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i posted this to my myspace blog yesterday. i put a fair bit of thought into it and many parameters were used to come up with the final outcome...
have a look.... 50. arcade fire- neon bible 49. julian cope- you gotta problem with me 48. 180dgs- ..to the future 180dgs play the music of negativland 47. jesu- pale sketches 46. nick cave /warren ellis- the assassination of jesse james.... (o.s.t.) 45. dinosaur jr- beyond 44. the fall- post reformation TLC 43. explosions in the sky- all of a sudden i miss everyone 42. turbo fruits- turbo fruits 41. to kill a petty bourgeoisie- the patron 40. black dice- load blown 39. rhys chatham- a crimson grail 38. von sudenfed- tromatic reflexxions 37. 65 days of static- the deconstruction of small ideas 36. holy fuck- holy fuck 35. original silence- the first original silence 34. pj harvey- white chalk 33. amiina- kurr 32. beirut- the flying club cup 31. sigur ros- hvarf / heim 30. the white stripes- icky thump 29. sightings- through the panama 28. radiohead- in rainbows 27. panda bear- person pitch 26. six organs of admittance- shelter from the ash 25. health- health 24. einsturzende neubauten- alles weiner offen 23. jeffrey lewis- 12 crass songs 22. sleeping people- growing 21. merzbow- merzbear 20. xbxrx- wars 19. pram- the moving frontier 18. xiu xiu / larsen- spicchiology? 17. pissed jeans- hope for men 16. monotract- trueno oscuro 15. !!!- myth takes 14. jesu- conquerer 13. grinderman- grinderman 12. liars- liars 11. numbers- you are now this 10. future of the left- curses 09. qui- loves miracle 08. shellac- excellent italian greyhound 07. ahleuchistastis- even in the midst 06. melt banana- bambis dilemma 05. lcd soundsystem- sound of silver 04. animal collective- strawberry jam 03. the magik markers- boss 02. thurston moore- trees outside the academy 01. battles- mirrored there is probably some ommissions here due to fact i havent actually heard EVERYTHING EVER RECORDED THIS YEAR and some albums didnt quite make the top 50 some for being totally poor some for having to draw the line somewhere.... thanks for reading this, feel free to comment.... paul b |
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You don't say! Is there a particular order in this list? |
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Well, he did number the list.
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interesting...its hard to argue with your #1...except that it should be Person Pitch :-)....but yeah, Battles is #3 for me...
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Yeah , right. I meant , are these albums sorted by preference or quality in any way ? That's not obvious. |
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Your list has some similarities with my own both in content and because it's a top fifty.
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i cant do 50...ill maybe do 13
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Should I post my top fifty list in this thread, wait until someone starts a best of '07 thread, or start my own best of '07 thread?
Note that the above is a bit of a rhetorical question. (I cut around twenty titles to pare this down to fifty) What the hell... 1 The Original Silence - The First Original Silence 2 Battles - Mirrored 3 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam 4 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II 5 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy 6 V/A - I'm Not There Motion Picture Soundtrack 7 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 8 Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond 9 Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma 10 Björk - Volta 11 Bad Brains - Build A Nation 12 Patti Smith - Twelve 13 Meat Puppets - Rise To Your Knees 14 The Stooges - The Weirdness 15 Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges - Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges 16 Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime 17 Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity 18 Radiohead - In Rainbows 19 T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P. 20 McCoy Tyner - Quartet 21 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 22 Brad Mehldau - Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast 23 Liars - Liars 24 XBXRX - Wars 25 Magik Markers - Boss 26 Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound 27 Zu & Nobuzaku Takemura - Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld 28 Wolf Eyes - Black Wings Over The Sand 29 John Fogerty - Revival 30 Ron Carter - Dear Miles 31 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 32 Ween - La Cucaracha 33 Xiu Xiu & V/A - Remixed & Covered 34 Black Dice - Load Blown 35 Panda Bear - Person Pitch 36 The Shins - Wincing the Night Away 37 Built To Spill - You In Reverse 38 Grinderman - Grinderman 39 Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre 40 Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior 41 Merle Haggard - The Bluegrass Sessions 42 Public Enemy - How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? 43 Tomahawk - Anonymous 44 Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist 45 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 46 Cowboy Junkies - At the End of Paths Taken 47 Einstürzende Neubauten - Alles Weider Offen 48 The Fall - Reformation Post T.L.C 49 Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars 50 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
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People ridicule me for making top 20 LPs, top 20 EPs, and top 20 CDR/cassette releases....as if to say that having so many things on a list just devalues it so much. What do people think of a top 50, I wonder. (There are some not-so-good records up there near the high-40s.)
