Dec
10
2007
LP6’s Top albums of 2007
Posted by luna6 6 Comments
End of the year, snow bells are ringing are you glistening and so it is time. Last year we didn’t put up a year end best of list, simply because there’s already a list of rated albums on the sidebar, but this time around I thought why not? After time opinions do change so a year end list would make for a fun read (I hope). Not only are there year end lists from yours truly and MikeSpiegs, we asked some of our past interviewees to send in their list as well! So below you’ll find list of favorite albums from Erika Forster (Au Revoir Simone), Traceyann Campbell (Camera Obscura), Johan Angergård (Club 8), Britta Phillips (Dean & Britta), David Best (Fujiya & Miyagi), Emanuel Lundgren (I’m From Barcelona), Adam Olenius (Shout Out Louds) and Markland Starkie (Sleeping States).
luna6’s Top 10 Albums of 2007:
1. Feist – The Reminder (Feist does it all on the Reminder)
2. The Clientele – God Save The Clientele (Definitely would be the surprise album of the year for me. The Clientele playing bright, upbeat music? And it works!)
3. Taken By Trees – Open Field (Singular album for singular moments of solitude)
4. Earip – Someone’s Bonfire (A friend stayed over at my place after breaking up with her boyfriend of 3 years. She was napping on my couch and I was doing something on the computer, while playing Earip’s album. The song “A Question Mark” then came on. I then started to hear some strange sounds coming from behind me, so I turned around to find my friend bawling like a baby! I reminded myself don’t play that song around anyone that’s going through a breakup.)
5. Panda Bear – Person Pitch (Perfect combination of out of this world bizarro sounds and delicious pop harmonies).
6. Tunng – Good Arrows (Amazing album that gets better with time.)
7. Sleeping States – There the Open Spaces (Songs are just so pretty.)
8. Windmill – Puddle City Racing Lights (Amazing songs, amazing album.)
9. The National – Boxer (A few tracks I don’t care for on the second half, but the good ones reverberate inside and out.)
10. Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills (When in need for a pop fix – this does it.)
MikeSpiegs’ Top 10 Albums of 2007:
1. The Lovekevins – Vs. The Snow (Yeah, it’s an odd number one but it’s been a pretty bland year for me as far as music is concerned. Lovekevins are from Sweden (named after a Wedding Present song) and put out a great electronic pop record this year. After their previous singles I anticipated this album for a while and although it’s a lot different than their previous stuff, it is insanely catchy and fun to listen to.)
2. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedela (Maybe not as good as it could of been, but Jens still rocks the house with his brand of Jonathan Richman/Stephen Merritt/Morrissey + shitload of samples.)
3. Apples in Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder (Apples have never put out a shitty album and this is no exception. A lot of people are “over” them but I can never get past them. Although the electronic interludes on this album are pretty lame, the actual song songs rule.)
4. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin (This is the record The Shins should have put out this year and yeah, it’s nothing really special or unique or innovative but it’s really good.)
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – EP (If this wasn’t an EP it would have been number one. Great pop in the vein of Sarah Records/C86/Jesus and Mary Chain/etc.)
6. Elliott Smith – New Moon (Sure, it’s not really a “new” album and most of the songs on it were floating around on bootlegs available pre-2007 but most of the songs on this album are more powerful then ‘Basement on a Hill’. Maybe I’m biased in the way that i’ve always been in love with his more minimal efforts (Self Titled, Either/Or) opposed to his later stuff..)
7. Windmill – Puddle City Racing Lights (Never heard of them/him until this year and like it… a lot. Again, nothing really special or innovative but a fun listen.)
8. CocoRosie – The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn (These bitches is crazy. “Rainbow Warriors”… what the fuck? I may not get it, but I love it.)
9. Tender Forever – Wider (I’m a sucker for this electro indie pop bullshit. It’s bullshit and I know it is but I don’t care because I like it.)
10. Shocking Pinks – Shocking Pinks (It’s cheating putting this in a top 10 as it’s a compilation of tracks off their first two albums (both of which are amazing) and while they’re new to most I have no problem including a “Greatest Hits” this year. In my opinion Shocking Pinks has the best elements spanning some of my favorite aesthetics: Noisey, Poppy, Dancey. They better not slip up with a shit album in 2008!)
(Au Revoir Simone) Erika Forster’s “Top 5 albums of 2007″
1. Peter Bjorn & John – Writers Block
2. Montag – Going Places
3. Lavender Diamond – Imagine Our Love
4. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
5. Re release double disk of Vashti Bunyan
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
1. bringing people along on tour with us (my best friend from high school accompanied us through the desert from LA to texas and my dad drove with us from london to paris)
2. having a conference call with a tarot card reader
3. visiting istanbul… walking through the grand bazaar and tasting the lovely food
4. dancing to bands we opened up for like PB&J, AIR, voxtrot
5. rolling down the big hill in the grass with annie at the Osheaga festival in Montreal and getting so dizzy during the interpol show with our friends from We Are Scientist.
