2007 year end album review

[jsbedlam]

here's mine:

http://auditoryhallucination.blogspot.com/

anyone else?

[SoundscapeMN]

mine's coming this weekend..I'll be sure to check that when I have time man, thanks.

[Spectre1982]

The first installment of my review is here. The list is:

50. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
49. Mel Gibson and the Pants - Sea vs. Shining Sea
48. Sylvan - Presets
47. Film School - Hideout
46. Ghost Brigade - Guided By Fire
45. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
44. Hopesfall - Magnetic North
43. Red Fox Grey Fox - From the Land of Bears, Ice, and Rock
42. God is an Astronaut
41. Tiger Army - Music From Regions Beyond
40. Damiera - M(Us)ic

The descriptions and comments and links are at http://mediumofmusic.wordpress.com/2...of-2007-50-41/

At the bottom is a mediafire link to a mix of songs from the artists mentioned so far. I'd reccomend that to anyone who is interested.

[TheRuleofThree]

Shit man, your list always makes me feel so small.

I'm actually thinking of doing two lists... top 10 albums, top 10 songs (no artist repeats).  It would be a fun one to compile!

[Knifeboy]

spectre, I love your list, always a great source of what I've missed out on

[IKnockStuffDown]

Excellent lists, both of you.

[kata rokkar]

I'll be posting mine on or around Christmas day. I put up 5 out of 10 of my favorite concerts this year though.

http://katarokkar.weebly.com/1/post/2007/12/best-5-out-of-10-concerts-i-went-to-this-year.html

I am still yet to hear the new Wintersleep, 65daysofstatic, Aerogramme, and God is an Astronaut. The Red Fox Grey Fox record is badass though.

[Ars Sycro]

Shit man, your list always makes me feel so small.

I'm actually thinking of doing two lists... top 10 albums, top 10 songs (no artist repeats). It would be a fun one to compile!

I've thought about doing that, but I'd be tempted to put a bunch of one band on. Or feel disappointed when I could only really decide on top 2 or 3. I know the #1 is "Red Hands" by The Dear Hunter. And if I can count re/national releases, "Where Have You Been?" by Manchester Orchestra is #2.

Added after 5 minutes:

jsbedlam: Nice list. Many of those will probably end up on my top 20 list.

Spectre: Great pick at #42. Definitely an underappreciated band.

Hopefully my list will be done shortly after the new year (I'm listening to all of my contending CDs on my drive from Kansas City to Atlanta and back, so I have about 24 hours of music listening to fill up).

[Spectre1982]

JSBedlam, without giving too much away, I'd say that we've got a lot of albums in common. I'm going to check out the ones that I hadn't heard.

Re: Damiera- I will say that I really started to respect their work a lot more after seeing them play live and talking to some of the guys (cool guys by the way).  

[BuddyGoodness]

Here is my list:

Britney Spears - Blackout

Enough said.

[Gnomad]

TOP 5 ARTISTS OF THE YEAR!

1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan

I SPIT HOT FIRE!!!

[erikpemberton]

Lots of bands dialed it in this year, lots of good 3-4 song EPs were released as albums.  I bought a lot of them, but those are going to be on other people's lists and not mine.  These are the albums worth owning and hearing repeatedly.  They're all over the place, so there should be something for everyone including something you've probably never heard of as well as shit you'll probably make a snide comment about.  But for what they are, these are solid discs.

The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers
Broken Iris - The Eyes Of Tomorrow
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning Of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
Deas Vail - All The Houses Look The Same
Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
Dave Gahan - Hourglass
Hard-Fi - Once Upon A Time In The West
Hurt - Vol. II
Innerpartysystem - The Download EP
Kaddisfly - Set Sail The Prairie
Karate High School - The League Of Tomorrow
Kenna - Make Sure They See My Face
KMFDM - Tohuvabohu
Korn - Untitled
Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight [Tour Edition] (it has "No Roads Left" - one of their best songs ever)
Ministry - The Last Sucker
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
The Panic Division - Songs From The Glasshouse
The Receiving End Of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Strata - Strata Presents The End Of The World
Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead
theSTART - Ciao Baby
Victory Pill - Victory Pill

Also worth mentioning are the final Depeche Mode remasters - get them if you're a fan, they're brilliant.

Support artists and stop buying single songs on iTunes, people.  It just encourages the industry to put out utter shit since they know nobody cares anyway.  Check these albums out and support the artists who approach their music like a work of art and not like a pack of ringtones.

[Spectre1982]

You mentioned some albums that are very good that haven't gotten a lot of mention in certain places, like here for example: The Birthday Massacre and theSTART. Really liked both of those.

[dsv]

Welcome to (the Traversing) theSTART fan club...you're the 4th member (erik, kata and me)

[Wintersky]

Didn't the yea yeah yeahs put out an EP this year too? Didn't said EP kick ass? I think so