Top Albums List 2007
This year, I decided I was just going to play an album association game instead of going into great detail like I usually do (though I kinda broke this rule a slight tad on the top two and added detail to the words). it's a lot more efficient and still at least kinda makes it interesting.
#10
Menomena - Friend and Foe [Barsuk]
Album Association: poetry, staticky radios, unique album art
Sample: West
#09
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Machinefabriek - Huis / Fabriek + Fabriek
Album Association: tiny packages, rain, prolific
Sample: Wolken Boven Cronesteyn [F+F], Droog water [Huis] + check mixes
#08
Okkervil River - The Stage Names [Jagjaguwar]
Album Association: storytelling, rock, demos
Sample: Unless It's Kicks
#07
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian]
Album Association: npr, wit, cute
Sample: A Postcard To Nina
#06
Part Timer - Blue [Flau]
Album Association: japan, nylon, warmth
Sample: Unknown + check mixes
#05
Angil And The Hiddentracks - Oulipo Saliva [We Are Unique]
Album Association: mixes, trippy, jazz rap
Sample: lift trip to mars + check mixes
#04
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors [Constellation]
Album Association: AWW!, brilliant, shiny
Sample: Double Suicide + Original (I'd like to hear the rest of this live EP darnit)
#03
Burial - Untrue [Hyperdub]
Album Association: portals, spinning, otherworldly
Sample: Archangel
#02
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Album Association: rainbows.... (saw that comin', right?), hooping (the hula sort... who said disc 2 wasn't important? it got me through hooping!), unique release method
Sample: Nude + Down Is The New Up [Bonus disc]
Abstract Pictures of my Discbox:
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#01
The National - Boxer [Beggars Banquet]
Album Association: choreographed dancing (see, you just do a flip over the couch, toss some money, stand in a corner and...), classiness, not one boring note on it
Sample: Slow Show
* If any of the samples don't work for whatever reason, let me know
Others:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (kinda like it now)
Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart
El Hijo - Las Otras Vidas
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid - Tongues
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (didn't like it till the npr concert recording)
Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights
Boxcutter - Glyphic
Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
Top 5 Songs:
05. Bill Callahan - Night
04. Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are
03. Gravenhurst - Trust
02. Thee More Shallows - Night at the Knight School
01. Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
Top 5 Disappointments
05. Thee More Shallows - Book of Bad Breaks
Oh, that single gave such promise... I bought the album without even thinking and only listened to it once!
04. explosions in the sky - all of a sudden I miss everyone
Again, even with the special 2 disc version with remixes, I barely listened to it again after the first time. I guess they really can become repetitive.
03. Múm- Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
I should've listened to the warnings that they were too peppy / happy this year. maybe it'll grow on me, but it's not even the same band!
02. Shearwater - Palo Santo (Reissue)
This one is notable considering that after hearing how much it changed in the new version, I had to go search out the old which at this point was out of print! I just didn't like the changes... also, the new cover art kinda scared me. I guess it is good enough for those who want to know the band and can't find the original. I found my copy through the amazon marketplace in case you're wondering!
01. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
I didn't even want to buy this album! I really wanted to like it since others said it was better than the past ones, but.... I just found it boring. sorry. the Mysterious Production of Eggs is still my jam.
Anyway, have a happy new year everyone!
#10
Menomena - Friend and Foe [Barsuk]
Album Association: poetry, staticky radios, unique album art
Sample: West
#09
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Machinefabriek - Huis / Fabriek + Fabriek
Album Association: tiny packages, rain, prolific
Sample: Wolken Boven Cronesteyn [F+F], Droog water [Huis] + check mixes
#08
Okkervil River - The Stage Names [Jagjaguwar]
Album Association: storytelling, rock, demos
Sample: Unless It's Kicks
#07
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian]
Album Association: npr, wit, cute
Sample: A Postcard To Nina
#06
Part Timer - Blue [Flau]
Album Association: japan, nylon, warmth
Sample: Unknown + check mixes
#05
Angil And The Hiddentracks - Oulipo Saliva [We Are Unique]
Album Association: mixes, trippy, jazz rap
Sample: lift trip to mars + check mixes
#04
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors [Constellation]
Album Association: AWW!, brilliant, shiny
Sample: Double Suicide + Original (I'd like to hear the rest of this live EP darnit)
#03
Burial - Untrue [Hyperdub]
Album Association: portals, spinning, otherworldly
Sample: Archangel
#02
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Album Association: rainbows.... (saw that comin', right?), hooping (the hula sort... who said disc 2 wasn't important? it got me through hooping!), unique release method
Sample: Nude + Down Is The New Up [Bonus disc]
Abstract Pictures of my Discbox:
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#01
The National - Boxer [Beggars Banquet]
Album Association: choreographed dancing (see, you just do a flip over the couch, toss some money, stand in a corner and...), classiness, not one boring note on it
Sample: Slow Show
* If any of the samples don't work for whatever reason, let me know
Others:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (kinda like it now)
Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart
El Hijo - Las Otras Vidas
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid - Tongues
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (didn't like it till the npr concert recording)
Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights
Boxcutter - Glyphic
Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
Top 5 Songs:
05. Bill Callahan - Night
04. Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are
03. Gravenhurst - Trust
02. Thee More Shallows - Night at the Knight School
01. Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
Top 5 Disappointments
05. Thee More Shallows - Book of Bad Breaks
Oh, that single gave such promise... I bought the album without even thinking and only listened to it once!
04. explosions in the sky - all of a sudden I miss everyone
Again, even with the special 2 disc version with remixes, I barely listened to it again after the first time. I guess they really can become repetitive.
03. Múm- Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
I should've listened to the warnings that they were too peppy / happy this year. maybe it'll grow on me, but it's not even the same band!
02. Shearwater - Palo Santo (Reissue)
This one is notable considering that after hearing how much it changed in the new version, I had to go search out the old which at this point was out of print! I just didn't like the changes... also, the new cover art kinda scared me. I guess it is good enough for those who want to know the band and can't find the original. I found my copy through the amazon marketplace in case you're wondering!
01. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
I didn't even want to buy this album! I really wanted to like it since others said it was better than the past ones, but.... I just found it boring. sorry. the Mysterious Production of Eggs is still my jam.
Anyway, have a happy new year everyone!