(Camera Obscura) Traceyann Campbell’s “Top 5 albums of 2007″
1. Taken by trees – Open field
2. Jens Lekman – Night falls over Kortedala
3. Feist – Reminder
4. John Rauhouse – Steel guitar heart attack
5. Rufus Wainright – Release the stars
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
1. Seeing Feist play in Glasgow. Best gig I’ve seen for years. She made me want to go home and practice my guitar.
2. Meeting Amy Winehouse in Spain. She was actually a sweetheart.
3. Having Victoria Bergsman record one of my songs. She did a lovely job.
4. Eating curry from the restaurant Mother India in Glasgow on a almost weekly basis. can’t get enough of the stuff.
5. Camera obscura getting to play to 1000 screaming kids in mexico city. It was brilliant!
(Club 8) Johan Angergård’s “Top 5 albums of 2007″
(No Labrador titles included. If so, I’d only list this year’s releases…)
1. Television Personalities “Are we nearly there yet?”
2. Taken by Trees “Open field”
3. The National “Boxer”
4. Mikkel Metal “Brone and wait”
5. Richard Hawley “Lady’s bridge”
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
1. Johan Hedberg (Musical & lyrical genious)
2. Indonesia (wonderful place to play, nice surf waves)
3. South Park (still the best TV series in the world)
4. Vinyl records (re-discovered way to listen to music)
5. Electronica/dubstep/techno/etc (The new sounds of the year were electronic)
(Dean & Britta) Britta Phillips’ “Top 5 albums of 2007″
1. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (That’s it. It’s miles better than anything else that came out last year. )
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
1. “Margot At The Wedding” (the new film by Noah Baumbach)
2. Playing with Anthony LaMarca (our new drummer)
3. Drinking Absinthe and eating currywurst at the Christkind Markt in Berlin on our last tour.
4. Reading “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City” by Nick Flynn
5. Season finale of “Extras” on HBO
(Fujiya & Miyagi) David Best’s “Top 5 albums of 2007″
1. project jenny project jan – xoxoxoxoxo
2. bill callahan – woke on a whaleheart
3. au revoir simone – bird of music
4. robert wyatt – comicopera
5.harmonia – harmonia live 1974
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
1. theme time radio hour
2. les enfants du paradis
3. cesc fabregas
4. iggy pop – the idiot
5. pal rakes and the prophets – can’t deny the hurt
(I’m From Barcelona) Emanuel Lundgren’s “Top 5 albums of 2007″:
01. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
02. Blonde Redhead – 23
03. Dungen – Tio Bitar
04. Common – Finding Forever
05. Säkert! – Säkert!
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
01. Becoming a fulltime musician
02. Playing at the beach in Ravenna, Italy
03. Growing long hair and a beard
04. Central Park, NY
05. Reading
(Shout Out Louds) Adam Olenius’ “Top 5 albums of 2007″:
1. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
2. The National – Boxer
3. Studio – Yearbook 1
4. LCD Soundsystem -Sound Of Silver
5. Brazil 70 – After Tropicalia
“Top 5 random things of 2007″
1 Bonanza Coffe Heroes in Berlin
2 Music Hall Of Williamsburg
3 Caetano Veloso
4 Closer by Anton Corbijn
5 Spider and James from The Pogues
(Sleeping States) Markland Starkie’s “Top 5 albums of 2007″:
1. life without buildings – live at the annandale hotel (oh my god they were one of the best bands ever, and this is a great document showing them at their energetic best.)
2. barr – summary (actually didn’t like barr much before this record, but this one has stuck with me and… there is so much honesty and emotion on this record. inspiring.)
3. pre – epic fits (best live band this year, hands DOWN!)
4. low – drums and guns (again, wasn’t a massive fan of low before this, but the sounds and side-panned production were an amazingly pleasant surprise.)
5. james blackshaw – clouds of unknowing (the guitar hasn’t been so breathtakingly beautiful since robbie basho died.)
“Top 5 random things of 2007″:
1. eating deep fried aligator on the bayou.
2. graduating with first class honours.
3. ’simply botiful’ by christoph büchel
4. interviewing glenn branca for resonance fm (art radio station in london)
5. west coast burritos (you just can’t get good ones in england)
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One more list came in from Erika Forster of Au Revoir Simone…which is now added.
Thanks for this list! I found The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Nathan Fake, Sleeping States, Simone White, Maps from here. All great bands. Here’s my list, not all that obscure but my favorites of the year.
1. Beirut – Lon Gisland (EP but love it)
2. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
3. Tokyo Police Club – Lesson In Crime (same as #1)
4. Le Loup – The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations’ Millennium General Assembly
5. Holy Fuck – LP
6. Radiohead – In Rainbows
7. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
8. Feist – The Reminder
9. Blonde Redhead – 23
10. The Tough Alliance – New Chance
Just mentioning that Emanuel Lundgren (I’m From Barcelona) and Britta Phillips’ (Dean & Britta) list arrived after the posting..so I just added it on the list. Ho ho merry christmas.
Shout Out Louds. Nice. They didn’t seem to make too many year end lists. Our Ill Wills is terribly underrated. Great list overall.
Mine here:
My “Best of” List Strikes Again. 2007 Edition.
1. Battles – Mirrored
2. The Horrors – Strange House
3. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
4. Tomahawk – Anonymous
5. Good Shoes – Think Before You Speak
6. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
7. HEALTH – HEALTH
8. The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
9. Shellac – Excellent Italian Greyhound
10. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – In Glorious Times
* I didn’t include rap but these were my favs : Spank Rock & Benny Blanco – Bangers and Cash, M.I.A. – Kala, Lil’ Wayne – Da Drought 3, Jay Z – American Gangster, El-P: I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, Cadence Weapon – Breaking Kayfabe
Props to the lp6 peeps!
Nice list you guys made there, but no Arcade Fire? no Radiohead? no Animal Collective? Ouch. My list for what its worth:
(1) Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
(2) Radiohead – In Rainbows
(3) Studio – West Coast
(4) Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
(5) Panda Bear – Person Pitch
(6) The Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
(7) The National – Boxer
(8) Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
(9) Frog Eyes – Tears of Valedictorian
(10) Okkervil River – The Stage Names