Topic: Is it too early to start doing top records of 2007 lists? (Read 77192 times)

Joseph · « **Reply #50 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 14:55 »

Not going to try and order one yet, and there's still stuff to come that I really want to hear, so there will be new additions, but here are some of my favourites so far.

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
The Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse
Bottomless Pit - Hammer of the Gods
Caribou - Andorra
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Efterklang - Parades
Feist - The Reminder
Frog Eyes - Tears of Valedictorian
The Fugitives - In Streetlight Communion
Future Of The Left - Curses
Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Los Campesinios! - EPs
Low - Drums and Guns
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
Om - Pilgrimage
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Stars - In Our Bedrooms After The War
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
They Shoot Horses Don't They? - Pick Up Sticks
UGK - Underground Kingz
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Wintersleep - Welcome To The Night Sky
Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #51 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 15:03 »

1. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
2. Blackfield - II
3. Porcupine Tree - Nil recurring
4. Oceansize - Frames
5. Born of Osiris - the new reign
6. Jesu - Pale sketches
7. Fovea Hex - Allure
8. Venetian Snares - My Downfall
9. Explosions in the sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
10. Tholus - Constant
11. Sadist - Sadist
12. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
13. The End - Elementary
14. Counter - World Experience - Leaving Lotus
15. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
16. Do Make Say think - You, You're A History In Rust
17. Steven Wilson & Dirk Serries - Continuum 2
18. Aghora - Formless
19. Aereogramme - My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go
20. Blotted Science - Machinations of Dementia
21. Canvas Solaris - Cortical Tectonics
22. Pelican - City Of Echoes
23. Behold... The Arctopus - Skullgrid
24. Minsk - The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment
25. Direwolf - Beyond the lands of human existence
26. Alchemist - Tripsis
27. Indricothere - s/t
28. Scariot - Momentum Shift
29. Rush - Snakes & Arrows
30. S/T - Stadtlandwurst
31. Beneath the Massacre - Mechanics Of Dysfunction
32. VidnaObmana - Act Four: The Bowing Harmony
33. John Zorn - Six Litanies For Heliogabalus
34. Excrementory Grindfuckers - Bitte Nicht Vor Den Gästen
35. Ion Dissonance - Minus The Herd
36. Kronos - The Hellenic Terror
37. Punish - Dawn Of The Martyr
38. Psyopus - Our Puzzling Encounters Considered
39. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick

but haven't yet checked out the new dillinger escape plan and the new the ocean

monkandmovies13 · « **Reply #52 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 16:06 »

I haven't read every single thing people have posted because there's a lot, so I may be wrong in noticing the lack of Dr. Dog and Laura Veirs and Marissa Nadler.

quuueeeee?

I'm not organized and patient enough to make a lit on my own, but these three would probably be on it. I may be the only person in the world who thinks that Boxer by The National is just pretty good. Alligator is way better.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #53 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 16:36 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 29 Nov 2007, 10:49

No love for High on Fire?

I saw them play, they were OK. I haven't really sat down and given Death is This Communion a good listen yet. Every time I start flirting with their discography I end up getting turned off by the second or third song for some reason. I don't know what it is, but HoF don't do it for me the way OM or Sleep do.

Inlander · « **Reply #54 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 17:18 »

Oh yeah, I forgot Plague Park came out this year, too. I dig that record.

squawk · « **Reply #55 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 17:21 »

So much and i've still not heard a lot, as usual. The year's not long enough! There should be a period of time where nobody releases music so I can catch up.

(Elliott Smith - New Moon)
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Stars - In Our Bedroom
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Justice - Cross
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Feist - The Reminder
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Future of the Left - Curses
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Caribou - Andorra
Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

(I am probably going to be editing this a lot because I'm forgetful and also I sort of like everything)

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #56 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 19:59 »

My top 10, in no real order:

"In Rainbows" - Radiohead
"Sound of Silver" - LCD Soundsystem
"The Shepherd's Dog" - Iron & Wine
"Neon Bible" - The Arcade Fire
"The Stage Names" - Okkervil River
"Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century" - The World/Inferno Friendship Society
"Icky Thump" - The White Stripes
"Armchair Apocrypha" - Andrew Bird
"Sky Blue Sky" - Wilco
"Challengers" - The New Pornographers

"Wincing The Night Away" almost made it, but I think "Challengers" beats it by a hair.

Tom · « **Reply #57 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 21:58 »

Yay Andrew Bird!

