Recommend Me Some Musics!

[aegeus]

Term is over and am up in London with Alex until next Wednesday when we go back to the US for Christmas. By the end of the holidays I need to have figured out my dissertation title, so I forsee a lot of reading during this time, but still a lot less than during term time, as it is the holidays. I went through a month of not really playing WoW much except to arena, but have gotten back into it more recently, going to Kara and clearing it with DotA. Have participated in the downing of everyone in Kara except for Aran and R&J (and Chess, but that doesn't really count). I have like 10 million heroics to do for even more badges for crap. But yeah.

Anyway, I've been thinking of coming up with some sort of best/top/favorite albums of 2007 list. I'm doing this more to listen to music I may not have given enough of a chance or overlooked than as an actual exercise in ranking the albums, but I figure if I go into with that goal in mind I'll actually listen to everything more attentively. So, I've come up with a shortlist of albums I think fall into this category, to be listened to and whittle downed into a smaller (ranked?) list, but I want some of your input too. I miss a lot, musicwise, because I don't listen to the radio anywhere near as much as I used to, and I miss a lot of some of the more obscure US stuff as I'm not there anymore. So, please, recommend me any albums that came out this year that you really liked, that you think were amazing, that are in your top albums of the year group. I don't want to accidentally miss this year's TV On The Radio. Which I totally did last year. : /

Current albums on my shortlist, in no particular order:

Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
Justice - †
Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
Efterklang - Parades
Feist - The Reminder
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
M.I.A. - Kala
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
The Wombats - A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Fountains of Wayne - Traffic And Weather
Future of the Left - Curses
The Pax Cecilia - Blessed Are The Bonds
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Battles - Mirrored
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Editors - An End Has A Start
!!! - Myth Takes
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Paramore - Riot!
British Sea Power - Krankenhaus?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is
The National - Boxer
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
The Rumble Strips - Grils and Weather
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

There are a few things on there that I already want to cut out after listening to again, but I'm going to leave it up as it is for now, and whittle it down later. I may not ever actually whittle it down, as my real goal is simply to listen to a lot of new music. And ranking shit is hard anyway.

Comments

[reservoir.livejournal.com]

you forgot Britney Spears

[aegeus.livejournal.com]

No, I had her last night. Really not very good. I had to fake my orgasm just to get away.

[reservoir.livejournal.com]

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Thanks to fandom-based recs this year, I've spent loads of time listening to Scissor Sisters (which I am sure you have somewhere...) and to Jason Manns, who has this lovely voice and does wonderful acoustic-ish, guitary music. And who's doing a UK tour in February!

[blood-starz.livejournal.com]

I’m not sure if you would like them because they are kind of girly but I have been listening to A Fine Frenzy – One Cell in the Sea, and Starts – In Our Bedroom After the War.

Also Dropkick came out with a new album, The Meanest Of Times, it good not as good as Sing it Loud Sing it Proud but worth download/buying.

[kay-taylor.livejournal.com]

Alas, I loved Britney.

Also, Kanye West, Graduation.

[aegeus.livejournal.com]

I try to separate people from the music they make (like Razorlight, love the music, can't stand Johnny Borrell, or JT's last album was great but he's still JT) but after Kayne's stunt at the MTV Europe awards when he lost to Justice and Simian I just find myself completely unable to listen to his music without being disgusted. There's a level of arrogance that I can't get over and clouds out any enjoyment of his music.

I might try to give it a go again, as I have heard it's very good. But he just really pisses me off.

[zorb]

Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion. <333!

[endlessdan.livejournal.com]

Noisettes - What's The Time Mr. Wolf?
Definitely my favorite album of the year, possibly.

Also:
Travis Morrison Hellfighters - All Y'all
Ra Ra Riot - EP

If i think of any more, I'll post them.

[aegeus.livejournal.com]

Knew I could count on you. I have a Noisettes single ("Scratch Your Name") on compilation and quite like it, so I'll look into the album. Thanks!

[julius12.livejournal.com]

I second the Mika, and what about the new Radiohead and Saul Williams? Niggy Tardust in particular I really enjoyed. Also NIN's "Year Zero". John Barrowman's new album is a little lackluster compared to his earlier stuff, but still deserving of mention. Oh, and the Bowerbirds debut album came out this year, and I've been listening to that loads.

You know who I want an album from? Sueeeee. http://www.myspace.com/sueandtheunicorn - You should listen to "Like Brewster McCloud".

[aegeus.livejournal.com]

Don't like Radiohead. Never did.

And Mika can die in a fire of shitty mashed up styles.

[julius12.livejournal.com]

Hey hey also what about Daft Punk's live album that just came out?

[aegeus.livejournal.com]

Not really counting it as it's a live album, but it is very, very good.

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

The new She Wants Revenge album?

[livindeadgrl72.livejournal.com]

the bravery - the sun and the moon
common - finding forever