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There are many that I thought were good to very good: Menomena (#85), The Clientele (#57), Justice (#46), Spoon (#29), LCD Soundsystem (#22), Radiohead (#11), Wilco (#7)

 

 

 

Sound of Silver is in my top 5 of the decade. All My Friends is my top song of the year.

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about half of Sound of Silver is mindblowingly good. The other half is merely good. I think it might finish in my top 5 this year, but...it's a huge improvement over the last disc, and if that trend continues, the next album could almost cause the apocalypse.

 

Almost.

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about half of Sound of Silver is mindblowingly good. The other half is merely good. I think it might finish in my top 5 this year, but...it's a huge improvement over the last disc, and if that trend continues, the next album could almost cause the apocalypse.

 

Almost.

agreed.

 

Someone Great->All My Friends is the best 1-2 punch on ANY record this year.

 

as great as AMF is, Someone Great is my jam of '07 (well from that album anyway)

 

HUGE huge improvement over the S/T, which was just ok but very scattered. plus the best songs were on the bonus disc.

 

I finally made it through that "New York, I love you but..." song - and it was surprisingly worth it.

great song.

 

i think Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up from the first might be better in terms of LCD's "slo-jams" tho :lol

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No Rickie Lee Jones or Levon Helm? And why the hell is that awful Prince disc on there?

I haven't heard the Levon record yet, but the Rickie Lee disc is definitely top 10 all the way. Not sure how they could have missed that one.

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that amazon list is retarded. BRITNEY SPEARS? the fact she made that list automatically voids it of any plausibility, but then to see her halfway thru the list above the likes of modest mouse, okkervil river, sigur ros, josh ritter...blah.

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Harp Magazine's Top 50:

 

50 Tunng - Good Arrows

49 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

48 Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You

47 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

46 Manu Chao - La Radiolina

45 Bettye LaVette - The Scenes Of The Crime

44 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

43 Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

42 Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back

41 Dr. Dog - We All Belong

40 Ian Hunter - Shrunken Heads

39 Patty Griffin - Children Running Through

38 Eleni Mandell - Miracle Of Five

37 Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars

36 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

35 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

34 Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

33 St. Vincent - Marry Me

32 Kevin Drew - Spirit If...

31 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera

30 Grinderman - Grinderman

29 Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times

28 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - This Is Somewhere

27 of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

26 Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

 

25 Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust And the Open Halls Of The Soul

24 M.I.A. - Kala

23 Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart

22 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living With The Living

21 The National - Boxer

20 Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight

19 Bruce Springsteen - Magic

18 Georgie James - Places

17 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

16 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

15 The New Pornographers - Challengers

14 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

13 Avett Brothers - Emotionalism

12 Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

11 The White Stripes - Icky Thump

10 Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch

09 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

08 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

07 Radiohead - In Rainbows

06 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

05 Feist - The Reminder

04 Future Clouds & Radar - Future Clouds & Radar

03 Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

02 Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin

01 Okkervil River - The Stage Names

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Man, I have 55 of Paste's top 100 in my iTunes.

 

And, if anyone read the actual article in Paste, they refer to Nels Cline, as "The King of All Things Stringed" in the little blurb about the Eleni Mandell record (I didn't know he played on that album). I found that nickname amusing.

 

Also, I was surprised at the high ranking for the Derek Webb album. Has anyone heard it? I want to buy it, but none of my local record shops have it. Maybe I'll cave to iTunes...

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Also, I was surprised at the high ranking for the Derek Webb album. Has anyone heard it? I want to buy it, but none of my local record shops have it. Maybe I'll cave to iTunes...

 

I have a bunch a this dude's music in iTunes, for some reason. I've never listened to it though.

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Harp Magazine's Top 50:

 

49 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

44 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

41 Dr. Dog - We All Belong

33 St. Vincent - Marry Me

32 Kevin Drew - Spirit If...

21 The National - Boxer

18 Georgie James - Places

02 Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin

01 Okkervil River - The Stage Names

oof. :unsure

 

I prefer the Paste list to the Harp list.

me too. Harp's is kinda crap.

 

that new BoH is good, but hardly top 10 of the year material, especially when compared to the last album.

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