Sunday, December 9, 2007

Top Ten 2007 Albums - A List

The year is not over yet, but hear is my top ten albums for '07 anyways:

10. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog



9. Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs



8. Bishop Allen - The Broken String



7. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away



6. Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours To Keep



5. White Stripes - Icky Thump



4. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank



3. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin



2. Radiohead - In Rainbows



1. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha



Honorable Mention (would have been included in a top 35 ((*edit 38)) list):
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Rob Crow - Living Well
Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
of Montreal - Hissing Fuana, Are You The Destroyer
Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
Ben Harper - Lifeline
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Menomena - Friend and Foe
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Ola Podoria - Ola Podrida
Keren Ann - Keren Ann
Lifesavas - Gutterfly
Ian Ball - Who Goes There
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming
Jason Collett - Prodigals
Chris Lechter - Frieze
*edit-thanks to Darren for reminding me of albums I forgot
The National - Boxer
Radical Face - Ghost
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

Keep your eyes peeled for these in 2008:
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea