As a recommendation by Shane, I am creating a post for people to make guesses as to the top albums. Feel free to guess what is in the top 5 or top 15 in the comments for this post and see if you can pick the winners.
Archive for November, 2007
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Final 2007 Album Update
I want to thank everyone who suggested albums for me to listen to over the last month or so. That is, everyone but Shane. Shane recommend The Fiery Furnaces, and when I didn't include the in the last list, mentioned them again. Well the first 3 songs on that album proved that it was not going to make the top 10 list. In fact, it let me know that it would make the bottom 1 list. I would rather jam cotton swabs in my ears than listen to headphones playing that music. I would prefer to listen to Kenny G playing with Bill Shatner doing spoken word over it than listen to that album. It is awful.
So on that note, you have my first comment about the 39 albums (38 and 3 tracks actually) I listened to. Here is the final list of albums, the last 3 added in bold. After narrowing it down, there was a wonderful cutoff right at 15 albums actually, so I am planning on counting down the top 15 starting December 3rd and doing an album each workday until the 21st where I give my top album. Thanks for everyone's help so far and I am anxious to get feedback on the albums as they come out.
Final List
- All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone - Explosions in the Sky
- Andorra - Caribou
- Autumn of the Seraphs - Pinback
- Beyond the Neighbourhood - Athlete
- The Black and White Album - The Hives
- Boxer - The National
- Cease to Begin - Band of Horses
- Chase This Light - Jimmy Eat World
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
- Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
- The Flying Club Cup - Beirut
- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
- The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
- Graduation - Kanye West
- Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - Of Montreal
- Icky Thump - The White Stripes
- In Rainbows - Radiohead
- Let’s Stay Friends - Les Savy Fav
- Minutes to Midnight - Linken Park
- Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
- A Night at the Ritz - Office
- Our Love to Admire - Interpol
- Places Like This - Architecture in Helsinki
- Planet of Ice - Minus the Bear
- Random Spirit Lover - Sunset Rubdown
- Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans
- Shock Value - Timbaland
- Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
- Some Loud Thunder - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
- The Stage Names - Okkervil River
- The Sun and the Moon - The Bravery
- We Are the Pipettes - The Pipettes
- A Weekend in the City - Bloc Party
- Widow City - The Fiery Furnaces
- Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
- Writer’s Block - Peter Bjorn and John
- Year Zero - Nine Inch Nails
- Zeitgeist - The Smashing Pumpkins
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Another 2007 Music Update
Since each post has produced additional albums to listen to, I figured I would post again with my list and ask for other albums I have missed. The list of albums is below with new items since the last post in bold. A quick note, things are going well with my rankings and I already have a good idea of what the top 5 are. Albums are falling into buckets pretty well so I could do a top 5 only or I think I could do a top 10 pretty easily as well. If I do a top 5, I could also do a couple honorable mentions or something like that, but I wanted to let the readers help decide if it is a top 5 or top 10 list, so comment away.
List of 2007 Albums
- All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone - Explosions in the Sky
- Andorra - Caribou
- Autumn of the Seraphs - Pinback
- Beyond the Neighbourhood - Athlete
- Boxer - The National
- Cease to Begin - Band of Horses
- Chase This Light - Jimmy Eat World
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
- Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
- The Flying Club Cup - Beirut
- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
- The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
- Graduation - Kanye West
- Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - Of Montreal
- Icky Thump - The White Stripes
- In Rainbows - Radiohead
- Let's Stay Friends - Les Savy Fav
- Minutes to Midnight - Linken Park
- Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
- A Night at the Ritz - Office
- Our Love to Admire - Interpol
- Places Like This - Architecture in Helsinki
- Planet of Ice - Minus the Bear
- Random Spirit Lover - Sunset Rubdown
- Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans
- Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
- Some Loud Thunder - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
- The Stage Names - Okkervil River
- The Sun and the Moon - The Bravery
- We Are the Pipettes - The Pipettes
- A Weekend in the City - Bloc Party
- Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
- Writer’s Block - Peter Bjorn and John
- Year Zero - Nine Inch Nails
- Zeitgeist - The Smashing Pumpkins
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Non-Blog Content
In the tradition of The Content Webring, I am going to bring back some archived content using the Pages feature of WordPress. The first return is the Prell vs. Foulks recap that has become a minor legend at the Help Desk. I am planning on doing the Top 5 2007 Albums in a similar format, so keep an eye out for that. You can find all of the Non-Blog Content linked in the sidebar of the site, for easy reference.