Ernest · « **Reply #58 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 22:48 »

Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 29 Nov 2007, 16:36

Quote from: Johnny C on 29 Nov 2007, 10:49

No love for High on Fire?

I saw them play, they were OK. I haven't really sat down and given Death is This Communion a good listen yet. Every time I start flirting with their discography I end up getting turned off by the second or third song for some reason. I don't know what it is, but HoF don't do it for me the way OM or Sleep do.

After listening to Sleep and Om, I just can't dig High on Fire. I will admit that I've only listened to a song or two, but they just don't sound particularly inspired to me.

Joseph · « **Reply #59 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 22:54 »

The new Ghostface album is excellent.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #60 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 23:48 »

Alphabetical list starts here:

Daft Punk - Alive 2007
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline

SeanBateman · « **Reply #61 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 00:05 »

Quote from: squawk on 29 Nov 2007, 17:21

So much and i've still not heard a lot, as usual. The year's not long enough! There should be a period of time where nobody releases music so I can catch up.

(Elliott Smith - New Moon)
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Stars - In Our Bedroom
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Justice - Cross
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Feist - The Reminder
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Future of the Left - Curses
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Caribou - Andorra
Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

(I am probably going to be editing this a lot because I'm forgetful and also I sort of like everything)

oh my god.

Joseph · « **Reply #62 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 00:09 »

Felix_ · « **Reply #63 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 03:27 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 28 Nov 2007, 23:24

1. The Pax Cecelia - Blessed Are The Bonds

This is a really great album by a band that I don't think is even signed.
Very underrated.

Felix_ · « **Reply #64 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 03:29 »

Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 29 Nov 2007, 15:03

7. Fovea Hex - Allure

I really want to hear this album, but I can't find it anywhere.

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #65 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 04:04 »

Quote from: Felix_ on 30 Nov 2007, 03:29

Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 29 Nov 2007, 15:03

7. Fovea Hex - Allure

I really want to hear this album, but I can't find it anywhere.

i bought the (very expensive) deluxe-6-cd-box with the 3 eps and 3 remix-cds by the hafler trio at http://www.diestadtmusik.de/

the box (and the single eps) seem to be still available at http://www.janetrecords.com/buy_rest.html

Wayfaring Stranger · « **Reply #66 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 13:16 »

Quote from: monkandmovies13 on 29 Nov 2007, 16:06

I haven't read every single thing people have posted because there's a lot, so I may be wrong in noticing the lack of Dr. Dog and Laura Veirs and Marissa Nadler.

quuueeeee?

I'm not organized and patient enough to make a lit on my own, but these three would probably be on it. I may be the only person in the world who thinks that Boxer by The National is just pretty good. Alligator is way better.

I enjoyed the Laura Veirs record, but I don't think it was top 10 material.

Caspian · « **Reply #67 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 19:51 »

Quote from: Dirk Hopeless on 29 Nov 2007, 09:50

Quote from: Caspian on 29 Nov 2007, 04:54
Quote from: Inlander on 29 Nov 2007, 04:11
BECAUSE HE'S NOT YOU.

I was going to say "because he doesn't have awesome music taste", but I guess that means the same thing as your statement ^______^

Can we just ban this guy?

COS I WAS TOTALLY BEING SERIOUS

Also: Can't believe I forgot new Iron and Wine! Despite my thorough dislike of all things soft, twee and indie I enjoyed that album. Perhaps not top 10 material, but definitely the best soft 'n' folky thing I've heard this year.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #68 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 21:27 »

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Future of the Left - Curses
Bottomless Pit - Hammer of the Gods
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
!!! - Myth Takes
Apparat- Walls
Matthew Dear- Asa Breed
okkervil river - the stage names
Maserati – Inventions for the new Season
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
The National – Boxer
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
Chromatics - IV
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Low - Drums and Guns
Digitalism - Idealism
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release

CamusCanDo · « **Reply #69 on:** 01 Dec 2007, 00:19 »

M.I.A. - Kala
Iron & Wine - Shepard's Dog
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
Maserati - Inventions For The New Season
Justice - Cross
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Feist - The Reminder
Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets

This is definitely going to change by the end of the year.

Felix_ · « **Reply #70 on:** 01 Dec 2007, 05:05 »

Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 30 Nov 2007, 04:04

Quote from: Felix_ on 30 Nov 2007, 03:29
Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 29 Nov 2007, 15:03

7. Fovea Hex - Allure

I really want to hear this album, but I can't find it anywhere.

i bought the (very expensive) deluxe-6-cd-box with the 3 eps and 3 remix-cds by the hafler trio at

the box (and the single eps) seem to be still available at

Cool.

