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Welcome to part 8 of the best albums and songs of the '00s poll. This month we will be focusing on the year 2007.
Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per album. The deadline is midnight on the 30th of September. For the scoring, rules and other details check here.
Please have a look at the 2007 album and song lists before voting.
You can also vote for albums and songs outside the AM top 3000.
I would appreciate if you vote in form:
rank. artist name - albums/songs name. Thanks
Albums:
1. The National - Boxer
2. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
5. Robyn - Robyn
6. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
8. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
9. Burial - Untrue
10. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Songs:
1. The National - Fake Empire
2. The National - Ada
3. Band Of Horses - Is There A Ghost
4. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
5. The National - Start A War
6. Timbaland - The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson and D.O.E.)
7. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (feat. Kleerup)
8. Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
9. The National - Racing Like A Pro
10. Band Of Horses - Ode To LRC
Albums:
1. Kings of leon– Because of the Times
2. Radiohead- In Rainbows
3. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
4. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
5. Burial – Untrue
Songs:
1. Radiohead – Reckoner
2. Kings of Leon – Knocked Up
3. Kings of Leon – Arizona
4. Foo Fighters – The Pretender
5. Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal (wow!)
6. Radiohead – Nude
7. Burial – Archangel
8. Animal Collective – Fireworks
9. Kings of Leon – My Party
10. Modest Mouse - Dashboard
11. Kings of Leon – True Love Way
12. Waglewski Fisz Emade – Trafiony
13. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling into Place
14. Enrique Iglesias – Do You Know?
15. Wilco – Impossible Germany
16. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
17. Ginderman – No Pussy Blues
18. Radiohead – 15 Step
19. The National – Slow Show
20. Manic Street Preachers – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
21. Kings of Leon – Fans
22. Radiohead – Bodysnatchers
23. The National – Mistaken for Strangers
24. Kanye West – Can’t Tell Me Nothing
25. Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
Songs
1) LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2) Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
3) Animal Collective - Fireworks
4) Architecture in Helsinki - Heart It Races
5) LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
6) Dan Deacon - Wham City
7) Caribou - She's The One
8) Bon Iver - Flume
9) Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
10) Elliott Smith - Half Right
11) Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
12) Les Fatals Picards - Française des Jeux
13) !!! - All My Heroes Are Weirdos
14) Cocoon - June
15) Queens of the Stone Age - Make it wit Chu
16) Klaxons - Two Receivers
17) Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
18) Battles - Atlas
19) Yeasayer - Sunrise
20) Yeasayer - 2080
I really hope "The Past is a Grotesque Animal" can be the "Creator has a Masterplan" of the 00s, making it to final round thanks to some strong support !
People who don't like Animal Collective much should give a chance to Fireworks, maybe their most easily likeable song.
And Wham City is a wicked and twisted masterpiece too... some grotesque animal in fact !
My bubbling :
!!! - Must be the Moon
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Animal Collective - Peacebone
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Architecture in Helsinki - Like It or Not
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
Boys Noize - & Down (Original Mix)
Cocorosie - Werewolf
Dan Deacon - Wooody Wooodpecker
Dizzee Rascal - Bubbles
Electrelane - In Berlin
Electrelane - To the East
Elliott Smith - New Disaster
Enter Shikari - Sorry, You're Not A Winner
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Justice - Let There Be Light
Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing
Klaxons - Isle of Her
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous
LCD Soundsystem - New-York I Love You But You're Breaking me Down
LCD Soundsystem - Us v Them
M.I.A. - Bird Flu
MGMT - Electric Feel
National, The - Brainy
Operator Please - Crash Tragic
Operator Please - Get What You Want
Queens of the Stone Age - Into the Hollow
Queens of the Stone Age - Turnin' on the Screw
Radiohead - 15 Step
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place
Unkle - Restless (feat. Josh Homme)
With my top 3 songs of this year in my top 50 songs of all time (not to mention "All My Friends", my current number 1 song of all time), and my number 1 album of this year in my top 10 albums of all time, 2007 is easily my favorite year of the decade.
Albums-
1. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
2. Radiohead- In Rainbows
3. Panda Bear- Person Pitch
4. M.I.A.- Kala
5. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
6. MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
7. The National- Boxer
8. Kanye West- Graduation
9. Justice- Cross
10. Burial- Untrue
11. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
12. Battles- Mirrored
13. Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
14. Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam
15. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
16. The White Stripes- Icky Thump
17. Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
18. Feist- The Reminder
19. The Shins- Wincing the Night Away
20. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss- Raising Sand
Songs-
1. LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends
2. M.I.A.- Paper Planes
3. Justice- D.A.N.C.E.
4. MGMT- Time to Pretend
5. MGMT- Kids
6. Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z)- Umbrella
7. LCD Soundsystem- Someone Great
8. Battles- Atlas
9. Kanye West- Stronger
10. Feist- 1234
11. MGMT- Electric Feel
12. Kanye West (featuring Dwelle)- Flashing Lights
13. UGK (featuring Outkast)- International Players Anthem (I Choose You)
14. Arcade Fire- Keep the Car Running
15. The National- Fake Empire
16. The White Stripes- Icky Thump
17. Jay-Z- Roc Boys (And the Winner Is…)
18. Wilco- Impossible Germany
19. Burial- Archangel
20. Radiohead- Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Is MGMT's Oracular Spectacular eligible for this year? The album was according to various sources in 2007 only available as a digital download. The official release on CD is dated 22 january, 2008.
Songs
1. Wilco - Impossible Germany
2. Ryan Adams - Two
3. Ry Cooder - Farm Girl
4. Electric Wizard - Dunwich
5. Burial - Ghost Hardware
6. Fountains of Wayne - Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim
7. Miranda Lambert - Desperation
8. Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
9. Kanye West - Everything I Am
10. Ulver - Eos
11. Nick Lowe - Long Limbed Girl
12. Mark Olson - My Carol
13. Nine Inch Nails - The Beginning of the End
14. Lyle Lovett - I Will Rise Up - Ain't No More Cane
15. Porcupine Tree - Way Out of Here
16. Mavis Staples - Down in Mississippi
17. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
18. Tinariwen - Matadjem Yinmixan
19. Lucinda Williams - What If
20. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
21. Mary Gauthier - Same Road
22. The Smashing Pumpkins - That's the Way (My Love Is)
23. Ibrahim Ferrer - Si Te Contara
24. Joe Henry - You Can't Fail Me Now
25. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Stick with Me Baby
26. Rickie Lee Jones - Falling Up
27. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
28. Edwyn Collins - You'll Never Know (My Love)
29. Richard Thompson - Sunset Song
30. Jill Scott - All I
31. Richard Hawley - Roll River Roll
32. Kylie Minogue - The One
33. Youssou N'Dour - Bajjan
34. Crowded House - Don't Stop Now
35. Queens of the Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick
36. Wynton Marsalis feat. Jennifer Sanon - Find Me
37. Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon - Shakey Dog Starring Lolita
38. Bruce Springsteen - Girls in Their Summer Clothes
39. Bettye LaVette - Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)
40. Prince - Somewhere Here on Earth
41. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Three Changes
42. Bill Callahan - Day
43. Watermelon Slim and The Workers - Truck Driving Mama
44. Britney Spears - Heaven on Earth
45. Beanie Sigel - Hustlas, Haze and Highways
46. Avril Lavigne - Runaway
47. Kim Richey - Turn Me
48. Alicia Keys - Teenage Love Affair
49. Percee P - Who with Me?
50. Steve Earle - Tennessee Blues
Albums
1. Burial - Untrue
2. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
5. Grinderman - Grinderman
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. Tinariwen - Aman Iman
8. Edwyn Collins - Home Again
9. Mark Olson - The Salvation Blues
10. Nick Lowe - At My Age
11. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
12. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
13. Joe Henry - Civilians
14. Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
15. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
16. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
17. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
18. Youssou N'Dour - Rokku Mi Rokka
19. New Pornographers - Challengers
20. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
21. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
22. Wynton Marsalis - From the Plantation to the Penitentiary
23. UGK - Underground Kingz
24. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Abattoir Blues Today
26. Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin
27. Britney Spears - Blackout
28. The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
29. Lucinda Williams - West
30. Percee P - Perseverance
31. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Segu Blue
32. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
33. Justice - Cross
34. Ibrahim Ferrer - Mi Sueno
35. Kylie Minogue - X
36. Radiohead - In Rainbows
37. Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
38. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
39. Prince - Planet Earth
40. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
41. R.E.M. - Live
42. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - It's Not Big It's Large
43. John Cale - Circus Live
44. Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
45. Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes
46. Prodigy - Return of the Mac
47. Watermelon Slim & The Workers - The Wheel Man
48. Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price - Last of the Breed
49. Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
50. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Misc.
1. Hoagy Carmichael - The Essential Collection
2. People Take Warning! - Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913-1938
3. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
4. Gram Parsons with The Flying Burrito Brothers - Archives Volume One: Live at the Avalon Ballroom, April 4th, 1969
5. Jim Ford - The Sounds of Our Time
6. Richard & Linda Thompson - In Concert - Novemeber 1975
7. The Rubinoos - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Rubinoos...But Were Afraid to Ask!
8. Bim Sherman - Tribulation: Down in Jamdown 1974-1979
9. Tabu Ley Rochereau - The Voice of Lightness
10. Elliott Smith - New Moon
11. Florida Funk: 1968-1975
12. Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru
13. Gorillaz - D-Sides
14. Blossom Dearie - The Adorable Blossom Dearie
15. Dennis Brown - The Best of the Joe Gibbs Years
16. The Grateful Dead - Live at the Cow Palace: New Year's Eve 1976
17. The Bad Boogaloo: The Nu Yorican Sounds 1966-1970
18. The Imagined Village
19. Look Directly Into the Sun: China Pop 2007
20. King Sunny Ade - Gems from the Classic Years 1967-1974
21. Frank Zappa - Buffalo
22. Johnnie Taylor - Live at the Summit Club
23. The Jesus & Mary Chain - The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
24. Waylon Jennings - The Essential Waylon Jennings
25. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
1. The National - Boxer
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. MIA - Kala
5. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex Girlfriend
6. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
7. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
8. A Place To Bury Strangers - s/t
9. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
11. Grinderman - Grinderman
12. Robert Plant & Alison Kraus - Raising Sand
13. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
14. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
15. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
16. Feist - The Reminder
17. White Stripes - Icky Thump
18. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
19. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
20. !!! - Myth Takes
Top three are very closely bunched together. #68, 69, and 74 on my all time list.
I vote 2007. The album was originally released digitally in 2007. It doesn't matter when most people heard it, or when the physical CD came out, all that matters is when the material was officially released, which was 2007.
Albums: Kind of a weak year for albums at least. One 10/10, one 9/10 and a handful of above average albums.
1. Tegan and Sara - The Con
2. Britney Spears - Blackout
3. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
4. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
5. Elliott Smith - New Moon
6. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
7. Ted Leo - Living With the Living
8. Kanye West - Graduation
9. Battles - Mirrored
10. Bishop Allen - The Broken String
11. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
12. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
13. Wu Tang Clan- 8 Diagrams
I opt for sticking with the official CD releases. Or else Gnarls Barkley's Crazy, our no.1 song of 2006, should've been voted for in the previous year. It already available in digital form in 2005 (Pitchfork even included it in their '05 EOY list).
If we choose for the digital format I'm afraid the lines will get very blurred. These days every (important) release leaks already months before the actual release.
Top Album of 2007
1. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (if it's a 2007 release)
2. Dyonisos - La Mecanique Du Coeur
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. Florent Marchet - Rio Baril
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
6. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
7. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly Angry Mob
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
9. The National - Boxer
10. Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
11. Justice - Cross
12. Benjamin Biolay - Trash Yéyé
13. Gorillaz - D-Sides
14. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
15. Mattafix - Rhythm And Hymns
16. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
17. Prince - Planet Earth
18. Andrew Bird - armchair apocrypha
19. Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
20. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
21. AaRON - Artificial Animal Riding On Neverland
22. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
23. Valgeir Sigurðsson - Ekvílibríum
24. Björk - Volta
25. Grinderman - Grinderman
26. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
27. Dave Gahan - Hourglass Complete
28. Battles - Mirrored
29. The Coral - Roots & Echoes
30. Baby Shambles - Shotters Nation
31. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
32. Air - Pocket Symphony
33. Sigur Ros - Heim & Hvarf
34. Dungen - Tio Bitar
35. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
36. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's dog
37. Les Rita Mitsouko - Variety
38. Lightning Dust - Lightning Dust
39. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
40. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
41. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
42. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
43. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
44. Feist - The Reminder
45. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
46. !!! - Myth Takes
47. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
48. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
49. Blonde Redhead - 23
50. José Gonzales - Veneer
2008.
I hate multiple release dates.
And I rarely use the word hate.
Greg, my #1 song for 2007 is the same as yours
Technically then In Rainbows should be 2008. The physical release was the first week of January, in 2007 we only had the 'Pay as you please' download.
Awesome year!
