Pornographers-Challengers

 

Best Song: Myriad Harbour by The New Pornographers/Dan Bejar

Best Comeback: Dinosaur Jr.-Beyond

Best Live: Flying Burrito Bros.-Gram Parsons Archives Vol. 1: Live At The Avalon Ballroom

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Redoing mine because I'm indecisive:

 

 

01. Radiohead- In Rainbows

02. The National- Boxer

03. M.I.A.- Kala

04. The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

05. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

06. The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

07. Elliott Smith- New Moon

08. Feist- The Reminder

09. P J Harvey- White Chalk

10. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

 

 

Surprisingly great album of the year: Dinosaur Jr- Beyond

Most dissapointing album of the year: Wilco- Sky Blue Sky (Not that it was bad, but when a Wilco record doesn't change my life, it falls under "dissapointing".)

Soundtrack of the year: Various Artists- I'm Not There

Single of the year: "1 2 3 4" by Feist

Best posthumous compilation: Elliott Smith- New Moon

Worst posthumous compilation: Jeff Buckley's Greatest Hits disc.

Greatest song of the year actually written forty years ago: "I'm Not There" by Bob Dylan & The Band

Greatest song of the year actually written ten years ago: "New Monkey" by Elliott Smith

"It's About Fucking time" of the year: Led Zeppelin reunites

"It's About Fucking time" of the year #2: Nirvana's classic Unplugged concert finally gets a home video release...13 years after the album came out.

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"It's About Fucking time" of the year #2: Nirvana's classic Unplugged concert finally gets a home video release...13 years after the album came out.

Asked for, and received, this for Christmas. It's terrific being able to see it again after all these years.

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Asked for, and received, this for Christmas. It's terrific being able to see it again after all these years.

 

Yeah. Great having the complete show too. :thumbup

 

Kurt: Any requests?

Smart ass in the crowd: Jeremy!

Kurt *looks up*: Fuck you all...this is our last song.

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