Belated Favorite Albums of 2007
Because everyone likes top ten lists.
10) Field Music: ‘Tones of Town’ – Unlike most of the music I have in heavy rotation. This album feels like it was made during a different era.
9) The Shins: ‘Wincing the Night Away' – Sounds very different than their previous stuff.
8) Les Savy Fav: ‘Let’s Stay Friends’ – This is the first time I’ve listened to one of their albums from start to finish. I’m still not sure how to pronounce their name, but I can’t stop listening to ‘Rage in the Plague Age’. Any RenFest geeks out there reading this will appreciate it. You know who you are.
7) White Rabbits: ‘Fort Nightly’ – A little bleak, but the unusual hooks…uh…hook me.
6) Arctic Monkeys: ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ – I never got caught up in the buzz of their first album, but this record is really catchy. Best line: ‘You used to get it in your fishnets/now you only get it in your night dress’.
5) Radiohead: ‘In Rainbows’ – Me and everyone else on the planet that likes music.
4) The Arcade Fire: ‘Neon Bible’ – Many people thought this was a letdown after their debut album. I actually enjoyed it more. Shows what I know.
3) Okkervil River: ‘The Stage Names’ – Their ballads don’t lose me nearly as much as they did on ‘Black Sheep Boy’ and the rockers display a level of emotion that many indie bands are too cool for.
2) Spoon: ‘Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga’ – Did I like this more than The National? It’s close, but I’m not serious enough to spend a lot of time nitpicking two albums I loved. ‘The Underdog’ was the best pop song I heard this year.
1) The National: ‘Boxer’ – This is one of those soundtrack records. Whenever I’m listening to it when I get off the metro, I feel like I’m in the middle of a city montage scene. Gets a ridiculous amount of play for a record that doesn’t have an upbeat or really rocking track on it. Does this mean I'm becoming melancholy?
Labels: tunes
posted by DC Viking at 12:53 PM
4 Comments:
I needed some new music and this was a great list.
You see! This is why we need to live vicariously through you, I've only heard of 2/3rds of these bands! And I listen to the Current! (and I only own one of these)
~Enjoying the three weeks where I am closer to as young as you are.. Nate
Glad I could provide some new music.
Which one do you have Nato? I know I've pimped Okkervil River to you before, but I really think you'd like this album. It's got a very Americana vibe to it. I think Spoon would be up your alley, as well.
Yeah, want the Okkervil River.. and Spoon too. Gonna wait until after my b-day like a good boy to buy meself anything. So probably one or both of those. I actually got the Arcade Fire some time last spring or summer. I did a tongue in cheek version of your post on my own cobwebbed page. I might actually get around to using myself. (After all if I give you such grief about blogging, I should walk the walk huh?)
~Nato
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