Albums:
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
3. !!! - Myth Takes
4. Kylie Minogue - X
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Prince - Planet Earth
7. Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
8. Björk - Volta
9. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
10. Justice - †
11. Deborah Harry - Necessary Evil
12. The National - Boxer
13. Robyn - Robyn
14. Britney Spears - Blackout
15. Siouxsie - Mantaray
16. Blonde Redhead - 23
17. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
18. Pnau - Pnau
cheers, Hon
one of the best songs they've ever written, i think. way to channel steely dan on the outro, jeff...and holy nels cline!!
I vote 2008 for Oracular Spectacular. Where does that leave Kids, Time to Pretend and Electric Feel? Will they be 2008 or 2007?
I am going to be putting them in 2008.
Henrik, what is your position on the release year of Oracular Spectacular?
Albums
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
3. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
4. The National - Boxer
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
7. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
8. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
10. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Songs to come later.
I've mulled over it some more—important matters these release dates—and have decided to change my vote to 2007. If we start (sometimes) ignoring digital releases in this day and age it's gonna be madness.
So, Petri, please include the album at #6 and Time To Pretend at #9 if you decide to go with 2007.
So far 2008 got 4 votes from
Mindrocker, Brad, Slick and Chris
and following people supports 2007
Nick, Henrik, Kins and Stephan
Additionally Romain, Nassim and Evan have voted for MGMT so I think they also vote for 2007 (and Andre voted the songs in 2005 poll so I think he also would vote that OS was released in 2007).
I'm also voting for 2007. Like Henrik and Nick pointed out the album didn't just leak to the net. There was official release (and nobody hasn't denied that - I know). I assume that in the future more and more albums won't have CD release at all (only digital). And like BillAdama said nobody questions that In Rainbows wasn't released the day it was released digitally (although the CD release was out in December 2007 and it would be a 2007 album in any case).
Hi everybody, back from vacation
I'm voting for 2007, let's be nerds !! a date is a date, even if the world is against us
Greg and Hon, Wilco will be on top of my list as well
Consider me better informed-I will agree to 2007 as well.
* Albums
1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Song
3. The National - Boxer
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
6. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
7. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
8. Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
9. Mark Olson - The Salvation Blues
10. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
* Songs
1. Wilco - On And On And On
2. The National - Ada
3. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
4. Wilco - Impossible Germany
5. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous
6. The Shins - Australia
7. Beirut - Nantes
8. Vampire Weekend - M79
9. Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
10. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Oops... I find no record of songs from the Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse being released prior to 2007. That means I might have to repeat my votes for the excellent song Disaster this year. I hope my mistake didn't skew the 2006 vote totals too much!
Albums
1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
5. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
6. The National - Boxer
7. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8. The Broken West - I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On
9. Prince - Planet Earth
10. Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
11. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
12. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
13. Dntel - Dumb Luck
14. White Stripes - Icky Thump
15. Bjork - Volta
16. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
17. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
18. Ted Leo - Living With the Living
19. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
20. Jay-Z - American Gangster
1. Apples In Stereo- New Magnetic Wonder
2. Gore Gore Girls- Get the Gore
3. Klaxons- Myths of the Near Future
4. Buck Brothers- Me
5. Blonde Redhead- 23
6. PJ Harvey-White Chalk
7. M.I.A- Kala
8. Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna...?
9. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
10. Radiohead- In Rainbows
11. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
12. Electrelane- No Shouts No Calls
13. the White Stripes- Icky Thump
ALBUMS
1. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - SOUND OF SILVER*
2. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - STRAWBERRY JAM*
3. DEERHOOF - FRIEND OPPORTUNITY
4. MENOMENA - FRIEND AND FOE
5. CARIBOU - ANDORRA
6. DAN DEACON - SPIDERMAN OF THE RINGS
7. M.I.A. - KALA
8. RADIOHEAD - IN RAINBOWS
9. ARCADE FIRE - NEON BIBLE
10. MAGIK MARKERS - BOSS
11. WHITE STRIPES - ICKY THUMP
12. SPOON - GA GA GA GA GA
13. LIARS - LIARS
14. THE BESNARD LAKES - THE BESNARD LAKES ARE THE DARK HORSE
15. DEERHUNTER - CRYPTOGRAMS
16. !!! - MYTH TAKES
17. THE NATIONAL - BOXER
18. JENS LEKMAN - NIGHT FALLS OVER KORTEDALA
19. WILCO - SKY BLUE SKY
20. PJ HARVEY - WHITE CHALK
So what's the consensus on MGMT?
So what's the consensus on MGMT?
so far the year 2007 got more votes than 2008 for MGMT
I'd say 2007 for Oracular Spectacular
My albums list in progress
OK the AMers have spoken. Oracular Spectacular and all the songs in the album are eligible now. So don't save your vote for MGMT to next month.
ALBUMS
1. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
2. Radiohead – In Rainbows
3. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
4. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
5. The National – Boxer
6. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
7. Kanye West – Graduation
8. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
9. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
10. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
SONGS
1. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
2. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
3. Radiohead – Reckoner
4. Arcade Fire – Windowsill
5. LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
6. The National – Slow Show
7. Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running
8. Radiohead – Videotape
9. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
10. Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
1. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
2. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Radio City
5. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
8. J. Cole - The Come Up
9. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
10. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
11. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
12. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
13. Blue Scholars - Bayani
14. The Wombats - A Guide to Love, Loss & Depression
15. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
16. Ratatat - Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2
The songs:
1 : MGMT : Kids : Video
2 : MGMT : Weekend Wars : Video
3 : Yeasayer : 2080. : Video
4 : MGMT : Electric Feel : Video
5 : Big Blood & The Bleeding Hearts : Oh Country (Skin & Bones) : Video
6 : Justice : D.A.N.C.E. : Video
7 : Public Enemy : Harder Than You Think : Video
8 : Rachel Unthank & The Winterset : Sea Song : Video (Live)
9 : Yeasayer : Sunrise : Video
10 : Buck 65 : Way Back When
11 : CocoRosie : Rainbowarriors : Video
12 : Soko : I'll Kill Her : Video
13 : SymbolOne : Everything Louder Then Everything Else : Video
14 : Of Montreal : Gronlandic Edit : Video
15 : The National : Fake Empire : Video
16 : Radiohead : Reckoner
17 : Feist : My Moon My Man : Video (live)
18 : Robert Wyatt & Bertrand Burgalat : This Summer Night : Video
19 : The Fiery Furnaces : Duplexes Of The Dead : Video
20 : Kassin +2 : Samba Machine
21 : Money Mark : Pick Up The Pieces
22 : Feist : 1234.
23 : Joe Henry : God Only Knows
24 : El-P : The Overly Dramatic Truth
25 : Justice : Tthhee Ppaarrttyy
26 : The Raveonettes : Dead Sound
27 : Minus Story : Stitch Me Up
28 : Sole & The Skyrider Band : The Shipwreckers
29 : The Field : A Paw In My Face
30 : Laura Veirs : Wandering Kind
31 : Vampire Weekend : M79
32 : The National : Pretty in Pink
33 : The Cinematic Orchestra : Breathe
34 : Group Doueh : Cheyla Ya Haiuune
35 : Destroyer : Foam Hands
36 : Adele : Hometown Glory
37 : Burial : Archangel
38 : UGK : Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
39 : Björk : Wanderlust
40 : Moriarty : Jimmy
41 : Just Jack : Stars In Their Eyes
42 : CocoRosie : Animals
43 : Battles : Atlas
44 : Hüsnü Şenlendirici : Sonbahar
45 : Niyi : 808 Klap
46 : Black Kids : I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
47 : Tinariwen : Matadjem Yinmixman
48 : Kate Nash : Mouthwash
49 : Mark Ronson : Valerie
50 : Sagol 59 : Shoah Business
51 : John Maus : Rights for Gays
52 : The Apples In Stereo : Can You Feel It?
53 : Moriarty : Private Lily
54 : Antibalas : Beaten Metal
55 : Kate Nash : Foundations
56 : Jens Lekman : Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo
57 : Kutiman : Music Is Ruling My World
58 : John C. Reilly : Walk Hard
59 : Feist : I Feel It All
60 : Aesop Rock : None Shall Pass
61 : Buck 65 : 1957.
62 : Bill Callahan : Diamond Dancer
63 : CocoRosie : Promise
64 : Kokolo : The Magnificent Seven
65 : Big Blood : Vitamin C
66 : LCD Soundsystem : Watch The Tapes
67 : MV & EE With The Bummer Road : East Mountain Joint
68 : Tiken Jah Fakoly : Ouvrez Les Frontieres
69 : Laura Veirs : Pink Light
70 : Devendra Banhart : Seahorse
71 : Black Lips : Bad Kids
72 : The Good The Bad And The Queen : History Song
73 : Caribou : Melody Day
74 : Moviola : Rudy
75 : Los Bunkers : Y Volveré
76 : Solal Feat. Rosie Flores : Dancing Queen
77 : Tuomo : Don't Take It Too Hard
78 : The Fiery Furnaces : Cabaret Of The Seven Devils
79 : The Bad Plus : Everybody Wants To Rule The World
80 : Mark Ronson : Oh My God
81 : C.R. Avery : Hell Of A Hotel Of Harm
82 : Apollo Nove : Intro O Cheiro do Ralo
83 : For a Minor Reflection : Óhljóð
84 : Liam Finn : Second Chance
85 : Blonde Redhead : Top Ranking
86 : CocoRosie : Werewolf
87 : Big Blood : Adversaries & Enemies
88 : Timo Lassy : Early Move
89 : Justice : Phantom Pt. II
90 : The Bug : Skeng
91 : James "Blood" Ulmer : Survivors of the Hurricane
92 : The Good, The Bad & The Queen : Kingdom of Doom
93 : Chrome Hoof : Pronoid
94 : Von Südenfed : The Rhinohead
95 : Spoon : The Underdog
96 : Happy Apple : Very Small Rock
97 : Wilco : Impossible Germany
98 : Chicks on Speed : Art Rules
99 : Joanna Newsom : Colleen
100 : Electrelane : In Berlin
Albums:
1 | Radiohead | In Rainbows
2 | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago
3 | MGMT | Oracular Spectacular
4 | Arcade Fire | Neon Bible
5 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Raising Sand
6 | Bruce Springsteen | Magic
7 | The National | Boxer
8 | Burial | Untrue
9 | LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver
10 | M.I.A. | Kala
11 | Youssou N'Dour | Rokku Mi Rokka
12 | Feist | The Reminder
13 | Panda Bear | Person Pitch
14 | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup
15 | Battles | Mirrored
16 | Justice | †
17 | Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
18 | Wilco | Sky Blue Sky
19 | PJ Harvey | White Chalk
20 | Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocrypha
Songs:
1 | M.I.A. | Paper Planes
2 | MGMT | Time to Pretend
3 | Radiohead | Reckoner
4 | Feist | 1234
5 | The Shins | Australia
6 | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights
7 | Radiohead | Jigsaw Falling Into Place
8 | Vampire Weekend | Mansard Roof
9 | Bon Iver | Skinny Love
10 | Battles | Atlas
11 | Lykke Li | Little Bit
12 | Burial | Archangel
13 | LCD Soundsystem | Someone Great
14 | Dizzee Rascal | Sirens
15 | MGMT | Kids
16 | Bruce Springsteen | Radio Nowhere
17 | The National | Fake Empire
18 | Robyn feat. Kleerup | With Every Heartbeat
19 | Beirut | Nantes
20 | Roisin Murphy | Overpowered
21 | Klaxons | Golden Skans
22 | Justice | D.A.N.C.E.
23 | Arctic Monkeys | Fluorescent Adolescent
24 | Animal Collective | Fireworks
25 | Jay-Z | Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)
26 | Arcade Fire | My Body Is a Cage
27 | LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends
28 | The National | Mistaken for Strangers
29 | Jens Lekman | Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo
30 | Youssou N'Dour | Létt ma
31 | Rihanna feat. Jay-Z | Umbrella
32 | Blonde Redhead | Silently
33 | Bright Eyes | Four Winds
34 | MGMT | Pieces of What
35 | Bon Iver | Flume
36 | Kylie Minogue | In My Arms
37 | Crystal Castles | Crimewave
38 | Maps | To the Sky
39 | Spoon | The Underdog
40 | M.I.A. | Jimmy
41 | Bruce Springsteen | Girls in Their Summer Clothes
42 | Vampire Weekend | Oxford Comma
43 | Feist | My Moon My Man
44 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Killing the Blues
45 | Tinariwen | Cler Achel
46 | PJ Harvey | White Chalk
47 | Iron & Wine | Boy with a Coin
48 | Animal Collective | Peacebone
49 | The White Stripes | Icky Thump
50 | Rilo Kiley | Silver Lining
51 | MGMT | The Youth
52 | UGK feat. OutKast | Int'l Player's Anthem (I Choose You)
53 | Grinderman | No Pussy Blues
54 | The New Pornographers | My Rights Versus Yours
55 | Kanye West | Flashing Lights
56 | PJ Harvey | Dear Darkness
57 | Wilco | Impossible Germany
58 | Pantha du Prince | Saturn Strobe
59 | Radiohead | Nude
60 | Matthew Dear | Deserter
61 | Bruce Springsteen | Long Walk Home
62 | Radiohead | House of Cards
63 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Rich Woman
64 | Babyshambles | Delivery
65 | Vampire Weekend | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
66 | Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse | Valerie
67 | Richard Hawley | Tonight the Streets Are Ours
68 | Arctic Monkeys | Brianstorm
69 | Arcade Fire | Keep the Car Running
70 | Bon Iver | re:stacks
71 | Glasvegas | Daddy's Gone
72 | MGMT | Electric Feel
73 | The Bug feat. Warrior Queen | Poison Dart
74 | Mavis Staples | Eyes on the Prize
75 | Spoon | Eddie's Ragga
76 | Caribou | She's the One
77 | Papa Noel | Africa Mokili Mobimba
78 | Patrick Wolf | The Magic Position
79 | Yeasayer | 2080
80 | The Field | A Paw in My Face
81 | Mika | Billy Brown
82 | Kaiser Chiefs | Ruby
83 | Bettye LaVette | I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)
84 | Bon Iver | For Emma
85 | Low | Hatchet
86 | Modest Mouse | Dashboard
87 | Okkervil River | John Allyn Smith Sails
88 | Rufus Wainwright | Rules and Regulations
89 | Andrew Bird | Heretics
90 | St. Vincent | All My Stars Aligned
91 | El Guincho | Antillas
92 | Alicia Keys | No One
93 | Noah and the Whale | 5 Years Time
94 | The Good, the Bad and the Queen | Kingdom of Doom
95 | Fall Out Boy | The (After) Life of the Party
96 | Flo Rida feat. T-Pain | Low
97 | Britney Spears | Gimme More
98 | Of Montreal | Suffer for Fashion
99 | Kate Nash | Foundations
100 | Band of Horses | Is There a Ghost
SONGS
1. ARCADE FIRE - KEEP THE CAR RUNNING
2. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - ALL MY FRIENDS
3. SPOON - BLACK LIKE ME
4. MENOMENA - MUSCLE N' FLO
5. CARIBOU - MELODY DAY
6. THE NATIONAL - ADA
7. DAN DEACON - THE CRYSTAL CAT
8. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - PEACEBONE
9. RADIOHEAD - HOUSE OF CARDS
10. THE SHINS - PHANTOM LIMB
11. M.I.A. - PAPER PLANES
12. DEERHOOF - MATCHBOOK SEEKS MANIAC
13. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - NORTH AMERICAN SCUM
14. LOS CAMPENSINOS! - YOU! ME! DANCING!
15. MGMT - TIME TO PRETEND
16. DEERHUNTER - CRYPTOGRAMS
17. BATTLES - ATLAS
18. THE NATIONAL - START A WAR
19. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - GET INNOCUOUS
20. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - FIREWORKS
Only one mention of Deerhunter's Cryptograms so far?
I know they are likely to qualify an album and a song for 2008, but this lesser-known album is almost as good as Microcastle (and better for fans of ambient music).
Spring Hall Convert
My list is about 4 years old, and I realize how much my tastes have changed while I re-listen to those albums.
I realize that the Springsteen is rather bad (it was top 10 in 2007)
ALBUMS:
1. Radiohead | In Rainbows
2. MGMT | Oracular Spectacular
3. M.I.A. | Kala
4. Bloc Party | A Weekend In The City
5. Arcade Fire | Neon Bible
6. The Shins | Wincing The Night Away
7. Band Of Horses | Cease To Begin
8. Kanye West | Graduation
9. Bruce Springsteen | Magic
10. Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare
11. Klaxons | Myths Of The Near Future
12. The National | Boxer
13. The White Stripes | Icky Thump
14. Crowded House | Time On Earth
15. Lupe Fiasco |Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
16. Foo Fighters | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
17. The Bravery | The Sun And The Moon
18. Kaiser Chiefs | Yours Truly, Angry Mob
19. Dropkick Murphys | The Meanest Of Times
20. Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
21. Interpol | Our Love To Admire
22. Nine Inch Nails | Year Zero
23. Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
24. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Raising Sand
25. Travis | The Boy With No Name
26. Blaqk Audio | Cex Cells
ALBUMS
[01] PJ Harvey | White Chalk
[02] Burial | Untrue
[03] LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver
[04] Tinariwen | Aman Iman: Water Is Life
[05] Terence Blanchard | A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
[06] Orchestra Baobab | Made In Dakar
[07] Radiohead | In Rainbows
[08] Battles | Mirrored
[09] Shugo Tokumaru | Exit
[10] Dungen | Tio Bitar
[11] M.I.A. | Kala
[12] Antibalas | Security
[13] Pantha Du Prince | This Bliss
[14] Super Furry Animals | Hey Venus!
[15] The Cinematic Orchestra | Ma Fleur
[16] Blonde Redhead | 23
[17] Robert Wyatt | Comicopera
[18] The Budos Band | II
[19] Deerhoof | Friend Opportunity
[20] Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
SONGS
[01] LCD Soundsystem | Someone Great
[02] PJ Harvey | The Devil
[03] Jay-Z | Roc Boys (And The Winner Is...)
[04] Burial | Archangel
[05] UGK feat. Outkast | International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)
[06] Caribou | Melody Day
[07] Terence Blanchard | Levees
[08] M.I.A. | Paper Planes
[09] Santogold | L.E.S. Artistes
[10] Pantha Du Prince | Saturn Strobe
[11] Blonde Redhead | 23
[12] Lil' Wayne | La La La
[13] Antibalas | Beaten Metal
[14] Radiohead | Reckoner
[15] Feist | 1234
[16] Battles | Atlas
[17] PJ Harvey | White Chalk
[18] Good, The Bad and The Queen | Herculean
[19] MGMT | Kids
[20] Shugo Tokumaru | La La Radio
[21] LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends
[22] Animal Collective | Fireworks
[23] Tinariwen | Cler Achel
[24] Ricardo Villalobos | Primer Encuentro Latino Americano
[25] Dungen | Familj
[26] The Cinematic Orchestra | To Build a Home
[27] Spoon | The Underdog
[28] Arcade Fire | No Cars Go
[29] The White Stripes | Icky Thump
[30] Kanye West | Flashing Lights
[31] Deerhoof | Matchbook Seeks Maniac
[32] PJ Harvey | The Piano
[33] Jens Lekman | A Postcard To Nina
[34] Gui Boratto | Beautiful Life
[35] Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights
[36] Wilco | Impossible Germany
[37] Lucky Soul | Struck Dumb
[38] Jonny Greenwood | Daniel Plainview
[39] Robyn feat. Kleerup | With Every Heartbeat
[40] Björk | Earth Intruders
[41] Super Furry Animals | Run-Away
[42] Field Music | Closer at Hand
[43] Bon Iver | For Emma
[44] MGMT | Time To Pretend
[45] Orchestra Baobab | Nijaay
[46] The Go! Team | Grip Like a Vice
[47] LCD Soundsystem | New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
[48] Radiohead | 15 Step
[49] Burial | Raver
[50] Om | Unitive Knowledge of The Godhead
Note -- if L.E.S. Artistes is determined to be 2008, you can remove it and bump everything else up one in the songs list.
@nicolas:
Funnily enough Magic has had the opposite effect on me. It was nowhere near my top 10 in 2007 and now it's my favourite Springsteen album of the 2000s. Nice to see Stephan, Slick and Rocky Raccoon also showing it some love.
@sonofsamiam:
Very attractive lists, as always... even if they're later than usual. For a moment there I was worried that you were doing an nj and deserting us. Pleased you're still posting your lists.
Interesting lists by everyone so far. Somehow this year seems quite open.
Albums
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. The National - Boxer
6. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
8. The New Pornographers - Challengers
9. Kanye West - Graduation
10. Justice - Cross
Songs
1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
3. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
4. Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof
5. Bon Iver - Creature Fear
6. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
7. Panda Bear - Take Pills
8. M.I.A. - Jimmy
9. The National - Fake Empire
10. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Albums:
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. The National – Boxer
4. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
5. Caribou - Andorra
6. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
Various Artists – I’m Not There
Songs
1. Bertrand Burgalat – This Summer Night
2. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
3. Maps – It Will Find You
4. Marissa Nadler – Diamond Heart
5. New Pornographers – All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth
6. Rufus Wainwright – Going To A Town
7. Deerhunter – Octet
8. Jim James & Calexico – Goin’ To Acapulco
9. Radiohead - All I Need
10. Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica
11. Caribou – After Hours
12. Sonic Youth – I’m Not There
13. Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
14. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
15. Ryan Adams – Everybody Knows
16. Eddie Beram – Riot In Thunder Alley
17. Shellac – The End Of Radio
18. Sunny Day In Glasgow – 5:15 Train
19. Neil Young – Ordinary People
20. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
21. The National – Guest Room
22. Elliott Smith – All Cleaned Out
23. Sunset Rubdown – For The Pier (and Dead Shimmering)
24. Rufus Wainwright – Release The Stars
25. Caribou - Melody Day
26. Spoon - The Underdog
27. Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours
28. Sebastien Tellier – Sexual Sportwear
ALBUMS:
1. RADIOHEAD "In Rainbows"
2. BON IVER "For Emma, Forever Ago"
3. FEIST "The Reminder"
4. PJ HARVEY "White Chalk"
5. VIC CHESNUTT "North Star Deserter"
6. WILCO "Sky Blue Sky"
7. THE NATIONAL "Boxer"
8. RICHARD HAWLEY "Lady's Bridge"
9. JENS LEKMAN "Night Falls Over Kortedala"
10. THE ARCADE FIRE "Neon Bible"
11. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "Sound of Silver"
12. MGMT "Oracular Spectacular"
13. M.I.A. "Kala"
14. BURIAL "Untrue"
15. TINARIWEN "Aman Iman"
16. ANDY PALACIO & THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE "Wátina"
17. THE SHINS "Wincing the Night Away"
18. IRON AND WINE "The Shepherd's Dog"
19. BAND OF HORSES "Cease to Begin"
20. ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUS "Raising Sand"
21. JESSE SKYES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER "Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul"
22. CALLE 13 "Residente o visitante"
23. LOS PLANETAS "La leyenda del espacio"
24. LA CASA AZUL "La revolución sexual"
25. OF MONTREAL "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"
SONGS:
1. WILCO "Impossible Germany"
2. RADIOHEAD "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
3. THE NATIONAL "Fake Empire"
4. BON IVER "Lump Sum"
5. M.I.A. "Paper Planes"
6. BURIAL "Ghost Hardware"
7. XHELAZZ "Solo son vidas"
8. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "All My Friends"
9. THE ARCADE FIRE "No Cars Go"
10. RICHARD HAWLEY "Tonight the Streets Are Ours"
11. FEIST "1234"
12. PJ HARVEY "The Devil"
13. VIC CHESNUTT "Everything I Say"
14. RADIOHEAD "All I Need"
15. BON IVER "For Emma"
16. VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
17. ANDY PALACIO & THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE "Wátina"
18. CALLE 13 feat. ORISHAS "Pa'l norte"
19. MGMT "Kids"
20. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "Time to Get Away"
21. THE ARCADE FIRE "Keep the Car Running"
22. LOS PLANETAS "Alegrías del incendio"
23. TRIÁNGULO DE AMOR BIZARRO "El fantasma de la transición"
24. NEIL YOUNG "Ordinary People"
25. THE SHINS "Phantom Limb"
26. JENS LEKMAN "A Postcard to Nina"
27. WILCO "Either Way"
28. IRON AND WINE "Flightless Bird, American Mouth"
29. THE SHINS "Red Rabbits"
30. PJ HARVEY "White Chalk"
31. TINARIWEN "Cler Achel"
32. ANDY PALACIO & THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE "Weyu Lágiri Weyu"
33. YOUSSOU N’DOUR "Baay Faal"
34. M.I.A. "Jimmy"
35. FEIST "Sealion"
36. THE NATIONAL "Ada"
37. RICHARD HAWLEY "Valentine"
38. BAND OF HORSES "No One's Gonna Love You"
39. MGMT "Time to Pretend"
40. OF MONTREAL "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
41. JENS LEKMAN "Sipping on the Sweet Water"
42. LA CASA AZUL "Esta noche sólo cantan para mí"
43. ELS PETS "A batzegades"
44. BON IVER "Flume"
45. JESSE SKYES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER "The Air Is Thin"
46. ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUS "Please Read the Letter"
47. VIC CHESNUTT "Splendid"
48. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down"
49. RADIOHEAD "15 Step"
50. OF MONTREAL "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal"
FAVOURITE COMPILATION: ELVIS COSTELLO "The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years"
The Spotify link for the songs list
The idea came to me in March 2007. We were doing the 1990s poll and my #1 song for 1992 was a Spanish song, Kiko Veneno's "En un Mercedes blanco". I decided to wrote a few words to give some context to my non-Spanish friends of the Forum and translate the lyrics of that song. You can see that first post here. It was only two paragraphs long but it seems that I got pleased with the results, because I immediately went back to my 1990 and 1991 lists to find out which ones were my favourite Spanish songs and I did the same. Then I thought about selecting a Spanish song per year for the upcoming polls with an only restriction, I wasn't allowed to repeat artists. I truly enjoyed the making of the list that I finally posted in Rate Your Music in early 2008. Then I made a double mp3 CD with these songs (the second CD included my Top 10 albums) that I planned to send first to Henrik by mail (and then to a handful of friends including Nicolas) when I realized that I should include a song from 2007 (Bunbury & Vegas' "Bravo" was until then an apt ending).
