Top Albums of 2007 - "Time to throw down!" (1 Viewer)

[Joe Cortez]

Good choices all around so far. Here's my list:

1. Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers
2. Tegan & Sara - The Con
3. Lily Allen - Alright, Still (I think this qualifies as an '07 US release)
4. Lucinda Williams - West
5. Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime

 

[Garrett Lundy]

EDIT: double post.

 

[Garrett Lundy]

I love the iTunes music store review of this:

"Dude! Look at the cover art! It sounds exactly the way it looks :star::star::star::star::star:"

 

[Adam_Duncan]

It sounds as good as it looks, too. If you like Black Sabbath and Motorhead, you'll love this.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Thanks for the tip. . .that does look like it sounds cool.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

I listened to some Amazon samples. . .the music is very, very cool, but the utterly ass-sucking Cookie Monster vocals ruin it. What a shame. :frowning:

When will Cookie leave my nice metal alone and go back to Sesame Street where he belongs? ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

 

[Ron Reda]

That is the only thing that is keeping me from getting into this new metal...the vocals. Seems like they all scream and it's completely unintelligible to me.

 

[Jacob McCraw]

Still SO much to hear! Threads like this give me lots of ideas - just wish I had lots of money.

1. Velvet Revolver - Libertad
2. Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos
3. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
4. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
5. Norah Jones - Not Too Late
6. Robert Plant and Allison Krauss - Raising Sand
7. Down - III Over the Under
8. Machine Head - The Blackening
9. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
10. Kid Rock - Rock and Roll Jesus

 

[Dome Vongvises]

The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

 

[Greg_S_H]

I keep meaning to mention this for Jeff (and other Jason Falkner fans). Besides his new solo album from 2007, his side project with Roger Manning came out in late 2006. You can see a video at the site:

TV EYES

I think "She's a Study" is a great song and is representative of the album as a whole. Like the solo album, this is only available as an import.

 

[Chris Cheese]

I thought it was a great year. Here's a top 50, which I couldn't narrow down much more.

1. Elliott Smith - New Moon
2. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
3. UGK - UGK (Underground Kingz)
4. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
5. The National - Boxer
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
8. Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck
9. Lyle Lovett - It's Not Big, It's Large
10. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

11. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
12. Porter Wagoner - Wagonmaster
13. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With the Living
14. Radiohead - In Rainbows
15. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
16. T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
17. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Let It Roll
18. Clinic - Visitations
19. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
20. J Dilla - Ruff Draft

21. Cam'ron - Public Enemy #1
22. Jim White - Transnormal Skiperoo
23. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
24. Enon - Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds
25. Mick Boogie/Busta Rhymes/J Dilla - Dillagence
26. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
27. Freeway - Free at Last
28. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
29. America - Here & Now
30. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams

31. Blonde Redhead - 23
32. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
33. Grant Lee Phillips - Strangelet
34. Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar
35. Joan Tower - Made In America
36. Common - Finding Forever
37. Kanye West - Graduation
38. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Follow the Lights
39. The Grateful Dead - Three From the Vault
40. Son Volt - The Search

41. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
42. Jay-Z - American Gangster
43. Amon Tobin - Foley Room
44. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
45. Nick Drake - Family Tree
46. Scarface - Made
47. Joe Budden - Mood Muzik Vol. 3
48. Bjork - Volta
49. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
50. Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead

 

[DonaldB]

The Dead C's Future Artists was the standout of 2007 for me. The band is as engaging and imaginative as ever.

 

[FeisalK]

didn't you get Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet? (reviews, on signal>noise)

best album of 2007 for me especially since its a DVD-Audio, not to mention the fact that Alex Lifeson plays the solo on Anesthetize

The surround mix is as good as Beatles' LOVE DVD-Audio which would be #2 i think (this deservedly beat FoaBP to the surround Grammy)

Also liked Wilco's Sky Blue Sky a lot, and in a similar vein, Blackfield II

 

[Matt Butler]

(In no order)

Amy Winehouse- Back to Black
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad
Bruce Springsteen- Magic
MIA- Kala
Lady Sovereign- Public Warning (Late 06 release that I heard in 07 so Im counting it! ) If you can handle rap at all Give Lady Sov a spin. She is very funny and her wordplay is insane.

I DJ so I listen to all types of music.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Strangely enough, no I haven't picked up FoaBP yet. Thanks for the reminder!

I got Edenbridge's The Grand Design since my other post. It's excellent.

I also want to check out the Sick Puppies since I won a guitar autographed by them.

 

[Mark_TS]

YEASAYER
YEASAYER
YEASAYER.....ALL HOUR CYMBOLS

 

[FeisalK]

FoaBP DVD-A isn't widely available tho - only on burningshed

Also investigate Riverside - lots of PT fans also like Riverside

now i will check out your list

 

[Aaron Silverman]

I've heard of Riverside. Is that the Polish prog-metal band? I think Amazon sometimes suggests that one for me when I open the front page.

 

[FeisalK]

Yup. Second Life Syndrome is very good - standalone or you can take it as the middle part of a trilogy of albums

Reality Dream trilogy
Out of Myself (2003)
Second Life Syndrome (2005)
Rapid Eye Movement (2007)

 

[Steve Felix]

Busy listening to some of your picks... here are mine:

1. MIA - Kala
2. Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts
3. Shocking Pinks - Shocking Pinks
4. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 3 & 4: In India
5. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers
6. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
7. Tegan and Sara - The Con
8. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
9. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
10. UNKLE - War Stories
11. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
12. Apparat - Walls