Best Albums of 2007

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Permalink Reply by tbyrd on March 8, 2008 at 6:46pm

I agree with ur picks.. but also...

city and colour - dallas green
hot chip - made in the dark

i have more but i have no time.....

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Permalink Reply by Chris Menkhaus on March 8, 2008 at 7:06pm

i've heard none of these.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Burris on March 8, 2008 at 7:18pm

M.I.A. - Kala
Magik Markers - Boss
Dial - Distance Runner
GHQ - Crystal Healing
Leslie Keffer - Nascent cs
Kemialliset Ystavat - Alkuharka
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From The River To The Ocean
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
OOIOO - Taiga
People - Misbegotten Man
Flower-Corsano Duo - The Undisputed Dimension 7"
Charlie Louvin (s/t)

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Permalink Reply by Liza on March 8, 2008 at 7:22pm

I agree with most of those, particularly of Montreal and Spoon, but off the top of my head a few of my other favorites were:

The 1900s - Cold & Kind
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Aqueduct - Or Give Me Death
Georgie James - Places
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Pale Young Gentlemen - Pale Young Gentlemen
Akron/Family - Love is Simple
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
The New Pornographers - Challengers
The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (This is kinda my guilty pleasure, inasmuch I'm ever guilty about liking anything)

And, because I feel I should offer something related to covers, I did quite enjoy Sexton Blake's all-cover album Plays the Hits.

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Permalink Reply by Rivetshack on March 8, 2008 at 8:53pm

1. Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
2. Sky Blue Sky – Wilco
3. In Rainbows – Radiohead
4. Cassadaga – Bright Eyes
5. Nighttiming – Coconut Records
6. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon
7. The Ringing Bell – Derek Webb
8. Under The Blacklight – Rilo Kiley
9. The Stage Names – Okkervil River
10. Graduation – Kanye West
11. Our Love To Admire – Interpol
12. Icky Thump – White Stripes
13. The Reminder – Feist
14. In Our Bedroom After The War – Stars
15. Easy Tiger – Ryan Adams
16. Further North – Johnathan Rice
17. Writer's Block – Peter, Bjorn and John
18. Boxer – The National
19. 100 Days, 100 Nights – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
20. Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys

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Permalink Reply by FinnSwingley on March 8, 2008 at 9:29pm

1. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus
5. Jarvis Cocker - The Jarvis Cocker Record
4. Peter Bjorn & John - Writers Block
7. Amy Winehouse - Back In Black
8. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
9. Eleni Mandell - Miracle of Five
10. Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
11. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
12. Radiohead - In Rainbows
13. Dr. Dog - We All Belong
14. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

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Permalink Reply by Tinyfolk on March 8, 2008 at 9:47pm

10. Redbear. - Love Songs For a Nihilist
09. Shelby Sifers - Run Around, Run Around
08. Kickball - Everything Is a Miracle Nothing Is a Miracle Everything Is
07. Deer Tick - War Elephant
06. Jay-Z - American Gangster
05 Super Famicom - Texas
04. Kanye West - Graduation
03. Paul Baribeau - Grand Ledge
02. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
01. Real Live Tigers - This Is Sometimes a Riverbed

Honorable Mentions:
The Owls - Daughters and Suns
Matty Pop Chart - Everyone Does Everything
Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis
Woelv - Tout Seul Dans la Forêt en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?
Caethua - If the River Dries Up, I May Be Gone for a Long, Long Time
Lloyd and Michael - Just as God Made Us
CocoRosie - The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn

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Permalink Reply by K.A. Hughes RA on March 8, 2008 at 10:40pm

Drive By Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark
Jason Isbell (quite possibly the best lyricist writing today) - Sirens of the Ditch

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Gill on March 9, 2008 at 8:05am

I feel like I've been out of the 'new music loop' ever since Tony Whitlock moved away from Bloomington....
....I have listened to Steve Earl's "Washington Square Serenade" a lot though.

I'll have to give some of the ones you list a listen.

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Permalink Reply by John Scot Sheets on March 9, 2008 at 9:46am

Last year I really ejoyed At My Age by Nick Lowe. I'm a big fan anyway, but this is maybe his best LP. I bought it on 180 gram vinyl from Reprock, but haven't opened it yet. i think I may have worn out the CD though.
I was quite chuffed when Joe gave me a 180 gram limited edition of 7 Deadly Sinners by The Born Again Floozies. Its a great record!

I tend to find music by chance, The three other most listened too LPs from 2007 at my house were/are, Vintage Violence by John Cale, Greatest Hits by Major Lance and The Best of Joe Tex.

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Permalink Reply by Tinyfolk on March 9, 2008 at 10:03am

Wait, are we just talking about music we discovered last year, or music that came out last year?

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Permalink Reply by John Scot Sheets on March 9, 2008 at 10:16am

I didn't mean to throw this off topic. I listed the two new releases I got on vinyl in 2007 and the several LPs that were new to me in 2007. Or maybe I just wanted to put up a picture of Joe Tex wearing a very sharp suit.

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