So I waited for the Rockdelux March issue (it includes from 1999 the best Spanish songs of the year as selected by the readers of the magazine). When I finally got the RDL compilation I played it on my way to work waiting for the perfect closer for my compilation. There were good numbers on that CD (some of them I knew previously, some of them not) but none of them was good enough to sound after "Bravo". I was getting somber and somber when I finally listened to the last song of the compilation, "Sólo son vidas" ("These Are Only Lives") from an unknown (to me) rapper called Xhelazz and I knew that it was the song I was looking for.
The real name of Xhelazz is Mario Celimendiz. He was part of a hip hop crew from Zaragoza called Cloaka Company (Sewer Company) that released an only album, Verso Municcione (2003). The other MCs and DJs coming from this band released solo works before Xhelazz, but it was his first (and last so far) album, "El soñador elegido" ("The Chosen Dreamer", 2007) the more successful release coming from this crew.
The chosen song, "Sólo son vidas", was only an album track not released as a single, it was "La soledad elegida" ("The Chosen Loneliness") the one promoted by a video-clip. But for me that song is much better than the rest of the songs on the album. Xhelazz describes a lot of different characters with short sentences and doing this he accurately portraits the Spanish society of the early XXI Century, not hiding problems of violence, unemployment, sexism or immigration. Not too different to the problems of other European or American democracies. That was the reason for me to be the perfect closer (well, then, now there are songs from 2008 to 2010 too). The song that opened the compilation, Raimon's "Diguem No", depicted also a black picture of the Spain of its time (during Franco dictatorship) but then still there was a (quite naïve) hope of change ("Let's say no, we are not part of this world"). Now, 45 years later, the democracy and freedom are here, but the picture of the Spain of today is still quite devastating. And with a difference, now there is no place for hope, we are all involved. "These are only lives / Have you noticed how similar are to yours and mine?".
SOLO SON VIDAS
Composer and performer: XHELAZZ
First release: 2007 ("El soñador elegido" album)
Length: 4'25"
María se muere de cáncer,
Pablo fumó su primer cigarro ayer.
Alicia jamás va a volver,
nunca lo superó Javier.
Eduardo borracho llega a casa,
Olga corre a esconderse con Diana.
Laura por fin ha sido mamá.
Raúl desaparece del mapa,
Sara vomita para no engordar.
Manuel come los restos que en la basura deja Clara.
A Marcos lo han vuelto a encarcelar,
Carmen grita libertad.
Fernando tiene miedo,
Montse sigue llorando en silencio.
Rebeca se abrocha el cinturón de seguridad,
Nacho ya no puede levantarse de la silla
a abrazar a Soledad.
Rosa y Ángel desean una hija,
así nació Silvia.
Nuria se acostó virgen,
madre se despertó Patricia.
Alfredo cuela en España a Gladielo y sín papeles.
Paco rechaza inmigración pero elige a Joandra en burdeles.
A Inés no le gusta que le toquen,
Sofía cobra por ello.
Jorge no lo haría,
Iván paga por tocar a Consuelo.
Pedro está enfermo y se muere,
Carlos quiere y no puede.
Sergio está fuerte,
Marta sueña con que la quieren,
Isabel con que la dejen,
Ramón no lo comprende.
No es un golpe contra el armario
lo que lleva en la cara Irene.
Víctor no se aclara,
Verónica besa a Alba,
Natalia no llega a fín de mes,
Juan y Elena trabajan y pagan los estudios de Andrés.
Pascual ya es viejo, nota que se va.
Ana acaba de llegar al mundo
y ya ha enamorado a Adrián.
Míriam echa de menos a Alan,
Cristina se muda con Paula.
A Eva conocidos le sobran,
a Carol amigos le faltan.
Rubén es feliz con Arancha,
Ricardo abandona a Charo,
Sonia su corazón ya ha ocupado.
David y Esther discuten a diario,
son Merche y Santiago quien más lo sufren
callados en su cuarto.
Álvaro se ha escapado,
lo buscan Oliver y Lucía.
Bárbara aún llora su pérdida,
pero qué más da, si sólo son vidas.
Sólo son vidas, oh.
¿Te has parado a pensar qué parecidas son la tuya y la mía?
sólo son vidas, vidas, vidas, vidas.
Oh,
sólo son vidas, oh,
¿Te has parado a pensar qué parecidas son la tuya y la mía?
Sólo son vidas, vidas, vidas, vidas.
Oh, sólo son vidas.
Alberto a las seis entra en fábrica,
a las diez sale Marina.
Andrea olvida fichar,
a Belén no le pagan lo que a Germán.
Mónica enseña el puesto nuevo a Pilar.
Aunque Héctor se oponga,
Oscar despide a Fermín,
se tiene que marchar.
Agustín no llena la nevera,
tiene hambre Nerea.
José trae esperanzas a Alfonso,
desilusión a César.
Luis da puñetazos,
Elías está sangrando,
Raquel a la ambulancia ha avisado.
Beatriz pregunta qué está pasando.
Jesús no sabe qué hacer en el futuro,
aprueba oposiciones Arturo.
Rocío se maquilla para quitarse edad,
Vanesa maquillada parece más mayor,
así Tomás en la discoteca no pide el carné al entrar.
Enrique vende pastillas a Alejandro,
Dani las ha adulterado,
Teresa las ha tomado,
un tembleque raro siente Juanjo.
Gustavo recuerda la sonrisa de Carla,
el mejor grafiti de Antonio
es el pintado en memoria de Tamara.
Darío entrevista a Roberto,
Tania cruza los dedos.
Emilio tiene talento,
Noelia no confía en Diego.
Macarena odia las fronteras,
Aurelio siente los colores de la bandera.
Joaquín y Blanca reniegan de su tierra,
Hugo gasta en bingos la paga.
Begoña acusa a Adriana.
Victoria roba a Cristian,
Aurora vigila a Adam.
Felipe se obsesiona con Ángela.
Dentro de un mes se casa Lorena,
para Rosana su matrimonio es una condena.
Almudena visita la tumba de Rafa,
Ángeles abraza a Susana.
Fidel seca las lágrimas de Yolanda.
El sexo para Federico es delito,
para Ismael deleite, sobretodo con Maite.
Nicolás afiló a Jaime.
Alex y Sandra se ven a escondidas,
Adolfo compra con regalos el amor de Sabrina.
Bruno respeta a Virginia.
Miguel fue el único que no visitó a Leticia.
Mario ya no entiende nada,
pero qué más da, si sólo son vidas…
Sólo son vidas, oh.
¿Te has parado a pensar qué parecidas son la tuya y la mía?
sólo son vidas, vidas, vidas, vidas.
Oh,
sólo son vidas, oh,
¿Te has parado a pensar qué parecidas son la tuya y la mía?
Sólo son vidas, vidas, vidas, vidas.
Oh, sólo son vidas.
ONLY LIVES
María is dying of cancer,
Pablo smoked his first cigarette yesterday.
Alicia will never come back,
Javier never got over it.
Eduardo comes home drunk,
Olga runs to hide with Diana.
Laura finally had a baby.
Raúl is nowhere to be found,
Sara throws up to lose weight.
Manuel eats the food remains that Clara throwed to the garbage can.
Marcos is imprisoned again,
Carmen cries freedom.
Fernando is scared,
Montse keeps crying in silence.
Rebeca fasten her seat belt,
Nacho can't get up from his wheelchair
to hold Soledad.
Rosa and Ángel want a daughter,
that's why Silvia was born.
Nuria got to bed as a virgin,
Patricia woke up as a mother.
Alfredo sneaks Gladielo into Spain undocumented.
Paco rejects immigration but he choses Joandra at brothels.
Inés doesn't like to be touched,
Sofía is paid for it.
Jorge wouldn't do it,
Iván pays for touching Consuelo.
Pedro is ill, he's dying,
Carlos want to die but he can't.
Sergio is strong,
Marta dreams of being loved,
Isabel dreams of being left,
Ramón doesn't understand it.
It's not a knock into the wardrobe
what shows on the face of Irene.
Víctor don't get it straight,
Verónica kisses Alba,
Natalia can't make ends meet,
Juan and Elena work and pay Andrés' studies.
Pascual is old, he knows his days are counted.
Ana just came into this world
and Adrián already loves her.
Míriam misses Alan,
Cristina is moving with Paula.
Eva has too many acquaintances,
Carol's friends are too few.
Rubén is happy with Arancha,
Ricardo leaves Charo,
Sonia's heart is engaged again.
David and Esther are always arguing,
Merche and Santiago are the ones who suffer more
quiet at their room.
Álvaro escaped,
Oliver and Lucía are looking for him.
Bárbara still cries over his loss,
but it doesn't matter, if these are only lives…
These are only lives, oh.
Have you noticed how similar are to yours and mine?
These are only lives, lives, lives, lives.
Oh,
These are only lives, oh.
Have you noticed how similar are to yours and mine?
These are only lives, lives, lives, lives.
Oh, only lives.
Alberto enters the factory at six,
Marina leaves at ten.
Andrea forgets to clock in
Belén doesn't earn as much as Germán.
Mónica shows the new job to Pilar.
Despite Héctor's opposition,
Oscar fires Fermín,
he's got to leave.
Agustín is not able to fill the fridge,
Nerea's hungry.
José brings hopes to Alfonso
and disillusion to César.
Luis throws punches,
Elías is bleeding,
Raquel called an ambulance.
Beatriz asks what's happening.
Jesús don't know what to do in the future,
Arturo passes the entrance examinations.
Rocío put on her make-up to look younger,
Vanesa looks older on her make-up,
so Tomás don't ask for her identity card at the disco entrance.
Enrique sell pills to Alejandro,
Dani has adulterated it,
Teresa took it,
Juanjo got the shakes.
Gustavo reminds Carla's smile,
the best graffiti by Antonio
is the one painted in memory of Tamara.
Darío interviews Roberto,
Tania cross her fingers.
Emilio's got talent,
Noelia does not trust Diego.
Macarena hates frontiers,
Aurelio is proud of his country flag.
Joaquín and Blanca deny their country,
Hugo spends his pay on bingo.
Begoña accuses Adriana.
Victoria steals Cristian,
Aurora watches Adam.
Felipe is getting obsessed with Ángela.
Lorena is going to get married in a month,
to Rosana marriage is a condemnation.
Almudena visits Rafa's grave,
Ángeles holds Susana.
Fidel dry the tears of Yolanda.
Sex is a crime to Federico,
a delight to Ismael, especially with Maite.
Nicolás stabbed Jaime.
Alex and Sandra meet secretly,
Adolfo is buying with presents the love of Sabrina.
Bruno respects Virginia.
Miguel was the only one not visiting Leticia.
Mario doesn't understand anything,
but it doesn't matter, if these are only lives…
These are only lives, oh.
Have you noticed how similar are to yours and mine?
These are only lives, lives, lives, lives.
Oh,
These are only lives, oh.
Have you noticed how similar are to yours and mine?
These are only lives, lives, lives, lives.
Oh, only lives.
The rest of the Spanish Top 5 of 2007:
2. LOS PLANETAS "Alegrías del incendio": It's like a blaze everytime we get together / it's like I'm burning when you're by my side.
3. TRIÁNGULO DE AMOR BIZARRO "El fantasma de la transición": The only thing I don't want to lose / at least until later.
4. LA CASA AZUL "Esta noche sólo cantan para mí": Tonight Blossom sings for me / tonight Nina sings for me / tonight Kirsty sings for me / tonight Karen sings for me / tonight Dusty sings for me / tonight Astrud sings for me / tonight they sing only for me.
5. ELS PETS "A batzegades": With my sunglasses as a coward shield / l revise the hips of the girls that cross the square.
this is a Deezer playlist of my favorite 2007 songs
Hope you can access it from foreign countries
Besides, my album list in progress has changed and keeps on changing
I'm just not a big fan of 2007 I guess. The albums weren't that great but the singles released in '07 might be worse other than #1 (which might be 2006!). I blame it on the year Animal Collective became relatively huge, ruining indie rock for a few years.
Singles:
1. Robyn With Kleerup- With Every Heartbeat
2. Super Furry Animals- Run-Away
3. The National- Fake Empire
4. Glasvegas- Daddy's Gone
5. The Shins- Phantom Limb
6. Okkervil River- Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
7. Jonathan Coulton- Still Alive
8. The White Stripes- Rag and Bone
9. Justice- D.A.N.C.E.
10. Arcade Fire- No Cars Go
Albums :
1) LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
3) Elliott Smith - New Moon
4) Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
5) The Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
6) !!! - Myths Takes
7) Architecture in Helsinki - Places like this
8) Radiohead - In Rainbows
9) Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
10) Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English
11) The National - Boxer
12) The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen
13) Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls
14) Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
15) Operator Please - Yes Yes Vindictive
16) Battles - Mirrored
17) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
18) The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
19) Cocoon - My Friends All Died in a Plane Crash
20) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Kanye West, Boys Noize and Burial fell short of making my list.
