okay, okay, my 2007 best of list
A succinct list, vs. the wordy version on last.fm. Toward the end, I'm definitely kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel, but more or less this pretty much covers the full list of "new" songs that I at one point or another said, "Hey, right now I really want to listen to X."
Songs, almost 50 of them:
1. Regina Spektor - Better
2. Stars - Window Bird
3. Yelle - Tristesee/Joie
4. Tegan and Sara - The Con
5. Sonicflyer - Sun in My Pocket
6. Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow?
7. Alicia Keys - No One
8. Beirut - Nantes
9. Zemfira - Мы разбиваемся
10. Girls Aloud - Teenage Dirtbag (Call the Shots)
11. The Aphrodisiacs - The Hour is Late But Please Consider
12. Kylie Minogue - In My Arms (2 Hearts)
13. Charlotte Hatherley - Behave
14. Bloc Party - Flux (JFX Remix)
15. Fall Out Boy - "The Take Over, the Breaks Over"
16. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
17. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Someone Great)
18. Thomas/Mayer - Überwiesen
19. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life
20. Sugababes - About You Now
21. Emma Pollock - Adrenaline
22. Timbaland - The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
23. Imperial Teen - Everyone Wants to Know
24. The Early Years - So Far Gone (The Simple Solution)
25. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
26. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
27. Siobhan Donaghy - 12 Bar Acid Blues
28. Tracey Thorn - Raise the Roof
29. T2 - Heartbroken (feat. Jodie Aysha)
30. Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)
31. Feist - My Moon My Man (1234)
32. !!! - Must Be the Moon
33. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
34. Digitalism - Pogo
35. Robyn - Robotboy
36. Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)
37. Kate Nash - Foundations
38. The National - Fake Empire
39. Yulia Savicheva - Nikak (Юлия Савичева - Никак)
40. The Chemical Brothers - Burst Generator
41. Amy McDonald - Mr. Rock and Roll
42. Blonde Redhead - 23
This year saw a number of albums that I felt were good, but didn't find myself wanting to listen to that often. I made a good faith effort to follow up on some of alexmacpherson's R&B recommendations, and it shows up here rather than my singles list.
As this is my first pass thinking about albums, I may tinker a bit later, but these five albums all clearly got a lot of repeat, full-album play from me. It's interesting that I didn't even think of M.I.A. when putting together my songs list, even though "Boys" is a standout. Total 8 was the easy winner here, though.
Top Five:
1. Various Artists - Total 8 (Kompakt)
2. Digitalism - Idealism
3. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
The bulge bracket: Some of these got a fair amount of play but were somehow disappointing (T&S), others "charted" well despite themselves (Rilo Kiley, Of Montreal). Towards the bottom of the list we've got stuff that I won't say is out and out bad, but which I probably won't listen to (Mekons, Coral) as well as things that I either haven't paid attention to (Roisin) or honestly listened to (Skepta, Bural). Pretty much every full album I acquired this year...
6. Tegan and Sara - The Con
7. Rilo Kiley - Under the Black Light
8. Alicia Keys - As I Am
9. Zемфира - Спасибо (Zemfira - Spasiba)
10. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
11. Мумий Тролль - Амба (Mumiy Troll - Amba)
12. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
13. !!! - Myth Takes
14. Keren Ann - Keren Ann
15. The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
16. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
17. Amerie - Because I Love It
18. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
19. Kylie - X
20. The Hours - Narcissus Road
21. Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
22. Blonde Redhead - 23
23. The National - Boxer
24. Crowded House - Time on Earth
25. Various Artists - After Dark: Italians Do It Better
26. Ulrich Schauss - Goodbye
27. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
28. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic
29. Son Volt - The Search
30. Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
31. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
32. Justice - †
33. Britney Spears - Blackout
34. Field Music - Tones of Town
35. Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods
36. Kelly Rowland - Ms. Kelly
37. Skepta - Greatest Hits
38. Burial - Untrue
39. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
40. Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces
41. Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
42. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
43. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
44. Mekons - Natural
45. The Coral - Roots and Echoes
The bottom of the barrel
I am unable to delete these from my hard drive because I'm a pack rat.
- Feist - The Reminder - A couple of good singles and a lot of MOR. No thanks.
- The Arcade Fire - The Neon Bible - This time it just seems like histrionics.
- The Go! Team - Proof of Youth - No magic this time. :(
- Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position - Although "The Magic Position" is actually okay, I think my subconscious associates the whole album with the distorted vocals at the start of "Accident and Emergency." One of the few albums that will make me reach for the stop key.
