Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists.

retired_mcorchado · 11-14-2007, 03:17 PM

well, it's nearly december, that time of year when meaningless yet riveting lists emerge. some are already starting to circulate. stylus being earlier this year due to them SHUTTING DOWN [RIP]

a reverse countdown. are you excited? of course you are.

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STYLUS TOP 50 ALBUMS 2007

50. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
49. Paramore - Riot!
48. Monkey Swallows the Universe - The Casket Letters
47. 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
46. The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
45. Strategy - Future Rock
44. Colleen - Les Ondes Silencieuses
43. Basteroid - Upset Ducks
42. Calle 13 - Residente O Visitante
41. Andy Palacio & The Garfuna Collective - Wátina
40. Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss
39. UGK - Underground Kings
38. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water is Life
37. Devin The Dude - Waitin' to Inhale
36. Marnie Stern - In Advance Of The Broken Arm
35. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
34. Dungen - Tio Bitar
33. Stars Of The Lid - And The Refinement Of Their Decline
32. Low - Drums and Guns
31. Menomena - Friend and Foe
30. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
29. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls
28. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
27. Of Montreal - Oh Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
26. Kathy Diamond - Miss Diamond to You
25. Battles - Mirrored
24. Studio - West Coast
23. !!! - Myth Takes
22. Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season
21. Caribou - Andorra
20. Dalek - Abandoned Language
19. Liars - Liars
18. Justice - Cross
17. Grinderman - Grinderman
16. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
15. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
14. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
13. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
12. Phosphorescent - Pride
11. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
10. Radiohead - In Rainbows
09. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
08. M.I.A. - Kala
07. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
06. Kanye West - Graduation
05. The National - The Boxer
04. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
03. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
02. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

oooooh sunset rubdown, where are you? i don't seeeee you.

it's a pretty good list. but there are some obvious omissions. i will allow you, the reader, to idenifty those. have fun.

retired_rockstar · 11-14-2007, 03:19 PM

Graduation should be nowhere near the top ten - style over substance.

retired_barbara45 · 11-14-2007, 03:19 PM

Paramore in the top 50 albums?

Hmm, what?

retired_metcalfl · 11-14-2007, 03:20 PM

65daysofstatic appearing \o/

Should be much higher /o\

retired_jenc110 · 11-14-2007, 03:20 PM

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50. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
49. Paramore - Riot!

I stopped reading at that point

I've only heard 7 of them, I shall consider myself musically out-of-touch and investigate some of these post-haste.

cbhoyhern · 11-14-2007, 03:20 PM

Second one in and the list already fails, Paramore, get that "pop for twelve year olds" out of my sight.

retired_metcalfl · 11-14-2007, 03:21 PM

It's actually been a really fb year for music hasn't it

retired_danielle026806 · 11-14-2007, 03:22 PM

Paramore?

Decent list, I would say Panda Bear is better than LCD though.

DiS Shortlist for top 10:

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!!! - Myth Takes
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Battles - Mirrored
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Blonde Redhead - 23
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
dälek - Abandoned Language
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Efterklang - Parades
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Eugene McGuinness - The Early Learnings Of
Feist - The Reminder
Field Music - Tones Of Town
Future of the Left - Curses
Grinderman - Grinderman
HEALTH - Health
Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Justice - Cross
Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Liars - Liars
M.I.A. - Kala
Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts -
Blue Birds Blood
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before
The Ship Even Sank
No Age - Weirdo Rippers
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You
The Destroyer
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
Prefuse 73 - Preparations
Radiohead – In Rainbows
The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs,
Whatever
The Maccabees - Colour It In
The National - Boxer
The Sea & Cake - Everybody
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns
and Fifteen Winters
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals

Modest Mouse should not be in there ahead of A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Blitzen Trapper, Dan Deacon, Kevin Drew etc.