Thank you.

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #71 on:** 01 Dec 2007, 09:33 »

waaaaait, omg, I FORGOT THE LINK!!!

the cds are available here: http://www.janetrecords.com/buy_rest.html

...wait....no!
i dint' forget the link
someone removed it!!

why is anyone deleting links here???????

amok · « **Reply #72 on:** 01 Dec 2007, 09:37 »

You used [*img] tags for the links. The links are there, just not showing up, because the board tries to load an image instead of them, but as there is no image, you just get a blank space. Try [*url].

(Confused me for a minute earlier, I had to hit 'quote' on your post to see what was going on.)

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #73 on:** 01 Dec 2007, 10:34 »

My list goes something like this I guess (in no order)

Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim
Broken Social Scene Present Keven Drew - Spirit If...
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Tarentel - Ghetto Beats on the Surface of the Sun
Fridge - The Sun
The Pax Cecilia - Blessed are the Bonds
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Grails - Burning of Impurites
Lazarus - Hawk Medicine
Iron and Wine - The Shepard's Dog
Helios - Ayres
Eluvium - Eluvium/Jesu split

This is not a finished list. Some things probably don't belong on here and I'm surely leaving stuff out. I'm leaving serious thought about a top 10 list until the end of the year.

Ben yayayayayayayay · « **Reply #74 on:** 01 Dec 2007, 11:28 »

Deerhunter - Cryptograms
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

...haven't been mentioned yet. Shoe-gays!

The Viz · « **Reply #75 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 00:02 »

I can't believe I forgot Chuck Ragan's Feast or Famine, it's easily one of the year's best releases.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #76 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 04:54 »

This is going to be fucking impossible, cos I've heard way too many albums to make any kind of coherent ranking, yet I still haven't got maybe 1/2 of the albums I wanted to. YOU THERE, MUSIC INDUSTRY, SLOW DOWN A BIT.

Luke C · « **Reply #77 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 07:58 »

Nobody has suggested Megadeth, epic fail guys.

Kai · « **Reply #78 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 08:15 »

this is probably because Megadeth is not very good

imapiratearg · « **Reply #79 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 08:21 »

Here are my favorite albums of 2007 (in no particular order). Some have been mentioned already.

But here goes:

1. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
2. Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
3. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
4. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
5. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
6. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
7. The New Pornographers - Challengers

And that's it so far.

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #80 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 09:07 »

Quote from: Kai on 02 Dec 2007, 08:15

this is probably because Megadeth is not very good

I second that

Tyler · « **Reply #81 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 09:13 »

2007 was so good for music. So good.

A half-assed list so far.

Black Kids - Black Kids
Future of the Left - Curses
Justice - Cross
Kanye West - Graduation
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Les Savy Fav - Lets Stay Friends
Menomena - Friend or Foe
The National - Boxer
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer?
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Stars - Do You Trust Your Friends? (not sure if this counts)
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline

I'll edit as I can remember. There were very few disappointing albums this year, Tegan and Sara being the biggest exception off the top of my head.

Johnny C · « **Reply #82 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 09:38 »

I dunno, I'd say Stars' proper record was a bit of a letdown.

Scarychips · « **Reply #83 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 10:30 »

I didn't listen to a lot of new music this year so, I'll try

(Alphabetical Order)

Arcade Fire -- Neon Bible
Beastie Boys -- The Mix-Up
Beirut -- The Flying Club Cup
Buck 65 -- Situation (Not a great album but still a good one)
Caribou -- Andorra
Gatineau -- Gatineau
Jens Lekman -- Night Falls Over Kortedala
Justice -- †
LCD Soundsystem -- Sound of Silver
Montag -- Going Places
Of Montreal -- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
The Weakerthans -- Reunion Tour

Joseph · « **Reply #84 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 10:52 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 02 Dec 2007, 09:38

I dunno, I'd say Stars' proper record was a bit of a letdown.

I really love it, but definitely it's not on the same level as Set Yourself On Fire.

Spinless · « **Reply #85 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 11:29 »

Oh, I don't know if I missed this last time...