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I do remember Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" radio program (immortalized on Negativland's infamous U2 ep) where he counted down the top forty singles according to Billboard magazine. I have a text file of everything I've been listening to over the year of around seventy releases, but fifty just seems to be a good, round number considering that I don't think I'm going to make it to getting around to fully listening to a hundred different albums released this year. |
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SERIOUSLY, pauly, I love you, but how can you not have the new stars of the lid anywhere in your top 50?!
My top 50 so far.. the year isn't over but close enough.. also, I'm counting EP's in here I guess.. I only put like 2... this is all from my memory just now, not some big list I had.. 1. Rhys Chatham - Crimson Grail 2. Sleeping People - Growing 3. Toddle - Dawn Praise the World 4. Neurosis - Given to the Rising 5. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline 6. Mong Hang - Debaktaka 7. Polysics - Karate House 8. Jesu - Conqueror 9. Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound 10. Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma 11. Sir Richard Bishop - Staged 12. Growing - Vision Swim 13. Avey Tare - Pullhair Rubeye 14. Mammal - Lonesome Drifter 15. Residents - Voice of Midnight 16. Athletic Automation - Roman's Empire 17. The Tuss - Rushup Edge 18. Electro Group - Good Technology 19. The Fall - Post Reformation TLC 20. Tomahawk - Anonymous 21. Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter from the Ash 22. Gein and the Gravediggers - Songs in the Key of Evil 23. Oren Ambarchi - Burial Chamber Trio 24. Dodheimsgard - Supervillian Outcast 25. Boris/Merzbow - Rock Dream 26. Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed 27. XBRX - Wars 28. Pan Sonic - Katodivaihe 29. Zazen Boys - I Don't Wanna Be With You [though their live album was better, it was only released online, so..] 30. Motocompo - Chiptop Lips 31. Qui - Love's Miracle 32. Sloth Love Chunks - Shakuhi Express 33. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity 34. Pre - Epic Fits 35. Meneguar - Strangers in Our House 36. Battles - Mirrored 37. Ministry - The Last Sucker 38. Mark Prindle - Smilehouse 39. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 40. Jesu - Lifeline 41. Vola and the Oriental Machine - Android 42. Low - Drum/Gun 43. Xiu Xiu / Larsen - Spicchiology 44. Black Dice - Load Blown 45. Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works 46. Goon Moon - Licker's Last Leg 47. Experimental Dental School / Melt Banana Split 48. Sunburned Hand of the Man - Fire Escape 49. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam 50. Unsane - Visqueen EDIT: I can't wait to see all the unwarranted # 1's for stuff like "Mirrored" and "Person Pitch".. sure, that stuff's good, but the best of the year? Hardly. I heard probably 150-200 things this year, I heard most of the stuff you guys listed, so I think I have a pretty good list myself.. There were plenty of disappointments (new Hella, Liars, Jesu's "Pale Sketches", etc.) but it was a pretty good year all in all. If for some ODD reason, I put a 2006 album anywhere on that list, put stuff like the new Bloodthirsty Butchers in place of it. Also, I really need to hear the Zu/Nobokazu Takemaru disc.. fuck.. Also, been meaning to hear the new Circus Devils (SGT. DISCO), because the description makes it sound awesome. Oh and fuck - new Pram? I'm there. OH, and I just heard about a new Fatal Flying Guilloteens too so I gotta check that out. |
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i havent heard 50 albums from 2007.
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i'll have a top 50 and bottom 50 list (probably).
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My bottom 10:
1. Locust - New Erections 2. whatever the fuck Mars Volta released this year 3. Magic Markers - BOSS 4. Radiohead - In Rainbows 5. Throbbing Gristle - The Endless Not 6. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends 7. Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space 8. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris 9. Pelican - whatever the fuck it's called 10. Sightings - Through the Panama Note that all 10 of those aren't necassarily bad and not all of those are bad bands, they just released stuff that wasn't of high quality this year.. so it's a list of just BAD stuff mixed with really really disappointing stuff as well.. except the top 3, all the rest of the bands usually release stuff I enjoy. EDIT - Actually, Sightings haven't really released stuff I ENJOY, but they're not too bad. But man was that new album way hyped.. |
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nice list, i still have heard the nick cave/warren ellis alblum yet, gotta get on that.
it was nice seeing arcade fire at 50, granted i think theyre one of the better more accesible sounding bands around for sure, might even be the best, but you know theyre gonna be the top 10 in every fucking lame music magazine this year. |
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no fucking way im gonna write down 50 right now, its finals time.
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album title of the year: How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
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Dinosaur jr! Liars at # 12! and Mirrored at #1!
You rock! I pathetically don't listen to nearly as much new music as you, but I have these 3 from your list and I would totally rank Mirrored as the best of anything I've heard recently. Liars is great, too, and so is Beyond.
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actually, what i'm meaning by bottom is like the bottom best, like albums that are good but not trascendental.
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nice list!
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