Good year overall, with an easy #1.
I don't get how some people considered Good News for People Who Love Bad News as a letdown, but We Were Dead Before the Ship Evan Sank really is.
Albums 2007:
01. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-Sound Of Silver
02. The KLAXONS-Myths Of The Near Future
03. BURIAL-Untrue
04. RADIOHEAD-In Rainbows
05. IRON & WINE-The Shepherd's Dog
06. KORPIKLAANI-Tervaskanto
07. SOULSAVERS-It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land
08. PANDA BEAR-Person Pitch
09. DIGITALISM-Idealism
10. ARCTIC MONKEYS-Favourite Worst Nightmares
11. CHINAWOMAN-Party Girl
12. HOLY FUCK-LP
13. MGMT-Oracular Spectacular
14. ZOMBIE ZOMBIE-A Land For Renegades
15. BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW-Dandelion Gum
16. BEIRUT-The Flying Club Cup
17. MATTHEW DEAR-Asa Breed
18. The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN-Ire Works
19. OF MONTREAL-Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
20. PIGEON DETECTIVES-Wait For Me
21. The OSCILLATION-Out Of Phase
22. BON IVER-For Emma, Forever Ago
23. JERBOA-Rockit Fuel
24. NICK CAVE/GRINDERMAN-Grinderman
25. WOODEN SHJIPS-Wooden Shjips
26. DAN DEACON-Spiderman Of The Rings
27. BATTLES-Mirrored
28. DONNIE JOHNSON-The Daily News
29. NO AGE-Weirdo Rippers
30. M.I.A.-Kala
31. AKRON/FAMILY-Love Is Simple
32. PRIMORDIAL-To The Nameless Dead
33. EL GUINCHO-Alegranza
34. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE-Era Vulgaris
35. RICHMOND FONTAINE-Thirteen Cities
36. PANTHA DU PRINCE-This Bliss
37. CARIBOU-Andorra
38. HIGH ON FIRE-Death Is This Communion
39. The FIELD-Here We Go Sublime
40. CHROME HOOF-Pre-Emptive False Rapture
41. The BUDOS BAND-II
42. JAY-Z-American Gangster
43. BENJAMIN BIOLAY-Trash Yéyé
44. OM-Pilgrimage
45. FIERY FURNACES-Widow City
46. EARTHLESS-Rhythms From A Sonic Sky
47. JOSÉ JAMES-The Dreamer
48. JUSTICE-Cross
49. ROB JUNGKLAS-Gully
50. AUX RAUS-This Is How It Is
Individual songs 2007:
01. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-GET INNOCUOUS! (from Sound Of Silver-Pop/Electronica)
02. The NATIONAL-FAKE EMPIRE (from Boxer-Pop/Rock)
03. KATE NASH-DICKHEAD (from Made Of Bricks-Pop)
04. BATTLES-RACE IN (from Mirrored-Pop/Rock)
05. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS-100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS (from 100 Days, 100 Nights-R&B/Soul)
06. KORPIKLAANI-TERVASKANTO (from Tervaskanto-Metal)
07. SKREAM-IRIE (from Box Of Dub-Electronica/Dubstep)
08. CARIBOU-AFTER HOURS (from Caribou-Pop/Rock)
09. DAN DEACON-WHAM CITY (from Spiderman Of The Rings-Electronica)
10. CHINAWOMAN-LOVERS ARE STRANGERS (from Party Girl-Pop/Rock)
11. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE-TURNIN' ON THE SCREW (from Era Vulgaris-Pop/Rock)
12. JOSÉ JAMES-SPIRITS UP ABOVE (from The Dreamer-Fusion)
13. The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN-FIX YOUR FACE (from Ire Works-Metal)
14. RIHANNA-UMBRELLA (from Good Girl Gone Bad-R&B/Soul)
15. ZOMBIE ZOMBIE-A LAND FOR RENEGADES (from A Land For Renegades-Electronica)
16. LA 33-DESCARGA (from Gozalo-World/Latin/Colombia)
17. YEASAYER-NO NEED TO WORRY (from All Hour Cymbals-Pop/Rock)
18. MARK RONSON feat. AMY WINEHOUSE-VALERIE (from Version-Pop)
19. DIGITALISM-POGO (from Idealism-Pop/Electronica)
20. IRON & WINE-PAGAN ANGEL AND A BORROWED CAR (from The Shepherd's Dog-Pop/Rock)
21. The ALIENS-SETTING SUN (from Astronomy For Dogs-Pop/Rock) Ex-The Beta Band.
22. HOLY FUCK-MILKSHAKE (from LP-Pop/Electronica)
23. NICK CAVE/GRINDERMAN-NO PUSSY BLUES (from Grinderman-Pop/Rock)
24. STATELESS-RADIOKILLER (from Stateless-Electronica)
25. GALACTIC-FIND MY HOME (from From The Corner To The Block-Eletronica)
26. RADIOHEAD-15 STEP (from In Rainbows-Pop/Rock)
27. The KLAXONS-GOLDEN SKANS (from Myths Of The Near Future-Pop/Rock)
28. DOT-CHINA WHITE (single-Electronica/Dubstep)
29. JERBOA-RUNNING NORTH (from Rockit Fuel-Electronica)
30. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-US v. THEM (from Sound Of Silver-Pop/Electronica)
31. PANDA BEAR-GOOD GIRL (from Person Pitch-Pop/Rock)
32. SOULSAVERS-REVIVAL (from It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land-Pop/Rock) feat. Mark Lanegan.
33. CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA-AS THE STARS FALL (from Ma Fleur-Electronica)
34. M.I.A.-20 DOLLAR (from Kala-Electronica)
35. JENS LEKMAN-AND I REMEMBER EVERY KISS (from Night Falls Over Kortedala-Pop/Rock)
36. The EDITORS-AN END HAS A START (from An End Has A Start-Pop/Rock)
37. JUSTICE-LET THERE BE LIGHT (ALBUM VERSION) (from Cross-Electronica)
38. HADOUKEN-LIQUID LIVES (single-Electronica)
39. BLACK MILK-SHUT IT DOWN (from Popular Demand-Hiphop)
40. SPOON-THE GHOST OF YOU LINGERS (from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga-Pop/Rock)
41. PIGEON DETECTIVES-I FOUND OUT (from Wait For Me-Pop/Rock)
42. The WHIP-DIVEBOMB (single-Pop/Electronica)
43. ARCTIC MONKEYS-IF YOU WERE THERE, BEWARE (from Favourite Worst Nightmare-Pop/Rock)
44. AGAINST ME!-NEW WAVE (from New Wave-Punk)
45. BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW-JUMP INTO MY MOUTH AND BREATHE INTO THE STARDUST (from Dandelion Gum-Pop/Rock)
46. BEIRUT-IN THE MAUSOLEUM (from The Flying Club Cup-Pop/Rock)
47. SHITDISCO-I KNOW KUNG FU (from Kingdom Of Fear-Pop/Rock)
48. MAXÏMO PARK-OUR VELOCITY (from Our Earthly Pleasures-Pop/Rock)
49. EL GUINCHO-ANTILLAS (from Alegranza-Pop/Rock)
50. MGMT-TIME TO PRETEND (ALBUM VERSION) (from Oracular Spectacular-Pop/Rock)
51. TERRAKOTA-O MUNDO NA BAI SOLTO (from Oba Train-World/Europe/Portugal)
52. SYCLOPS-WHERE'S JASON'S K. (single-Electronica/Techno)
53. JAY REATARD-I KNOW A PLACE (single-Pop/Rock)
54. SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO-IT'S THE BEAT (from Attack Decay Sustain Release-Electronica/Club)
55. WOODEN SHJIPS-WE ASK YOU TO RIDE (from Wooden Shjips-Pop/Rock)
56. KINGS OF LEON-CAMARO (from Because Of The Night-Pop/Rock)
57. R.S.D.-KINGFISHER (single-Electronica/Dubstep)
58. The BLACK BOX REVELATION-LOVE IN YOUR HEAD (from Set Your Head On Fire-Pop/Rock)
59. MATTHEW DEAR-FLEECE ON BRAIN (from Asa Breed-Electronica)
60. FEIST-SEALION (from The Reminder-Singer/songwriter)
61. NO AGE-EVERY ARTIST NEEDS A TRAGEDY (from Weirdo Rippers-Pop/Rock)
62. HIGH ON FIRE-WASTE OF TIAMAT (from Death Is This Communion-Metal)
63. LANDSLIDE-SOLITARY (ORIGINAL MIX) (single-Electronica)
64. BATTLES-ATLAS (from Mirrored-Pop/Rock)
65. DONNIE JOHNSON-911 (from The Daily News-R&B/Soul)
66. BOYS NOIZE-VERGIFTET (from Oi Oi Oi-Electronica)
67. JAY-Z-AMERICAN DREAMIN' (from American Gangster-Hiphop)
68. PRIMORDIAL-EMPIRE FALLS (from To The Nameless Dead-Metal)
69. QUIET VILLAGE-CIRCUS OF HORROR (single-Electronica)
70. RICHMOND FONTAINE-I FELL INTO PAINTING HOUSES IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA (from Thirteen Cities-Pop/Rock)