RE-MIX ALBUMS DO NOT COUNT. GET A 'REAL' ALBUM.

jeph · « **Reply #86 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 19:26 »

Quote from: Ben yayayayayayayay on 01 Dec 2007, 11:28

Deerhunter - Cryptograms
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

...haven't been mentioned yet. Shoe-gays!

The Twilight Sad are disqualified solely on the basis of their awful fucking name

Joseph · « **Reply #87 on:** 02 Dec 2007, 21:17 »

They also bore me half to death. When they aren't really annoying.

Midoc · « **Reply #88 on:** 03 Dec 2007, 02:24 »

I haven't been able to listen to enough new music this year, but the albums I've been a big fan of so far are:
Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
The New Pornographers - Challengers
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

For whatever reason I really couldn't get into the latest from Radiohead, Wilco, or Arcade Fire, they just didn't do it for me.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #89 on:** 03 Dec 2007, 04:29 »

After much um-ing and ah-ing and consternation I finally decided to just whack the list out in a couple of minutes. I'm sure I'll look at it later and wonder what the fuck I was thinking.

Also, this is without hearing Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Stars, Pelican, Rush, blahdy blah and about a million other things I should've.

Heavy

BTBAM- Colors
Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet
Five Star Prison Cell- Slaves of Virgo
Parkway Drive- Horizons
Machine Head- The Blackening
Template- I Thought I Turned The World, But it Turned On Me
Devin Townsend- Ziltoid the Omniscient
Arcane- Ashes
High On Fire- Death is This Communion
'neath- The Spider's Sleep

Not Heavy

Justice- †
Battles- Mirrored
Bloc Party- A Weekend In the City
Funeral For a Friend- Tales Don't Tell Themselves
Midnight Juggernauts- Dystopia
Ulver- Shadows of the Sun
Anberlin- Cities
Explosions in the Sky- All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Editors- An End Has a Start
Aesop Rock- None Shall Pass

The booby prize goes to Bad Religion and Nine Inch Nails for making incredibly average albums that I couldn't bring myself to listen to more than once or twice.

Spinless · « **Reply #90 on:** 03 Dec 2007, 07:25 »

With "Special thanks: Tommydski" written in the liner notes.

Johnny C · « **Reply #91 on:** 03 Dec 2007, 08:01 »

Quote from: Spinless on 03 Dec 2007, 07:25

"Special thanks: Tommydski"

"Hang in there, buddy."

october1983 · « **Reply #92 on:** 03 Dec 2007, 08:20 »

I saw the Twilight Sad supporting Beirut last month. I say "saw", thankfully the Roundhouse is one of the few larger venues in London where it's very easy to escape crappy support bands because you can just go to the outer ring and chat. Which was nice, because they're fucking dire.

Oh, and I was going to make a list but then just realised I can't remember what actually came out this year. Bah.

mfpole · « **Reply #93 on:** 03 Dec 2007, 16:23 »

Uhh, did Emergency and I come out this year?

Wayfaring Stranger · « **Reply #94 on:** 04 Dec 2007, 10:59 »

Quote from: october1983 on 03 Dec 2007, 08:20

Oh, and I was going to make a list but then just realised I can't remember what actually came out this year. Bah.

I had a similar problem. All set to write a list and came to the realization that I had only listened to about five new albums this year that were any good. I've been trying to catch up ever since.

SleeperCylon · « **Reply #95 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 13:16 »

I know what my faves of the year are but I'm not ready to order them yet. My top 20 or so, in vague order I happen to think of them:

The National - Boxer
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
M.I.A. - Kala
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Grinderman - Grinderman
Robert Plant/Allison Kraus - Raising Sand
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
!!! - Myth Takes
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Looking through the other lists I can't believe hardly anybody is listing The Boxer. It's the easy favorite to be my #1. Not even the people who like the other stuff I like seem to be listing it.

imagist42 · « **Reply #96 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 14:36 »

I only just got Boxer and listened to it and yeah it's amazing. I still have yet to find Stars of the Lid, which I think is the only other thing I really care to hear still.

Joseph · « **Reply #97 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 15:04 »

I forgot Miracle Fortress' Five Roses. Wonderful album, comparable to the albums Panda Bear and Caribou released this year, in the 60's inspired pop sort of theme.

jeph · « **Reply #98 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 17:02 »

Every time I try to listen to the National I zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wait what just happened

Wayfaring Stranger · « **Reply #99 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 17:24 »

Quote from: SleeperCylon on 05 Dec 2007, 13:16

Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

That was a really surprisingly great album. It's on my top 10.

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