Best of 2007 - Page 2

TheZola · 01-03-2008, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Beorn_J

Wincing the night away by the shins was good

You know, I'm finding that The Shins are getting less and less interesting. I found Wincing the Night Away a fairly boring album.

chiron · 01-06-2008, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by billychildish

M.I.A. - Kala

I'd read a lot of hype about her pervious album but it didn't really interest me at that time. Anyway, I just saw her video for the single "Birdflu"(with the Pelvic Thrust Move™) and realized that she is pretty damn hot. I mean she could easily be one of the top heroines in Tamil movie industry. This is the face tamil men dream about afaict. Also I guess the pelvic thrusts takes this album a notch above the last one.

chrysanthym_m · 01-06-2008, 03:49 PM

Albums I liked:

Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The National - Boxer
Liars - Liars
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
J Dilla - Ruff Draft
Sunset Rubdown - Random, Spirit, Lovers
Burial - Untrue
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Justice - Cross
Menomena - Friend and Foe
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
M.I.A. - Kala
Thee, Stranded Horses - Churning Strides
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Sword Heaven - Entrance
Wold - Screech Owl
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Black Dice - Load Blown
Boris and Merzbow - Rock Action
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Battles - Mirrored
Future of the Left - Curses

Orwell_Huxley · 01-07-2008, 02:49 AM

Nice list chrysanthym. I really enjoyed Person Pitch. Would that be your last year's favorite?
The only album from your list I couldn't stand was Wold's Screech Owl, I think they crossed the line with the distortion.

Team-Rancho · 01-07-2008, 06:17 AM

The only songs from 2007 I remember liking were

Eagles - How long
Taylor Swift - Teardrops on my guitar
Debbie Rockt - Ich rocke

TheZola · 01-07-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TheZola

Sorry, OH, I'm just not a list maker.

But I would likely say, but not necessarily, that Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings produced my favourite album of '07 with 100 Days, 100 Nights. Also, to my surprise, Arcade Fire produced a good record with Neon Bible. Pinback had a good year with Autumn of the Seraphs. Concha Buika's Mi Nina Lola (high five to Satch) was a nice record.

However, these albums are more in the style of The Zola and are all stellar:

Jimmy Duck Holmes was bringing Bentonia back (

) with his great album Done Got Tired of Tryin'. It was great to see Ms. Koko Taylor back with her ablum Old School. James Blood Ulmer kicks arse, and his Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions is his usual unique Blues awesomeness. And Bobby Rush produced the best album of his career with Raw.

Solid.

Forgot to mention this gem:

chrysanthym_m · 01-07-2008, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Orwell_Huxley

Nice list chrysanthym. I really enjoyed Person Pitch. Would that be your last year's favorite?
The only album from your list I couldn't stand was Wold's Screech Owl, I think they crossed the line with the distortion.

The list is pretty much in order of how much I listened to the albums. And I really liked that Wold album. The distortion is crazy ugly. I am the Chisel was one of my favorite songs of the year. Black metal should be loud, crunchy, and bleak just like that album.

Orwell_Huxley · 01-07-2008, 09:37 PM

So these are my favorite albums. I really didn't bothered on dividing them on their respective genres/sub-genres (pop to avant-garde, noise, metal, progressive, free-jazz etc.), so sorry for the mess.
In order:

1. Roscoe Mitchell - Composition / Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3
2. EAQuartett - Electroacoustiquarett
3. David Torn - Prezens
4. Anatrofobia - Brevi Momenti Di Presenza
5. The Nels Cline Singers - Draw Breath
6. Paul Motian /Bill Frisell /Joe Lovano - Time and Time Again
7. Kemialliset Ystävät - Kemialliset Ystävät
8. John Zorn - Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
9. Stars of the Lid - Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline
10. Burning Star Core - Blood Lightning 2007

The Dead C - Future Artists
Massacre - Lonely Heart
Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream
Throbbing Gristle - Part Two: The Endless Not
Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom
Floratone - Floratone
Shining - Grindstone
Battles - Mirrored
Paul Bley - Solo in Mondsee
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Fall, Fall, Falling
Islaja - Ulual Yyy
37500 Yens - Astero
Supersilent - 8
Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Jinx
Frank Bretschneider - Rhythm
Port-Royal - Afraid to Dance
Vibracathedral Orchestra - Wisdom Thunderbolt

Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Parts and Labor - Mapmaker
Liars - Liars
Unit 21 - November
Mouthus - Saw A Halo
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Robert Glasper - In My Element
65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Amon Tobin - Foley Room
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Far Corner - Endangered
Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
Efterklang - Parades
Pelican - City of Echoes
Radiohead - In Rainbows
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Burial - Untrue

Satchmo8101 · 01-15-2008, 01:56 AM

Cobbling still....is Satchmo.

You can now return to your regularly scheduled program.

Satchmo8101 · 01-15-2008, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TheZola

Sorry, OH, I'm just not a list maker.

Translation:

You know Satchmo will show up eventually and take care of things.

Anyhoo, I have trekking to plan....and Meh-Tehs to track down.

Peace out.