71. BURIAL-NEAR DARK (from Untrue-Electronica/Dubstep)
72. FREDO VIOLA-THE SAD SONG (single-Pop/Rock)
73. CALVIN HARRIS-VEGAS (from I Created Disco-Electronica)
74. OF MONTREAL-THE PAST IS A GROTESQUE ANIMAL (from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?-Pop/Rock)
75. The OSCILLATION-HEAD HANG LOW (from Out Of Phase-Pop/Rock)
76. BABYLON SYSTEM-EVERYDAY HUSTLE (Single-Electronica/Dubstep)
77. CARIBOU-MELODY DAY (from Caribou-Pop/Rock)
78. GOGOL BORDELLO-DUB THE FREQUENCIES OF LOVE (from Super Taranta!-World/Folk)
79. JESU-OLD YEAR (from Conqueror-Rock/Metal)
80. AKRON/FAMILY-ED IS A PORTAL (from Love Is Simple-Pop/Rock)
81. FALL OUT BOY-THNKS FR TH MMRS (from Infinity On High-Pop/Rock)
82. SHACKLETON-HYPNO ANGEL (single-Electronica/Dubstep)
83. BON IVER-CREATURE FEAR (from For Emma, Forever Ago-Singer/songwriter)
84. WHITE WILLIAMS-NEW VIOLENCE (from Smoke-Pop/Rock)
85. PORTICO QUARTET-ZAVODOVSKI ISLAND (from Knee Deep In The North Sea-Fusion)
86. KAISER CHIEFS-RUBY (from Yours Truly, Angry Mob-Pop/Rock)
87. OM-BHIMA'S THEME (from Pilgrimage-Pop/Rock)
88. The WOMBATS-LET'S DANCE TO JOY DIVISION (from A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation-Pop/Rock)
89. MUTYA BUENA-REAL GIRL (from Real Girl-R&B/Soul) Ex-Sugababes.
90. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI-SHAVEN (from Underground-Pop/Rock)
91. The SOLUTION-YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED (from Will Not Be Televised-Pop/Rock)
92. SHINING-WINTERREISE (from Grindcore-Metal/Experimental)
93. KANYE WEST-STRONGER (from Graduation-Hiphop)
94. BENJAMIN BIOLAY-REGARDER LA LUMIÈRE (from Trash Yéye-Pop/Rock)
95. AUTOKRATZ-1000 THINGS (single-Electronica)
96. CHROME HOOF-TONYTE (from Pre-emptive False Rapture-Pop/Rock)
97. The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN-HORSE HUNTER (from Ire Works-Metal)
98. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE-FIREWORKS (from Strawberry Jam-Pop/Rock)
99. RICHIE SPICE & COKI-BURNING (single-Reggae/Electronica)
100. BETH ROWLEY-NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE (single-Singer/songwriter)
101. BRIGHT EYES-NO ONE WOULD RIOT FOR LESS (from Cassadanga-Singer/songwriter)
102. ZOMBIE ZOMBIE-PSYCHIC HARMONIA 2 (from A Land For Renegades-Electronica)
103. JAMIE T.-ALICIA QUAYS (from Panic Prevention-Pop/Rock)
104. The ARCADE FIRE-KEEP THE CAR RUNNING (from Neon Bible-Pop/Rock)
105. ROB JUNGKLAS-GHOST (from Gully-Singer/songwriter)
106. EARTHLESS-SONIC PRAYER (from Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky-Pop/Rock)
107. FIERY FURNACES-DUPLEXES OF THE DEAD (from Widow City-Pop/Rock)
108. AUX RAUX-POWDER POWDER (from This Is How It is-Pop/Electronica)
109. MARK RONSON-STOP ME (from Version-Pop)
110. TARWATER-LOWER MANHATTAN PANTOUM (from Spider Smile-Pop/Rock)
111. The WHITE STRIPES-ICKY THUMP (from Icky Thump-Pop/Rock)
112. ROLAND APPEL-DARK SOLDIER (DIXON EDIT) (single-Electronica/Club)
113. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM-I WILL LAY DOWN MY BONES AMONG THE ROCKS AND ROOTS (from Two Hunters-Metal)
114. YEASAYER-FORGIVENESS (from All Hour Cymbals-Pop/Rock)
115. MAKOSSA + MEGABLAST-LATE QUE EU TÔ PASSANDO (from Kunuaka-World/Electronica)
116. STENCHMAN-POWERFUL MAGICAL (single-Electronica/Dubstep)
117. The CRIBS-MAJOR'S TITLING VICTORY (from Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever-Pop/Rock)
118. DEVENDRA BANHART-TONADA YANOMAMINISTA (from Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon-Singer/songwriter)
119. ALOE BLACC-BLIND WORLD (from Now Again: Re-Sounds Vol. 1-R&B/Soul)
120. KORPIKLAANI-RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES (from Tervaskanto-Metal)
121. RADIOHEAD-JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE (from In Rainbows-Pop/Rock)
122. The BUDOS BAND-ADENIJI (from The Budos Band II-Dance)
123. KENGE KENGE-OBARE YINBA (from Introducing Kenge Kenge-World/Africa/Kenya)
124. BABYSHAMBLES-DELIVERY (from Shotter's Nation-Pop/Rock)
125. M.I.A.-PAPER PLANES (from Kala-Electronica)
126. POLKADOT CADAVER-DEATHWISH (from Purgatory Dance Party-Pop/Rock)
127. TES LA ROK-LICKSHOT (single-Electronica/Dubstep)
128. BLOC PARTY-HUNTING FOR WITCHES (from A Weekend In The City-Pop/Rock)
129. BALOJI-TOUT CECI NE VOUS RENDRA PAS LE CONGO (from Hotel Impala-Hiphop)
130. PANTHA DU PRINCE-ASHA (from This Bliss-Electronica/Techno)
131. ENTER SHIKARI-MOTHERSHIP (from Take To The Skies-Pop/Rock)
132. SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM-HELPLESS CORPSES ENACTMENT (from In Glorious Times-Pop/Rock)
133. IRON & WINE-CAROUSEL (from The Shepherd's Dog-Pop/Rock)
134. L'VOVO DERRANGO-RESISTA (from Derrango-World/Africa/South Africa)
135. DISTANCE-CONFINED (from My Demons-Electronica/Dubstep)
136. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT-DO I DISAPPOINT YOU? (from Release The Stars-Pop/Rock)
137. CHIKINKI-TALK TO THE MOON (from Brace, Brace-Pop/Rock)
138. ANDY STOTT-MASSACRE (single-Electronica/Techno)
139. The PIGEON DETECTIVES-I'M NOT SORRY (from Wait For Me-Pop/Rock)
140. VAMPIRE WEEKEND-MANSARD ROOF (single-Pop/Rock)
141. BIG FACE-I WANNA BE A STYLE CRUSADER (DAVID SUGAR MIX) (single-Electronica)
142. The HELIOCENTRICS-A WORLD OF MASKS (from Out There-Fusion)
143. DUNGEN-GÖR DET NU (from Tio Bitar-Pop/Rock)
144. VON SÜDENFED-SLOW DOWN RONNIE (from Tromatic reflexxions-Pop/Electronica)
145. BEGGARS BALL-BINGE (from 1321-Metal)
146. The FIELD-SILENT (from Here We Go Sublime-Electronica)
147. TINARIWEN-CLER ACHEL (from Aman Iman-World/Africa/Mali)
148. VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS-SILVER MORNING BRANCHES (from Voice Of The Seven Woods-Pop/Rock)
149. CASTANETS-STRONG ANIMAL (from In The Vines-Pop/Rock)
150. CRYSTAL CASTLES-KNIGHTS (from Kitsuné Maison-Electronica)
151. KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT-BEYOND THE TANARIAN HILLS (from An Interlude To The Outermost-Pop/Rock)
152. ELEMENTAL-BLEEP (Single-Electronica/Dubstep)
153. BAND OF HORSES-IS THERE A GHOST (from Cease To Begin-Pop/Rock)
154. ROSETTA-MOVEMENT (from Wake/Lift-Metal)
155. WHITE HILLS-OCEANS OF SOUND (from Heads On Fire-Pop/Rock)
156. SANTOGOLD-CREATOR (VOCAL MIX) (single-Electronica)
157. ROBERT GOMEZ-CLOSER STILL (from Brand New Towns-Pop/Rock)
158. EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY-CATASTROPHE AND THE CURE (from All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone-Pop/Rock)
159. The OCEAN-RHYACIAN (from Precambrian-Metal)
160. DAN LE SAC vs. SCROOBIUS PIP-THOU SHALT ALWAYS KILL (single-Pop/Electronica)
161. HOOVERPHONIC-50 WATT (from The President Of The LSD Golf Club-Pop/Rock)
162. FRIDGE-EYELIDS (from The Sun-Pop/Rock)
163. RUBY ANN-TRAIN TO SATANVILLE (from Train To Satanville-Pop/Rock)
164. ELECTRELANE-THE LIGHTHOUSE (from No Shouts, No Calls-Pop/Rock)
165. OKKERVIL RIVER-TITLE TRACK (from The Stage Names-Pop/Rock)
166. SCUBA-SUBAQUEOUS (from Box Of Dub-Electronica/Dubstep)
167. EFTERKLANG-POLYGONE (from Parades-Pop/Rock)
168. The NEW PORNOGRAPHERS-MYRIAD HARBOUR (from Challengers-Pop/Rock)
169. DJAMEL LAROUSSI-YA KARIMO (from 3 Marabouts-World/Africa/Algeria)
170. EMERALDS-UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS (from Allegory Of Allergies-Experimental)
171. MEGADETH-SLEEPWALKER (from United Abominations-Metal)
172. PATRICK WOLF-THE MAGIC POSITION (from The Magic Position-Pop/Rock)
173. HOLY GHOST!-HOLD ON (single-Pop/Electronica)
174. LOVEHATEHERO-GOODBYE MY LOVE (from White Lies-Rock/Punk)
175. MGMT-4th DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION (from Oracular Spectacular-Pop/Rock)
176. BONDE DO ROLÊ-OFFICE BOY (from With Lasers-Pop/Rock)
177. The AVETT BROTHERS-GO TO SLEEP (from Emotionalism-Pop/Rock)
178. DEERHUNTER-CRYPTOGRAMS (from Cryptograms-Pop/Rock)
179. SLAGMANSKLUBBEN-HANT (from Boss For Leader-Electronica/Club)
180. The GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN-THREE CHANGES (from The Good, The Bad & The Queen-Pop/Rock)
Albums
1 . Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
2 . Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
3 . Radiohead - In Rainbows
4 . The National - Boxer
5 . Feist - The Reminder
6 . Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
7 . Au Revoir Simone - The Bird of Music
8 . LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
9 . Burial - Untrue
10 . MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
11 . Panda Bear - Person Pitch
12 . Regina - Oi miten suuria voimia!
13 . Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
14 . Shugo Tokumaru - Exit
15 . The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
16 . Blonde Redhead - 23
17 . PJ Harvey - White Chalk
18 . Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
19 . Eleanoora Rosenholm - Vainajan muotokuva
20 . Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Songs
1 . Animal Collective - Fireworks
2 . LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
3 . National - Fake Empire
4 . MGMT - Time to Pretend
5 . Battles - Atlas
6 . MGMT - Kids
7 . Animal Collective - For Reverend Green
8 . Rihanna feat. Jay Z - Umbrella
9 . Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
10 . Explosions in the Sky - So Long, Lonesome
11 . Justice - Stress
12 . LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
13 . Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
14 . Radiohead - All I Need
15 . Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
16 . Feist - Water
17 . Shugo Tokumaru - Green Rain
18 . National - Slow Show
19 . Blonde Redhead - 23
20 . Cinematic Orchestra - That Home
ALBUMS
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Burial - Untrue
3. Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani - The Third Man
4. LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
5. The National - Boxer
6. The Field - From here we go sublime
7. Melchior Productions Ltd - No Disco Future
8. Bon Iver For Emma Forever Ago
9. Robyn - Robyn
10.Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
SONGS
1. LCD - All My Friends
2. LCD - Someone Great
3. MGMT - Time to Pretend
4. The National – Slow Show
5. Radiohead - House of cards
6. Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
7. Cut Copy - Hearts on fire
8. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
9. Radiohead - All I Need
10.Radiohead - Nude
11.LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
12.Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
13.Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
14.LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous
15.Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z)- Umbrella
16.Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
17.M.I.A. - Paper Planes
18.Burial - Ghost Hardware
19.Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
20.Burial - Archangel
Albums:
1. Menomena - Friend and Foe
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
3. Grinderman - Grinderman
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
6. Florent Marchet - Rio Baril
7. The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
8. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
9. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
10. Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated
11. CocoRosie - The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
12. The National - Boxer
13. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
14. Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat
15. Tarwater - Spider Smile
16. Elliott Smith - New Moon
17. The Rakes - Ten New Messages
18. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
19. Caribou - Andorra
20. The Aliens - Astronomy for Dogs
Songs:
1. Beirut - Nantes
2. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
3. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
4. Radiohead - Reckoner
5. Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
6. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
7. Menomena - My My
8. Tarwater - Sweet Home Under White Clouds
9. Beirut - A Sunday Smile
10. Handsome Furs - What We Had
11. The National - Fake Empire
12. Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver
13. Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
Songs:
01: MGMT : Kids
02: UGK : Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
03: M.I.A. : Paper Planes
04: Bon Iver : For Emma
05: LCD Soundsystem : All My Friends
06: LCD Soundsystem : Someone Great
07: Bon Iver : Skinny Love
08: Radiohead : Rekoner
09: Robyn : With Every Heartbeat
10: Burial : Archangel
11: MGMT : Time to Pretend
12: MGMT : Electric Feel
13: Kanye West : Can't Tell Me Nothing
14: National, The : Mistaken For Strangers
15: Against Me! : Thrash Unreal
16: Justice : D.A.N.C.E.
17: R. Kelly : I'm a Flirt (Remix)
18: M.I.A. : Jimmy
19: Battles : Atlas
20: Timbaland : The Way I Are
Albums:
This is first time I've thought there were more than 10 albums worthy of advancing.
01: Bon Iver : For Emma, Forever Ago
02: M.I.A. : Kala
03: LCD Soundsystem : Sound of Silver
04: Radiohead : In Rainbows
05: MGMT : Oracular Spectacular
06: Panda Bear : Person Pitch
07: National, The : Boxer
08: Arcade Fire : Neon Bible
09: Burial : Untrue
10: Robyn : Robyn[International Edition]
11: Kanye West : Graduation
12: Battles : Mirrored
13: Justice : Cross
14: Animal Collective : Strawberry Jam
15: White Stripes, The : Icky Thump
Songs
1. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
2. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
3. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
4. White Stripes - Icky Thump
5. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
6. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
7. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
8. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
9. National - Mistaken for Strangers
10. Feist - 1234
11. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
13. Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
14. M.I.A. - Bamboo Banga
15. Queens of the Stone Age - 3's & 7's
16. Broken West - On the Bubble
17. Ryan Adams - Halloweenhead
18. Prince - Guitar
19. Bruce Springsteen - You'll Be Coming Down
20. Kings of Leon - Fans
SONGS:
1. The White Stripes | Icky Thump
2. MGMT | Kids
3. Vampire Weekend | A-Punk
4. Band Of Horses | No One’s Gonna Love You
5. M.I.A. | Paper Planes
6. Radiohead | House Of Cards
7. Bruce Springsteen | Radio Nowhere
8. Kanye West | Stronger
9. Klaxons | Magick
10. The Shins | Phantom Limb
11. Eddie Vedder | Hard Sun
12. Arcade Fire | Intervention
13. MGMT | Time To Pretend
14. Lupe Fiasco | Superstar
15. Bloc Party | I Still Remember
16. Kaiser Chiefs | The Angry Mob
17. Nine Inch Nails | Survivalism
18. Spoon | The Underdog
19. Manic Street Preachers | Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
20. Vampire Weekend | Mansard Roof
21. Kanye West | Homecoming
22. The National | Mistaken For Strangers
23. Editors | Smokers Outside The Hospital Room
24. Queens of the Stone Age | Make It Wit Chu
25. Arctic Monkeys | Fluorescent Adolescent
26. Foo Fighters | Long Road To Ruin
27. Radiohead | Bodysnatchers
28. Band Of Horses | Is There A Ghost
29. Common & Lily Allen | Drivin’ Me Wild
30. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Gone Gone Gone
31. MGMT | Electric Feel
32. Kaiser Chiefs | Ruby
33. Dropkick Murphys | The State Of Massachusetts
34. Of Montreal | The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
35. M.I.A. | Bamboo Banga
36. Blaqk Audio | Stiff Kittens
37. Modest Mouse | Dashboard
38. Bruce Springsteen | Girls In Their Summer Clothes
39. Vampire Weekend | Oxford Comma
40. The White Stripes | Conquest
41. Interpol | The Heinrich Maneuver
42. Silverchair | Straight Line
43. Hard-Fi | Suburban Knights
44. The Good, The Bad & The Queen | Herculean
45. Crowded House | Don’t Stop Now
46. Arcade Fire | Keep The Car Running
47. Rihanna | Umbrella
48. Bloc Party | The Prayer
49. Dave Gahan | Kingdom
50. Arctic Monkeys | Brainstorm
51. Klaxons | Golden Skans
52. The National | Fake Empire
53. Shiny Toy Guns | Rainy Monday
54. Travis | Closer
55. The Bravery | Angelina
56. The White Stripes | You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As Your Told)
57. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights
58. Spoon | Don’t You Evah
59. Prince | Guitar
60. Wilco | Impossible Germany
61. Beck | Timebomb
62. Rooney | When Did Your Heart Go Missing
63. Crystal Castles | Crimewave
64. The Used | The Bird and The Worm
65. Arcade Fire | No Cars Go
66. M.I.A. | Boyz
67. LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends
68. Nine Inch Nails | In This Twilight
69. Common | The Game
70. Queens of the Stone Age | Sick, Sick, Sick
71. The Bravery | Time Won’t Let Me Go
72. Smashing Pumpkins | Tarantula
73. Alicia Keys | No One
74. Foo Fighters | Summers End
75. The Shins | Australia
76. Scorpions | Humanity
77. Kaiser Chiefs | Love Is Not A Competition (But I’m Winning)
78. Kanye West | Can’t Tell Me Nothing
79. Radiohead | Reckoner
80. Bad Religion | Honest Goodbye
81. Kings Of Leon | Charmer
82. UGK F/OutKast | Int’l Players Anthem
83. Justice | D.A.N.C.E.
84. Against Me! | Thrash Unreal
85. Duran Duran | Falling Down
86. U2 | Window In The Skies
87. Serj Tankien | Empty Walls
88. Arcade Fire | My Body Is A Cage
89. Radiohead | 15 Step
90. Lupe Fiasco | Hip-Hop Saved My Life
91. Velvet Revolver | She Builds Quick Machines
92. Burial | Elephant Gun
93. Arctic Monkeys | D Is For Dangerous
94. Wilco | What Light
95. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Raising Sand
96. Lenny Kravitz | I’ll Be Waiting
97. Talib Kweli | Hot Thang
98. Foo Fighters | The Pretender
99. Jimmy Eat World | Big Casino
100. Rush | Far Cry
101. Shiny Toy Guns | You Are The One
102. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Weapon Of Choice
103. Vampire Weekend | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
104. Super Furry Animals | Far-Away
105. Radiohead | All I Need
106. She Wants Revenge | True Romance
107. Animal Collective | Peacebone
108. Finger Eleven | Paralyzer
109. The Cult | Dirty Little Rockstar
110. The White Stripes | Rag and Bone
Songs
1 LCD Soundsystem Someone Great
2 Fray How to Save a Life
3 LCD Soundsystem All My Friends
4 Arcade Fire Keep the Car Running
5 Wilco Impossible Germany
6 Michael Brecker Five Months from Midnight
7 Los Campesinos! You! Me! Dancing!
8 Michael Brecker The Mean Time
9 Alicia Keys No One
10 Michael Brecker Anagram
11 Colbie Caillat Bubbly
12 Michael Brecker When Can I Kiss You Again
13 Amy Winehouse You Know I'm No Good
14 Black Kids I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance
15 St. Vincent Apocalypse Song
16 Sara Bareilles Between the Lines
17 Band of Horses Is There a Ghost
18 M.I.A. Paper Planes
19 Feist 1234
20 Modest Mouse Dashboard
21 Arcade Fire No Cars Go
22 Sara Bareilles Many the Miles
23 Vampire Weekend Mansard Roof
24 St. Vincent We Put a Pearl In The Ground
25 Fall Out Boy Thanks for the Memories
26 Linkin Park Bleed It Out
27 Robert Plant and Alison Krause Let Your Loss Be A Lesson
28 Sara Bareilles Morningside
29 St. Vincent What Me Worry
30 Citay Little Kingdom
31 Panda Bear Bros
32 Velvet Revolver Let It Roll
33 Modest Mouse Little Motel
34 Editors Smokers Outside the Hospital Door
35 Sara Bareilles One Sweet Love
36 Robert Plant and Alison Krause Killing the Blues
37 Spoon You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
38 Burial Archangel
39 National Fake Empire
40 Mika Grace Kelly
41 Rufus Wainwright Nobody's Off the Hook
42 Modest Mouse Fire It Up
43 Kaiser Chiefs Ruby
44 Robert Plant and Alison Krause Please Read the Letter
45 Linkin Park Leave Out All The Rest
46 Velvet Revolver The Last Fight
47 Fall Out Boy Hum Hallelujah
48 Radiohead Nude
49 Kaiser Chiefs Love's Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
50 Joss Stone Put Your Hands On Me
51 Radiohead Reckoner
52 Kanye West Can't Tell Me Nothing
53 Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Persson Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
54 Linkin Park Shadow of the Day
55 Gui Boratto Beautiful Life
56 Shins Phantom Limb
57 Arctic Monkeys Fluorescent Adolescent
58 Maximo Park Books from Boxes
59 Bruce Springsteen Radio Nowhere
60 Rihanna feat. Jay-Z Umbrella
61 Kings of Leon Arizona
62 PJ Harvey Before Departure
63 Panda Bear Good Girl/Carrots
64 The Good, The Bad and The Queen The Good, The Bad and The Queen
65 Smashing Pumpkins Bring The Light
66 Wilco Either Way
67 Chris Cornell Arms Around Your Love
68 Mark Ronson fest. Amy Winehouse Valerie
69 Jimmie Lunceford Alone Together
70 Spill Canvas All Over You
71 Prince All The Midnights In the World
72 Kanye West Stronger
73 Klaxons Golden Skans
74 LCD Soundsystem North American Scum
75 M.I.A. Jimmy
76 Arctic Monkeys Brainstorm
77 Animal Collective Peacebone
78 M.I.A. Boyz
79 Spoon The Underdog
80 Bright Eyes Four Winds
81 R. Kelly feat. T.I. and T-Pain I'm a Flirt (Remix)
82 Foo Fighters The Pretender
83 Radiohead 15 Step
84 Chris Cornell Disappearing Act
85 Drive-By Trucker A Ghost To Most
86 The Good, The Bad and The Queen Green Fields
87 PJ Harvey Grow Grow Grom
88 Pat Monahan Her Eyes
89 Black Kids Hit The Heartbreaks
90 KT Tunstall Hopeless
91 Joni Mitchell If I Had A Heart
92 Pipettes Judy
93 LCD Soundsystem New York I Love You
94 Wilco On And On And On
95 Matt Nathanson Bulletproof Weeks
96 Keyshia Cole Heaven Sent
97 Fratellis Doginbag
98 New Young Pony Club Get Lucky
99 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Midnight Man
100 Waifs Pony
101 Ryan Adams Rip Off
102 Annie Lennox Sing
103 Wilco What Light
104 Kelly Clarkson Sober
105 Dirty Projectors Spray Paint (The Walls)
106 Smashing Pumpkins Tarantula
107 Paramore That's What You Get
108 LCD Soundsystem Time To Get Away
109 Maroon 5 Makes Me Wonder
110 The Good, The Bad and The Queen 80's Life
111 Colbie Caillat Midnight Bottle
112 Feist The Limit To Your Love
113 Mother Hips Time We Had
114 Wilco Walken
115 My Chemical Romance Teenagers
116 Yamin Elliott Take My Breath Away
117 Andrew Bird Armchairs
118 Britney Spears Piece of Me
119 Maroon 5 Won't Go Home Without You
120 Lifehouse First Time
121 Caribou Melody Day
122 Patrick Wolf The Magic Position
123 Feist My Moon My Man
124 Avril Lavigne Girlfriend
125 Kings of Leon On Call
126 LCD Soundsystem Get Innocuous
127 Animal Collective Fireworks
128 Of Montreal The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
129 National Ada
130 Ashley Tisdale Be Good To Me
131 Justice D.A.N.C.E.
132 Kanye West feat. T-Pain Good Life
133 Interpol The Heinrich Maneuver
134 Maximo Park Our Velocity
135 Jens Lekman A Postcard to Nina
136 Kate Nash Foundations
137 National Mistaken for Strangers
138 Roisin Murphy Overpowered
139 Okkervil River Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
140 Jay-Z Roc Boys (And the Winner Is . . . )
Albums
1 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
2 Michael Brecker Pilgrimage
3 Radiohead In Rainbows
4 Wilco Sky Blue Sky
5 Arcade Fire Neon Bible
6 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
7 M. I. A. Kala
8 Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
9 Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris
10 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand
11 Feist The Reminder
12 The Good, the Bad and the Queen The Good, the Bad and the Queen
13 PJ Harvey White Chalk
14 Dirty Projectors Rise Above
15 St. Vincent Marry Me
Songs
1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2. Animal Collective - Fireworks
3. Radiohead - Reckoner
4. Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
5. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
6. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
7. The National - Fake Empire
8. Animal Collective - For Reverend Green
9. Spoon - The Underdog
10. MGMT - Time to Pretend
11. Radiohead - 15 Step
12. Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!
13. Panda Bear - Take Pills
14. No Age - Boy Void
15. The Shins - Sleeping Lessons
16. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
17. The National - Slow Show
18. Kanye West - Stronger
19. Circa Survive - Living Together
20. Fucked Up - Year of the Pig
A lot of really good songs this year in my opinion. I'm probably forgetting something but every song here deserves points so I'm not too worried about it.
Albums:
1 . Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2 . Dr. Dog - We All Belong
3 . Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
4 . The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
5 . Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain
6 . Radiohead - In Rainbows
7 . Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
8 . The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9 . Elliott Smith - New Moon
10 . Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
11 . Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
12 . Gruff Rhys - Candylion
13 . Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
14 . Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
15 . Dean & Britta - Back Numbers
16 . Los Campesinos! - International Tweexcore Underground
17 . Daft Punk - Alive 2007
18 . Okkervil River - The Stage Names
19 . Battles - Mirrored
20 . Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
21 . King Khan & the Shrines - What Is?!
22 . The White Stripes - Icky Thump
23 . Bright Eyes - Four Winds [EP]
24 . Kanye West - Graduation
25 . The New Pornographers - Challengers
26 . Bottom of the Hudson - Fantastic Hawk
27 . Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
28 . Iron & Wine - The Shephard's Dog
29 . The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
30 . Panda Bear - Person Pitch
and my rather inconsequential Song list:
1 . Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
2 . Jans Lekman - A Postcard To Nina
3 . Of Montreal - Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider
4 . The Apples In Stereo - 7 Stars
5 . The Apples In Stereo - Sunday Sounds
6 . The Apples In Stereo - Play Tough
7 . Of Montreal - She's A Rejector
8 . The Apples In Stereo - Sunndall Song
9 . Devendra Banhart - Seahorse
10 . Dr. Dog - We All Belong
11 . Bright Eyes - Four Winds
12 . The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
13 . The Bees - Listening Man
14 . The Bees - Left Foot Stepdown
15 . Boris with Merzbow - Feedbacker
16 . The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Bunting Song
17 . The Translucents - Don't Push
18 . Dr. Dog - We All Belong
19 . Band Of Horses - Is There A Ghost
20 . Radiohead - Reckoner
Thanks!
20. Radiohead- 15 Step
19. Outkast & U.G.K.- International Players Anthem
18. Spoon- You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
17. Paul McCartney- The End of the End
16. White Stripes- Icky Thump
15. Bruce Springsteen- Your Own Worst Enemy
14. Paul McCartney- Dance Tonight
13. Justice- D.A.N.C.E.
12. Babyshambles- Delivery
11. Bruce Springsteen- Girls in Their Summer Clothes
10. Kanye West- Stronger
09. Paul McCartney- Only Mama Knows
08. Editors- Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
07. LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends
06. M.I.A.- Paper Planes
05. The National- Fake Empire
04. Spoon- The Underdog
03. Paul McCartney- Ever Present Past
02. LCD Soundsystem- North American Scum
01. Grinderman- No Pussy Blues
songs
1 . Wilco - Impossible Germany
2 . LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
3 . Wilco - Either Way
4 . Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
5 . Wilco - Side With The Seeds
6 . Josh Ritter - Right Moves
7 . Bright Eyes - Four Winds
8 . LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
9 . M.I.A. - Jimmy
10 . Thomas Dutronc - Comme un manouche sans guitare
11 . Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed
12 . The National - Fake Empire
13 . Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town
14 . Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
15 . Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
16 . Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
17 . Richard Hawley - Serious
18 . Tinariwen - Matjadem Yinmixan
19 . M.I.A. - Paper Planes
20 . Manu Chao - Me Llaman Calle
21 . Orchestra Baobab - Amy Kita Bay
22 . Levon Helm - The Mountain
23 . Marie Knight - Let Us Get Together
24 . of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
25 . The Besnard Lakes - Disaster
26 . Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
27 . Marissa Nadler - Diamond Heart
28 . Common - The People
29 . Pascal Comelade - Com un rossinyol amb mal de queixal
30 . Antibalas - Beaten Metal
31 . Bruce Springsteen - Devil's Arcade
32 . Wu-Tang Clan - Unpredictable
33 . MGMT - Weekend Wars
34 . LCD Soundsystem - Us Vs. Them
35 . Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
36 . Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
37 . Radiohead - Reckoner
38 . Burial - Archangel
39 . Josh Ritter - Mind's Eye
40 . Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
41 . Caribou - Melody Day
42 . Tinariwen - Cler Achel
43 . The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me
44 . LCD Soundystem - Sound Of Silver
45 . The Shins - Australia
46 . Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica
47 . Ry Cooder - Farm Girl
48 . Kings Of Leon - True Love Way
49 . Klaxons - Two Receivers
50 . Neil Young - Ordinary People
albums
2007 is the year I joined the AM forum. It's the year I started listening to a lot of new records; actually more than 60 are ranked, but here's the top 40
On a more personal side, this is the year my son Basile was born. I remember that I was listening to DJ Shadow on the way to the hospital.