Songs, almost 50 of them:
1. Regina Spektor - Better
2. Stars - Window Bird
3. Yelle - Tristesee/Joie
4. Tegan and Sara - The Con
5. Sonicflyer - Sun in My Pocket
6. Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow?
7. Alicia Keys - No One
8. Beirut - Nantes
9. Zemfira - Мы разбиваемся
10. Girls Aloud - Teenage Dirtbag (Call the Shots)
11. The Aphrodisiacs - The Hour is Late But Please Consider
12. Kylie Minogue - In My Arms (2 Hearts)
13. Charlotte Hatherley - Behave
14. Bloc Party - Flux (JFX Remix)
15. Fall Out Boy - "The Take Over, the Breaks Over"
16. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
17. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Someone Great)
18. Thomas/Mayer - Überwiesen
19. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life
20. Sugababes - About You Now
21. Emma Pollock - Adrenaline
22. Timbaland - The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
23. Imperial Teen - Everyone Wants to Know
24. The Early Years - So Far Gone (The Simple Solution)
25. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
26. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
27. Siobhan Donaghy - 12 Bar Acid Blues
28. Tracey Thorn - Raise the Roof
29. T2 - Heartbroken (feat. Jodie Aysha)
30. Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)
31. Feist - My Moon My Man (1234)
32. !!! - Must Be the Moon
33. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
34. Digitalism - Pogo
35. Robyn - Robotboy
36. Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)
37. Kate Nash - Foundations
38. The National - Fake Empire
39. Yulia Savicheva - Nikak (Юлия Савичева - Никак)
40. The Chemical Brothers - Burst Generator
41. Amy McDonald - Mr. Rock and Roll
42. Blonde Redhead - 23
This year saw a number of albums that I felt were good, but didn't find myself wanting to listen to that often. I made a good faith effort to follow up on some of alexmacpherson's R&B recommendations, and it shows up here rather than my singles list.
As this is my first pass thinking about albums, I may tinker a bit later, but these five albums all clearly got a lot of repeat, full-album play from me. It's interesting that I didn't even think of M.I.A. when putting together my songs list, even though "Boys" is a standout. Total 8 was the easy winner here, though.
Top Five:
1. Various Artists - Total 8 (Kompakt)
2. Digitalism - Idealism
3. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
The bulge bracket: Some of these got a fair amount of play but were somehow disappointing (T&S), others "charted" well despite themselves (Rilo Kiley, Of Montreal). Towards the bottom of the list we've got stuff that I won't say is out and out bad, but which I probably won't listen to (Mekons, Coral) as well as things that I either haven't paid attention to (Roisin) or honestly listened to (Skepta, Bural). Pretty much every full album I acquired this year...
6. Tegan and Sara - The Con
7. Rilo Kiley - Under the Black Light
8. Alicia Keys - As I Am
9. Zемфира - Спасибо (Zemfira - Spasiba)
10. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
11. Мумий Тролль - Амба (Mumiy Troll - Amba)
12. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
13. !!! - Myth Takes
14. Keren Ann - Keren Ann
15. The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
16. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
17. Amerie - Because I Love It
18. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
19. Kylie - X
20. The Hours - Narcissus Road
21. Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
22. Blonde Redhead - 23
23. The National - Boxer
24. Crowded House - Time on Earth
25. Various Artists - After Dark: Italians Do It Better
26. Ulrich Schauss - Goodbye
27. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
28. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic
29. Son Volt - The Search
30. Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
31. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
32. Justice - †
33. Britney Spears - Blackout
34. Field Music - Tones of Town
35. Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods
36. Kelly Rowland - Ms. Kelly
37. Skepta - Greatest Hits
38. Burial - Untrue
39. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
40. Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces
41. Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
42. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
43. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
44. Mekons - Natural
45. The Coral - Roots and Echoes
The bottom of the barrel
I am unable to delete these from my hard drive because I'm a pack rat.
- Feist - The Reminder - A couple of good singles and a lot of MOR. No thanks.
- The Arcade Fire - The Neon Bible - This time it just seems like histrionics.
- The Go! Team - Proof of Youth - No magic this time. :(
- Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position - Although "The Magic Position" is actually okay, I think my subconscious associates the whole album with the distorted vocals at the start of "Accident and Emergency." One of the few albums that will make me reach for the stop key.