The great last minute discovery of the month was The National. 2 hours ago it was at #19 (I hadn't heard it for 4 years !). Great record. I remember that back in 2007 I found it too gloomy. I must have gotten used indie sound...
About the #1 I'm not gonna start another debate (see the Wilco thread).
Josh Ritter should be heard by any singer-songwriter fan. It's a great collection of songs (especially the first half).
Same goes for Levon Helm and fans of traditional folk/country/bluegrass.
1 . Wilco | Sky Blue Sky
2 . LCD Soundsystem | Sound Of Silver
3 . Josh Ritter | The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
4 . Richard Hawley | Lady's Bridge
5 . Levon Helm | Dirt Farmer
6 . The National | Boxer
7 . Radiohead | In Rainbows
8 . Tinariwen | Aman Iman : Water Is Life
9 . Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare
10 . Neil Young | Chrome Dreams II
11 . Thomas Dutronc | Comme un manouche sans guitare
12 . Grinderman | Grinderman
13 . Arcade Fire | Neon Bible
14 . Orchestra Baobab | Made In Dakar
15 . Eddie Vedder | Into The Wild
16 . Vic Chesnutt | North Star Deserter
17 . Beirut | The Flying Club Cup
18 . Rufus Wainwright | Release The Stars
19 . The White Stripes | Icky Thump
20 . Kevin Ayers | The Unfairground
21 . Marie Knight | Let Us Get Together : A Tribute To Reverend Gary Davis
22 . The Besnard Lakes | Are The Dark Horse
23 . Wu-Tang Clan | 8 Diagrams
24 . Manu Chao | La Radiolina
25 . Robert Wyatt | Comicopera
26 . MGMT | Oracular Spectacular
27 . Tegan & Sara | The Con
28 . Common | Finding Forever
29 . The Electric Soft Parade | No Need To Be Downhearted
30 . Laura Veirs | Saltbreakers
31 . Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights
32 . Bodies of Water | Ears Will Pop And Eyes Will Blink
33 . Bright Eyes | Cassadaga
34 . Justice | Cross
35 . Lupe Fiasco | The Cool
36 . Gogol Bordello | Super Taranta !
37 . Thurston Moore | Trees outside The Academy
38 . Kings of Leon | Because Of The Times
39 . Pop Levi | The Return To Form Black Magic Party
40 . Bruce Springsteen | Magic
1. In Rainbows, Radiohead
2. Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem
3. Neon Bible, Arcade Fire
4. The Good, The Bad, and The Queen, The Good, The Bad, and The Queen
5. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon
6. Kala, MIA
7. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Of Montreal
8. Person Pitch, Panda Bear
9. White Chalk, PJ Harvey
10. Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective
11. Andorra, Caribou
12. 23, Blonde Redhead
13. The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse, The Besnard Lakes
14. Cryptograms/Flourescent Grey EP, Deerhunter
15. Boxer, The National
16. Let's Stay Friends, Les Savy Fav
17. Graduation, Kanye West
18. Liars, Liars
19. Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, The Twilight Sad
20. The Stage Names, Okkervil River
Albums:
01 | Burial | Untrue
02 | Deerhunter | Cryptograms
03 | LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver
04 | Caribou | Andorra
05 | Grinderman | Griderman
06 | The Field | From Here We Go Sublime
07 | PJ Harvey | White Chalk
08 | The Fiery Furnaces | Widow City
09 | Blonde Redhead | 23
10 | Battles | Mirrored
11 | Robert Wyatt | Comicopera
12 | Liars | Liars
13 | Menomena | Friend or Foe
14 | Panda Bear | Person Pitch
15 | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup
Wow... Strong year.
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
8. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. The Jimmies - Make Your Own Someday
10. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
11. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
12. Gruff Rhys - Candylion
13. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
14. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Once
15. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
16. Imperial Teen - The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band
17. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
18. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
19. Bjork - Volta
20. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
21. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
22. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
Songs:
1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2. Radiohead - House of Cards
3. Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
4. Bjork - The Dull Flame of Desire
5. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
6. MGMT - Time to Pretend
7. Spoon - The Underdog
8. M.I.A. - Bird Flu
9. Kanye West - Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)
10. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
11. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
12. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
13. MGMT - Electric Feel
14. LCD Soundsystem - New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
15. The Jimmies - Cool to Be Uncool
16. M.I.A. - Boyz
18. Chromatics - In the City
19. Radiohead - 15 Steps
20. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind's Made Up
21. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
22. UGK - Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (feat. OutKast)
23. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
24. Super Furry Animals - Run-Away
25. Kanye West - Champion
26. Arcade Fire - My Body Is a Cage
27. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
28. Band of Horses - Detlef Schrempf
Bare minimum lists this time - mainly just voting to try to get Fake Empire across the line
Albums
1)Radiohead - In Rainbows
2)The National - Boxer
3)LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
4)M.I.A. - Kala
5)Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Songs
1)The National - Fake Empire
2)LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
3)M.I.A. - Paper Planes
4)MGMT - Kids
5)Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
Songs
1. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: Antes de la niebla
2. Prin’ La lá: Con sentido y sin sentido
3. The Arcade Fire: Intervention
4. Bruce Springsteen: Livin’ in the Future
5. La Casa Azul: La revolución sexual
6. Bruce Springsteen: Radio Nowhere
7. El Hijo: Saturnalia
8. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: Anticipo
9. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: Tiene que pasar
10. Bruce Springsteen: You’ll Be Coming Down
11. Norah Jones: Thinking About You
12. La Casa Azul: El momento más feliz
13. The Arcade Fire: Keep the Car Running
14. Jessy Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter: You Might Walk Away
15. Espanto: La obsolescencia del producto
16. Prin’ La lá: Verano fatal
17. The Arcade Fire: Black Mirror
18. Espanto: Profesora de primaria
19. Mary Chapin Carpenter: It Must Have Happened
20. Remate: Dinosaurs
21. La Casa Azul: No más Myolastán
22. La Casa Azul: Prefiero no
23. Prin’ La lá: Naves que dan vueltas a un balón
24. Aimee Mann: 31 Today
25. The High Llamas: The Old Spring Town
26. La Casa Azul: Mis nostálgicas manías
27. Prin’ La lá: Azúcar con sal
28. The High Llamas: Winter’s Day
29. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: Tormenta esta noche
30. The High Llamas: Bacaroo
31. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: Vuelta a los colores
32. Prin’ La lá: … celoso del mar
33. Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Calling
34. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: Subir al tren
35. The High Llamas: Can Cladders
36. Paula Frazer & Tanation: Bitter Rose
37. Ocean Colour Scene: I Told You So
38. Wim Mertens: Evenhandedly
39. Refree: Un oficio antiguo
40. The High Llamas: Clarion Union Hall
41. Jessy Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter: Like Love Lust
42. Linda Thompson: Versatile Heart
43. Paul McCartney: Mr. Bellamy
44. Keren Ann: It’s All a Lie
45. The High Llamas: Rollin
46. Paul McCartney: Dance Tonight
47. Ocean Colour Scene: I Just Got Over You
48. Wim Mertens: As Ifs
49. Norah Jones: Wish I Could
50. Wim Mertens: The Paths Not Taken
51. Miguel Bocamuerta: Como un perro
52. Feist: I Feel it All
53. Abraham Boba: Las hermanas Sánchez
54. Ry Cooder: Sundown Town
55. Elliot Murphy: Making Friends with the Dead
56. B.C. Camplight: Lord, I’ve Been on Fire
57. The Apples in Stereo: Same Old Drag
58. Gruff Rhys: Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru
59. Duquende: Mi gitana
60. Cowboy Junkies: Spiral Down
Albums
1. Prin’ La lá: Esto es Prin’ La lá
2. Tarik y la fábrica de colores: El hueso y la carne
3. The High Llamas: Can Cladders
4. La Casa Azul: La revolución sexual
5. Wim Mertens: Receptacle
6. Bruce Springsteen: Magic
7. The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
8. Jessy Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter: Like Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
9. Espanto: Cantando en tu siesta
10. Gruff Rhys: Candylion
11. Elliot Murphy: Coming Home Again
12. Abraham Boba: Abraham Boba
13. El Hijo: Las otras vidas
14. Miguel Bocamuerta: Tu en Marte y yo en Plutón
15. Ocean Colour Scene: On the Layline
16. Norah Jones: Not Too Late
17. Refree: Els invertebrats
18. B.C. Camplight: Blink of a Nihilist
19. Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Calling
20. Linda Thompson: Versatile Heart
21. Keren Ann: Keren Ann
22. Travolta: El efecto amor
23. Euros Childs: The Miracle Inn
24. Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full
25. Euros Childs: Bore Da
26. The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder
27. BMX Bandits: Bee Sting
28. Hidrogenese: Animalitos
29. Nobel: Cada momento es el mejor
30. Remate: No Land
31. Wilco: Sky Blue Sky
32. Club 8: The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Sleep
33. Javier Bergia: Cedaceros 4
34. Cowboy Junkies: At the End of Paths Taken
35. Feist: The Reminder
36. Various Artists: Acordes con Leonard Cohen
37. The Orchids: Good to Be a Stranger
38. Meg Baird: Dear Companion
39. Neil Young: Chrome Dreams II
40. Ry Cooder: My Name is Buddy
41. Ray Davies: Working Man's Café
42. Elvis Perskins: Ash in a Wednesday
43. The Felice Brothers: Tonight at the Arizona
44. Laura Veirs: Saltbraker
45. Richard Hawley: Lady's Bridge
46. Iron & Wine: The Shepher's Dog
47. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
48. Beirut: The Flyin Cup
49. Teresa Salgueiro: La serena
50. Luis Arronte: Solo ida
Albums
1. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2. Burial - Untrue
3. Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
4. Feist - The Reminder
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
6. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
7. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
8. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
9. The National - Boxer
10. Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
11. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
12. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
13. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
14. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
15. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
16. Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner
17. Blonde Redhead - 23
18. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
19. M.I.A. - Kala
20. Low - Drums and Guns
Songs
1. Robyn & Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
2. Of Montreal - The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
3. Radiohead - Videotape
4. Burial - Archangel
5. The National - Fake Empire
6. Feist - My Moon My Man
7. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rich Woman
8. Gravenhurst - Trust
9. PJ Harvey - The Mountain
10. Battles - Atlas
11. Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
12. Gravenhurst - Grand Union Canal
13. Richard Hawley - The Sun Refused to Shine
14. Oh Laura - Release Me
15. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
16. Kanye West - Flashing Lights
17. Iron and Wine - Boy With a Coin
18. Feist - The Limit to Your Love
19. MGMT - Electric Feel
20. Xhelazz - Solo son vidas
Songs:
01 | Of Montreal | The Past is a Grotesque Animal
02 | Burial | Archangel
03 | LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends
04 | Deerhunter | Spring Hall Convert
05 | M.I.A. | Paper Planes
06 | LCD Soundsystem | Someone Great
07 | Panda Bear | Bros
08 | Caribou | Melody Day
09 | MGMT | Time to Pretend
10 | Blonde Redhead | 23
11 | Deerhunter | Strange Lights
12 | Queens of the Stone Age | 3's and 7's
13 | Yeasayer | 2080
14 | Griderman | No Pussy Blues
15 | The National | Fake Empire
16 | PJ Harvey | Grow Grow Grow
17 | Justice | D.A.N.C.E.
18 | Fiery Furnaces | Navy Nurse
19 | LCD Soundsystem | Get Innocuous!
20 | Menomena | Muscle 'n Flo
21 | Deerhunter | Fluorescent Grey
22 | Liars | Plaster Casts of Everything
23 | Radiohead | Jigsaw Falling Into Place
24 | Arcade Fire | No Cars Go
25 | Burial | Raver
This will probably get Of Montreal through. Maybe Burial too. I think this songs list is a lot stronger than the albums this year.